• Song:

    Im So Glad

  • Artist:

    Cream

I'M SO GLAD (Bassline)

As recorded by Cream
(From the 1966 Album FRESH CREAM)

Words and Music by Skip James
Arranged by Cream
Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Jack Bruce - Bass'


 Intro
  Q=132
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|


  H    E E E E   E. S +E  E +E  E E E
|--------------|----9-(9)-------9---9-|
|--------------|----------------------|
|----------5-6-|-7--------7-(7)---7---|
|--------7-----|----------------------|


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


                         Chorus
  E. S +E  E +E  E E E    Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E
|----9-(9)-------------||---------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------------||---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-7--------7-(7)---5-6-||-7--7--7-7-7-7-|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-7--7--5-5-5-5--|
|----------------7-----||---------------|---------------|----------------|


  Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E. S E E E E   Q  E. S E E E S S   E. S Q  Q  E. S
|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-7--7------5-6-|-7--7----7-7-7-7-|-5--5----5-5-5-5---|-7----7--5--5----|
|-------7-7-----|-------7---------|-------5---------7-|----7----------7-|


                     1st & 2nd Verses
  Q  E. S E E E E     E E E. S E E E E
|-----------------||-------------------|
|-----------------||o------------------|
|-7--7--7-----5-6-||o-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-|
|---------7-7-----||-------------------|


  E E E E. S E E E    E  E  E.  S E E E E
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10--10-9-9-9-9--|
|------------------|-----------------------|


  E E E. S E E E E   E E E. S E E E E
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-8-|
|------------------|------------------|


  E E E E. S E E E    E  E  E.  S E E E E
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10--10-9-9-9-9--|
|------------------|-----------------------|


                     Chorus
  E E E. S E E E E    Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E
|------------------||---------------|---------------|----------------|
|------------------||---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-7-7-7--7-----5-6-||-7--7--7-7-7-7-|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-7--7--5-5-5-5--|
|----------7-7-----||---------------|---------------|----------------|


  Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E. S E E E E   Q  E. S E E E S S   E. S Q  Q  E. S
|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-7--7------5-6-|-7--7----7-7-7-7-|-5--5----5-5-5-5---|-7----7--5--5----|
|-------7-7-----|-------7---------|-------5---------7-|----7----------7-|


                         Guitar Solo
  Q  E. S E E E E         Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E
|------------------||-||----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-----------------o||-||o---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-7--7--7-----5-6-o||-||o-7--7--7-7-7-7-|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-7--7--5-5-5-5-|
|---------7-7------||-||----------------|---------------|---------------|


  Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E. S E E E E   Q  E. S E E E S S   E. S Q  Q  E. S
|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-7--7------5-6-|-7--7----7-7-7-7-|-5--5----5-5-5-5---|-7----7--5--5----|
|-------7-7-----|-------7---------|-------5---------7-|----7----------7-|


                                  Interlude
  1.,2.,3.           4.
  Q  E. S E E E E  4x H    H       Wx4
|------------------||-----------||--------|
|-----------------o||-----------||--------|
|-7--7--7-----5-6-o||-7---------||--------|
|---------7-7------||-----------||--------|


  H    E E E E   E E E E E. S +E  E
|--------------|---9---9----9-(9)---|
|--------------|--------------------|
|----------5-6-|-7---7---7--------7-|
|--------7-----|--------------------|


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


                          Chorus
  +E  E E E E. S +E  E     Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E
|-----9---9----9-(9)---||----------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------------------||o---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-(7)---7---7--------7-||o-7--7--7-7-7-7-|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-7--7--5-5-5-5--|
|----------------------||----------------|---------------|----------------|


  Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E. S E E E E   Q  E. S E E E S S   E. S Q  Q  E. S
|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-7--7------5-6-|-7--7----7-7-7-7-|-5--5----5-5-5-5---|-7----7--5--5----|
|-------7-7-----|-------7---------|-------5---------7-|----7----------7-|


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


  Q  E. S E E E E   Q  E. S E E E E   Q  E. S E E E S S   E. S Q  Q  E. S
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-7--7--7-----5-6-|-7--7----7-7-7-7-|-5--5----5-5-5-5---|-7----7--5--5----|
|---------7-7-----|-------7---------|-------5---------7-|----7----------7-|


                    Vocal Breakdown
  Q  E. S E E E E    Q  Q  H      Wx6
|-----------------||------------|--------||
|-----------------||------------|--------||
|-7--7--7-----5-6-||-7----------|--------||
|---------7-7-----||------------|--------||


 Outro
     TP
  Q  Q  H      +W           +W
|------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|------------|--------*|
|----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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