James Brown – Super Bad Parts 1 And 2 (Bass Tab)

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SUPER BAD, PTS. 1 & 2 (Bassline) As recorded by James Brown (From the 1971 Album SUPER BAD) Words and Music by James Brown Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'William "Bootsy" Collins - Bass'

   1st Verse
    Q=120
   4/4
    Gtr I
    E E E. S +E  S S E E   E E E. S E E E E
||------7--7-(7)---------|-----7------------|
||o--------------4-4-5-7-|------------------|
||o-5--------------------|-5--------5---5---|
||-----------------------|--------5---5---5-|

  E E E. S +E  S S E E   E E E. S E S S E E   5x
|-----7--7-(7)---------|-----7----------------||
|--------------4-4-5-7-|---------------------o||
|-5--------------------|-5--------5-----5----o||
|----------------------|--------5---5-5---5---||

   2nd Verse
    E E E. S +E  S S E E   E E E. S E E E E
||------7--7-(7)---------|-----7------------|
||o--------------4-4-5-7-|------------------|
||o-5--------------------|-5--------5---5---|
||-----------------------|--------5---5---5-|

  E E E. S +E  S S E E   E E E. S E S S E E  3x
|-----7--7-(7)---------|-----7---------------||
|--------------4-4-5-7-|--------------------o||
|-5--------------------|-5--------5-----5---o||
|----------------------|--------5---5-5---5--||

   3rd & 4th Verses
    $
    E E E. S +E  S S E E   E E E. S E E E E
||------7--7-(7)---------|-----7------------|
||o--------------4-4-5-7-|------------------|
||o-5--------------------|-5--------5---5---|
||-----------------------|--------5---5---5-|

  E E E. S +E  S S E E   E E E. S E S S E E  5x
|-----7--7-(7)---------|-----7---------------||
|--------------4-4-5-7-|--------------------o||
|-5--------------------|-5--------5-----5---o||
|----------------------|--------5---5-5---5--||

   Bridge
    S E S E E E S S Q    S E S E E E E Q
||---------------------|------------------|
||o-5-5-5---5----------|-5-5-5---5--------|
||o--------------------|------------------|
||--------------3-3----|-------------3----|

  S E S E E E S S Q    S E S E S S S S S S S S E   4x
|--------------------|-----------------------------||
|-5-5-5---5----------|-5-5-5---5-5---------5------o||
|--------------------|---------------5-5-5---5-5--o||
|-------------3-3----|-----------------------------||

                      Saxophone Solo
           To Coda
  E E E E E E E E      E E E. S +E  S S E E
|------------------||------7--7-(7)---------|
|------------------||o--------------4-4-5-7-|
|------------------||o-5--------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||-----------------------|

  E E E. S E E E E   E E E. S +E  S S E E
|-----7------------|-----7--7-(7)----------|
|------------------|--------------4-4-5-7--|
|-5--------5---5---|-5---------------------|
|--------5---5---5-|-----------------------|

                                                Outro
  1.                    2.
                                D.S. al Coda &
  E E E. S E S S E E     E E E. S E S S E E      E E E. S +E  S S E E
|-----7---------------||-----7---------------||------7--7-(7)---------|
|--------------------o||---------------------||o--------------4-4-5-7-|
|-5--------5-----5---o||-5--------5-----5----||o-5--------------------|
|--------5---5-5---5--||--------5---5-5---5--||-----------------------|

  E E E. S E E E E   E E E. S +E  S S E E   E E E. S E S S E E  3x
|-----7------------|-----7--7-(7)---------|-----7---------------||
|------------------|--------------4-4-5-7-|--------------------o||
|-5--------5---5---|-5--------------------|-5--------5-----5---o||
|--------5---5---5-|----------------------|--------5---5-5---5--||

Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths