Jimmy Buffett – A Pirate Looks At Forty (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Jimmy Buffett (From the 1974 Album A1A) Words and Music by Jimmy Buffett Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Tommy Cogbill - Bass'

 Intro
  Q=110
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          +W           W          +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-3--------|-(3)----|

  W          +W           W          +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-3--------|-(3)----||

   1st - 8th Verses
    W          H    +Q.   E   W          H    +Q.   E
||-----------|--------------|----------|---------------|
||o----------|--------------|-5--------|-5----(5)------|
||o----------|------------5-|----------|------------5--|
||--3--------|-3----(3)-----|----------|---------------|

  W          H    +Q.   E   W          W
|----------|--------------|----------|------|
|----------|------------5-|----------|------|
|-3--------|-3----(3)-----|-3--------|------|
|----------|--------------|----------|-3----|

                        1.,2.,3.,4.,5.,6.,7.
  W          H    H      W          W     8x
|----------|-----------|----------|-------||
|----------|-----------|----------|------o||
|----------|-2----0----|----------|------o||
|-5--------|-----------|-3--------|-3-----||

 Outro
  8.
  W          H    +Q.   E   W          H    H
|----------|--------------|----------|-----------|
|----------|--------------|----------|-----------|
|----------|--------------|----------|-2----0----|
|-3--------|-3----(3)---3-|-5--------|-----------|

  W          H    +Q.   E   W
|----------|--------------|------|
|----------|--------------|------|
|----------|--------------|------|
|-3--------|-3----(3)---3-|-5----|

  H.=H
  H    H      H    H      W
|-----------|-----------|------*|
|-----------|-----------|------*|
|-2----0----|------5----|------*|
|-----------|-3---------|-3----*|

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