Shining Star

by Earth, Wind & Fire

Bass intermediate

Version:

v3 v1 v2 v4

Transpose

Capo

None

Size

100%

SHINING STAR (Bassline)

As recorded by Earth, Wind & Fire

(From the 1975 Album THAT'S THE WAY OF THE WORLD)

Words and Music by Maurice White, Philip Bailey & Larry Dunn

Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Verdine White - Bass'

 Intro 1
  Q=106
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          W          E E  E S S E E E S S   E E E S S E E S S E
|----------|----------|----------------------|----------------------||
|----------|----------|----------------------|-------------5--------||
|----------|----------|------------7---------|-7---------7---7-7----||
|----------|----------|-0-4/-7-9-7---9-7-9-7-|---9-7-9-7------------||

 Intro 2
  W          Q  E. S E E Q    Q  E. S Q  S E.   Q  E. S Q  S E.
|----------|----------------|--------------7\-|--------------9\-||
|----------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|----------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0--------|-0-----0-0-0----|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-------||

 1st Verse
  Q  E. S Q  S E.   Q  E. S Q  S E.
|--------------7\-|--------------7\-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-------|

  Q  E. S Q  S E.   Q  Q   S  S  E S S S S
|--------------9\-|-------12-12-11-9-x-7-9--|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----------------------|

  Q  E. S Q  S E.   Q  E. S Q  E. S
|--------------7\-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-----0-|

  Q  E. S Q  S E.   Q  Q   S  S  E S S S S
|--------------7\-|-------12-12-11-9-x-7-9--|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----------------------|

  Q  E. S Q  S E.   Q  E. S Q  S E.   Q  E. S Q  S E.   Q  E. S E E +Q
|--------------7\-|--------------9\-|--------------7\-|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-0-(0)--||

 Chorus
  E E E.  S  E  E  E. S   E E Q  E E E E
|--------10-11--------3-|-4------9---8---|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-5------------10\------|---3------8---7-|

  E E E.  S  E  E  E. S   E E Q   Q  Q
|--------10-11--------3-|-4-------9-----||
|-----------------------|--------10-----||
|-----------------------|---------------||
|-5------------10\------|---3-----------||

 Guitar Solo
  E E E. S E E E. S   E E Q  E E Q
|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|-2-------------|
|-0-3----3-5-3----3-|---3----5-3----|

  S S S S S S E +H       E S S +S  S E +H
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-3-0-3-4---0-5-(5)----|-5-5-6-(6)-6-7-(7)----|

  E S S +S  S E +H       E S  S  +S   S  E  +H
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|-7-7-8-(8)-8-9-(9)----|-9-9-10-(10)-10-11-(11)----|

                     2nd Verse
   +H.       S  E.    Q  E. S Q  Q
|-----------12-12--||---------------|
|------------------||---------------|
|------------------||---------------|
|-(11)-------------||-0-----0-0-----|

  Q  E. S Q  S E.   Q  E. S S  E S  S E.
|--------------7\-|-----------11-9-11-9--|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0------------|

  Q  Q   S S  S S S S S S   Q  E. S Q  S E.
|-------12-x-11-x-9-x-7-9-|--------------7\--|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-0-----------------------|-0-----0-0--------|

  Q  E. S Q  S  E.   Q  E. S Q  S E.
|--------------12\-|--------------7\-|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|-0-----0-0--------|-0-----0-0-------|

                            3rd Verse
  Q  Q   S S  S S S S S S    Q  E. S Q  S E.
|-------12-x-11-x-9-x-7---||--------------7\-|
|-------------------------||-----------------|
|-------------------------||-----------------|
|-0-----------------------||-0-----0-0-------|

  Q  Q  S E. S E.   Q  E. S Q  S E.   Q  E. S Q  S E.   Q  E. S Q  S E.
|---------4----6--|--------------7\-|--------------9\-|--------------7\-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0---------------|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-------|

  Q  Q   S S  S S S S S S   Q  E. S Q  S E.
|-------12-x-11-x-9-x-7-9-|--------------7\-|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-0-----------------------|-0-----0-0-------|

                    4th Verse
  Q  E. S Q  S E.    Q  E. S Q  S E.
|--------------7\-||--------------9\-|
|-----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|
|-0-----0-0-------||-0-----0-0-------|

  Q  E. S Q  S E.   Q  E. S Q  Q    Q  E. S Q  S E.   Q  E. S Q  S E.
|--------------7\-|---------------|--------------7\-|--------------9\-|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-----|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-------|

  Q  E. S Q  S E.   Q  E. S Q  Q
|--------------7\-|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|
|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-----|

                            Out-Chorus
   S S  S S S S S S H        E E E.  S  E  E E. S
|-12-x-11-x-9-x-7-9------||---------10-11-------3-|
|------------------------||o----------------------|
|------------------------||o----------------------|
|-------------------0----||--5------------10------|

E E Q E E E E E E E. S E E E. S E E Q E E E E 3x Wx6

|-4------9---8---|--------10-11-------3-|-4------9---10----||--------*|

|----------------|----------------------|-----------------o||--------*|

|---3------8---7-|-5------------10------|---3------8----9--||--------*|

Duration Legend

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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

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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

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| - 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