• Song:

    Soul Finger

  • Artist:

    The Bar-kays

  • Album:

    Greatest Hits - Too Hot...

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SOUL FINGER (Bassline)

As recorded by The Bar-Kays
(From the 1967 Album SOUL FINGER)

Music by James Alexander, Ronnie Caldwell. Ben Cauley, Carl Cunningham, Roy Cunningham, Phalon Jones & 
Jimmy King
Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'James Alexander - Bass'


  Q=116(16=s16)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          S E S E E E E q     E E E S S E E E E   E E E S S E E E E
|----------|------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|----------|------------------||-------------7-----|-------------7-----|
|----------|-----------9---9--||---------7-9---7-9-|---------7-9---7-9-|
|----------|-9-9-9-9-9--------||-7---7-------------|-7---7-------------|


  E E E S S E E E E   E E E S S E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------7-----|-------------7-----|
|---------7-9---7-9-|---------7-9---7-9-|
|-7---7-------------|-7---7-------------|


  E E E S S E E E E   E E E S S E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------7-----|-------------7------|
|---------7-9---7-9-|---------7-9---7-9--|
|-7---7-------------|-7---7--------------|


  E E E S S E E E E   E E E S S E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------7-----|-------------7-----|
|---------7-9---7-9-|---------7-9---7-9-|
|-7---7-------------|-7---7-------------|


  E E E S S E E E E   E E E S S E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------7-----|-------------7------|
|---------7-9---7-9-|---------7-9---7-9--|
|-7---7-------------|-7---7--------------|


  E E E S S E E E E   E E E S S E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------7-----|-------------7-----|
|---------7-9---7-9-|---------7-9---7-9-|
|-7---7-------------|-7---7-------------|


  E E E S S E E E E   E E E S S E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------7-----|-------------7------|
|---------7-9---7-9-|---------7-9---7-9--|
|-7---7-------------|-7---7--------------|


  E E E S S E E E E   E E E S S E E E E    Q  E E E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------||----------------|------------------|
|-------------7-----|-------------7-----||----------------|------------------|
|---------7-9---7-9-|---------7-9---7-8-||-9--9---9---9-7-|-(7)--7---7-7-7-8-|
|-7---7-------------|-7---7-------------||------9---9-----|--------7---------|


  Q  E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E    E E E S S E E E E   E E E S S E E E E
|----------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|------------6-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7---||-------------7-----|-------------7-----|
|-9--9---9-9-----|-------------------||---------7-9---7-9-|---------7-9---7-9-|
|------9---------|-----------------7-||-7---7-------------|-7---7-------------|


  E E E S S E E E E   E E E S S E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------7-----|-------------7-----|
|---------7-9---7-9-|---------7-9---7-9-|
|-7---7-------------|-7---7-------------|


  E E E S S E E E E   E E E S S E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------7-----|-------------7------|
|---------7-9---7-9-|---------7-9---7-9--|
|-7---7-------------|-7---7--------------|


  E E E S S E E E E    E E E S S E E E E
|-------------------||-------------------|
|-------------7-----||-------------7-----|
|---------7-9---7-9-||---------7-9---7-9-|
|-7---7-------------||-7---7-------------|


  E E E S S E E E E   E E E S S E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------7-----|-------------7-----|
|---------7-9---7-9-|---------7-9---7-9-|
|-7---7-------------|-7---7-------------|


  E E E S S E E E E   E E E S S E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------7-----|-------------7-----|
|---------7-9---7-9-|---------7-9---7-9-|
|-7---7-------------|-7---7-------------|


  E E E S S E E E E   E E E S S E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------7-----|-------------7-------|
|---------7-9---7-9-|---------7-9---7-9---|
|-7---7-------------|-7---7---------------|


  E E E S S E E E E    Q  E E E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E   q  Q  H
|-------------------||----------------|------------------|------------|
|-------------7-----||----------------|------------------|------------|
|---------7-9---7-9-||-9--9---9-9-9-7-|-(7)--7---7-7-7-8-|-9----------|
|-7---7-------------||------9---------|--------7---------|------------|


  S E S E E E E q     E E E S S E E E E
|------------------||-------------------|
|------------------||-------------7-----|
|-----------9---9--||---------7-9---7-9-|
|-9-9-9-9-9--------||-7---7-------------|


  E E E S S E E E E   E E E S S E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------7-----|-------------7------|
|---------7-9---7-9-|---------7-9---7-9--|
|-7---7-------------|-7---7--------------|


  E E E S S E E E E   E E E S S E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------7-----|-------------7-----|
|---------7-9---7-9-|---------7-9---7-9-|
|-7---7-------------|-7---7-------------|


  E E E S S E E E E   E E E S S E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------7-----|-------------7------||
|---------7-9---7-9-|---------7-9---7-9--||
|-7---7-------------|-7---7--------------||


  e E E S S +S  S E E E   e E E S S +S  S E E E    E E E S S E E E E
|-----7---9-(9)-7-------|-----7---9-(9)-7-------||--------------------|
|-9-9---9---------9-7---|-9-9---9---------9-7---||-------------7------|
|---------------------9-|---------------------9-||---------7-9---7-9--|
|-----------------------|-----------------------||-7---7--------------|


  E E E S S E E E E   E E E S S E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------7-----|-------------7-----|
|---------7-9---7-9-|---------7-9---7-9-|
|-7---7-------------|-7---7-------------|


  E E E S S E E E E   E E E S S E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------7-----|-------------7------|
|---------7-9---7-9-|---------7-9---7-9--|
|-7---7-------------|-7---7--------------|


  E E E S S E E E E   E E E S S E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------7-----|-------------7-----|
|---------7-9---7-9-|---------7-9---7-9-|
|-7---7-------------|-7---7-------------|


  E E E S S E E E E    E E E S S E E E E
|-------------------||--------------------|
|-------------7-----||-------------7------|
|---------7-9---7-9-||---------7-9---7-9--|
|-7---7-------------||-7---7--------------|


  E 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 E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------7-----|-------------7-----|-------------7-----|
|---------7-9---7-9-|---------7-9---7-9-|---------7-9---7-9-|
|-7---7-------------|-7---7-------------|-7---7-------------|


  E E E S S E E E E   E E E S S E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------*|
|-------------7-----|-------------7-----|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-*|
|---------7-9---7-9-|---------7-9---7-9-|-----------------*|
|-7---7-------------|-7---7-------------|-----------------*|


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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