Level 42 - Lessons in love
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LESSONS IN LOVE (Bassline)
As recorded by Level 42
(From the 1987 Album RUNNING IN THE FAMILY)
Words and Music by Mark King, Wally Badarou & Boon Gould
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Mark King - Slap Bass'
Intro
Q=115
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-|-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-|
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
|---------------------------------|-------------------------4---4-4-|
|-------------------------5---5-5-|---------1---1-1-4---4-4---------|
|---------2---2-2-5---5-5---------|-2---2-2-------------------------|
|-3---3-3-------------------------|---------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|-------------------------5---5-5-||
|-------------------------2---2-2-|---------2---2-2-5---5-5---------||
|-----------------2---2-2---------|-3---3-3-------------------------||
|-0---0-0-3---3-3-----------------|---------------------------------||
1st Verse
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
||----------------------------------|-------------------------4---4-4--|
||o-------------------------5---5-5-|---------1---1-1-4---4-4----------|
||o---------2---2-2-5---5-5---------|-2---2-2--------------------------|
||--3---3-3-------------------------|----------------------------------|
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 3x
|---------------------------------|-------------------------5---5-5--||
|-------------------------2---2-2-|---------2---2-2-5---5-5---------o||
|-----------------2---2-2---------|-3---3-3-------------------------o||
|-0---0-0-3---3-3-----------------|----------------------------------||
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
|-------------------------0---0-0-|-------------------------4---4-4-|
|-----------------0---0-0---------|---------1---1-1-4---4-4---------|
|---------2---2-2-----------------|-2---2-2-------------------------|
|-3---3-3-------------------------|---------------------------------|
Chorus
S S S S S S S S E E +S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------||---------------------------------|
|----------------------------||-------------------------2---2-2-|
|-----------------2-0-(0)-2--||-----------------2---2-2---------|
|-0---0-0-3---3-3------------||-0---0-0-3---3-3-----------------|
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
|-------------------------2---2-2-|-------------------------4---4-4-|
|-----------------2---2-2---------|---------1---1-1-4---4-4---------|
|---------3---3-3-----------------|-2---2-2-------------------------|
|-5---5-5-------------------------|---------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|-------------------------5---5-5-|
|-------------------------2---2-2-|---------2---2-2-5---5-5---------|
|-----------------2---2-2---------|-3---3-3-------------------------|
|-0---0-0-3---3-3-----------------|---------------------------------|
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
|-------------------------2---2-2-|-------------------------4---4-4-|
|-----------------2---2-2---------|---------1---1-1-4---4-4---------|
|---------3---3-3-----------------|-2---2-2-------------------------|
|-5---5-5-------------------------|---------------------------------|
2nd Verse
E S S E S S Q Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------||----------------------------------|
|---------------------||o-------------------------5---5-5-|
|---------5-5-5-------||o---------2---2-2-5---5-5---------|
|-0-0-0-0--------15\--||--3---3-3-------------------------|
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
|-------------------------4---4-4-|---------------------------------|
|---------1---1-1-4---4-4---------|-------------------------2---2-2-|
|-2---2-2-------------------------|-----------------2---2-2---------|
|---------------------------------|-0---0-0-3---3-3-----------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------5---5-5--||---------------------------------|
|---------2---2-2-5---5-5---------o||-------------------------5---5-5-|
|-3---3-3-------------------------o||---------2---2-2-5---5-5---------|
|----------------------------------||-3---3-3-------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E +S E.
|-------------------------4---4-4-|----------------------------||
|---------1---1-1-4---4-4---------|----------------------------||
|-2---2-2-------------------------|-----------------2-0-(0)-2--||
|---------------------------------|-0---0-0-3---3-3------------||
Chorus
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
||--------------------------5---5-5-|-------------------------2---2-2--|
||o---------2---2-2-5---5-5---------|-----------------2---2-2----------|
||o-3---3-3-------------------------|---------3---3-3------------------|
||----------------------------------|-5---5-5--------------------------|
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 3x
|-------------------------4---4-4-|----------------------------------||
|---------1---1-1-4---4-4---------|-------------------------2---2-2-o||
|-2---2-2-------------------------|-----------------2---2-2---------o||
|---------------------------------|-0---0-0-3---3-3------------------||
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
|-------------------------5---5-5-|-------------------------2---2-2-|
|---------2---2-2-5---5-5---------|-----------------2---2-2---------|
|-3---3-3-------------------------|---------3---3-3-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-5---5-5-------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q. E +Q. E +H +Q. E
|-------------------------4---4-4-|----------------|-----------------|
|---------1---1-1-4---4-4---------|-2----0-(0)-----|-----------------|
|-2---2-2-------------------------|--------------3-|-(3)----(3)---5--|
|---------------------------------|----------------|-----------------|
Bridge
Q. E +Q. E +H E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------|----------------||-----------------------------------|
|-2----0-(0)-----|----------------||o-------------------------5---5-5--|
|--------------0-|-(0)----3-2-0---||o---------2---2-2-5---5-5----------|
|----------------|--------------3-||--3---3-3--------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|-------------------------5---5-5-|
|-------------------------3---3-3-|---------2---2-2-5---5-5---------|
|---------0---0-0-3---3-3---------|-3---3-3-------------------------|
|-1---1-1-------------------------|---------------------------------|
Guitar Solo
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------7---7-7--||---------------------------------|
|---------4---4-4-7---7-7---------o||-------------------------5---5-5-|
|-5---5-5-------------------------o||---------2---2-2-5---5-5---------|
|----------------------------------||-3---3-3-------------------------|
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
|-------------------------4---4-4-|---------------------------------|
|---------1---1-1-4---4-4---------|-------------------------2---2-2-|
|-2---2-2-------------------------|-----------------2---2-2---------|
|---------------------------------|-0---0-0-3---3-3-----------------|
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
|-------------------------5---5-5-|---------------------------------|
|---------2---2-2-5---5-5---------|-------------------------5---5-5-|
|-3---3-3-------------------------|---------2---2-2-5---5-5---------|
|---------------------------------|-3---3-3-------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E +S E.
|-------------------------4---4-4-|----------------------------||
|---------1---1-1-4---4-4---------|----------------------------||
|-2---2-2-------------------------|-----------------2-0-(0)-2--||
|---------------------------------|-0---0-0-3---3-3------------||
Out-Chorus
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
||----------------------------------|-------------------------2---2-2--|
||o-------------------------2---2-2-|-----------------2---2-2----------|
||o-----------------2---2-2---------|-0---0-0-3---3-3------------------|
||--0---0-0-3---3-3-----------------|----------------------------------|
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
|-------------------------4---4-4-|----------------------------------||
|---------1---1-1-4---4-4---------|-------------------------2---2-2-o||
|-2---2-2-------------------------|-----------------2---2-2---------o||
|---------------------------------|-0---0-0-3---3-3------------------||
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
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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
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| - 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