Mayfield Curtis - Freddies Dead bass tab
Title: Freddie's Dead
Artist: Curtis Mayfield
Tabbed by: Allan Fretz (allanfretz@canada.com)
Comments: The basic idea of the song. Jam it out. Add some nuance. Have fun.
Warning: Sick grooves. Oh, the sickness. You'll never be the same again.
Intro:
3x
G-||------------------------|------------||
D-||*--6--6--4-----4--------|-----------*||
A-||*-----------7-----7--4--|--4--4--4--*||
E-||------------------------|------------||
Main riff:
G-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|
D--------2--|--------2--|--------2--|-----------------|
A--2--4-----|--2--4-----|--2--4-----|--2--4--2--------|
E-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------4--0--|
Choruses:
G-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
D-----------2--4--|--6--4--2-----2--------|-----------2--4--|
A--------4--------|-----------4-----4--2--|--------4--------|
E--2--5-----------|-----------------------|--2--5-----------|
G-------------------------------|
D--------6--6--4-----4----------|
A-----------------7-----7--4----|
E--2--5-------------------------|
Second chorus:
2x
G-||------------------|------------------------||
D-||*-----------2--4--|--6--4--2-----2--------*||
A-||*--------4--------|-----------4-----4--2--*||
E-||---2--5-----------|------------------------||
G-----------------|-----------------------------|
D-----------2--4--|--------6--6--4-----4--------|
A--------4--------|-----------------7-----7--4--|
E--2--5-----------|--2--5-----------------------|
Change of key bit:
3x
G-||------------|-----------|-----------|------------------||
D-||*--------3--|--------3--|--------3--|-----------------*||
A-||*--3--5-----|--3--5-----|--3--5-----|--3--5--3--------*||
E-||------------|-----------|-----------|-----------5--1---||
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== TABLATURE EXPLANATION ==
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---------- ---------- ----t---
----5h8--- Hammeron ----(8)--- Ghost ----6--- Tap
---------- ---------- Note --------
----5p8--- Pulloff ---------- --------
---------- ---------- -----p--
----5/8--- Slide Up -----x---- Dead -----7-- Pop
---------- ---------- Note --s-----
----5\8--- Slide Down ---------- --5----- Slap
---------- ||------|| Repeat --------
----5~~~-- Vibrato ||*----*|| ---5^--- Bend
---------- ||*----*|| --------
---------- ||------|| --------
---------- ---------- --------
-4:------- Time ---------- --------
-4:------- Signature ---------- --------
---------- ---------- --------
Rhythm:
w = whole note W = dotted whole
h = half note H = dotted half
q = quarter note Q = dotted quarter
e = eighth note E = dotted eighth
s = sixteenth note S = dotted sixteenth
t = 32nd note T = dotted 32nd
x = 64th note X = dotted 64th
^ = triplet
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