Sing A Song

by Earth, Wind & Fire

Bass intermediate Key: A Tuning: E A D G

Version:

v2 v1

Transpose

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   +E  E E E Q  E S S   E E E E +Q.   E
G|----------||------------------|--------------------|------------------|
D|----------||o-----------------|-------4---2--4-2---|------------------|
A|----------||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 E +Q.   E
G|-----4---4---------|-----------------|
D|-------------------|-----------------|
A|-(2)---2-----------|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|
E|-----------0-2-3-4-|-----------------|

   +E    E  E  E Q   Q     E E E E +E  E E E
G|---------11----9--11\--|--------------------|
D|-----/11----11---------|--------------------|
A|-(2)-------------------|-0-2-3-4-(4)-2-4-5--|
E|-----------------------|--------------------|

                       [1st Verse]
                       1.
   +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
G|-------/9-7-(7)----||-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
D|-----7-------------||-----------------|-------4---2--4-2---|-----------------|
A|-(5)---------------||-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-(2)-2---2--------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|
E|-------------------||-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|

   +Q.   S S E E E E   E E E E +Q.   E   +E  E E E Q  E S S   E E E E +Q.   E
G|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|------------------|
D|-------4-3-2-------|-----------------|-------4---2--4-2---|------------------|
A|-(2)---------------|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-(2)-2---2--------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2--|
E|-------------0-2-4-|-----------------|--------------------|------------------|

                     [Pre-Chors]
   E E E E Q  S S E    E E E E +Q.   E   +E  E E E Q  E S S   E E E E +Q.   E
G|------------------||-----------------|--------------------|------------------|
D|-------4-2--4-2---||-----------------|-------4---2--4-2---|------------------|
A|---2------------4-||-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-(2)-2---2--------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2--|
E|------------------||-----------------|--------------------|------------------|

   +E  E E E E. S E S S   E E E E +Q.   E
G|-------4--------------|-----------------|
D|-----4---0-2--2-4-2---|-----------------|
A|-(2)----------------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|
E|----------------------|-----------------|

   E  E  E  E Q   Q     E E E E +Q.   E
G|------11----9--11\--|-----------------|
D|---11----11---------|-----------------|
A|--------------------|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|
E|--------------------|-----------------|

                         [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 E
G|---------------------||---------------------|----------------------|
D|-----------4-2-------||---------------------|-----------2-4-2------|
A|---2-(2)-2-----4-2-4-||-0-0-(0)-0-2-4-4---4-|-2-2---2-2-------4-2--|
E|---------------------||---------------------|----------------------|

   E E S S E E E S S E   E E E E  Q  Q     E E S S E E E E E
G|---------------------|---------/9--7\--|-------------------|
D|---------------------|-------7---------|-------------------|
A|-0-0---0-2-4-4---2-4-|-5-5-------------|-0-0---0-2-4-4---4-|
E|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|

   E E S S E E E S S E   E E S S E E E E E
G|---------------------|-------------------|
D|-----------2-4-2-----|-------------------|
A|-2-2---2-2-------4-2-|-0-0---0-2-4-4---5-|
E|---------------------|-------------------|

                        [2nd Verse]
                        2.
   +E  E  E E +H         E E E E +Q.   E
G|-------/9-7-(7)-----||-----------------|
D|-----7-------------o||-----------------|
A|-(5)---------------o||-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|
E|--------------------||-----------------|

   E E E E Q  E S S   E E E E +Q.   E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E +Q.   E
G|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----4---2--4-2---|-----------------|-------4-2-4-2---|-----------------|
A|-2-2---2--------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|---2-----------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|
E|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   E   E  E  E Q   Q     E E E E +Q.   E
G|-------11----9--11\--|-----------------|
D|---/11----11---------|-----------------|
A|---------------------|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|
E|---------------------|-----------------|

                             [Pre-Chorus]
   E E S S S S E E S S S S    E E E E +Q.   E
G|---------4---------------||------------------|
D|-------4---4-2-2-4-2-----||------------------|
A|---2-----------------4-2-||-0-2-3-4-(4)---2--|
E|-------------------------||------------------|

   +E  E E E Q  E S S   E E E E +Q.   E   +E  E E E  Q   Q    E E E E +Q.   E
G|--------------------|-----------------|-----4---4---------|-----------------|
D|-------4---2--4-2---|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
A|-(2)-2---2--------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-(2)---2---/7\-----|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|
E|--------------------|-----------------|----------------0--|-----------------|

   +E  E E E Q  E S S   E E E E +Q.   E
G|--------------------|-----------------|
D|-------4---2--4-2---|-----------------|
A|-(2)-2---2--------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|
E|--------------------|-----------------|

                      [Chorus]
   E E S S E Q   Q     E E +S  S E E E E E
G|---------------x--||---------------------|
D|---------4-2/-----||---------------------|
A|---2---2----------||-0-0-(0)-0-2-4-4---4-|
E|------------------||---------------------|

   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
G|---------------------|---------------------|---------/9--7\---|
D|-----------2-4-2-----|---------------------|-------7----------|
A|-2-2---2-2-------4-2-|-0-0---0-2-4-4---2-4-|-5-5--------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------|------------------|

   E E S S E E E E E   E E S S E E E S S E
G|-------------------|---------------------|
D|-------------------|-----------2-4-2-----|
A|-0-0---0-2-4-4---4-|-2-2---2-2-------4-2-|
E|-------------------|---------------------|

   E E S S E E E E E   +E  E  E E +H
G|-------------------|-------/9-7-(7)----||
D|-------------------|-----7-------------||
A|-0-0---0-2-4-4---5-|-(5)---------------||
E|-------------------|-------------------||

  [Interlude]
   E E E E +Q.   E   +E  E E E Q  E S S   E E E E +Q.   E   +E  E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----4---4---------|
D|-----------------|-------4---2--4-2---|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-(2)-2---2--------4-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-(2)---2-----------|
E|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----------0-2-3-4-|

   E E E E +Q.   E   +E   E  E  E Q   Q
G|-----------------|--------11----9--11\--|
D|-----------------|-----11----11---------|
A|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-(2)------------------|
E|-----------------|----------------------|

   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E E E S S E
G|-------------------|-------------------||
D|-------------------|---------2-2-4-2---||
A|-0-2-3-4-(4)-2-4-5-|-5-4-2-0---------4-||
E|-------------------|-------------------||

 [Pre-Chorus]
   E E E E +Q.   E   E E E E E E S S S S   E E E E +Q.   E   +E  E E E E E Q
G|-----------------|-----4---------------|-----------------|-------4-----x------|
D|-----------------|---4-----2---4-2-----|-----------------|-----4---0-2--------|
A|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-----------------4-2-|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|-(2)-----------x\---|
E|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|--------------------|

   E E E E +Q.   E   E   E  E  E Q   Q     E E E E +Q.   E   E E S S E E E E E
G|-----------------|-------11----9--11\--|-----------------|-------------------||
D|-----------------|---/11----11---------|-----------------|---------4-2-2-----||
A|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|---------------------|-0-2-3-4-(4)---2-|---2---2-------4-2-||
E|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------||

 [Chorus]
   E E S S E E E E E   E E S S E E E S S S S
G|-------------------|-----------------------|
D|-------------------|-----------2-2-4p2-----|
A|-0-0---0-2-4-4---4-|-2-2---2-2---------4p2-|
E|-------------------|-----------------------|

   E E S S E E E E E   E E E E Q  Q
G|-------------------|---------9--7\--|
D|-------------------|-------7--------|
A|-0-0---0-2-4-4---4-|-5-5------------|
E|-------------------|----------------|

   E E S S E E E E E   E E S S E E E S S S S   E E S S E E E E E   +W
G|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|--------|
D|-------------------|-----------2-2-4p2-----|-------------------|--------|
A|-0-0---0-2-4-4---4-|-2-2---2-2---------4p2-|-0-0---0-2-4-4---5-|-(5)----|
E|-------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|--------|

                                          [Outro]
   +W           +W           +W             E E S S E E E S S E
G|------------|------------|------------||-----------------------|
D|------------|------------|------------||o----------------------|
A|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------||o-0-0---0-2-4-4---4-4--|
E|------------|------------|------------||-----------------------|

   E E S S S S E S S S S E   E E S S E E E S S E   E E S S E E E E E   3x
G|---------4---------------|---------------------|---------4-----------||
D|-------4---4-2---2-4p2---|---------------------|-------4---2-2------o||
A|-2-2-------------------4-|-0-0---0-2-4-4---4-4-|-2-2-----------4-2--o||
E|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------||

[Lyrics]

When you feel down

and out

Sing a song, it'll make your day

Here's a time to shout

Sing a song, it'll make a way

Sometimes it's hard to care

Sing a song, it'll make your day

A smile so hard to bear

Sing a song, it'll make a way

Singasong

Bring your heart to believing

Sing a song, it'll make your day

Life ain't about no retrieving

Sing a song, it'll make a way

Give yourself what you need

Sing a song, it'll make your day

Smile, smile smile and believe

Sing a song, it'll make a way

Singasong

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Duration Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;

+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;

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.

Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

| (n) - note tied to previous

| /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")

| p - pull off

| x - muted

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