Earth, Wind & Fire - Shining star

SHINING STAR (Bassline) As recorded by Earth, Wind & Fire (From the 1975 Album THAT'S THE WAY OF THE WORLD) Words and Music by Maurice White, Philip Bailey & Larry Dunn Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Verdine White - Bass' Intro 1 Q=106 4/4 Gtr I W W E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E S S E |----------|----------|----------------------|----------------------|| |----------|----------|----------------------|-------------5--------|| |----------|----------|------------7---------|-7---------7---7-7----|| |----------|----------|-0-4/-7-9-7---9-7-9-7-|---9-7-9-7------------|| Intro 2 W Q E. S E E Q Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S Q S E. |----------|----------------|--------------7\-|--------------9\-|| |----------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| |----------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-0--------|-0-----0-0-0----|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-------|| 1st Verse Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S Q S E. |--------------7\-|--------------7\-| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-------| Q E. S Q S E. Q Q S S E S S S S |--------------9\-|-------12-12-11-9-x-7-9--| |-----------------|-------------------------| |-----------------|-------------------------| |-0-----0-0-------|-0-----------------------| Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S Q E. S |--------------7\-|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-----0-| Q E. S Q S E. Q Q S S E S S S S |--------------7\-|-------12-12-11-9-x-7-9--| |-----------------|-------------------------| |-----------------|-------------------------| |-0-----0-0-------|-0-----------------------| Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S E E +Q |--------------7\-|--------------9\-|--------------7\-|------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| |-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-0-(0)--|| Chorus E E E. S E E E. S E E Q E E E E |--------10-11--------3-|-4------9---8---| |-----------------------|----------------| |-----------------------|----------------| |-5------------10\------|---3------8---7-| E E E. S E E E. S E E Q Q Q |--------10-11--------3-|-4-------9-----|| |-----------------------|--------10-----|| |-----------------------|---------------|| |-5------------10\------|---3-----------|| Guitar Solo E E E. S E E E. S E E Q E E Q |-------------------|---------------| |-------------------|---------------| |-------------------|-2-------------| |-0-3----3-5-3----3-|---3----5-3----| S S S S S S E +H E S S +S S E +H |----------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|----------------------| |-3-0-3-4---0-5-(5)----|-5-5-6-(6)-6-7-(7)----| E S S +S S E +H E S S +S S E +H |----------------------|---------------------------| |----------------------|---------------------------| |----------------------|---------------------------| |-7-7-8-(8)-8-9-(9)----|-9-9-10-(10)-10-11-(11)----| 2nd Verse +H. S E. Q E. S Q Q |-----------12-12--||---------------| |------------------||---------------| |------------------||---------------| |-(11)-------------||-0-----0-0-----| Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S S E S S E. |--------------7\-|-----------11-9-11-9--| |-----------------|----------------------| |-----------------|----------------------| |-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0------------| Q Q S S S S S S S S Q E. S Q S E. |-------12-x-11-x-9-x-7-9-|--------------7\--| |-------------------------|------------------| |-------------------------|------------------| |-0-----------------------|-0-----0-0--------| Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S Q S E. |--------------12\-|--------------7\-| |------------------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------| |-0-----0-0--------|-0-----0-0-------| 3rd Verse Q Q S S S S S S S S Q E. S Q S E. |-------12-x-11-x-9-x-7---||--------------7\-| |-------------------------||-----------------| |-------------------------||-----------------| |-0-----------------------||-0-----0-0-------| Q Q S E. S E. Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S Q S E. |---------4----6--|--------------7\-|--------------9\-|--------------7\-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-0---------------|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-------| Q Q S S S S S S S S Q E. S Q S E. |-------12-x-11-x-9-x-7-9-|--------------7\-| |-------------------------|-----------------| |-------------------------|-----------------| |-0-----------------------|-0-----0-0-------| 4th Verse Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S Q S E. |--------------7\-||--------------9\-| |-----------------||-----------------| |-----------------||-----------------| |-0-----0-0-------||-0-----0-0-------| Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S Q Q Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S Q S E. |--------------7\-|---------------|--------------7\-|--------------9\-| |-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-----|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-------| Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S Q Q |--------------7\-|---------------| |-----------------|---------------| |-----------------|---------------| |-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-----| Out-Chorus S S S S S S S S H E E E. S E E E. S |-12-x-11-x-9-x-7-9------||---------10-11-------3-| |------------------------||o----------------------| |------------------------||o----------------------| |-------------------0----||--5------------10------| E E Q E E E E E E E. S E E E. S E E Q E E E E 3x Wx6 |-4------9---8---|--------10-11-------3-|-4------9---10----||--------*| |----------------|----------------------|-----------------o||--------*| |----------------|----------------------|-----------------o||--------*| |---3------8---7-|-5------------10------|---3------8----9--||--------*| 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