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Sing A Song

by Earth, Wind & Fire
Bass
4.7 (3)
intermediate
Version:
v1v2
Transpose
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Capo
None
Size
100%
SING A SONG (Bassline)
As recorded by Earth, Wind & Fire
(From the 1975 Album GRATITUDE)
Words and Music by Maurice White & Al McKay
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Verdine White - Bass'
Intro & Interlude
Q=122
$
4/4
Gtr I
W E E E E +Q. E
|----------||------------------|
|----------||o-----------------|
|----------||o-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|
|----------||------------------|
  +E  E E E Q  E S S   E E E E +Q.   E   +E  E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------|-----4---4---------|
|-------4---2--4-2---|-----------------|-------------------|
|-(2)-2---2--------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-(2)---2-----------|
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------0-2-3-4-|
  E E E E +Q.   E   +E    E  E  E Q   Q     E E E E +E  E E E
|-----------------|---------11----9--11\--|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----/11----11---------|-------------------|
|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-(2)-------------------|-0-2-3-4-(4)-2-4-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
                     1st Verse
                     1.
         To Coda
             ~~~
  +E  E E E +H        E E E E +Q.   E   +E  E E E Q  E S S
|-------9-7-(7)----||-----------------|--------------------|
|-----7------------||-----------------|-------4---2--4-2---|
|-(5)--------------||-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-(2)-2---2--------4-|
|------------------||-----------------|--------------------|
  E E E E +Q.   E   +Q.   S S E E E E   E E E E +Q.   E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------4-3-2-------|-----------------|
|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-(2)---------------|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|
|-----------------|-------------0-2-4-|-----------------|
  +E  E E E Q  E S S   E E E E +Q.   E   E E E E Q  E S S
|--------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-------4---2--4-2---|-----------------|-------4-2--4-2---||
|-(2)-2---2--------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|---2------------4-||
|--------------------|-----------------|------------------||
 Pre-Chorus
  E E E E +Q.   E   +E  E E E Q  E S S   E E E E +Q.   E
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------4---2--4-2---|-----------------|
|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-(2)-2---2--------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
  +E  E E E E. S E S S   E E E E +Q.   E   E  E  E  E Q   Q
|-------4--------------|-----------------|------11----9--11\--|
|-----4---0-2--2-4-2---|-----------------|---11----11---------|
|-(2)----------------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|--------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
                                          Chorus
  E E E E +Q.   E   E E +S  S E E E E E    E E +S  S E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------||---------------------|
|-----------------|-----------4-2-------||---------------------|
|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|---2-(2)-2-----4-2-4-||-0-0-(0)-0-2-4-4---4-|
|-----------------|---------------------||---------------------|
  E E S S E E E S S E   E E S S E E E S S E   E E E E Q  Q
|---------------------|---------------------|---------9--7\---|
|-----------2-4-2-----|---------------------|-------7---------|
|-2-2---2-2-------4-2-|-0-0---0-2-4-4---2-4-|-5-5-------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
  E E S S E E E E E   E E S S E E E S S E   E E S S E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-----------2-4-2-----|--------------------|
|-0-0---0-2-4-4---4-|-2-2---2-2-------4-2-|-0-0---0-2-4-4---5--|
|-------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
                       2nd Verse
                       2.
  +E  E  E E +H         E E E E +Q.   E   +E  E E E Q  E S S   E E E E +Q.   E
|-------/9-7-(7)-----||-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-----7-------------o||-----------------|-------4---2--4-2---|-----------------|
|-(5)---------------o||-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-(2)-2---2--------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|
|--------------------||-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E +Q.   E   E  E  E  E Q   Q
|-----------------|-----------------|------11----9--11\--|
|-------4-2-4-2---|-----------------|---11----11---------|
|---2-----------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
                                              Pre-Chorus
  E E E E +Q.   E   E E S S S S E E S S S S    E E E E +Q.   E
|-----------------|---------4---------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-------4---4-2-2-4-2-----||------------------|
|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|---2-----------------4-2-||-0-2-3-4-(4)---2--|
|-----------------|-------------------------||------------------|
  +E  E E E Q  E S S   E E E E +Q.   E   +E  E E E  Q   Q
|--------------------|-----------------|-----4---4---------|
|-------4---2--4-2---|-----------------|-------------------|
|-(2)-2---2--------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-(2)---2---/7\-----|
|--------------------|-----------------|----------------0--|
  E E E E +Q.   E   +E  E E E Q  E S S   E E E E +Q.   E
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------4---2--4-2---|-----------------|
|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-(2)-2---2--------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
                      Chorus
  E E S S E Q   Q      E E +S  S E E E E E   E E S S E E E S S E
|-------------------||---------------------|----------------------|
|---------4-2/--x\--||---------------------|-----------2-4-2------|
|---2---2-----------||-0-0-(0)-0-2-4-4---4-|-2-2---2-2-------4-2--|
|-------------------||---------------------|----------------------|
  E E S S E E E S S E   E E E E Q  Q
|---------------------|---------9--7\--|
|---------------------|-------7--------|
|-0-0---0-2-4-4---2-4-|-5-5------------|
|---------------------|----------------|
  E E S S E E E E E   E E S S E E E S S E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-----------2-4-2-----|
|-0-0---0-2-4-4---4-|-2-2---2-2-------4-2-|
|-------------------|---------------------|
                                          Pre-Chorus
                         D.S. al Coda   &
  E E S S E E E E E   +E  E  E E +H        E E E E +Q.   E
|-------------------|-------/9-7-(7)----||-----------------|
|-------------------|-----7-------------||-----------------|
|-0-0---0-2-4-4---5-|-(5)---------------||-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|
|-------------------|-------------------||-----------------|
  E E E E E E S S S S   E E E E +Q.   E   +E  E E E E  E  Q
|-----4---------------|-----------------|-------4-------------|
|---4-----2---4-2-----|-----------------|-----4---0-2-/x\-----|
|-----------------4-2-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-(2)-------------x\--|
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
  E E E E +Q.   E   E  E  E  E Q   Q     E E E E +Q.   E
|-----------------|------11----9--11\--|-----------------|
|-----------------|---11----11---------|-----------------|
|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|--------------------|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
                      Chorus
  E E S S E E E E E    E E S S E E E E E   E E S S E E E S S S S
|-------------------||-------------------|-----------------------|
|---------4-2-2-----||-------------------|-----------2-2-4-2-----|
|---2---2-------4-2-||-0-0---0-2-4-4---4-|-2-2---2-2---------4-2-|
|-------------------||-------------------|-----------------------|
  E E S S E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q    E E S S E E E E E
|-------------------|---------9--7--|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------7-------|-------------------|
|-0-0---0-2-4-4---4-|-5-5-----------|-0-0---0-2-4-4---4-|
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
  E E S S E E E S S S S   E E S S E E E E E   +W           +W
|-----------------------|-------------------|------------|--------|
|-----------2-2-4-2-----|-------------------|------------|--------|
|-2-2---2-2---------4-2-|-0-0---0-2-4-4---5-|-(5)--------|-(5)----|
|-----------------------|-------------------|------------|--------|
                             Outro
  +W           +W             E E S S E E E S S E
|------------|------------||----------------------|
|------------|------------||o---------------------|
|-(5)--------|-(5)--------||o-0-0---0-2-4-4---4-4-|
|------------|------------||----------------------|
  E E S S S S E S S E S S   E E S S E E E S S E   E E S S E E E E E   3x
|---------4---------------|---------------------|---------4-----------||
|-------4---4-2---2-4-2---|---------------------|-------4---2-2------o||
|-2-2-------------------4-|-0-0---0-2-4-4---4-4-|-2-2-----------4-2--o||
|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------||
Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
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
-----------
| - 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
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