Jaco Pastorius

Jaco Pastorius - Barbary Coast bass tab

Barbary Coast

Bass Tab

Standard Tuning: EADG

4/4

Tempo: about 80

"=" means hold

THIS SONG IS VERY HARD BECAUSE HE PLAYS THE INTRO IN OCTAVES. THINK BEFORE YOU

COVER THIS SONG.

TRAIN INTRO,

INTRO:

v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^

G -------7-5-7-5-------------------------7-5-7-5---------------------|

D -3/4----------/4================-3/4----------/4======-5-6-3-0---3/|

A -------5-3-5-3-------------------------5-3-5-3-----------------3---|

E -1/2----------/2================-1/2----------/2======-----------1/|

v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^

G ----7-5-7-5-------------------------7-5-7-5---------------------|

D 4----------/4================-3/4----------/4---5-7-3-0---------|

A ----5-3-5-3-------------------------5-3-5-3-------------3-4---5-|

E 2----------/2================-1/2----------/2-------------------|

MELODY RIFF:

v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^

G ----------------------------------------------------------------|

D 0---2-0-3---4-------------------0---3-0-5-----6-7---------------|

A --------------0-2---0-3-------4-----------------------3-0-----4-|

E ----------------------------------------------------------------|

v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^

G --------5---4---2-4-----------------7---0-5-----0-----1-2-------|

D 0---3-----------------2---3-----0-0---0-------0---------------0-|

A ----------------------------------------------------------------|

E ----------------------------------------------------------------|

v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^

G --------5-2-4-4---------------------7-----5-----0-----1-2-------|

D 0-------------------------------0-------0-----0---------------0-|

A ----------------------0-2-2-3-3---------------------------------|

E --------------------1-------------------------------------------|

v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^

G --------5-2-4-4---------------------7-----5-----0---1---2-3-4---|

D 0-------------------------------0-----0-0-----0-------0-------0=|

A ----------------------0-2---3-3---------------------------------|

E ----------------------------------------------------------------|

v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^

G ----2---5-2-4-4---------------------7---0-5-----0-----1-2-------|

D =-----0-------------------------0-----0-------0---------------3-|

A ----------------------0-2---3-3---------------------------------|

E ----------------------------------------------------------------|

v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^

G ----7---7-5-------------------------7---0-5-----0-----1-2-------|

D 4-----------3=========----------0-----0-------0---------------0-|

A ------------------------0---2-0---------------------------------|

E ------------1=========4-----------------------------------------|

v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^

G ----2---5-2-4-4---------------------7---0-5-----0-----1-2-2-3-4-|

D 0-------------------------------0-----0-------0-----------------|

A ----------------------0-2---3-3---------------------------------|

E ----------------------------------------------------------------|

Jaco just messes around a lot over this riff. I transcribed the first 40 seconds

of the main riff. You get the jist from here.

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