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FAMILY AFFAIR (Bassline) As recorded by Sly & The Family Stone (From the 1971 Album THERE'S A RIOT GOIN' ON) Words and Music by Sly Stone Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Larry Graham - Bass' Intro Q=106 4/4 Gtr I W W e S S e E e E e E |----------|----------|---7---------------| |----------|----------|-------------------| |----------|----------|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |----------|----------|-------------------| e E e E S S 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 |-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5---------|-----------------|---------3-3-3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| |-----------x-3-4-5-|-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3---------|------------------| S e S E E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e. S |---7---7-----------|-----------------|-------------------|| |-------------------|-----------------|----------------5--|| |-5---5---5-5-5-5---|-----------------|-------5-3-3-3-----|| |-----------------5-|-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-------------|| 1st Verse 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 4x ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| ||o-----------0-1-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--o|| ||--3-3---x-3-------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------|| Chorus e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E S E. |-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------2--| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----| e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E |-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|| |-----------------|-----------------|| Guitar Solo E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q |----------------|---------------|----------------| |----------------|---------------|----------------| |----------------|-3-3----3-3----|----------------| |-3-3---x-3-3----|---------------|-3-3---x-3-3----| E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q |---------------|----------------|---------------| |---------------|----------------|---------------| |-3-3----3-3----|----------------|-3-3----3-3----| |---------------|-3-3---x-3-3----|---------------| E E E E E E S S E e E e E e E e E S E S E S S +S S E E E |-------------------|-----------------|---7---7---7-(7)---7-----|| |-------------------|-----------------|-------------------------|| |---------------3---|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5---5---5-------5---5-5-|| |-3-3---x-3-3-----x-|-----------------|-------------------------|| 2nd Verse 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 ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| ||o-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5--o|| ||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------|| Chorus e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E 3x e E e E e E e E ||------------------|------------------||-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------| ||o-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-o||-----------------| ||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|------------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|| |-----------------|-----------------|| Interlude E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||------------------|------------------||-| ||o-----------------|-----7-7-----7-7-o||-| ||o-----------------|-----------------o||-| ||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-----5-5------||-| Outro e E e E e E e E e E e E S S E E E ||------------------|--------------------| ||o-----------------|--------------------| ||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5----------| ||------------------|-----------x-3-4-5--| e E e E e E e E e E e E e E e E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q 3x |-----------------|------------------||-||-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|-----------------o||-||o----------------|----------------o|| |-----------------|-------5-3-3-3-4-o||-||o----------------|-3-3----3-3-----o|| |-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3------------||-||--3-3---x-3-3----|-----------------|| 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