FANTASY (Bassline)

As recorded by Earth, Wind & Fire 
(From the 1977 Album ALL 'N ALL)

Words and Music by Maurice White, Verdine White & Eddie Del Barrio
Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Verdine White - Bass'

 Intro 1
  Q=80
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    H      H    H      H    H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-2---------|------5----|-----------|
|------2----|-3---------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-5----7----|


                                        Intro 2
              faster Q=86
  H    H       S  E.   Q    +Q   E. S    S S S S E S S S S S S S E S
|-----------|-12h13--(13)--(13)-------||------------------------------|
|-----------|-------------------------||------------------------------|
|-----------|-----------------------7-||---5-------------5---------7--|
|-0----0----|----------0----(0)-------||-----7-5-7---5-7-----5-7------|


  S S S S S E S S S S S S E S   S S S S E S S S S S S S E S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---5-------------5---------7-|---5-------------5---------7-|
|-----7-5-7---5-7-----5-7-----|-----7-5-7---5-7-----5-7-----|


                                 Intro 3
  S S S S S E S S S S S S E S     S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------||--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------||o-------------------------9-----|
|---5-------------5---------7-||o---5-------------5-----------7-|
|-----7-5-7---5-7-----5-7-----||------7-5-7---5-7-----5-7-------|


  +S  S S S E S S S S S S S S S S   +S  S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------9-----|-------------------------------|
|-(7)-5-------------5-----------7-|-(7)-5-------------5---------7-|
|-------7-5-7---5-7-----5-7-------|-------7-5-7---5-7-----5-7-----|


                                    1st & 2nd Verses
  +S  S S S E S S S S S S S S S S    S E S E S S S S S S E. S
|---------------------------------||---------------------------|
|---------------------------------||-----7---------9-----------|
|-(7)-5-------------5-------7-----||---------------------------|
|-------7-5-7---5-7-----5-7---7---||-5-----5---6-7-----7-7--5--|


  S S S S E. S S S S S e e   S S S S E S S S S S S E S S
|---5------------7-----7---|---5-------------7-----------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-3-----3-3--3-5-----5---5-|-3-----3-3---3-5-----5-5-----|
|--------------------------|---------------------------5-|


  S S S S E. S S S S S E. S   S S S S E. S S S S S E. S
|---9------------9----------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---7------------9----------|
|-7-----7-7--0-7-----7-7--x-|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|-5-----5-5--6-7-----7-7--7-|


  S S S S E. S S S S S E E   S S S S E e S S S S E e
|---5------------7---------|---5-----------7---------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3-----3-3--0-5-----5-5-4-|-3-----3-3-3-5-----5-5-5-|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|


                             Pre-Chorus
  S S E E. S S S S S E S S    S S S S E. S S S S S E. S
|----------------4---------||---------------------------|
|--------------------------||-2-2--------2-4-4---4-4--0-|
|-2-2---2--2---2-----2-2---||-------2-2-----------------|
|------------------------0-||---------------------------|


  S S S S E. S S S S S S E.   E. S E. S S S S S E. S
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|-5-5--------5-5-5---5-5-4--|-2-------2-4-4--------0-|
|-------5-5-----------------|----2-2----------4-4----|
|---------------------------|------------------------|


  S S S S E. S E. S S E.   E. S E. S S S S S E. S
|-------------------4----|------------------------|
|-5-5--------5-5--7---4--|-2-------2-4-4----------|
|-------5-5--------------|----2-2----------4-4--4-|
|------------------------|------------------------|


  E. S E. S E. S S E.   Q  E. S +E. S E. S   E. S Q  E. S E. S
|---------------------|------------------6-|-4------------------||
|-5--5-5----5--5------|--------------------|----x------------2-o||
|---------5--------0--|-2--2--2-(2)-2-2----|------2--2--2-2----o||
|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------||


 Chorus
  E. S Q  E. S E. S   E. S E. S S S S S E. S   E. S E. S E. S E. S
|---------2---------|------------------------|----4-----------------|
|-2--2-2-----2------|-----------5-5-----5----|----------------------|
|--------------0--0-|-5----5--5-------5----3-|-2----2--2-3--3-3--2--|
|-------------------|----5-------------------|----------------------|


  E. S E. S E. S E. S   S S E +Q   H
|---------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------|-----------------||
|-5--0-5--5-6--6-6--7-|---7-7-(7)--7----||


 Interlude
  H    H      H    H      H    H      H    Q..   S
|-4---------|-----------|-----------|---------------|
|------4----|-5---------|-2----4----|------------2--|
|-----------|------5----|-----------|-2----2--------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------|


  S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S E S S S S S E. S
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------9-----|----------------------------|
|---5-------------5-----------7-|---5-------------5----------|
|-----7-5-7---5-7-----5-7-------|-----7-5-7---5-7-----5-7--5-|


  Q  E. S E. S E S S   Q  E. S E. S S E S
|-------4------------|-------6-4----------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|-2--2----2--2-2---0-|-2--2-------0-2-2-0-||
|----------------2---|--------------------||


   Chorus
    S E S E. S E. S E. S   E. S S E S S E S S S E   S E S E. S S E S E E
||-----------4-2----2----|----7-------------------|-----4--------5-------|
||o-2-2---2-------2------|------------5-5-5-5-5---|----------------------|
||o-----2--------------0-|-5----5-5-5-----------3-|-2-2---2--0-3---3-3-2-|
||-----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|


  1.
  S E S E. S S E S E. S   S E S E. S S E S E E
|-----------------------|---4----------4--------||
|-----------------------|----------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0--0-1-1-1-1--1-|-2---2-2--0-2---2-2-2-o||
|-----------------------|-----------------------||


  2.
                         2/4     4/4
  S E S E. S S E S E. S   Q  Q    H    H      H    Q  Q
|-----------------------|-------|-----------|-------------||
|-----------------------|-------|-4----2----|-------------||
|-0-0-0-0--0-1-1-1-1--1-|-2--2--|-----------|-5----5--5---||
|-----------------------|-------|-----------|-------------||


   Outro
     S  E  S  E.  S S  E S E E    S  E S e E S E S e E
||-----12-----------------------|---10-----------------|
||o-------------------10--------|--------------8-------|
||o-10----10-10--10----------5/-|-8----8-8-8-----------|
||------------------8----8-8----|------------6---6-6-6-|


  S E S E. S S E S Q    S E S E E S E S E E
|---7----------8------|---5---------6-------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-5---5-5----6---6-6--|-3---3-3-3-4---4-4-4-|
|----------7----------|---------------------|


  S E S E E E. S E E   E. S E E Q  Q   4x
|---7----------------|-----------------||
|--------------------|----------------o||
|-5---5-5-5-3--3-3-3-|-1--1-1-1-6--5--o||
|--------------------|-----------------||


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