THE LOCO-MOTION (Bassline)
As recorded by Grand Funk Railroad
(From the 1974 Album SHININ' ON)
Words and Music by Gerry Goffin & Carole King
Arranged by Grand Funk Railroad
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Mel Schacher - Bass'
1st Verse
Q=124
4/4
Gtr I
W W Wx8
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|----------|----------||--------|
|----------|----------||--------|
|----------|----------||--------|
E E E E E a E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E a E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|---------------7-9-|-(9)-9---7-9-7-----|-----------------7-9-|
|-5-5---5-5-7s9-----|---------------9S5-|-(5)-5---5-5-7s9-----|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------||
|-(9)-9-9-9-9-9-9---|-7-7---7-7------|-------------------||
|-----------------9-|-------------7--|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-9-7-||
Bridge
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------9---9-----|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-7-7---7-7-7---7-|
|-7-7---7-7-7---7-|-7-7-----7---9-7-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7---7-7-7-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-7-7---7-7-7---7-|-7-7---7-7-7---7-|
|-------------9-9-|-----------------|-----------------|
2nd & 3rd Verses
$
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-7-7---7-7-7-7---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-7-||---------------7-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-7-7---7-7-7-----|-------------------|
|-9-9-9-7-9-7-9-7-|-------------7-9-|-(9)-9-9-7-9-7-9-7-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7---7-7-7-7---|-----------------|-7-7---7-7-7-----|
|---------------7-|-9-9-9-7-9-7-9-7-|-------------7-9-|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-7-7---7-7-------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------7---|-9-9---9-9-7-9-7-|
|-(9)-9-9-7-9-7-9-7-|-----------9---9-|-----------------|
To Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|--------------------||
|-7-7---7-7-------|-----------------|----------------|--------------------||
|-------------7---|-9-9---9-9-7-9---|-7-7---7-7------|--------------------||
|-----------9---9-|---------------9-|-------------7--|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-9-7--||
Guitar Solo
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
Outro
D.S. al Coda &
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------||------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------||o-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|------------------||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-6---|-------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-7--||----------------9-|-(9)-9-9-7-9-7-9-7-|
E E E E E E Q +E E E E E E E E
|----------------|--------------------||-|
|----------------|-------------------o||-|
|-7-7---7-7------|-------------------o||-|
|-------------7--|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-9-7--||-|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E 5x
||------------------|--------------------||
||o-----------------|-------------------o||
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-6---|-----------------7-o||
||----------------9-|-(9)-9-9-7-9-7-9----||
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
