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SUPER BAD, PTS. 1 & 2 (Bassline) As recorded by James Brown (From the 1971 Album SUPER BAD) Words and Music by James Brown Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'William "Bootsy" Collins - Bass' 1st Verse Q=120 4/4 Gtr I E E E. S +E S S E E E E E. S E E E E ||------7--7-(7)---------|-----7------------| ||o--------------4-4-5-7-|------------------| ||o-5--------------------|-5--------5---5---| ||-----------------------|--------5---5---5-| E E E. S +E S S E E E E E. S E S S E E 5x |-----7--7-(7)---------|-----7----------------|| |--------------4-4-5-7-|---------------------o|| |-5--------------------|-5--------5-----5----o|| |----------------------|--------5---5-5---5---|| 2nd Verse E E E. S +E S S E E E E E. S E E E E ||------7--7-(7)---------|-----7------------| ||o--------------4-4-5-7-|------------------| ||o-5--------------------|-5--------5---5---| ||-----------------------|--------5---5---5-| E E E. S +E S S E E E E E. S E S S E E 3x |-----7--7-(7)---------|-----7---------------|| |--------------4-4-5-7-|--------------------o|| |-5--------------------|-5--------5-----5---o|| |----------------------|--------5---5-5---5--|| 3rd & 4th Verses $ E E E. S +E S S E E E E E. S E E E E ||------7--7-(7)---------|-----7------------| ||o--------------4-4-5-7-|------------------| ||o-5--------------------|-5--------5---5---| ||-----------------------|--------5---5---5-| E E E. S +E S S E E E E E. S E S S E E 5x |-----7--7-(7)---------|-----7---------------|| |--------------4-4-5-7-|--------------------o|| |-5--------------------|-5--------5-----5---o|| |----------------------|--------5---5-5---5--|| Bridge S E S E E E S S Q S E S E E E E Q ||---------------------|------------------| ||o-5-5-5---5----------|-5-5-5---5--------| ||o--------------------|------------------| ||--------------3-3----|-------------3----| S E S E E E S S Q S E S E S S S S S S S S E 4x |--------------------|-----------------------------|| |-5-5-5---5----------|-5-5-5---5-5---------5------o|| |--------------------|---------------5-5-5---5-5--o|| |-------------3-3----|-----------------------------|| Saxophone Solo To Coda E E E E E E E E E E E. S +E S S E E |------------------||------7--7-(7)---------| |------------------||o--------------4-4-5-7-| |------------------||o-5--------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||-----------------------| E E E. S E E E E E E E. S +E S S E E |-----7------------|-----7--7-(7)----------| |------------------|--------------4-4-5-7--| |-5--------5---5---|-5---------------------| |--------5---5---5-|-----------------------| Outro 1. 2. D.S. al Coda & E E E. S E S S E E E E E. S E S S E E E E E. S +E S S E E |-----7---------------||-----7---------------||------7--7-(7)---------| |--------------------o||---------------------||o--------------4-4-5-7-| |-5--------5-----5---o||-5--------5-----5----||o-5--------------------| |--------5---5-5---5--||--------5---5-5---5--||-----------------------| E E E. S E E E E E E E. S +E S S E E E E E. S E S S E E 3x |-----7------------|-----7--7-(7)---------|-----7---------------|| |------------------|--------------4-4-5-7-|--------------------o|| |-5--------5---5---|-5--------------------|-5--------5-----5---o|| |--------5---5---5-|----------------------|--------5---5-5---5--|| 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