Free - Mr big bass tab

Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 17:02:37 -0000

From: matthew.kelly@bt.com

Subject: f/free/mr_big.btab

Mr Big (LIVE VERSION) - Free

Album - Free Story (Island)

Music by Fraser, Rodgers, Kirk, Kossoff

Tab by the Exorcist (Matt K). This is my own estimation of the song

This is how I play it so there may be occasional extra fills not in the

actual

bass solo.

Enjoy! If you learn to play this you'll be 10times the bass player at the

end!

Remember to play the notes staccato during the solo at times to keep the

bouncy,

running stream of notes going. Listen to the song to get an impression to

speeds,

unfortunately I can't make this very implicit in the tab.

Verse "I work hard every day"...

g ------12\-I-----7p6h7p6h7--I

d --2-------I--2-------------I

a ---2------I---2------------I

e ----0-----I----0-----------I

Chorus "Oh Mr Big"... "Cause For You"...

g --9--4-----------------9-I--9--4---------------

d ---------------0-0-2-----I---------------0-2---

a --7--2-2-0-0-2------2----I--7--2-2-0-0-2----2--

e ---------------------0---I-------------------0- (back into verse.)

Bass Solo:

g---------------------|2/9---------------------------9---9---7-7-7-

d-2-------2-----------|---------------2---2-2-4-4-7---------------

a-------2---5-4---2---|-------2-4-4-2---5-------------------------

e---0-4---------------|---0-0-------------------------0---0-------

g-6-6-6---------|9---9-------------|------------------------------

d ------9-9-9-9-|------------------|------------6-6-6-7-7-7-9-9-9-

a --------------|--------5-4-4-2---|7-7-7-9-9-9-------------------

e --------------|--0---0---------3-|------------------------------

g 6-6-7-7-7-9-9-9-11-11-11-12-12-12-14-13--14-13-----------------------

d ---------------------------------------14-----14-12-11-9-7-6---------

a -------------------------------------------------------------7-------

e ---------------------------------------------------------------7-7-9-

g --------------------------------------------9-----9-7-7-6-6-

d ------------------------------------2-4-7-9---9-------------

a 7-7-7-5-5-5---------7-7-------2-4-4-------------7-----------

e ------------9-9-7-9-----0-4-4-------------------------------

g ------------------------------6-----------6-9-9-6---9-------|

d 9-7-7-6-----------------6-9-9---9-9-7-7-9---------9---9-----|

a --------7-----2-2-4---7---------------------------------7---|

e ----------0-4---------------------------------------------0-|

g ------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---------------------

d --------------------6-9-------------------9-11--------6-9-9-9-

a ------7-------2-4-7---------------------------7-----2---------

e 0-4-7---7-0-4-----------------------------------0-4-----------

g --9-7-11-14-14-16-17-19-18-19-18-19-21-19-21-19-21-19-21-19-21

d 11------------------------------------------------------------

a --------------------------------------------------------------

e --------------------------------------------------------------

g -19-21-19-18-18-16-16-1413------------------------9--7--9--7

d --------------------------14-14-------------------9--7--9--7

a -------------------------------14-----5--4--2-----7--5--7--5

e ---------------------------------12-0----------------------

This is the solo roughly, with a few extra notes thrown in here and there.

This is probably not completely accurate, but it sounds very similar and

probably only

needs one or two tweaks, if anyone has any suggestions?

Mattkellydrinks@hotmail.com