Alicia Bridges - I love the night life

I LOVE THE NIGHT LIFE As recorded by Alicia Bridges (From the 1978 Album ALICIA BRIDGES) Words and Music by Alicia Bridges & Susan Hutcheson Transcribed by Slowhand Abmaj7 Ab6 Ab(type 2) F/G x x 6 5 4 3 x x 6 5 6 x x x 6 5 4 x 3 x 3 2 1 x Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Piano' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Saxophone' Intro Q=128 C Cmaj7 C7 4/4 Gtr I H. E E +H. E E +W W W | | | | | | | / / / / / / / Gtr II Gtr I H S S E E e H S E. Q W H +E E E E +W |-----------------|--------5s3------|-----------|-0----(0)-----1-|-(1)----|| |-----------------|--------5s3--5---|-----------|-1----(1)-3-1-3-|-(3)----|| |-----------5---7-|-------------5---|-----------|-2----(2)-----1-|-(1)----|| |-----------5-7---|-----------------|-----------|-3----(3)-----3-|-(3)----|| |-------5h7-------|-----------------|-----------|----------------|--------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------|----------------|--------|| 1st Verse Gtr II W H S S E E e W a Q E E E E E E |----------|----------------|----------|---3--------------| |----------|--------------5-|----------|-3h5--3-------5---| |----------|--------------5-|----------|--------5-----5---| |----------|----------5-7---|----------|------------7---7-| |----------|------5h7-------|----------|------------------| |----------|----------------|----------|------------------| W Q S S E E E a E E E E H e E E E S S E E E Q |----------|--------------------|-----1----1---|-1-------------1---|| |----------|----8p5---5---------|---1------1---|-1-------------1---|| |----------|----------7-5---5---|---1------1---|-1---3p1---1-------|| |----------|--------------5h7-5-|---3------3---|-3-------3---3-----|| |----------|--------------------|--------------|-------------------|| |----------|--------------------|--------------|-------------------|| Pre-Chorus $ Q Q +E E E E E E E E +H H Q E E E E E E +H |----3--(3)-x-x-x-|---x-x-7-(7)----|--------------|--5--4-3-1-(1)----| |----3--(3)-x-x-x-|---x-x----------|--------------|------------------| |----4--(4)-x-x-x-|---x-x-7-(7)----|-----------/5-|-(5)-4-3-2-(2)----| |----5--(5)-x-x-x-|---x-x----------|--------------|------------------| |-----------------|----------------|--------------|------------------| |-----------------|----------------|--------------|------------------| W a a Q a a Q E E Q |--------------|--------------------4----| |--------------|-4h6p4-------4------4----| |--------------|---------3h5p3------5----| |--------------|------------------6------| |--------------|-------------------------| |--------------|-------------------------| Q e E +E E E E E E Q E E E E |----3-3-(3)-3------|--7-------5-7-3---| |----3-3-(3)-3------|------------------| |----4-4-(4)-4---/7-|-(7)------5-7-4---| |----5-5-(5)-5------|------------------| |-------------------|------------------| |-------------------|------------------| F Ab Abmaj7 Ab6 Ab(typeAb) W W Q. E +H Q. E +Q Q | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / Q E E +E E E E E E E E +E E Q H Q E E E E E E +H |----1-1-(1)-1------|--5----1------------|-----------------|--8--7-6-4-(4)-----| |----1-1-(1)-1------|---------1-(1)------|-----------------|-------------------| |----2-2-(2)-2---/5-|-(5)---2-------2----|--------------/8-|-(8)-7-7-5-(5)-----| |----3-3-(3)-3------|-----------------3--|-----------------|-------------------| |-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------| |-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------| Chorus E e Q E e Q W Q q q q Q q q q |---1-1----1-1--|-3--------||-3---3--3--3---|--3---3--3--3---| |---1-1----1-1--|-3--------||-5---5--5--5---|--5---5--5--5---| |---2-2----2-2--|-4--------||-5---5--5--5---|--4---4--4--4---| |---3-3----3-3--|-5--------||---------------|----------------| |---------------|----------||---------------|----------------| |---------------|----------||---------------|----------------| Q q E E Q E E E E E E E E +Q. E Q E E Q q q q |--3--3--3-3----|---10---8---5---4-|-(4)---4----4---|-3---3--3--3---| |--5--5--5-5----|---10---8---5---3-|-(3)---3----3---|-5---5--5--5---| |--3--3--3-3----|------------------|----------------|-5---5--5--5---| |---------------|------------------|----------------|---------------| |---------------|------------------|----------------|---------------| |---------------|------------------|----------------|---------------| To Coda Q q q q Q q E E Q E E E E E E Q Q E S S E E E E |--3---3--3--3---|--3--3--3-3----|---10---8---5\----|-------------------| |--5---5--5--5---|--5--5--5-5----|---10---8---5\----|------4p1-----1----| |--4---4--4--4---|--3--3--3-3----|------------------|--------------1----| |----------------|---------------|------------------|----------3-3---3--| |----------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------| |----------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------| 2nd Verse W H E E Q Q E S S e E Q W |----------------||-------------|-------------12----8\--|------| |----------------||--------5----|-----------------------|------| |----------------||--------5----|------10s12-(12)-9-----|------| |----------------||-------------|-----------------------|------| |----------------||-------------|-----------------------|------| |----------------||-------------|-----------------------|------| S S e S S e S S E E E H. E S S |---------------------------|-0---------10-10-| |---------------5-(5)---5---|-1---------10-10-| |-----5-5-(5)-5-7p=5--------|-2---------------| |-----5-5h=7----------7-----|-3---------------| |-5h7-----------------------|-----------------| |---------------------------|-----------------| e S S e E e E Q Q. E E E E E |-10-8-8-8-x-5-x-5\--|-1----x-x-x-x-1--| |-10-8-8-8-x-5-x-5\--|-1----x-x-x-x-1--| |--------------------|-1----x-x-x-x-1--| |--------------------|-3----x-x-x-x-3--| |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| Saxophone Solo D.S. al Cod& Fm6 D Dmaj7 W H. E E +H. E E | | | | | | / / / / / / W Q Q E E Q Q e S S E E e E |----------||-----1--x--x--1/----||-------7------------------| |----------||-----1--x--x--1/----||-------7----------7-------| |----------||-1------------------||-------7-----7----7-------| |----------||-3------------------||-------------7-9----------| |----------||--------------------||---------7h9--------------| |----------||--------------------||--------------------------| | | Gtr III | ~~~~ | W H E e e E +H. Q |----------||--------------------||--------------------------| |----------||-----------------15-||-(15)------------18b20====| |----------||----------14-16-----||--------------------------| |----------||--------------------||--------------------------| |----------||--------------------||--------------------------| |----------||--------------------||--------------------------| D7 H. E E | | | / / / Q E S S E E e E |------------------------------5------| |---------------------------7--7------| |---------------------7-----7--5------| |---------------------7--9------------| |---------------7h9-------------------| |-------------------------------------| | | ~~~~~~~~~ | +Q E E +Q E E |-------------------------------------| |-(18)r--17b19-15---(15)------17b18===| |--------------------------16---------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| +Q e E S S E E E Q. S S +E S S E S S |--(5)----5--------------------|---2-----5p2-(2)--2-2--2--5-5-| |--(7)----7--------------------|---3--------------3-3--3------| |--(5)----5-----------7---7----|---4--------------4-4--4------| |---------------------7---9----|---5--------------5-5--5------| |----------------7h=9----------|------------------------------| |------------------------------|------------------------------| | | ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ | +Q e E +Q E E +Q Q E e e E |------------------------------|-------------------------15---| |-(17)r--17-15-(15)------------|-----------------15---17------| |-----------------------/16----|-------------16---------------| |---------------------------17-|-(17)-------------------------| |------------------------------|------------------------------| |------------------------------|------------------------------| S S E S S E S E. E E Q e S S E E e E |---5p=3------------------------3---|-----------7------------------------| |----------6p3------------------3---|-----------7-----------7------------| |------------------5p=3---------3---|-----------7-------7---7------------| |-------------------------------5---|-------------------7-9--------------| |-----------------------------------|--------------7h9-------------------| |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------| | |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~~ | +H +E S S Q E E E E Q E S S |-(15)-----------(15)---------------|------------------------------------| |------------------------18p17-15---|-17b19-15-17------15-----17-17b19===| |-----------------------------------|-------------16---------------------| |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------| Q E S S E E e E +Q e E S S E E E |-----------------------------5----|-(5)---5----------------------| |--------------------------7--7----|-(7)---7----------------------| |---------------------7----7--5----|-(5)---5---------------7-7----| |---------------------7--9---------|-----------------------7-9----| |--------------7h=9----------------|-----------------7h==9--------| |----------------------------------|------------------------------| | | ~~~~~~~ ~~~ | +E E E S S +Q E S S Q Q +Q. E |----------------------------------|------------------------------| |-(17)r-15-17----15-(15)-----------|-15---17b19====(17)r-------17-| |-------------16-------------16-16-|------------------------------| |----------------------------------|------------------------------| |----------------------------------|------------------------------| |----------------------------------|------------------------------| Q. S S +E S S E S S S S E S S E S E. E E |---2---------5p2-(2)-2-2--2--5-5-|---5p=3--------------3---|| |---3-----------------3-3--3------|----------6p3--------3---|| |---4-----------------4-4--4------|----------------5p3--3---|| |---5-----------------5-5--5------|---------------------5---|| |---------------------------------|-------------------------|| |---------------------------------|-------------------------|| | | ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~ | +E e E E Q E E +H H |---------------------------------|-------------------------|| |-(17)-15-15------15------17------|-------------------------|| |------------16--------------15---|-(15)--------------------|| |---------------------------------|-------------------------|| |---------------------------------|-------------------------|| |---------------------------------|-------------------------|| Out-Chorus D Dmaj7 D7 H. E E +H. E E +W | | | | | | | / / / / / / / Q e S S E E e E Q E S S E E e E +Q e E S S E E E ||------7-------------|------------------5-|-(5)--5-------------| ||o-----7---------7---|----------------7-7-|-(7)--7-------------| ||------7-----7---7---|------------7---7-5-|-(5)--5-------7-7---| ||------------7-9-----|------------7-9-----|--------------7-9---| ||o-------7h9---------|--------7h9---------|----------7h9-------| ||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------| Q. S S +E S S E S S S S E S S E S E. E E 4x |-2----5p2-(2)-2-2-2-5-5-|-5p3--------------3-----|| |-3------------3-3-3-----|-------6p3--------3----o|| |-4------------4-4-4-----|-------------5p3--3-----|| |-5------------5-5-5-----|------------------5-----|| |------------------------|-----------------------o|| |------------------------|------------------------|| 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