Michael Martin Murphey – Wildfire (Bass Tab)
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WILDFIRE (Bassline)
As recorded by Michael Martin Murphey
(From the 1975 Album BLUE SKY – NIGHT THUNDER)
Words and Music by Michael Martin Murphey & Larry Cansler
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Michael McKinney - Bass'
Intro 1 & Interlude
Q=76
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4/4
Gtr I
W W W W
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W W W W
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Intro 2
Q=82
To Dbl. Coda
W W H H H H
|----------|----------||-----------|-----------|
|----------|----------||-----------|-7----7----|
|----------|----------||-7----7----|-----------|
|----------|----------||-----------|-----------|
H H H H H H Q. E Q. E
|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------|
|-----------|-7----7----|-----------|-7----7-7----7--|
|-7----7----|-----------|-7----7----|----------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------|
1st - 3rd Verses
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Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E. E. +E. S Q. E Q. E
|---------------|------6--------||-------------------|------6--------|
|------6------9-|-7------7----7-||o------6---------6-|-7------6----4-|
|-7------7------|---------------||o-7-------7--(7)---|---------------|
|---------------|---------------||-------------------|---------------|
Q. E. E. +E. S Q. E Q. E E Q E Q Q E Q E H
|------------------|------6--------|--------------|-------------|
|------6---------6-|-7------6----4-|-7-7--7-7--7--|-6-6--6-6----|
|-7-------7--(7)---|---------------|--------------|-------------|
|------------------|---------------|--------------|-------------|
To Coda
E Q E Q Q E Q E Q Q E E E E +E E Q Q. E +Q. E
|--------------|--------------|-------6-(6)------|-----------------|
|-7-7--7-7--7--|-6-6--6-6--6--|-4-4-4---------4--|-6----6-(6)------|
|--------------|--------------|-------------4----|--------------6--|
|--------------|--------------|------------------|-----------------|
1.
E Q E Q Q Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E Q. E Q. E
|--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-6-6--6-6--6--|----------------|----------------|------6------9--|
|--------------|-7----7-(7)-----|--------------6-|-7------7-------|
|--------------|--------------7-|-5----5-(5)-----|----------------|
Chorus
2.
Q. E Q. E Q. E E E +Q Q. E E E +Q Q. E E E +Q
|------6---------||-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-7------7----7-o||-6------6-6-(6)--||-7----7---7-(7)--|-6----6---6-(6)---|
|---------------o||------6----------||--------7--------|--------6---------|
|----------------||-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
Q. E E E +Q Q. E E E +Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q. E
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------4----4--|
|-7----7---7-(7)--|-6----6---6-(6)--|-7----7-6--6--|-4----7---------|
|--------7--------|--------6--------|--------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|----------------|
D.S. al Coda
Q. E +Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|-7----7-7----7-|---------------|-7----7-7----7--||
|-7----7-(7)--7--|---------------|-7----7-7----7-|----------------||
|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
&
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-7--7--7--7--|-6--6--6--6--|-4--4--4--4--|-6--6--6--6---|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
Chorus
E E E E E E E E Q. E E E +Q Q. E E E +Q Q. E E E +Q
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||-7----7-7-7-(7)--|-6------6-6-(6)--|-7----7---7-(7)---|
|-----------------||-----------------|------6----------|--------7---------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Q. E E E +Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E E E +Q
|-----------------|--------------|--------4----4-||------------------|
|-6----6---6-(6)--|-7----7-6--6--|-4----7--------||-7----7-7-7-(7)---|
|--------6--------|--------------|---------------||------------------|
|-----------------|--------------|---------------||------------------|
Q. E E E +Q Q. E E E +Q Q. E E E +Q Q. E E E +Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-6------6-6-(6)--|-7----7---7-(7)--|-6----6---6-(6)--|-7----7---7-(7)---|
|------6----------|--------7--------|--------6--------|--------7---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Q. E E E +Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q. E
|-----------------|--------------|--------4----4-|
|-6----6---6-(6)--|-7----7-6--6--|-4----7--------|
|--------6--------|--------------|---------------|
|-----------------|--------------|---------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
Q. E +Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|----------------|-7----7-7----7-|---------------|-7----7-7----7--||
|-7----7-(7)--7--|---------------|-7----7-7----7-|----------------||
|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
Q=76
&&
W W W
|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|------*|Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
She comes down from Yellow Mountain
On a dark, flat land she rides
On a pony she named Wildfire
With a whirlwind by her side
On a cold Nebraska night
Oh, they say she died one winter
When there came a killing frost
And the pony she named Wildfire
Busted down it's stall
In a blizzard she was lost
She ran calling Wildfire [x3]
By the dark of the moon I planted
But there came an early snow
There's been a hoot-owl howling by my window now
For six nights in a row
She's coming for me, I know
And on Wildfire we're both gonna go
We'll be riding Wildfire [x3]
On Wildfire we're gonna ride
Gonna leave sodbustin' behind
Get these hard times right on out of our minds
Riding Wildfire