Pastorius jaco - Amerika bass tab
Jaco-Amerika.txt
Michael Segler@ jaco_p@earthlink.net
"Amerika" - from Word of Mouth's Live Tour
NOTES: h=hammer on
x=harmonics
g=ghost / muted notes
f=fretted harmonics
r=righthanded fretting
*=sustain / let note ring through
\=slide down
- Runs in the fourth section and at end should be played as stacatto 16ths -
(I put spaces between them to make it easier to read the tabbed "notes")
G|--8h9--8h9------------|--8h9----x7--------------|----9g89----------------
D|----------------11-11-|---------x7--------------|-----------9-9----------
A|------------0---------|-------------------------|------------------------
E|----------------------|------0-----x4-----------|-----------------0------
G|-------------11--13--9****------|--8h99---------|-9---x7-----------------
D|--11-12--14-------------8-9-10--|--------11-11--|-----x7-----------------
A|----------------------0---------|-----0---------|------------------------
E|--------------------------------|---------------|---0---x4---------------
G|--98-h9-9-------------|--15-h16--15---16--(18)-------|---------16----x7--
D|----------9-9---------|--------------------(19)------|--14--16-------x7--
A|----------------------|------------------------------|-------------------
E|----------------------|--------------------------r7--|------------0---x4-
G|---------------------------16-18------|---16---16----|--14-13h14---x7----
D|---16--------16-18--16-18-19----------|--------------|-------------x7----
A|-19--19-18-19-----19---------------0--|------------0-|-------------------
E|--------------------------------------|--------------|-----------0---x4--
NOTE:(f) - This section is 'fretted' harmonics -
G|--f14--14--13-13--14-16-13-11--9----14****----|---x7*-*-*-*-f14----------
D|----------------------------------------------|---x7*-*-*-*-*-*----------
A|---------------------------------------12\11--|------11*-*-*-*-*---------
E|----------------0-----------------------------|--------------------------
G|---13-h14-14------11--11-|---14---16---18------g8h9--|-------------------
D|--------------0---0---0--|---------------------------|-------------------
A|-------------------------|-----------------0---------|-------------------
E|-------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------
G|---9----11----14----------16----14----10-h11---------|-------------------
D|--------------------14----------------------------0--|-------------------
A|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------
E|---9----10----11----12----13----14-------------------|-------------------
G|------------------------------------|-----------------
D|-----------------------4---4-6-7----|----7------------
A|----4---4-5-4-5-7-4-5-7-5-7---------|----0------------
E|---5-5-7---7------------------------|-----------------
