#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# FREEBIRD (Bassline) As recorded by Lynyrd Skynyrd (From the 1973 Album LYNYRD SKYNYRD) Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com, (buckethead_jr) NOT ME! Words and Music by Allen Collins and Ronny Van Zant Arranged by Lynyrd Skynyrd Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass' Intro Slow Rock Q=60 4/4 Gtr I Wx4 H H H Q. E Q. a S S Q. a S S |------------|-----------|--------------|------------------------| |------------|-5----4----|--------------|-3----5s7s5------5s7-5--| |------------|-----------|-7----7----7\-|------------3-----------| |------------|-----------|--------------|------------------------| $ E. S E S S S S E S +S E |------7-7-5-12-14-16-16b17r(16)-14\-| |------------------------------------| |-5--5-------------------------------| |------------------------------------| E. E E S E. E E S E. E. S S E. E S S S ||--------------------|----------------------| ||o-5------5-4------4-|--------------------5-| ||o----5----------5---|-7-------5-7--7-5-7---| ||-------3------5-----|----7-----------------| Verses E. S E. S E. E S a S S E. S E. S S E S S S S S E. E E S E. a E E S |------------------------|-----------7-----7--------||-||----------------------| |-3--3-3-----------------|------7------7-----7-----o||-||o-5------5-4--5s7---4-| |---------5-3--3-3-7s8-7-|-5--5----5-----5-----7-5-o||-||o----5------------5---| |------------------------|--------------------------||-||-------3--------------| 1.,2.,3. E. E. S S E. E S S S S E S E S S S E E E S E. S E. S S S S S S S a S S 4x |----------------------|-----------------------|-----------7s9s7--------------|| |--------------------5-|-3-3-3-3-3-------5-----|------7----------7---7-------o|| |-7-------5-7--7-5-7---|-----------5S3-3---3-7-|-5--5----5---------5---5s7-5-o|| |----7-----------------|-----------------------|------------------------------|| 4. To Coda E. S E S S S S E S +S E E S S E a S S S S S E S a T T S |------7-7-5-12-14-16-16b17r(16)-14\-||----------------------------------| |------------------------------------||o-3---3-3-5s7-5-------------------| |-5--5-------------------------------||o---------------3-3---3-3-5s7s5-3-| |------------------------------------||----------------------------------| D.S. al Coda E. S S S S T T S S E S +S E 3x |------------7s9-14-14-16-16b17r(16)-14\----|| |----7-7-7-7-------------------------------o|| |-5----5-5-5-------------------------------o|| |-------------------------------------------|| 1.,2.,3. & E S S E S S S S S E S a T T S E S S E. T T S S S S S S S S 4x ||--------------------------------|----------------14-14-16-16-17-19-19----|| ||o-3---3-3-7s5-------------------|-----7-7--10s12--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-o|| ||o-------------3-3---3-3-5s7s5---|-5---5-5-------------------------------o|| ||------------------------------8-|----------------------------------------|| Bridge 4. Faster Q=130 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E a E |------------------------------------||------------------|--------------------| |---------------------5-4------------||o---------5-------|--------------------| |-/5-5-/5-5-/5-5-/5-5-----5-3-5s9-5\-||o-----------5\--1-|---1---1-1---1-3s5--| |------------------------------------||--3-3---3---------|-----------5--------| 1. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------o|| |-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-3---3---3-------o|| |-----------------|-----------0-1-2--|| 2. E S S E S S E S S E E E E E E Q Q |-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2-----|-------------------|| |-------------------5-5-|-3-2-0-------------|| |-----------------------|-------1-3--/10\---|| |-----------------------|-------------------|| Guitar Solo 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 E E E E E E E E 4x ||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|| ||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------o|| ||o-----------5s3-1-|---1---1-1-0-1-3s5-|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-3-3-------------o|| ||--3-3-0-3-3-------|-------------------|-----------------|-----0-0-1-1-2-2--|| Q E. S E E E a E Q E. S E E E a E Q E. S E E E E E Q Q E E E 4x ||--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|| ||o-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|---2--3--2------o|| ||o---------------1h3-|-1--1--1-1-0-1-3s5-|-3--3--3-3-3---3-|-3---------3s5--o|| ||--3--3--3-3-3-3-----|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E a E ||------------------|-------------------| ||o-----------------|-------------------| ||o-----------5-3-1-|---1---1-1-0-1-3s5-| ||--3-3-0-3-3-------|-------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E a E E E E 3x |-----------------|---------------------|| |-----------------|--------------------o|| |-3-3---3-3-3-----|-----1---3s4-3------o|| |-------------0-0-|-1-3---3-------1-2---|| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E a E ||------------------|-------------------| ||o-----------------|-------------------| ||o-----------5-3-1-|---1---1-1-0-1-3s5-| ||--3-3-0-3-3-------|-------------------| 1.,2.,3. E S S E S S E S S E E E Q Q Q E 4x |-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2---2-|-5--------------|| |-------------------5---|---2--3--4--5--o|| |-----------------------|---------------o|| |-----------------------|----------------|| 4. E Q Q Q E Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H |--------------||-------------|------------|--------------| |--------------||o------------|------------|--------------| |-0------------||o-5--5-------|-8--8-------|-10--10-------| |---0--1--2--3-||--3--3-------|-6--6-------|--8---8-------| a E S S a E S S a E S S Q 4x E E E E E a E E E E E E E E E E a E |---------------------------------||-||--------------------|-------------------| |--------------------------------o||-||o-------------------|-------------------| |-9s10-----9s10-----9s10---------o||-||o-----------3s5-3-1-|---1---1-1-0-1-3s5-| |-7s=8-8-8-7s=8-8-8-7s=8-8-8-8\---||-||--3-3-0-3-3---------|-------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x E S S E S S E S S E S S |-----------------|------------------||-||--------------------------| |-----------------|-------2-3-3-----o||-||o-------------------------| |-3-3-------------|---1-3-------3-5-o||-||o-------------------------| |-----0-0-1-1-2-2-|-3----------------||-||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| 1.,2.,3. E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E 4x |-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------o|| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------o|| |-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------0-1-2--|| 4. E S S E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E S S E S S E S S |---------------------|-----------------||---------------------------| |---------------------|-----------------||o-------5-5-5-------5-5-5--| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|-----------------||o--------------------------| |---------------0-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-0-||--3-3-3-------3-3-3--------| 1. E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S |-------------------------|-----------------------------| |-------8-8-8-------8-8-8-|-10-----10-----10-----10-----| |-------------------------|-----------------------------| |-6-6-6-------6-6-6-------|----8-8----8-8----8-8----8-8-| E S S E S S E S S E E |------------------------------|| |-10-----10-----10-----10-----o|| |-----------------------------o|| |----8-8----8-8----8-8----8----|| 2. E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S |---------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |-10-----10-----12-------12-------|-14-------14-------15-------15-------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |----8-8----8-8----10-10----10-10-|----12-12----12-12----13-13----13-13-| E S S S S E E S S S S E |--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------| |-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12--| |--------------------------------------| E S S S S E a E E E E |----------------------------------| |-------------------10s12-12-12-12-| |-13-13-13-13-13-13----------------| |----------------------------------| E S S S S E E S S E E E S S E E E E E E |----------------------------------|----------------------------| |-10-10-10-10-10-10s12-12-12-12-12-|-14-14-14-14-14-15-15-15-15-| |----------------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------------|----------------------------| E S S S S S S E S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------| |-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| E S S S S E a E E E E E E S S E E E Q |-10-10-10-10-10-10-12s14-14-14-14-|-12-14-15p14p12-14-15-17--| |----------------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------------|--------------------------| E E E E Q Q E E E E E a E E E E E E E E E E a E |-15-14-12--------------||--------------------|--------------------| |----------15-14\-------||o-------------------|---------0----------| |-----------------------||o-----------3s5-3-1-|---1---1---0-1-3s5--| |------------------10\--||--3-3-0-3-3---------|--------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. 4x Q E. S E E E E |-----------------|-----------------||-||------------------| |-----2-3-3-3-2---|-----2----------o||-||o-----------------| |-3-3-----------3-|-3-5---5-3-1----o||-||o---------------3-| |-----------------|-----------------||-||--3--3--3-3-3-3---| Q E. S E E E a E Q Q a E E E E E E E E E Q E |-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|| |-------------------|-------8s10-10-8-7-|-8-7----7----------o|| |-1--1--1-1-0-1-3s5-|-3--3--------------|-----10---10-------o|| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------6--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