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Tuning: E A D G
SEASONS IN THE SUN (Bassline)
As recorded by Terry Jacks
(From the 1974 Album SEASONS IN THE SUN)
Words and Music by Jacques Brel & Rod McKuen
Arranged by Terry Jacks
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Electric Bass w/ pick'
Intro
Q=97
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H +W
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------||
|---0-1-2-0----|---0-1-2-0----|---0-1-2------|--------||
|--------------|--------------|---------2----|-(2)----||
1st - 3rd Verses
$
Q E E H +W Q E E H +W
||--------------|------------|-------------|--------|
||o--------4----|-(4)--------|--------6----|-(6)----|
||o------4------|------------|------6------|--------|
||--------------|------------|-------------|--------|
Q E E H +H Q E E Q. E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|--------4----|-(4)----6------|--------4------|-4-4-----4-4-----|
|------4------|-------------6-|-4----4------4-|-------4-------4-|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-----4-4-----|-4-4-----6-6-----|-6-6-----6-6-----|-6-6-----4-4-----|
|-------4-------4-|-------4-------6-|-------6-------6-|-------6-------4-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-4-4-----4-4-----|-4-4-----6-6-----|-6-6-------------|---------4-4-----||
|-------4-------4-|-------4-------6-|-------6-4-4-----|-4-4---4-----6-4-||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------4-|-----------------||
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-----4-4-----|-6-6---4-6-6---6-|-----------------|
|-----4-6-----4-6-|-----6-------6---|-4-4-----4-4-6-4-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----4-6---------|
Interlude
1.
To Coda
E E E E H E E E E H +W
|--------------||--------------|---------||
|-3-----3-4----||--------------|--------o||
|---6-6--------||---0-1-2------|--------o||
|--------------||---------2----|-(2)-----||
Chorus
2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||
|-7-7-----7-7-----|-9-9------9-9---9-|-----------------||
|-----7-9-----7-9-|-----9-11-----9---|-7-7-----7-7-9-7-||
|-----------------|------------------|-----7-9---------||
Interlude
D.S. al Coda
E E E E H E E E E H +W
|--------------||--------------|---------||
|-6-4-4-6-7----||--------------|---------||
|--------------||---0-1-2------|---------||
|--------------||---------2----|-(2)-----||
Chorus
&
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 H
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-7-7-----7-7-----|-9-9------9-9------|-----------------|-------6-7----||
|-----7-9-----7-9-|-----9-11-----11-9-|-7-7-----7-7-----|-7-7-9--------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----7-9-----7-9-|--------------||
Out-Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------------|
||o-8-8------8-8------|-10-10-------10-10-------|
||o-----8-10-----8-10-|-------10-12-------12-10-|
||--------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-------------------|----------------||
|-------------------|--------7-8----o||
|-8-8------8-8------|-8-8-10--------o||
|-----8-10-----8-10-|----------------||
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