Earth, Wind & Fire - Sing a song
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Tuning: E A D G B E
SING A SONG (Bassline)
As recorded by Earth, Wind & Fire
(From the 1975 Album GRATITUDE)
Words and Music by Maurice White & Al McKay
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Verdine White - Bass'
[Intro & Interlude]
Q=122
4/4
Gtr I
W E E E E +Q. E +E E E E Q E S S E E E E +Q. E
G|----------||------------------|--------------------|------------------|
D|----------||o-----------------|-------4---2--4-2---|------------------|
A|----------||o-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-(2)-2---2--------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2--|
E|----------||------------------|--------------------|------------------|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q. E
G|-----4---4---------|-----------------|
D|-------------------|-----------------|
A|-(2)---2-----------|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|
E|-----------0-2-3-4-|-----------------|
+E E E E Q Q E E E E +E E E E
G|---------11----9--11\--|--------------------|
D|-----/11----11---------|--------------------|
A|-(2)-------------------|-0-2-3-4-(4)-2-4-5--|
E|-----------------------|--------------------|
[1st Verse]
1.
+E E E E +H E E E E +Q. E +E E E E Q E S S E E E E +Q. E
G|-------/9-7-(7)----||-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
D|-----7-------------||-----------------|-------4---2--4-2---|-----------------|
A|-(5)---------------||-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-(2)-2---2--------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|
E|-------------------||-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
+Q. S S E E E E E E E E +Q. E +E E E E Q E S S E E E E +Q. E
G|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|------------------|
D|-------4-3-2-------|-----------------|-------4---2--4-2---|------------------|
A|-(2)---------------|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-(2)-2---2--------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2--|
E|-------------0-2-4-|-----------------|--------------------|------------------|
[Pre-Chors]
E E E E Q S S E E E E E +Q. E +E E E E Q E S S E E E E +Q. E
G|------------------||-----------------|--------------------|------------------|
D|-------4-2--4-2---||-----------------|-------4---2--4-2---|------------------|
A|---2------------4-||-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-(2)-2---2--------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2--|
E|------------------||-----------------|--------------------|------------------|
+E E E E E. S E S S E E E E +Q. E
G|-------4--------------|-----------------|
D|-----4---0-2--2-4-2---|-----------------|
A|-(2)----------------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|
E|----------------------|-----------------|
E E E E Q Q E E E E +Q. E
G|------11----9--11\--|-----------------|
D|---11----11---------|-----------------|
A|--------------------|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|
E|--------------------|-----------------|
[Chorus]
E E +S S E E E E E E E +S S E E E E E E E S S E E E S S E
G|---------------------||---------------------|----------------------|
D|-----------4-2-------||---------------------|-----------2-4-2------|
A|---2-(2)-2-----4-2-4-||-0-0-(0)-0-2-4-4---4-|-2-2---2-2-------4-2--|
E|---------------------||---------------------|----------------------|
E E S S E E E S S E E E E E Q Q E E S S E E E E E
G|---------------------|---------/9--7\--|-------------------|
D|---------------------|-------7---------|-------------------|
A|-0-0---0-2-4-4---2-4-|-5-5-------------|-0-0---0-2-4-4---4-|
E|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E E
G|---------------------|-------------------|
D|-----------2-4-2-----|-------------------|
A|-2-2---2-2-------4-2-|-0-0---0-2-4-4---5-|
E|---------------------|-------------------|
[2nd Verse]
2.
+E E E E +H E E E E +Q. E
G|-------/9-7-(7)-----||-----------------|
D|-----7-------------o||-----------------|
A|-(5)---------------o||-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|
E|--------------------||-----------------|
E E E E Q E S S E E E E +Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q. E
G|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----4---2--4-2---|-----------------|-------4-2-4-2---|-----------------|
A|-2-2---2--------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|---2-----------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|
E|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E Q Q E E E E +Q. E
G|-------11----9--11\--|-----------------|
D|---/11----11---------|-----------------|
A|---------------------|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|
E|---------------------|-----------------|
[Pre-Chorus]
E E S S S S E E S S S S E E E E +Q. E
G|---------4---------------||------------------|
D|-------4---4-2-2-4-2-----||------------------|
A|---2-----------------4-2-||-0-2-3-4-(4)---2--|
E|-------------------------||------------------|
+E E E E Q E S S E E E E +Q. E +E E E E Q Q E E E E +Q. E
G|--------------------|-----------------|-----4---4---------|-----------------|
D|-------4---2--4-2---|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A|-(2)-2---2--------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-(2)---2---/7\-----|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|
E|--------------------|-----------------|----------------0--|-----------------|
+E E E E Q E S S E E E E +Q. E
G|--------------------|-----------------|
D|-------4---2--4-2---|-----------------|
A|-(2)-2---2--------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|
E|--------------------|-----------------|
[Chorus]
E E S S E Q Q E E +S S E E E E E
G|---------------x--||---------------------|
D|---------4-2/-----||---------------------|
A|---2---2----------||-0-0-(0)-0-2-4-4---4-|
E|------------------||---------------------|
E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E E Q Q
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------/9--7\---|
D|-----------2-4-2-----|---------------------|-------7----------|
A|-2-2---2-2-------4-2-|-0-0---0-2-4-4---2-4-|-5-5--------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|
E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E S S E
G|-------------------|---------------------|
D|-------------------|-----------2-4-2-----|
A|-0-0---0-2-4-4---4-|-2-2---2-2-------4-2-|
E|-------------------|---------------------|
E E S S E E E E E +E E E E +H
G|-------------------|-------/9-7-(7)----||
D|-------------------|-----7-------------||
A|-0-0---0-2-4-4---5-|-(5)---------------||
E|-------------------|-------------------||
[Interlude]
E E E E +Q. E +E E E E Q E S S E E E E +Q. E +E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----4---4---------|
D|-----------------|-------4---2--4-2---|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-(2)-2---2--------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-(2)---2-----------|
E|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----------0-2-3-4-|
E E E E +Q. E +E E E E Q Q
G|-----------------|--------11----9--11\--|
D|-----------------|-----11----11---------|
A|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-(2)------------------|
E|-----------------|----------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E S S E
G|-------------------|-------------------||
D|-------------------|---------2-2-4-2---||
A|-0-2-3-4-(4)-2-4-5-|-5-4-2-0---------4-||
E|-------------------|-------------------||
[Pre-Chorus]
E E E E +Q. E E E E E E E S S S S E E E E +Q. E +E E E E E E Q
G|-----------------|-----4---------------|-----------------|-------4-----x------|
D|-----------------|---4-----2---4-2-----|-----------------|-----4---0-2--------|
A|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-----------------4-2-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-(2)-----------x\---|
E|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
E E E E +Q. E E E E E Q Q E E E E +Q. E E E S S E E E E E
G|-----------------|-------11----9--11\--|-----------------|-------------------||
D|-----------------|---/11----11---------|-----------------|---------4-2-2-----||
A|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|---------------------|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|---2---2-------4-2-||
E|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
[Chorus]
E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E S S S S
G|-------------------|-----------------------|
D|-------------------|-----------2-2-4p2-----|
A|-0-0---0-2-4-4---4-|-2-2---2-2---------4p2-|
E|-------------------|-----------------------|
E E S S E E E E E E E E E Q Q
G|-------------------|---------9--7\--|
D|-------------------|-------7--------|
A|-0-0---0-2-4-4---4-|-5-5------------|
E|-------------------|----------------|
E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E S S S S E E S S E E E E E +W
G|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|--------|
D|-------------------|-----------2-2-4p2-----|-------------------|--------|
A|-0-0---0-2-4-4---4-|-2-2---2-2---------4p2-|-0-0---0-2-4-4---5-|-(5)----|
E|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|--------|
[Outro]
+W +W +W E E S S E E E S S E
G|------------|------------|------------||-----------------------|
D|------------|------------|------------||o----------------------|
A|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------||o-0-0---0-2-4-4---4-4--|
E|------------|------------|------------||-----------------------|
E E S S S S E S S S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E E 3x
G|---------4---------------|---------------------|---------4-----------||
D|-------4---4-2---2-4p2---|---------------------|-------4---2-2------o||
A|-2-2-------------------4-|-0-0---0-2-4-4---4-4-|-2-2-----------4-2--o||
E|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
[Lyrics]
When you feel down
and out
Sing a song, it'll make your day
Here's a time to shout
Sing a song, it'll make a way
Sometimes it's hard to care
Sing a song, it'll make your day
A smile so hard to bear
Sing a song, it'll make a way
Singasong
Singasong
Singasong
Singasong
Bring your heart to believing
Sing a song, it'll make your day
Life ain't about no retrieving
Sing a song, it'll make a way
Give yourself what you need
Sing a song, it'll make your day
Smile, smile smile and believe
Sing a song, it'll make a way
Singasong
Singasong
Singasong
Singasong
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Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
| (n) - note tied to previous
| /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
| p - pull off
| x - muted
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