Jamiroquai – Alright (Bass Tab)

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Artists: Jamiroquai Title: Alright Album: Travelling Without Moving Bass Player: Stuart Zender This Transcription: Lawrence Docherty This is a deceptively easy number. Keep those disco octaves rock-steady, and in the sliding section try and add a bit of swing into the bassline, get yourself grooving ;o) Brief key: 3/5 means slide from fret 3 to 5, X means muted note on corresponding string, 3h5 means hammer-on from fret 3 to fret 5 Intro. (Note - all notes softly plucked (I use my thumb for this section) and each note not marked X must last!!!) (There are some stray muted notes in here as well, listen to the record for timing!)

         X                 X                  X                 X
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|-------1|--------|-------3|--------|-------1|--------|-------3|--------|
A|3-------|--------|3/5-----|--------|3-------|--------|3/5-----|------2-|
E|--------|-3------|--------|5-------|--------|-3------|--------|5-------|
...

then into... Main Riff. (Note - the octaves are all played staccato, i.e. abruptly or sharply. Use thumb and middle fingers, it's the easiest way to play these disco-type things. Some of the notes are slid into: I'll mark those with a *. This riff crops up a lot throughout the song. I'll only write it down once though.)

           *        *        *
G|-5-5-5-5|--------|-7-7-7-7|-------4|
D|--------|-5-5-5-5|--------|-7-7-7--|
A|3-3-3-3-|--------|5-5-5-5-|------2-|
E|--------|3-3-3-3-|--------|5-5-5---| repeat lots of times :)

Variations on main riff. (Note - played later on in the song. Various ones, the three main ones are here. Fiddle with these to get the rest!)

 (first one)
           *              *            *
G|-5-5-5-5|--------------|-7-7-5h7-5h7|-----------4|
D|--------|-5-5-3h5---3h5|------------|-7-5h7-5h7--|
A|3-3-3-3-|--------------|5-5-5---5---|----------2-|
E|--------|3-3-3---3-----|------------|5-5---5-----|

 (second one)
G|---5---8--------|----------|---7---10--------|------------|
D|-----------5---8|-5-5-5-3h5|-----------8---10|-7-7-5h7-5h7|
A|1/3-3/6---------|----------|3/5-5/8----------|------------|
E|--------1/3-3/6-|3-3-3-3---|--------3/5-5/8--|5-5-5---5---|

 (third one)
G|---5---8----12---8|----12-----15-----19-----15|---7---10--------|------------|
D|------------------|---------------------------|-----------8---10|-7-7-5h7-5h7|
A|1/3-3/6-6/10--3/6-|6/10--10/13--13/17--10/13--|3/5-5/8----------|------------|
E|------------------|---------------------------|--------3/5-5/8--|5-5-5---5---|

The end. Same as the start but play the notes staccato a couple of times instead of once softly. No tab required ;)