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
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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
