I'M A MAN (Bassline)
As recorded by Chicago
(From the 1969 Album CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY)
Words and Music by Jimmy Miller & Steve Winwood
Arranged by Chicago
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Peter Cetera - Bass'
Intro
Q=127
4/4
Gtr I
W H E E +S E. H +E E +S E. H +E E +S E.
|----------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------|--------------0--|-3----(3)-------0--|-3----(3)-------0--|
|----------|--------3-(3)----|----------3-(3)----|----------3-(3)----|
Q E S S S S E +S E. E S S E S S S S E +S E. 14x
||------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-----------------------|--------------------------o||
||o-3--3-3-3---3-------0--|-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-------0--o||
||---------------3-(3)----|-----------------3-(3)-----||
E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|------------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)------------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1--|
|-------------------3-(3)------|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------|-------------1-(1)-------------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-------------1-(1)------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------3-(3)------|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-----------------|-----------------|
E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-----------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-------------------3-(3)-----|
1st Verse
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-------------------------------||-----------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------||-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---||-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-||-------------------3-(3)-----|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-------------------3-(3)-----|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S
|--------------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)--------------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1----|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3--|
E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-----------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-------------------3-(3)-----|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-------------------3-(3)-----|
Chorus
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---||-----------------|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-||-----------------|-----------------|
E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-----------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-------------------3-(3)-----|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-----------------|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-----------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-----------------|-------------------3-(3)-----|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S
|-------------------------------||
|-------------1-(1)-------------||
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---||
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-||
2nd Verse
E S S +S S E +E E +S E S E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-----------|-------------1-(1)--------------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1----|
|-------------------3-(3)-----|-------------------3-(3)-3---3--|
E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-----------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-------------------3-(3)-----|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-------------------3-(3)-----|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-------------------3-(3)-----|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S
|--------------------------------||
|-------------1-(1)--------------||
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1----||
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3--||
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-------------1-(1)------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------3-(3)------|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-----------------|-----------------|
E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-----------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-------------------3-(3)-----|
3rd Verse
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-------------------------------||-----------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------||-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---||-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-||-------------------3-(3)-----|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-------------------3-(3)-----|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S
|--------------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)--------------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1----|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3--|
E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-----------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-------------------3-(3)-----|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-------------------3-(3)-----|
Chorus
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------||-----------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---||-----------------|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-||-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------1-(1)------------|
|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1--|
|-----------------|-------------------3-(3)------|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-----------------|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------1-(1)------------|
|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1--|
|-----------------|-------------------3-(3)------|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-----------------|-----------------|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S
|-------------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-----------------|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S
|-----------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------1-(1)-------------|
|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|
|-----------------|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S
|-------------------------------||
|-------------1-(1)-------------||
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---||
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-||
Percussion Interlude
Wx75
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|---------||
|---------||
|---------||
Interlude
E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-----------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-------------------3-(3)-----|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-------------------3-(3)-----|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-----------------|-----------------|
E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-----------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-------------------3-(3)-----|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-----------------|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-----------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-----------------|-------------------3-(3)-----|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S
|-------------------------------||
|-------------1-(1)-------------||
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---||
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-||
4th Verse
E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-----------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-------------------3-(3)-----|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-------------------3-(3)-----|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-------------------3-(3)-----|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S
|--------------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)--------------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1----|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3--|
E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-----------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-------------------3-(3)-----|
Chorus
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------||-----------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---||-----------------|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-||-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-----------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-----------------|-------------------3-(3)-----|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S
|-------------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-------------1-(1)------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------3-(3)------|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S
|-------------------------------||
|-------------1-(1)-------------||
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---||
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-||
5th Verse
E S S +S S E +E E +S E S E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-----------|-------------1-(1)--------------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1----|
|-------------------3-(3)-----|-------------------3-(3)-3---3--|
E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-----------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-------------------3-(3)-----|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-------------------3-(3)-----|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-------------------3-(3)-----|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S
|--------------------------------||
|-------------1-(1)--------------||
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1----||
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3--||
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-------------1-(1)------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------3-(3)------|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-----------------|-----------------|
E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-----------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-------------------3-(3)-----|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|-----------------|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-----------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------1-(1)-----------|
|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1-|
|-----------------|-------------------3-(3)-----|
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S
|-------------------------------|
|-------------1-(1)-------------|
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---|
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S +S S E +E E +S E S
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-------------1-(1)------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|-3-1-3-(3)-1-------------1-1--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------3-(3)------|
Outro
Free Time Q=108
E S S +S S E +E E +S S S S E E Q H Wx3
|-------------------------------||-------------:--------:
|-------------1-(1)-------------||-------------:--------:
|-3-1-3-(3)-1---------------1---||-3-----------:--------:
|-------------------3-(3)-3---3-||-------------:--------:
3/4 4/4
H S E S S S S S S E. +Q +Q H Q. S S
|--------------------:----------------:---------------:
|-1----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-:-1-1--(1)--(1)--:---------------:
|--------------------:----------------:------5----5-5-:
|--------------------:----------------:---------------:
2/4 4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +Q +W W
|-----------------:----------------------------:------------:------:
|-----------------:----------------------------:------------:------:
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-:-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-(4)--:-(4)--------:------:
|-----------------:----------------------------:------------:------:
W W W q Q H
|----------:----------:----------:------------*|
|----------:----------:----------:------------*|
|----------:----------:----------:-3----------*|
|----------:----------:----------:------------*|
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
