Curtis Mayfield - Freddies dead
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FREDDIE'S DEAD (Bassline)
As recorded by Curtis Mayfield
(From the 1972 Album SUPER FLY)
Words and Music by Curtis Mayfield
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Joseph Lucky Scott - Bass'
Intro
Q=106
4/4
Gtr I
Q E. S E S S S S E S e S E. S E S S S S E
|---------------------|------------------------|
|-------4h6-4-2-4-----|----------4h6-4-2-4-2---|
|---------------------|-4-4-4------------------|
|-----------------x-4-|----------------------4-|
S e S E. S E S S S S E S e S Q H
|------------------------|---------------||
|----------4h6-4-2-4-2---|---------------||
|-4-4-4------------------|-4-4-4---------||
|----------------------4-|---------------||
Pre-Verse
S e S Q S e S Q S e S E. S S S E q
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----2--------2----|-----2---------------|
|-2-4------2-4------|-2-4------2-4-2------|
|-------------------|----------------4-0--|
S e S Q S e S Q S e S E. S S S E q
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-----2--------2----|-----2-----------------|
|-2-4------2-4------|-2-4------2-4-2--------|
|-------------------|----------------4-0----|
S e S Q S e S Q S e S E. S S S E q
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----2--------2----|-----2---------------|
|-2-4------2-4------|-2-4------2-4-2------|
|-------------------|----------------4-0--|
S e S Q S e S Q S e S E. S S S E q
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-----2--------2----|-----2-----------------|
|-2-4------2-4------|-2-4------2-4-2--------|
|-------------------|----------------4-0----|
S e S Q S e S Q S e S E. S S S E q
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----2--------2----|-----2---------------|
|-2-4------2-4------|-2-4------2-4-2------|
|-------------------|----------------4-0--|
S e S Q S e S Q S e S E. S S S E q
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-----2--------2----|-----2-----------------|
|-2-4------2-4------|-2-4------2-4-2--------|
|-------------------|----------------4-0----|
S e S Q S e S Q S e S E. S S S E q
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-----2--------2----|-----2---------------||
|-2-4------2-4------|-2-4------2-4-2------||
|-------------------|----------------4-0--||
1st Verse
E. S E S S +S e S E e a Q +E S S S e S S S e
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------2-4-|-4h6--(6)---4---2---------|
|----------4-(4)-4-4-----|----------x-------x-2-4-2-|
|-2--2-5-5---------------|--------------------------|
E. S E S S +S e S E e S E S +E. a S +E S S S S E
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------2-3-|-4---------4h6-(6)-4-2-4-2---|
|----------4-(4)-4-4-----|-----------------------------|
|-2--2-5-5---------------|---2-5-(5)-----------------4-|
S e S Q S e S Q S e S E. S S S E q
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----2--------2----|-----2---------------|
|-2-4------2-4------|-2-4------2-4-2------|
|-------------------|----------------4-0--|
S e S Q S e S Q S e S E. S S S E q
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-----2--------2----|-----2---------------||
|-2-4------2-4------|-2-4------2-4-2------||
|-------------------|----------------4-0--||
2nd Verse
E. S E S S +S e S E e a Q +E S S S e S S S e
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------2-4-|-4h6--(6)---4---2---------|
|----------4-(4)-4-4-----|----------x-------x-2-4-2-|
|-2--2-5-5---------------|--------------------------|
E. S E S S +S e S E e S E S +E. a S +E S S S S E
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------2-3-|-4---------4h6-(6)-4-2-4-2---|
|----------4-(4)-4-4-----|-----------------------------|
|-2--2-5-5---------------|---2-5-(5)-----------------4-|
E. S E S S +S e S E e S E S +E. a S +E S S S S E
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------2-3-|-4---------4h6-(6)-4-2-4-2-----|
|----------4-(4)-4-4-----|-------------------------------|
|-2--2-5-5---------------|---2-5-(5)-----------------4---|
S e S Q S e S Q S e S E. S S S E q
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----2--------2----|-----2---------------|
|-2-4------2-4------|-2-4------2-4-2------|
|-------------------|----------------4-0--|
S e S Q S e S Q S e S E. S S S E q
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-----2--------2----|-----2-----------------||
|-2-4------2-4------|-2-4------2-4-2--------||
|-------------------|----------------4-0----||
3rd Verse
E. S E S S +S e S E e a Q +E S S S e S S S e
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------2-4-|-4h6--(6)---4---2---------|
|----------4-(4)-4-4-----|----------x-------x-2-4-2-|
|-2--2-5-5---------------|--------------------------|
E. S E S S +S e S E e S E S +E. a S +E S S S S E
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------2-3-|-4---------4h6-(6)-4-2-4-2-----|
|----------4-(4)-4-4-----|-------------------------------|
|-2--2-5-5---------------|---2-5-(5)-----------------4---|
S e S Q S e S Q S e S E. S S S E q
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----2--------2----|-----2---------------|
|-2-4------2-4------|-2-4------2-4-2------|
|-------------------|----------------4-0--|
S e S Q S e S Q S e S E. S S S E q
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-----2--------2----|-----2-----------------||
|-2-4------2-4------|-2-4------2-4-2--------||
|-------------------|----------------4-0----||
Bridge
S e S Q S e S Q S e S E. S S S E q
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----2--------2----|-----2---------------|
|-2-4------2-4------|-2-4------2-4-2------|
|-------------------|----------------4-0--|
S e S Q S e S Q S e S E. S S S E q
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-----2--------2----|-----2-----------------|
|-2-4------2-4------|-2-4------2-4-2--------|
|-------------------|----------------4-0----|
S e S Q S e S Q S e S E. S S S E q
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----2--------2----|-----2---------------|
|-2-4------2-4------|-2-4------2-4-2------|
|-------------------|----------------4-0--|
S e S Q S e S Q S e S E. S S S E q
|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-----2--------2----|-----2-----------------||
|-2-4------2-4------|-2-4------2-4-2--------||
|-------------------|----------------4-0----||
S e S Q S e S Q S e S E. S S S E q
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----3--------3----|-----3---------------|
|-3-5------3-5------|-3-5------3-4-3-0----|
|-------------------|------------------1--|
S e S Q S e S Q S e S E. S S S E q
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-----3--------3----|-----3-----------------|
|-3-5------3-5------|-3-5------3-4-3-0------|
|-------------------|------------------1----|
S e S Q S e S Q S e S E. S S S E q
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-----3--------3----|-----3---------------||
|-3-5------3-5------|-3-5------3-4-3-0----||
|-------------------|------------------1--||
S e S Q S e S Q S e S E. S S S E q
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-----2--------2----|-----2-----------------|
|-2-4------2-4------|-2-4------2-4-2--------|
|-------------------|----------------4-0----|
Interlude
S e S Q S e S Q S e S E. S S S E q S e S Q S e S Q
|-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|
|-----2--------2----|-----2---------------||-----2--------2----|
|-2-4------2-4------|-2-4------2-4-2------||-2-4------2-4------|
|-------------------|----------------4-0--||-------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
S e S E E S S S E E. S S e S Q S e S Q S e S E E S S S E E. S
|------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|-----2-----2------------|-----2--------2----|-----2-----2------------|
|-2-4-----4---4----------|-2-4------2-4------|-2-4-----4---4----------|
|---------------4-2-0--4-|-------------------|---------------4-2-0--4-|
|-3-|
S e S Q S e S Q S e S E E S S S E q
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-----2--------2----|-----2-----2----------|
|-2-4------2-4------|-2-4-----4---4--------|
|-------------------|---------------4-2-0--|
|-3-|
S e S Q S e S Q S e S E E S S S E q
|-------------------|----------------------||
|-----2--------2----|-----2-----2----------||
|-2-4------2-4------|-2-4-----4---4--------||
|-------------------|---------------4-2-0--||
4th Verse
e E E S S S e S E e a Q +E S S S E S S S S S E. S E S S S e S E e
|---------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------2-4-|-4h6--(6)-6-4---2-2---------|------------------2-3--|
|---------4---4-4-----|--------------------2h4-2h4-|----------4---4-4------|
|-2-2-5-5-------------|----------------------------|-2--2-5-5--------------|
|-3-|
S E S E. a S +E S S S S E S e S Q S e S E. S S e S E. S S S S E q
|----------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|-4--------4h6-(6)-4-2-4-2---|-----2--------2------|-----2------2-1---------|
|-------0--------------------|-2-4------2-4--------|-2-4------4-------------|
|---2-2--------------------4-|-------------------4-|----------------4-2-0---|
|-3-|
S e S Q S e S E. S S e S E. S S S S E q
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----2--------2------|-----2------2-1--------|
|-2-4------2-4--------|-2-4------4------------|
|-------------------4-|----------------4-2-0--|
|-3-|
S e S Q S e S E. S S e S E. S S S S E q
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----2--------2------|-----2------2-1--------|
|-2-4------2-4--------|-2-4------4------------|
|-------------------4-|----------------4-2-0--|
|-3-|
S e S Q S e S E. S S e S E. S S S S E q
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----2--------2------|-----2------2-1--------|
|-2-4------2-4--------|-2-4------4------------|
|-------------------4-|----------------4-2-0--|
|-3-|
S e S Q S e S E. S S e S E. S S S S E q
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----2--------2------|-----2------2-1--------|
|-2-4------2-4--------|-2-4------4------------|
|-------------------4-|----------------4-2-0--|
5th Verse
|-3-|
S e S Q S e S E. S S e S E. S S S S E q e E E S S S e S E e
|---------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|
|-----2--------2------|-----2------2-1--------||-----------------2-4--|
|-2-4------2-4--------|-2-4------4------------||---------4---4-4------|
|-------------------4-|----------------4-2-0--||-2-2-5-5--------------|
a Q +E S S S E S S S S S E. S E S S +S e S E e
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|-4h6--(6)-6-4---2-2---------|--------------------2-3-|
|--------------------2h4-2h4-|----------4-(4)-4-4-----|
|----------------------------|-2--2-5-5---------------|
S E S +E. a S +E S S S S E
|------------------------------|
|-4---------4h6-(6)-4-2-4-2----|
|------------------------------|
|---2-5-(5)-----------------4--|
|-3-|
S e S Q S e S E. S S e S E. S S S S E q
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----2--------2------|-----2------2-1--------|
|-2-4------2-4--------|-2-4------4------------|
|-------------------4-|----------------4-2-0--|
|-3-|
S e S Q S e S E. S S e S E. S S S S E q
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----2--------2------|-----2------2-1--------|
|-2-4------2-4--------|-2-4------4------------|
|-------------------4-|----------------4-2-0--|
e E E S S S e S E e a Q +E S S S E S S S S S E. S E S S +S e S E e
|---------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------2-4-|-4h6--(6)-6-4---2-2---------|--------------------2-3--|
|---------4---4-4-----|--------------------2h4-2h4-|----------4-(4)-4-4------|
|-2-2-5-5-------------|----------------------------|-2--2-5-5----------------|
|-3-|
S E S +E. a S +E S S S S E S e S Q S e S E. S S e S E. S S S S E q
|-----------------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|-4---------4h6-(6)-4-2-4-2---|-----2--------2------|-----2------2-1---------|
|-----------------------------|-2-4------2-4--------|-2-4------4-------------|
|---2-5-(5)-----------------4-|-------------------4-|----------------4-2-0---|
|-3-|
S e S Q S e S E. S S e S E. S S S S E q
|---------------------|-----------------------||
|-----2--------2------|-----2------2-1--------||
|-2-4------2-4--------|-2-4------4------------||
|-------------------4-|----------------4-2-0--||
Outro
|-3-|
S e S Q S e S E. S S e S E. S S S S E q
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----2--------2------|-----2------2-1--------|
|-2-4------2-4--------|-2-4------4------------|
|-------------------4-|----------------4-2-0--|
|-3-|
S e S Q S e S E. S S e S E. S S S S E q
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----2--------2------|-----2------2-1--------|
|-2-4------2-4--------|-2-4------4------------|
|-------------------4-|----------------4-2-0--|
|-3-|
S e S Q S e S E. S S e S E. S S S S E q
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----2--------2------|-----2------2-1--------|
|-2-4------2-4--------|-2-4------4------------|
|-------------------4-|----------------4-2-0--|
|-3-|
S e S Q S e S Q S e S E. S S S S E Q
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-----2--------2----|-----2------2-1--------|
|-2-4------2-4------|-2-4------4------------|
|-------------------|----------------4-2-0--|
|-3-|
S e S Q S e S E. S S e S E. S S S S E E. S
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-----2--------2------|-----2------2-1----------|
|-2-4------2-4--------|-2-4------4--------------|
|-------------------4-|----------------4-2-0--4-|
|-3-|
S e S Q S e S E. S S e S E. S S S S E E. S
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|-----2--------2------|-----2------2-1----------|
|-2-4------2-4--------|-2-4------4--------------|
|-------------------4-|----------------4-2-0--4-|
|-3-|
S e S Q S e S E. S S e S E. S S S S E E. S 4x
||----------------------|--------------------------||
||o-----2--------2------|-----2------2-1----------o||
||o-2-4------2-4--------|-2-4------4--------------o||
||--------------------4-|----------------4-2-0--4--||
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
----------------
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