GOOD TIMES (Bassline)
As recorded by Chic
(From the 1979 Album RISQUÉ)
Words and Music by Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bernard Edwards - Bass'
Intro
Q=116
4/4
Gtr I
W E E E E E E E. S S S e e e e e e S S E E E E E E E. S
|----------||-------------------|---------------------|------------------|
|----------||o------------------|-----------------2---|------------------|
|----------||o------------------|-----------2-4-5---0-|-0---0---0------0-|
|----------||--0---0---0------0-|-x-0-2-3-5-----------|------------------|
Chorus
$
S S S S e E e S S S S S S E E E E E E E. S S S e e e e e e S S
|----------------------------||-||-------------------|----------------------|
|-----4---5-4---------------o||-||o------------------|-----------------2----|
|---0---0-----0-----2-------o||-||o------------------|-----------2-4-5---0--|
|-----------------0---0-2h3--||-||--0---0---0------0-|-x-0-2-3-5------------|
E E E E E E E. S S S S S e E e S S S S S S E E E E E E E. S
|------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-----4---5-4---------------|------------------|
|-0---0---0------0-|---0---0-----0-----2-------|------------------|
|------------------|-----------------0---0-2h3-|-0---0---0------0-|
S S e e e e e e S S E E E E E E E. S S S S S e E e S S S S S S
|---------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------2---|------------------|-----4---5-4-----2---------|
|-----------2-4-5---0-|-0---0---0------0-|---0---0-----0-------2-----|
|-x-0-2-3-5-----------|------------------|-----------------------2h3-|
E E E E E E E. S S S e e e e e e S S E E E E E E E. S
|------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------2---|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------2-4-5---0-|-0---0---0------0--|
|-0---0---0------0-|-x-0-2-3-5-----------|-------------------|
S S S S e E e S S S S S S E E E E E E E. S S S e e e e e e S S
|---------------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-----4---5-4---------------|------------------|-----------------2---|
|---0---0-----0-----2-------|------------------|-----------2-4-5---0-|
|-----------------0---0-2h3-|-0---0---0------0-|-x-0-2-3-5-----------|
1st & 2nd Verses
To Coda
E E E E E E E. S S S S S e E e S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
|------------------|---------------------------||-----------------|
|------------------|-----4---5-4-----2---------||-----------------|
|-0---0---0------0-|---0---0-----0-------2-----||-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------------2h3-||-0---0---0---0---|
E E E E E E e S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------------5h7-|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0-------5h7-|
|-0---0---0---0-----|-----------------|-------------3h5-----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E e S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------5h7-|-0---0---0---0---|
|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0-----|-----------------|
E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E e S S E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-0---0---0-------5h7-|-----------------|---------------5h7-|-0---0---0---0----|
|-------------3h5-----|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0-----|------------------|
E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E e S S E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-0---0---0-------5h7-|-----------------|---------------5h7-|-0---0---0---0----|
|-------------3h5-----|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0-----|------------------|
Outro
1. 2.
D.S. al Coda &
E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E E. S
|----------------------||----------------------||-------------------|
|---------------------o||----------------------||o------------------|
|-0---0---0-------5h7-o||-0---0---0-------5h7--||o------------------|
|-------------3h5------||-------------3h5------||--0---0---0------0-|
S S e e e e e e S S E E E E E E E. S S S S S e E e S S S S S S 3x
|---------------------|------------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------2---|------------------|-----4---5-4---------------o||
|-----------2-4-5---0-|-0---0---0------0-|---0---0-----0-----2-------o||
|-x-0-2-3-5-----------|------------------|-----------------0---0-2h3--||
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
