LIFE IS A CARNIVAL (Bassline)
As recorded by The Band
(From the 1971 Album CAHOOTS)
Words and Music by Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm & Rick Danko
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Rick Danko - Bass'
Intro
Q=92
4/4
Gtr I
W S S S S E E S S E Q S S S S E Q. q
|----------||-----------------------|-------------------|
|----------||o----------------------|-------------------|
|----------||o-7---5-7---7-----7S5--|-----5-7---7\------|
|----------||----7-----------0------|-7h9------------0--|
1. 2.
S S S S E E S S E Q S S S S E Q. q S S S S E E S S E Q
|----------------------|--------------------||----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------o||----------------------|
|-7---5-7---7-----7S5--|-----5-7---7\------o||-7---5-7---7-----7S5--|
|---7-----------0------|-7h9------------0---||---7-----------0------|
1st & 2nd Verses
S S S S E Q. q S S S S E E S S E Q S S S S E Q. q
|-------------------||-----------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------||o----------------------|--------------------|
|-----5-7---7\------||o-7---5-7---7-----7S5--|-----5-7---7\-------|
|-7h9------------0--||----7-----------0------|-7h9------------0---|
S S S S E E S S E Q S S S S E Q. q S S S S E E S S E Q
|----------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|-7---5-7---7-----7S5--|-----5-7---7\------|-7---5-7---7-----7S5--|
|---7-----------0------|-7h9------------0--|---7-----------0------|
S S S S E Q. q S S S S E E S S E Q S S S S E Q. q
|-------------------|----------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------|--------------------||
|-----5-7---7\------|-7---5-7---7-----7S5--|-----5-7---7\-------||
|-7h9------------0--|---7-----------0------|-7h9------------0---||
Pre-Chorus
$
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q S S S S E E S S E Q S S S S E Q. q
|-------------|-------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-7---5-7---7-----7S5--|-----5-7---7\------|
|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|---7-----------0------|-7h9------------0--|
Chorus
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H
|-------------|-------------|-------------||------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------||------------|
|-------------|-------------|-7--7--7-----||-7--7--7----|
|-2--2--3--3--|-5--5--7--7--|----------5--||------------|
1.
To Coda
H H Q Q H Q Q H S S S S E E S S E Q
|-----------|------------|------------||----------------------|
|-----------|------------|------------||----------------------|
|-7----7----|-7--7--7----|-7--7--7----||-7---5-7---7-----7S5--|
|-----------|------------|------------||---7-----------0------|
S S S S E Q. q S S S S E E S S E Q S S S S E Q. q
|-------------------|----------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|----------------------|--------------------o||
|-----5-7---7\------|-7---5-7---7-----7S5--|-----5-7---7\-------o||
|-7h9------------0--|---7-----------0------|-7h9------------0----||
Guitar Solo
2.
S S S S E E S S E Q S S S S E Q. q
|----------------------||-------------------|
|----------------------||-------------------|
|-7---5-7---7-----7S5--||-----5-7---7\------|
|---7-----------0------||-7h9------------0--|
S S S S E E S S E Q S S S S E Q. q 4x
||-----------------------|--------------------||
||o----------------------|-------------------o||
||o-7---5-7---7-----7S5--|-----5-7---7\------o||
||----7-----------0------|-7h9------------0---||
D.S. al Coda &
S S S S E E S S E Q S S S S E Q. q Q Q H
|----------------------|-------------------||------------|
|----------------------|-------------------||------------|
|-7---5-7---7-----7S5--|-----5-7---7\------||-7--7--7----|
|---7-----------0------|-7h9------------0--||------------|
Q Q H Q Q H S S S S E E S S E Q
|------------|------------|----------------------|
|------------|------------|----------------------|
|-7--7--7----|-7--7--7----|-7---5-7---7-----7S5--|
|------------|------------|---7-----------0------|
Outro
S S S S E Q. q S S S S E E S S E Q S S S S E Q. q 5x
|-------------------||-----------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------||o----------------------|--------------------o||
|-----5-7---7\------||o-7---5-7---7-----7S5--|-----5-7---7\-------o||
|-7h9------------0--||----7-----------0------|-7h9------------0----||
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
