THE PRETENDER (Bassline)
As recorded by Jackson Browne
(From the 1976 Album THE PRETENDER)
Words and Music by Jackson Browne
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Leland Sklar - Bass'
Intro
Q=103
4/4
Gtr I
H +Q. E H +Q Q W H. Q
||------------------|-----------------|-----------|----------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-10--------|-10-------12---o||
||o-10----(10)---10-|-10----(10)--10--|-----------|---------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------|----------------||
1st - 3rd Verses
$
Q. E H Q. E E E E E Q. E H Q. E H
||-----------------|---------------------|-------------|-------------|
||o----------------|---------------------|-------------|-------------|
||o-10----10-10----|-10----10-10----10---|-------------|-------------|
||-----------------|-------------10----7-|-8----8-8----|-8----8-8----|
Q. E H Q. E H H. E E E Q. Q Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-10----10-10----|-10----10-10----|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-10-------10-10-|-10s8----8--10--|
Q. E H Q. E +H Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q
|----------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|-10----10-10----|---------------|-10----10-10------|---------------|
|----------------|-8----8-(8)----|----------------7-|-8----8-8--10--|
H E E Q E Q. Q Q E E Q +E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-10----10-10-10--|------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-10-10----10--10--|-8---7--(7)---5---|
1.
W E E Q +Q E E W
|----------|-----------------|-------||
|----------|-----------------|------o||
|----------|-----------------|------o||
|-3--------|-8---7--(7)--5---|-3-----||
Pre-Chorus
2.,D.S.
H E E E E Q. E H Q. E Q. E Q. E H
|--------0-4-5-||-7----7-7----|-5----5-5----5-|-4----4-4----|
|-5------------||-------------|---------------|-------------|
|--------------||-------------|---------------|-------------|
|--------------||-------------|---------------|-------------|
Q. E H Q. E E Q E Q. E Q. E Q. E H
|-4----4-4----|---------------|---------------|-------------|
|-------------|-5----5-5-5--5-|-5----5-5------|-------------|
|-------------|---------------|-------------8-|-7----7-7----|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
Q. E H Q. E H Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E
|-------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-10----10-10----|--------------7-8-|-9----9-9--------|
|-7----7-7----|----------------|-10----10-10------|-----------------|
|-------------|----------------|------------------|-----------10-11-|
Q. E Q S S E Q. E Q E E
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|--------------14-------|--------------------|
|-----------------12----|-12----12-12-----12-|
|-12----12-12--------12-|--------------12----|
Q. E Q Q Q. E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|-10----10-----10--|-9-------9---------|
|----------12------|------10---10-12---|
E E Q +H E E E E +Q Q E E E E +Q Q H. Q
|------------------|-12------------------|-14-------------------|------------|
|------12--(12)----|----12-----------10--|----16----------------|---------9--|
|------------------|-------10------------|----------17-(17)--5--|-7----------|
|-10---------------|----------8-(8)------|-------15-------------|------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +Q Q
|---/17-16-14-(14)-12-------|-14--------------------|
|-9-------------------14-12-|----16-17\-------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------12-(12)--8--|
To Coda
E E E E +Q Q W E E Q Q Q
|-14--------------------|-----------|----------------||
|----16-17--------------|-----------|----------------||
|-----------------------|-----------|----------------||
|----------10-(10)--14--|-15--------|-15---------10--||
Chorus
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|---------------0----0-|---------------0----0-|
|-10----10-(10)---10---|-10----10-(10)---10---|
|----------------------|----------------------|
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-10----10-(10)----10----|-10----10-(10)----10-12-|
|---------------10----10-|---------------10-------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|---------------0----0-|---------------0----0-|
|-10----10-(10)---10---|-10----10-(10)---10---|
|----------------------|----------------------|
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E Q
|------------------------|----------------------|
|-10----10-(10)----10----|-10----10-(10)----10--|
|---------------10----10-|---------------10-----|
|------------------------|----------------------|
Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E +Q Q
|----------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|-7----7-(7)--7--|-6----6-(6)--6--|-5----5-5--5--|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|--------------|-8----8-(8)--8--|
D.S. al Coda
Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E Q Q W
|----------------|----------------|--------------|-------||
|----------------|----------------|-----------7--|-------||
|----------------|-7----7-(7)--7--|-5----5-5-----|-5-----||
|-7----7-(7)--7--|----------------|--------------|-------||
Outro
&
E E Q H Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|--------------||-----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------||o---------------0----0-|---------------0----0-|
|--------------||o-10----10-(10)---10---|-10----10-(10)---10---|
|-15-----------||-----------------------|----------------------|
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E 5x
|------------------------|-------------------------||
|-10----10-(10)----10----|-10----10-(10)----10-12-o||
|---------------10----10-|---------------10-------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
