The Mamas & The Papas – Safe In My Garden (Bass Tab)

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SAFE IN MY GARDEN (Bassline) As recorded by The Mamas & The Papas (From the 1968 Album THE PAPAS & THE MAMAS) Words and Music by John Phillips Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Joe Osborn - Bass'
 Intro
  Q=84
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          W          W
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   1st - 5th Verses
    $
    H    Q  Q    H    H      H    Q.   E   H    +E  E E E
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||o------------|-----------|-------------|-----------------|
||o-5-------5--|------2----|------5----5-|----------2-3-4--|
||-------3-----|-3---------|-0-----------|-5----(5)--------|

  H    Q  Q    H    H      H    Q  Q    H    +E  E E E
|------------|-----------|------------|----------------|
|------------|-----------|------------|----------------|
|-5-------5--|------2----|---------5--|----------2-3-4-|
|------3-----|-1---------|-0----0-----|-5----(5)-------|

                                      1.,2.,3.
                             To Coda
  H    H      H    H      H    Q  Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  4x
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|-5----5----|-----------|-2----2--2--|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------|-0----0----|------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||

  4.
    D.S. al Coda  &
  E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E
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|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

                    Outro
  E E E E E E E E    H    Q  Q    H    H
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|-----------------||-5-------5--|------2----*|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||------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