Jimmy Cliff – The Harder They Come (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Jimmy Cliff (From the 1972 Album THE HARDER THEY COME) Words and Music by Jimmy Cliff Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Jackie Jackson - Bass' Intro & Interlude Q=100(16=s16) Segno $ 4/4 Gtr I W Q. E +H Q. E +H Q. E +H

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                   1st - 3rd Verses
  Q.   E +H         e e Q  e e Q    E E Q  e e Q    e e Q  e e Q
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|---------------||o--------6-6----|--------6-6----|--------4-4----|
|---------------||o-----6------6--|-----6------6--|-----4------4--|
|-2----2-(2)----||--4-4-----------|-4-4-----------|-2-2-----------|

  E E Q  e e Q    e e Q  e e Q    E E Q  e e Q    e e Q  e e Q
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|--------4-4----|--------6-6----|--------6-6----|--------4-4----|
|-----4------4--|-----6------6--|-----6------6--|-----4------4--|
|-2-2-----------|-4-4-----------|-4-4-----------|-2-2-----------|

                  Chorus
  E E Q  e e Q     e e Q  e e Q    e e Q  e e Q    e e Q  e e Q
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|--------4-4----||--------3-3----|--------3-3----|--------8-8----|
|-----4------4--||-----3------3--|-----3------3--|-----8------8--|
|-2-2-----------||-1-1-----------|-1-1-----------|-6-6-----------|

  e e Q  e e Q    e e Q  e e Q    E E Q  e e Q    e e Q  e e Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------6-6----|
|--------8-8----|--------6-6----|--------4-4----|-----6------6--|
|-----8------8--|-----6------6--|-----4------4--|-4-4-----------|
|-6-6-----------|-4-4-----------|-2-2-----------|---------------|

                                                        To Coda
  e e Q  e e Q    e e Q  e e Q    E E Q  e e Q    e e Q  e e Q
|--------6-6----|---------------|---------------|--------6-6----|
|-----6------6--|--------6-6----|--------4-4----|-----6------6--|
|-4-4-----------|-----6------6--|-----4------4--|-4-4-----------|
|---------------|-4-4-----------|-2-2-----------|---------------|

                                                     Outro
  1.              2.
                  Dal Segno al Coda  Coda &
  e e Q  e e Q      e e Q  e e Q     e e Q  e e Q     e e Q  e e Q
|--------6-6-----||--------6-6----||--------6-6----||---------------|
|-----6------6--o||-----6------6--||-----6------6--||--------6-6----|
|-4-4-----------o||-4-4-----------||-4-4-----------||-----6------6--|
|----------------||---------------||---------------||-4-4-----------|

  E E Q  e e Q    e e Q  e e Q    e e Q  e e Q    e e Q  e e Q
|---------------|--------6-6----|--------6-6----|---------------|
|--------4-4----|-----6------6--|-----6------6--|--------6-6----|
|-----4------4--|-4-4-----------|-4-4-----------|-----6------6--|
|-2-2-----------|---------------|---------------|-4-4-----------|

  E E Q  e e Q    e e Q  e e Q    e e Q  e e Q
|---------------|--------6-6----|--------6-6----*|
|--------4-4----|-----6------6--|-----6------6--*|
|-----4------4--|-4-4-----------|-4-4-----------*|
|-2-2-----------|---------------|---------------*|

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