• Song:

    Super Bad Parts 1 2

  • Artist:

    James Brown

SUPER BAD, PTS. 1 & 2 (Bassline)

As recorded by James Brown
(From the 1971 Album SUPER BAD)

Words and Music by James Brown
Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'William "Bootsy" Collins - Bass'

   1st Verse
    Q=120
   4/4
    Gtr I
    E E E. S +E  S S E E   E E E. S E E E E
||------7--7-(7)---------|-----7------------|
||o--------------4-4-5-7-|------------------|
||o-5--------------------|-5--------5---5---|
||-----------------------|--------5---5---5-|


  E E E. S +E  S S E E   E E E. S E S S E E   5x
|-----7--7-(7)---------|-----7----------------||
|--------------4-4-5-7-|---------------------o||
|-5--------------------|-5--------5-----5----o||
|----------------------|--------5---5-5---5---||


   2nd Verse
    E E E. S +E  S S E E   E E E. S E E E E
||------7--7-(7)---------|-----7------------|
||o--------------4-4-5-7-|------------------|
||o-5--------------------|-5--------5---5---|
||-----------------------|--------5---5---5-|


  E E E. S +E  S S E E   E E E. S E S S E E  3x
|-----7--7-(7)---------|-----7---------------||
|--------------4-4-5-7-|--------------------o||
|-5--------------------|-5--------5-----5---o||
|----------------------|--------5---5-5---5--||


   3rd & 4th Verses
    $
    E E E. S +E  S S E E   E E E. S E E E E
||------7--7-(7)---------|-----7------------|
||o--------------4-4-5-7-|------------------|
||o-5--------------------|-5--------5---5---|
||-----------------------|--------5---5---5-|


  E E E. S +E  S S E E   E E E. S E S S E E  5x
|-----7--7-(7)---------|-----7---------------||
|--------------4-4-5-7-|--------------------o||
|-5--------------------|-5--------5-----5---o||
|----------------------|--------5---5-5---5--||


   Bridge
    S E S E E E S S Q    S E S E E E E Q
||---------------------|------------------|
||o-5-5-5---5----------|-5-5-5---5--------|
||o--------------------|------------------|
||--------------3-3----|-------------3----|


  S E S E E E S S Q    S E S E S S S S S S S S E   4x
|--------------------|-----------------------------||
|-5-5-5---5----------|-5-5-5---5-5---------5------o||
|--------------------|---------------5-5-5---5-5--o||
|-------------3-3----|-----------------------------||


                      Saxophone Solo
           To Coda
  E E E E E E E E      E E E. S +E  S S E E
|------------------||------7--7-(7)---------|
|------------------||o--------------4-4-5-7-|
|------------------||o-5--------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||-----------------------|


  E E E. S E E E E   E E E. S +E  S S E E
|-----7------------|-----7--7-(7)----------|
|------------------|--------------4-4-5-7--|
|-5--------5---5---|-5---------------------|
|--------5---5---5-|-----------------------|


                                                Outro
  1.                    2.
                                D.S. al Coda &
  E E E. S E S S E E     E E E. S E S S E E      E E E. S +E  S S E E
|-----7---------------||-----7---------------||------7--7-(7)---------|
|--------------------o||---------------------||o--------------4-4-5-7-|
|-5--------5-----5---o||-5--------5-----5----||o-5--------------------|
|--------5---5-5---5--||--------5---5-5---5--||-----------------------|


  E E E. S E E E E   E E E. S +E  S S E E   E E E. S E S S E E  3x
|-----7------------|-----7--7-(7)---------|-----7---------------||
|------------------|--------------4-4-5-7-|--------------------o||
|-5--------5---5---|-5--------------------|-5--------5-----5---o||
|--------5---5---5-|----------------------|--------5---5-5---5--||


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
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