Grand Funk Railroad - Im your captain closer to home
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Tuning: E A D G
I'M YOUR CAPTAIN (CLOSER TO HOME) (Bassline)
As recorded by Grand Funk Railroad
(From the 1970 Album CLOSER TO HOME)
Words and Music by Mike Farner
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Mel Schacher - Bass'
[Intro]
Q=90
4/4
Gtr I
H Q E E H. E E 3x S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S
G|--------------||----------------||-||------------------------------------|
D|--------------||o--------------o||-||o-----5-3---2-----------------------|
A|--------------||o-5------------o||-||o-5-5-----------5---5-3-0-(0)-0-3---|
E|-----------/5-||------------/5--||-||------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S 4x H.. E H. Q
G|------------------------------------||---------------|-------------|
D|-----5-3---2-----------------------o||---------------|-------------|
A|-5-5-----------5---5-3-0-(0)-0-3---o||-5---------(5)S|=17----------|
E|------------------------------------||---------------|-------------|
[1st Verse] [2nd & 3rd Verses]
E E E E H E E E E H 4x E E E E H Q S S S S S S S S E E
G||---------------|---------------||--------------||--------------------------|
D||o--------------|--------------o||--------------||o-------------------------|
A||o-5---5--------|-5---5--------o||-5---5--------||o-5----0-5-3---3-------3--|
E||---------------|---------------||--------------||-----------------2h3-5----|
E. S S S S S +S S S S E E
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-5--0-5-0-5-3-(3)---------3-|
E|------------------0-1h2-3---|
E. S S S S S S S S S S S E E. S S S S S S S S S E E
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A|-5--0-5-0-5-3---3-------3-4-|-5--0-5-0-5-3---3-------3---|
E|------------------2-3-5-----|------------------0-2-3-----|
E. S S S S S S S S S S S E
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|-5--0-5-0-5-3---3-------3-4-|
E|------------------2-3-5-----|
E. S S S S S S S S S E E E. S S S S S S S S S S S E
G|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-5--0-5-0-5-3---3-------3-|-5--0-5-0-5-3---3-------3-4--|
E|------------------0-2-3---|------------------2-3-5------|
E. S S S S S S S S S E E
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|-5--0-5-0-5-3---3-------3-|
E|------------------0-2-3---|
1. 2.
E. S S S S S S S S S E E E. S S S S S S S S S E E
G|---------------------------||--------------------------|
D|--------------------------o||--------------------------|
A|-5--0-5-0-5-3---3-------3-o||-5--0-5-0-5-3---3-------3-|
E|------------------0-2-3----||------------------0-2-3---|
E. S S S S S S S S S S S E
G||-----------------------------|
D||o----------------------------|
A||o-5--0-5-0-5-3---3-------3-4-|
E||-------------------2-3-5-----|
E. S S S S S S S S S E E 3x E. S S S S S S S S S E E
G|---------------------------||---------------------------|
D|--------------------------o||---------------------------|
A|-5--0-5-0-5-3---3-------3-o||-5--0-5-0-5-3---3-------3--|
E|------------------0-2-3----||------------------0-2-3----|
[Breakdown]
E E E E +E Q E +E E Q Q Q E E E E +E Q E +E E Q Q Q
G|------------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------||
D|-----6-5-(5)-3----|-----------------|-----6-5-(5)-3----|------------------||
A|-5--------------5-|-(5)---3--2------|-5--------------5-|-(5)---3--2-------||
E|---5--------------|-----5-------3\--|---5--------------|-----5-------3\---||
[Bridge]
Q.. S E E +S S E Q.. S E E S S E
G|---------------------|-------------------|
D|---------------------|-------------------|
A|-5-------5-5-(5)---5-|-1-------1-3---x-4-|
E|-------5---------5---|-------1-----------|
Q.. S e E S S E Q.. S E E E E
G|-------------------|------------------|
D|-------------------|------------------|
A|-5-------5-5---5---|-1-------1-3---4--|
E|-------5-----5---5-|-------1----------|
Q.. S e E S S E Q.. S E Q E E E S S E S S E S S E
G|-------------------|----------------|-----------------------|
D|-------------------|----------------|-3---3-3---3---3-3---3-|
A|-5-------5-5---5---|-1-------1-1----|---3-----3---3-----3---|
E|-------5-----5---5-|-------1--------|-----------------------|
E E S S E S S E S S E Q.. S e E S S E Q.. S E E E E
G|------------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
D|-/7---7-7---7---7-7---7-|-------------------|-----------------|
A|----7-----7---7-----7---|-5-------5-5---5---|-1-------1-3---4-|
E|------------------------|-------5-----5---5-|-------1---------|
a Q.. S E S S E E Q.. S E E E E a Q.. S E S S E E
G|-----------------7----|-----------------|-----------------7----|
D|-------------5s7---7\-|-----------------|-------------5s7---7\-|
A|-3h5-------5----------|-1-------1-3---4-|-3h5-------5----------|
E|---------5------------|-------1---------|---------5------------|
Q.. S E Q E E E S S E S S S S S S E E E S S E S S S S S S E
G|----------------|---5-----5-----5---5---5-|----9-----9-----9---9------|
D|----------------|-3---3-3---3-3---3---3---|-/7---7-7---7-7---7---7----|
A|-1-------1-1p=0-|-------------------------|---------------------------|
E|-------1--------|-------------------------|---------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S 4x
G||------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
D||o-----5-3---2-----------------------|-----5-3---2-----------------------o||
A||o-5-5-----------5---5-3-0-(0)-0-3---|-5-5-----------5---5-3-0-(0)-0-3---o||
E||------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
[4th & 5th Verses]
H.. E H +S S S S E E Q +S S S S S S S S E S S
G|---------------|---------------------------||----------------------------|
D|---------------|---------------------------||----------------------------|
A|-5---------(5)S|=17----(17)-17-17-17-17-17-||-5--(5)-0-5-3---3-3-3-3-0-3-|
E|---------------|---------------------------||----------------------------|
Q +S S S S S S S S E S S
G||-----------------------------|
D||o----------------------------|
A||o-5--(5)-0-5-3---3-3-3-3-0-3-|
E||-----------------------------|
E. S S S S S S S S S E E Q +S S S S S S S S E S S 5x
G|--------------------------|-----------------------------||
D|--------------------------|----------------------------o||
A|-5--0-5-0-5-3---3-------3-|-5--(5)-0-5-3---3-3-3-3-0-3-o||
E|------------------0-2-3---|-----------------------------||
[Chorus]
E. S S S S S S S S S E E 8x W +H. Q
G||----------------------------||----------|-------------|
D||o--------------------------o||----------|-------------|
A||o-5--0-5-0-5-3---3-------3-o||-5--------|-(5)------5--|
E||-------------------0-2-3----||----------|-------------|
W +E E E E E E E E H. a Q Q Q Q q
G|----------|-------------------|--------------|-7-------------|
D|----------|-------------------|---------5h7--|----7\---------|
A|-3--------|-(3)---------1-2-3-|-5------------|--------5\--0--|
E|----------|-----0-1-2-3-------|--------------|---------------|
H.. E E E E E E E E E W Q E E Q q
G|-------------|-----------------|----------|---------------|
D|-------------|-----------------|----------|---------------|
A|-3-----------|-3---------1-2-3-|-5--------|------0-5--0---|
E|-----------3-|---0-1-2-3-------|----------|---------------|
H.. E E E E E E E E E H. a Q Q Q Q q
G|-------------|-----------------||---------------|-7-------------|
D|-------------|-----------------||o---------5h7--|----7\---------|
A|-3-----------|-3---------1-2-3-||o-5------------|--------5\--0--|
E|-----------3-|---0-1-2-3-------||---------------|---------------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
H.. E E E E E E E E E 4x H Q. E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------|------------------||-------------|------------------||
D|-------------|-----------------o||-------------|------------------||
A|-3-----------|-3---------1-2-3-o||-3----3------|-3-3-3---3-3-4-4--||
E|-----------3-|---0-1-2-3--------||-----------3-|-------3----------||
[Interlude]
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-5-5-----5-5-----|-5-5-----5---5---|-3-3-----3-3-----|-3-3-----3-3-4-4--|
E|-------5-------5-|-------5---5---5-|-------3-------3-|-------3----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E a E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------7-------|
D|-----------------|-------5s7---7-----|
A|-5-5-----5-5-----|-5-5-5-----------5-|
E|-------5-------5-|---------------5---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|-3-3-----3-3-----|-3---------1-2-3-|-5-5-----5-5------|
E|-------3-------3-|---0-1-2-3-------|-------5-------5--|
E E E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------7-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-------5s7---7-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-5-5-------------5-|-3-3-----3-3-----|-3-3-----3---4---|-5-5-----5-5-----|
E|---------------5---|-------3-------3-|-------3---3---4-|-------5-------5-|
E Q a E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|----------7-------|-----------------|
D|------5s7---7-----|-----------------|
A|-5-5----------5---|-3-3-----3-3-----|
E|----------------5-|-------3-------3-|
[Outro]
E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E S S
G|-----------------||------------------------|
D|-----------------||o-----------------------|
A|-3---------1-2-3-||o-5-5\-------5-5\-------|
E|---0-1-2-3-------||---------3h5--------3h5-|
E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E 10x
G|-----------------------|---------------------|-------------------||
D|-----------------------|---------------------|------------------o||
A|-5-5\-------5-5\-------|-5-5\-------5-5\-----|-3---------1-2-3--o||
E|--------3h5--------3h5-|--------3h5--------3-|---0-1-2-3---------||
E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S
G||------------------------|-----------------------|
D||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
A||o-5-5\-------5-5\-------|-5-5\-------5-5\-------|
E||---------3h5--------3h5-|--------3h5--------3h5-|
E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|---------------------|------------------||
D|---------------------|-----------------o||
A|-5-5\-------5-5\-----|-3---------1-2-3-o||
E|--------3h5--------3-|---0-1-2-3--------||
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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")
| s - legato slide
| S - shift slide
| h - hammer-on
| p - pull-off
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