• Song:

    Superstition

  • Artist:

    Stevie Wonder

  • Album:

    Stevie Wonder - Number ...

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SUPERSTITION (Bassline)

As recorded by Stevie Wonder
(From the 1972 Album TALKING BOOK)

Words and Music by Stevie Wonder
Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Stevie Wonder - Moog Synth. Bass arr. for Bass'


 Intro
  Q=96(16=s16)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx4          H    E E E E
|------------|--------------|
|------------|--------------|
|------------|--------------|
|------------|--------3-2-1-|


                     1.,2.,3.            4.
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  4x E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||-----------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------||
||--0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0-3-2-1--||-0---0---0-3-2-1-||


   1st - 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   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0-3-2-1-|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0-3-2-1--|


  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0-3-2-1-|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0-3-2-1-|


  E E E E S S S S +S  S S S   E E S E S E E E E   E E E E S S S S +S  S S S
|---------------------------|-----------4-0-----|---------------------------|
|---------------0-(0)---0-0-|---2---2-------2---|---------------0-(0)---0-0-|
|---------0-1-2-------2-----|-----2---2---------|---------0-1-2-------2-----|
|-0---0---------------------|-------------------|-0---0---------------------|


  E E S E S E E E E   E E E E S S S S +S  S S S   E E S E S E E E E
|-----------4-0-----|---------------------------|-----------4-0------|
|---2---2-------2---|---------------0-(0)---0-0-|---2---2-------2----|
|-----2---2---------|---------0-1-2-------2-----|-----2---2----------|
|-------------------|-0---0---------------------|--------------------|


                                                  Chorus
  E E E E S S S S +S  S S S   E E S E S E E E E    Q.   E Q.   E
|---------------------------|-----------4-0-----||---------------|
|---------------0-(0)---0-0-|---2---2-------2---||---------------|
|---------0-1-2-------2-----|-----2---2---------||-2----2-3----3-|
|-0---0---------------------|-------------------||---------------|


  Q  E E Q  E E   E. S E. S E E E E   H    H      E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------------|-----------|-----------------|
|---------------|-------------------|-----------|-----------------|
|-2--2-2-1--1-1-|-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-|-2---------|-----------------|
|---------------|-------------------|-----------|-0---0---0---0---|


                                      1.
           To 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
|------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-0---0---0-3-2-1--|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0-3-2-1--||


                    Interlude
  2.
  E E E E E E E E    Q.   E Q.   E   Q  E E Q  E E   E. S E. S E E E E
|-----------------||---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-----------------||---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-----------------||-2----2-3----3-|-2--2-2-1--1-1-|-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0---0---0-3-4-5-||---------------|---------------|-------------------|


  Q  Q  H      E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0-3-2-1-|-0---0---0---0---|


                      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  5x E E E E E E E E
|------------------||------------------|------------------||-----------------*|
|------------------||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------*|
|------------------||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------*|
|-0---0---0-3-2-1--||--0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0-3-2-1--||-0---0---0---0---*|


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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