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LIFE IS A CARNIVAL (Bassline) As recorded by The Band (From the 1971 Album CAHOOTS) Words and Music by Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm & Rick Danko Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Rick Danko - Bass' Intro Q=92 4/4 Gtr I W S S S S E E S S E Q S S S S E Q. q |----------||-----------------------|-------------------| |----------||o----------------------|-------------------| |----------||o-7---5-7---7-----7S5--|-----5-7---7\------| |----------||----7-----------0------|-7h9------------0--| 1. 2. S S S S E E S S E Q S S S S E Q. q S S S S E E S S E Q |----------------------|--------------------||----------------------| |----------------------|-------------------o||----------------------| |-7---5-7---7-----7S5--|-----5-7---7\------o||-7---5-7---7-----7S5--| |---7-----------0------|-7h9------------0---||---7-----------0------| 1st & 2nd Verses S S S S E Q. q S S S S E E S S E Q S S S S E Q. q |-------------------||-----------------------|--------------------| |-------------------||o----------------------|--------------------| |-----5-7---7\------||o-7---5-7---7-----7S5--|-----5-7---7\-------| |-7h9------------0--||----7-----------0------|-7h9------------0---| S S S S E E S S E Q S S S S E Q. q S S S S E E S S E Q |----------------------|-------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|-------------------|----------------------| |-7---5-7---7-----7S5--|-----5-7---7\------|-7---5-7---7-----7S5--| |---7-----------0------|-7h9------------0--|---7-----------0------| S S S S E Q. q S S S S E E S S E Q S S S S E Q. q |-------------------|----------------------|--------------------|| |-------------------|----------------------|--------------------|| |-----5-7---7\------|-7---5-7---7-----7S5--|-----5-7---7\-------|| |-7h9------------0--|---7-----------0------|-7h9------------0---|| Pre-Chorus $ Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q S S S S E E S S E Q S S S S E Q. q |-------------|-------------|----------------------|-------------------| |-------------|-------------|----------------------|-------------------| |-------------|-------------|-7---5-7---7-----7S5--|-----5-7---7\------| |-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|---7-----------0------|-7h9------------0--| Chorus Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H |-------------|-------------|-------------||------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------||------------| |-------------|-------------|-7--7--7-----||-7--7--7----| |-2--2--3--3--|-5--5--7--7--|----------5--||------------| 1. To Coda H H Q Q H Q Q H S S S S E E S S E Q |-----------|------------|------------||----------------------| |-----------|------------|------------||----------------------| |-7----7----|-7--7--7----|-7--7--7----||-7---5-7---7-----7S5--| |-----------|------------|------------||---7-----------0------| S S S S E Q. q S S S S E E S S E Q S S S S E Q. q |-------------------|----------------------|---------------------|| |-------------------|----------------------|--------------------o|| |-----5-7---7\------|-7---5-7---7-----7S5--|-----5-7---7\-------o|| |-7h9------------0--|---7-----------0------|-7h9------------0----|| Guitar Solo 2. S S S S E E S S E Q S S S S E Q. q |----------------------||-------------------| |----------------------||-------------------| |-7---5-7---7-----7S5--||-----5-7---7\------| |---7-----------0------||-7h9------------0--| S S S S E E S S E Q S S S S E Q. q 4x ||-----------------------|--------------------|| ||o----------------------|-------------------o|| ||o-7---5-7---7-----7S5--|-----5-7---7\------o|| ||----7-----------0------|-7h9------------0---|| D.S. al Coda & S S S S E E S S E Q S S S S E Q. q Q Q H |----------------------|-------------------||------------| |----------------------|-------------------||------------| |-7---5-7---7-----7S5--|-----5-7---7\------||-7--7--7----| |---7-----------0------|-7h9------------0--||------------| Q Q H Q Q H S S S S E E S S E Q |------------|------------|----------------------| |------------|------------|----------------------| |-7--7--7----|-7--7--7----|-7---5-7---7-----7S5--| |------------|------------|---7-----------0------| Outro S S S S E Q. q S S S S E E S S E Q S S S S E Q. q 5x |-------------------||-----------------------|---------------------|| |-------------------||o----------------------|--------------------o|| |-----5-7---7\------||o-7---5-7---7-----7S5--|-----5-7---7\-------o|| |-7h9------------0--||----7-----------0------|-7h9------------0----|| 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