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SPOOKY (Bassline)
As recorded by Atlanta Rhythm Section
(From the 1979 Album UNDERDOG)
Words and Music by Mike Shapiro, Harry Middlebrooks Jr., James Cobb & Buddy Buie
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul Goddard - Bass'
Intro
Q=109
4/4
Gtr I
W W W
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
H Q E S S E. S +E E E. S +E E Q. E E Q E E E E E E E S S E
|---------------|------------------------|------9--------|-------------9-7----|
|---------------|----9-(9)---------------|---------------|-----------9-----9--|
|---------------|----------9----9-(9)----|---------------|-------4------------|
|-----------5-6-|-7----------7--------7\-|-0------7-7--6-|-5-5----------------|
1st Verse
E Q E +E E E E E E E E E E S S E E Q E +E E E E
|------9-(9)-------|-------------9-7---||------9-(9)-------|
|------------------|-----------9-----9-||------------------|
|------------------|-------4-----------||------------------|
|-0-0--------7-7-6-|-5-5---------------||-0-0--------7-7-6-|
E E E E E E S S E E Q E +E E E E E E E E E E S S E H E Q E
|-------------9-7---|------9-(9)-------|-------------9-7---|--------------|
|-----------9-----9-|------------------|-----------9-----9-|--------------|
|-------4-----------|------------------|-------4-----------|--------------|
|-5-5---------------|-0-0--------7-7-6-|-5-5---------------|-0----7-7--6--|
E E E E E E S S E Q. E E E +E E E E E E E E S S E Q. E E Q E
|-------------9-7---|------9-----------|-------------9-7---|-----------------|
|-----------9-----9-|------------------|-----------9-----9-|-----------------|
|-------4-----------|------------------|-------4-----------|--------------6--|
|-5-5---------------|-0------7-7-(7)-6-|-5-5---------------|-0----3-/7-7-----|
E E E E E E S S E Q Q H Q Q +E E Q Q. E E Q E
|-------------------|------------|-----------------|------9--------|
|-------------------|------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-7-7---------5-6-7-|------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-------7---7-------|-5----------|-6--6--(6)-6-6\--|-0------7-7--6-|
E E E E E E S S E Q. E E E +E S S E E +S E. E. S +E E
|-------------9-7---|------9-------------|-----------------------||
|-----------9-----9-|--------------------|---9-(9)---------------||
|-------4-----------|--------------------|---------9-----9-(9)---||
|-5-5---------------|-0------7-7-(7)-5-6-|-7----------7--------7-||
2nd Verse
E Q E +E E E E E E E E E E S S E
||-------9-(9)-------|-------------9-7---|
||o------------------|-----------9-----9-|
||o------------------|-------4-----------|
||--0-0--------7-7-6-|-5-5---------------|
E Q E +E E E E E E E E E E S S E
|------9-(9)-------|-------------9-7----||
|------------------|-----------9-----9-o||
|------------------|-------4-----------o||
|-0-0--------7-7-6-|-5-5----------------||
E Q E +E E E E E E E E E E S S E Q Q H E E H Q
|------9-(9)-------|-------------------|------------|--------------|
|------------------|-------------------|------------|--------------|
|------------------|-7-7---------5-6-7-|------------|--------------|
|-0-0--------7---6-|-------7---7-------|-5----------|-6---6----6\--|
E Q E +E E E E E E E E E E S S E
|------9-(9)-------|-------------9-7---|
|------------------|-----------9-----9-|
|------------------|-------4-----------|
|-0-0--------7-7-6-|-5-5---------------|
E Q E +E Q E E E +S E. E. S +E E
|------9-(9)------|-----------------------||
|-----------------|---9-(9)---------------||
|-----------------|---------9-----9-(9)---||
|-0-0--------7--5-|-7----------7--------7-||
Guitar Solo
E E +S E. E. S +E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|-------10-(10)-------|-----------------|
|---10-(10)------------------|---------------------|---------------6-|
|-----------10-----10-(10)---|---------------------|-------5---6-8---|
|-8-------------8----------8-|-1-1-----------8-8-7-|-6-6-------------|
Q. E +E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|------10-(10)-------|-----------------|------10-(10)-------|
|--------------------|---------------6-|--------------------|
|-8------------------|-------5---6-8---|-8------------------|
|--------------8-8-7-|-6-6-------------|--------------8-8-7-|
E E E E E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|-----------------|------10-(10)-------|
|---------------6-|--------------------|
|-------5---6-8---|-8------------------|
|-6-6-------------|--------------8-8-7-|
E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|-----------------|------10-(10)\--------|
|---------------6-|-------------------2--|
|-------5---6-8---|---------------3-3----|
|-6-6-------------|-1--------------------|
E E E E +E E E E Q Q H Q H.
|-------------------|------------|----------|
|-3-------------1-3-|------------|----------|
|-------3-(3)-3-----|-1----------|-2--2-----|
|---1---------------|------------|----------|
Q E E +E Q E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E
|------/10-(10)------|-----------------|----------------|
|--------------------|---------------6-|-3----3---------|
|--------------------|-------5---6-8---|--------3-3---1-|
|-1-------------8--7-|-6-6-------------|----------------|
3rd Verse
E S S +E E E. S +E E Q. E E Q E E E E E E E E E Q. E E Q E
|-----5-(5)--------------||----------------|---------------1-|----------------|
|-----------5----5-(5)---||----------------|-------0---1-3---|----------------|
|-3-----------3--------3-||------0-/3-3--2-|-1-1-------------|------0-/3-3--2-|
|------------------------||-1--------------|-----------------|-1--------------|
E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E Q. E E Q E
|---------------1-|----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|
|-------0---1-3---|----------------|-------0---1-3---|-----------------|
|-1-1-------------|------0-/3-3--2-|-1-1-------------|------0-/3-3--2--|
|-----------------|-1-1------------|-----------------|-1---------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E Q Q H
|---------------1-|-------/10-(10)\-------|-------------------|------------|
|-------0---1-3---|-----------------------|-3-------------1-3-|------------|
|-1-1-------------|-----------------3-3-2-|-------3-(3)-3-----|-1----------|
|-----------------|-1-1-------------------|---1---------------|------------|
Q H Q Q E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----4--------|------/10-(10)\-------|---------------1-|
|-------------|----------------------|-------0---1-1---|
|-2-------2\--|----------------3-3-2-|-1-1-------------|
|-------------|-1--------------------|-----------------|
Guitar Solo
Q. E E Q E E S S +E E E. S +E E Q. E E Q E
|---------------|-----5-(5)--------------||----------------|
|-3----3--------|-----------5----5-(5)---||----------------|
|--------3-3--1-|-3-----------3--------3-||----------------|
|---------------|------------------------||-1----1-/8-8--7-|
E E E E E E E E E Q E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------10-(10)-------|-----------------|
|---------------6-|--------------------|---------------6-|
|-------5---6-8---|-8-8----------------|-------5---6-8---|
|-6-6-------------|--------------8-8-7-|-6-6-------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------/10-(10)-------|-----------------|
|----------------------|---------------6-|
|----------------------|-------5---6-8---|
|-1-1------------8-8-7-|-6-6-------------|
E E E E +E E E E E Q E +E E E E
|-------/10-(10)-------|-------------------|
|----------------------|----------------6--|
|----------------------|------5-(5)-6-8----|
|-1-1------------8-8-7-|-6-6---------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------/10-(10)-------|------------------|
||o----------------------|---------------6\-|
||o----------------------|-------5---6-8----|
||--1-1------------8-8-7-|-6-6--------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------/10-(10)-------|-------------------||
|----------------------|---------------6\-o||
|----------------------|-------5---6-8----o||
|-1-1------------8-8-7-|-6-6---------------||
E Q E E Q E E E E E +E E E E Q Q H Q H Q
|---------------|-------------------|------------|-------------|
|-------------2-|-3-------------1-3-|------------|-------------|
|------2-3-3----|-------3-(3)-3-----|-1----------|-2--2----2---|
|-1-1-----------|---1---------------|------------|-------------|
Q. E E Q E E E E E E E E E
|------/10--------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------6\-|
|-----------------|-------5---6-8----|
|-1--------8-8--7-|-6-6--------------|
Q. E E Q E E S S +E E E. S +E E
|------/10--------|-----5-(5)--------------||
|-----------------|-----------5----5-(5)---||
|----------3-3--1-|-3-----------3--------3-||
|-1---------------|------------------------||
Keyboard Solo
Q E E E Q E E E E E E E E E H E Q E E E E E E E E E
|-------10--------|-----------------|-------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------6-|-------------|---------------6--|
|-----------------|-------5---6-8---|-8-----------|-------5---6-8----|
|-1--/6----8-8--7-|-6-6-------------|------8-8--7-|-6-6--------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------/10-(10)-------|-----------------|
|----------------------|---------------6-|
|----------------------|-------5---6-8---|
|-1-1------------8-8-7-|-6-6-------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------/10-(10)-------|------------------|
|----------------------|---------------6--|
|----------------------|-------5---6-8----|
|-1-1------------8-8-7-|-6-6--------------|
E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q H Q H Q
|----------------|-----------------|------------|-4------------|
|--------------2-|-3-----------1-3-|------------|--------------|
|--------3-3-----|-------3---3-----|-1----------|----2----2\---|
|-1-1------------|---1-------------|------------|--------------|
H E Q E E E E E E E E E H E Q E S S E +E E E. S +E E
|-------------|---------------1-|-------------|-----5-(5)--------------||
|-------------|-------0---1-3---|-3-----------|-----------5----5-(5)---||
|------3-3--2-|-1-1-------------|------3-3--1-|-3-----------3--------3-||
|-1-----------|-----------------|-------------|------------------------||
Outro
Q. E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E +Q E Q E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------1-|------------------|---------------1--|
|---------------|-------0---1-3---|------------------|-------0---1-3----|
|------1-3-3--2-|-1-1-------------|-----------3-3--2-|-1-1--------------|
|-1-------------|-----------------|-1-1-(1)/---------|------------------|
E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------1-|----------------|---------------1--|
|---------------|-------0---1-3---|-3--------------|-------0---1-3----|
|--------3-3--2-|-1-1-------------|---------3-3--2-|-1-1--------------|
|-1-1--1--------|-----------------|---1---1--------|------------------|
E E +Q E Q E E E E E +E E E E Q Q H Q H.
|-----------------|-------------------|------------|----------|
|---------------2-|-3-3-----------1-3-|------------|----------|
|----------3-3----|-------3-(3)-3-----|-1----------|-2--2-----|
|-1-1-(1)---------|-------------------|------------|----------|
Q. E E Q E E E E E E E E E H E E E E E S S +E E E. S +E E
|---------------|---------------1-|--------------|-----5-(5)--------------|
|---------------|-------0---1-3---|-3------------|-----------5----5-(5)---|
|--------3-3--2-|-1-1-------------|------3-3---1-|-3-----------3--------3-|
|-1----1--------|-----------------|--------------|------------------------|
E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E
|----5-(5)------------5-|------------5--------5-|
|----------5----5-(5)---|----------5----5-(5)---|
|------------3----------|----3-(3)--------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
E. S +E E E. S +E E +W +W
|----5-(5)--------------|------------|--------*|
|----------5----5-(5)---|------------|--------*|
|------------3--------3-|-(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