LOW RIDER (Bassline)

As recorded by War
(From the 1975 Album WHY CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS?)

Words and Music by War
Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'B.B. Dickerson - Bass'


 Intro
  Q=138
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx4          E E E E E E E  E   E E E E E S S E E
|------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------|------------------|---3-----3---x-3h5-|
|------------|-------1---3---/5-|-------x-----------|
|------------|-1-3--------------|-------------------|


                                         1st - 4th Verses
  E E E E E E E a E   E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------||------------------|-------------3-5-|
|-------------------|---3-----3h5-3h5-||o-----------------|---3-----3h5-----|
|-------1---3---3s5-|-------x---------||o-------1---3---5-|-------x---------|
|-1-3---------------|-----------------||--1-3-------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E a E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E a E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-------------3-5--|
|-------------------|---3-----3h5-3-5-|-------------------|---3-----3h5------|
|-------1---3---3s5-|-------x---------|-------1---3---3s5-|-------x----------|
|-1-3---------------|-----------------|-1-3---------------|------------------|


                                        Chorus
  E E E E E E E a E   E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|---3-----3h5-3h5-||-----------------|---3-----3h5-3h5-|
|-------1---3---3s5-|-------x---------||-------1---3---5-|-------x---------|
|-1-3---------------|-----------------||-1-3-------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E a E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------3h5-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|---3-----3h5-----|-----------------|---3-----3h5-3h5-|
|-------1---3---3s5-|-------x---------|-------1---3---5-|-------x---------|
|-1-3---------------|-----------------|-1-3-------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E a E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|---3-----3h5-3h5-|-----------------|---3---3---3-3h5-|
|-------1---3---3s5-|-------x---------|-------1---3---5-|-----------------|
|-1-3---------------|-----------------|-1-3-------------|-----------------|


                                       Outro
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  4x E E E E E E E a E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------||-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---3---3---3-3h5-o||-------------------|---3-----3h5-3h5-|
|-------1---3---5-|-----------------o||-------1---3---3s5-|-------x---------|
|-1-3-------------|------------------||-1-3---------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E a E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E a E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------3-5-|-------------------|-------------3-5--|
|-------------------|---3-----3h5-----|-------------------|---3-----3h5------|
|-------1---3---3s5-|-------x---------|-------1---3---3s5-|-------x----------|
|-1-3---------------|-----------------|-1-3---------------|------------------|


  E E E E E E E a E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E Q  Q  E E
|-------------------|-------------3-5-|-----------------|-----------3h5-|
|-------------------|---3-----3h5-----|-----------------|---3-----------|
|-------1---3---3s5-|-------x---------|-------1---3---5-|---------------|
|-1-3---------------|-----------------|-1-3-------------|---------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E Q  Q  E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---3-------3-5-|-----------------|
|-------1---3---5-|---------------|-------1---3---5-|
|-1-3-------------|---------------|-1-3-------------|


  E E Q  E E E E     E E E E E E E E   E E Q  E E E E  3x
|----------------||------------------|-----------------||
|---3----3---3-5-||o-----------------|---3----3-5-----o||
|----------------||o-------1---3---5-|------------3-5-o||
|----------------||--1-3-------------|-----------------||


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