I'M A MAN (Bassline) As recorded by Chicago (From the 1969 Album CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY) Words and Music by Jimmy Miller & Steve Winwood Arranged by Chicago Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Peter Cetera - Bass' Intro Q=127 4/4 Gtr I W H E E +S E. H +E E +S E. H +E E +S E. |----------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------| |----------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------| |----------|--------------0--|-3----(3)-------0--|-3----(3)-------0--| |----------|--------3-(3)----|----------3-(3)----|----------3-(3)----| Q E S S S S E +S E. E S S E S S S S E +S E. 14x ||------------------------|---------------------------|| ||o-----------------------|--------------------------o|| ||o-3--3-3-3---3-------0--|-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-------0--o|| ||---------------3-(3)----|-----------------3-(3)-----|| E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |------------------------------| |-------------1-(1)------------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1--| |-------------------3-(3)------| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------|-------------1-(1)-------------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-----------------|-----------------|------------------------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-------------1-(1)------------| |-----------------|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1--| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------3-(3)------| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-----------------|-----------------| E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-----------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-----------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-------------------3-(3)-----| 1st Verse E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-------------------------------||-----------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------||-------------1-(1)-----------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---||-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-||-------------------3-(3)-----| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------|-------------1-(1)-----------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-------------------3-(3)-----| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S |--------------------------------| |-------------1-(1)--------------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1----| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3--| E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-----------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-----------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-------------------3-(3)-----| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------|-------------1-(1)-----------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-------------------3-(3)-----| Chorus E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------||-----------------|-----------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---||-----------------|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-||-----------------|-----------------| E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-----------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-----------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-------------------3-(3)-----| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------|-----------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-----------------| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-----------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------|-------------1-(1)-----------| |-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-----------------|-------------------3-(3)-----| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S |-------------------------------|| |-------------1-(1)-------------|| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|| 2nd Verse E S S +S S E +E E +S E S E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S |-----------------------------|--------------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-----------|-------------1-(1)--------------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1----| |-------------------3-(3)-----|-------------------3-(3)-3---3--| E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-----------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-----------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-------------------3-(3)-----| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------|-------------1-(1)-----------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-------------------3-(3)-----| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------|-------------1-(1)-----------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-------------------3-(3)-----| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S |--------------------------------|| |-------------1-(1)--------------|| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1----|| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3--|| Chorus E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-----------------|-----------------|------------------------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-------------1-(1)------------| |-----------------|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1--| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------3-(3)------| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-----------------|-----------------| E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-----------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-----------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-------------------3-(3)-----| 3rd Verse E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-------------------------------||-----------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------||-------------1-(1)-----------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---||-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-||-------------------3-(3)-----| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------|-------------1-(1)-----------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-------------------3-(3)-----| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S |--------------------------------| |-------------1-(1)--------------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1----| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3--| E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-----------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-----------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-------------------3-(3)-----| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------|-------------1-(1)-----------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-------------------3-(3)-----| Chorus E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------||-----------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---||-----------------| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-||-----------------| E E E E E E E E E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-----------------|------------------------------| |-----------------|-------------1-(1)------------| |-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1--| |-----------------|-------------------3-(3)------| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------|-----------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-----------------| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-----------------|------------------------------| |-----------------|-------------1-(1)------------| |-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1--| |-----------------|-------------------3-(3)------| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-----------------|-----------------| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S |-------------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------|-----------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-----------------| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S |-----------------|-------------------------------| |-----------------|-------------1-(1)-------------| |-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---| |-----------------|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S |-------------------------------|| |-------------1-(1)-------------|| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|| Percussion Interlude Wx75 |---------|| |---------|| |---------|| |---------|| Interlude E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-----------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-----------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-------------------3-(3)-----| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------|-------------1-(1)-----------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-------------------3-(3)-----| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-----------------|-----------------| E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-----------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-----------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-------------------3-(3)-----| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------|-----------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-----------------| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-----------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------|-------------1-(1)-----------| |-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-----------------|-------------------3-(3)-----| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S |-------------------------------|| |-------------1-(1)-------------|| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|| 4th Verse E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-----------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-----------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-------------------3-(3)-----| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------|-------------1-(1)-----------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-------------------3-(3)-----| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------|-------------1-(1)-----------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-------------------3-(3)-----| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S |--------------------------------| |-------------1-(1)--------------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1----| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3--| E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-----------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-----------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-------------------3-(3)-----| Chorus E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------||-----------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---||-----------------| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-||-----------------| E E E E E E E E E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-----------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------|-------------1-(1)-----------| |-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-----------------|-------------------3-(3)-----| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S |-------------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-----------------|-----------------|------------------------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-------------1-(1)------------| |-----------------|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1--| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------3-(3)------| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S |-------------------------------|| |-------------1-(1)-------------|| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|| 5th Verse E S S +S S E +E E +S E S E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S |-----------------------------|--------------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-----------|-------------1-(1)--------------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1----| |-------------------3-(3)-----|-------------------3-(3)-3---3--| E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-----------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-----------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-------------------3-(3)-----| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------|-------------1-(1)-----------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-------------------3-(3)-----| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------|-------------1-(1)-----------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-------------------3-(3)-----| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S |--------------------------------|| |-------------1-(1)--------------|| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1----|| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3--|| Chorus E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-----------------|-----------------|------------------------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-------------1-(1)------------| |-----------------|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1--| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------3-(3)------| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-----------------|-----------------| E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-----------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-----------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-------------------3-(3)-----| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------|-----------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-----------------| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-----------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------|-------------1-(1)-----------| |-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-| |-----------------|-------------------3-(3)-----| E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S |-------------------------------| |-------------1-(1)-------------| |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---| |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S +S S E +E E +S E S |-----------------|-----------------|------------------------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-------------1-(1)------------| |-----------------|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1--| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------3-(3)------| Outro Free Time Q=108 E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E Q H Wx3 |-------------------------------||-------------:--------: |-------------1-(1)-------------||-------------:--------: |-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---||-3-----------:--------: |-------------------3-(3)-3---3-||-------------:--------: 3/4 4/4 H S E S S S S S S E. +Q +Q H Q. S S |--------------------:----------------:---------------: |-1----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-:-1-1--(1)--(1)--:---------------: |--------------------:----------------:------5----5-5-: |--------------------:----------------:---------------: 2/4 4/4 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +Q +W W |-----------------:----------------------------:------------:------: |-----------------:----------------------------:------------:------: |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-:-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-(4)--:-(4)--------:------: |-----------------:----------------------------:------------:------: W W W q Q H |----------:----------:----------:------------*| |----------:----------:----------:------------*| |----------:----------:----------:-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

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