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EXODUS (Bassline)
As recorded by Bob Marley & The Wailers
(From the 1977 Album EXODUS)
Words and Music by Bob Marley
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Aston "Family Man" Barrett - Bass'
Intro
Q=131
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
Chorus
Wx8
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
1st - 3rd Verses
$
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o----------------|---3-------------|----------------|-3---------------|
||--5---3-5---3-5--|-----5---3-4-5---|-5---3-5---3-5--|----5---3-4-5----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------5-6-7---|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----3-7---------|----------------|-3--------------|
|-5---3-5---3-5-5-|---5-------------|-5---3-5---3-5--|----5---3-4-5---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------5-6-7---|----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----3-7---------|----------------|-3--------------|
|-5---3-5---3-5-5-|---5-------------|-5---3-5---3-5--|----5---3-4-5---|
To Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|---------5-6-7---|----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|-----3-7---------|----------------|-3--------------||
|-5---3-5---3-5-5-|---5-------------|-5---3-5---3-5--|----5---3-4-5---||
Chorus
$$
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
|-----------------|---------5-6-7---|---------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----3-7---------|---------2--2--|-3--3--5-----|
|-5---3-5---3-5-5-|---5-------------|-5-5-5---------|-------------|
1.
To Dbl. Coda
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E
|----------------|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|---3--------------|----------------|-3---------------|
|-5---3-5---3-5--|-----5---3-4-5----|-5---3-5---3-5--|----5---3-4-5----|
E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-3--------------|----------------|-3--------------|
|-5---3-5---3-5--|----5---3-4-5---|-5---3-5---3-5--|----5---3-4-5---|
E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------o||
|----------------|-3--------------|----------------|-3--------------o||
|-5---3-5---3-5--|----5---3-4-5---|-5---3-5---3-5--|----5---3-4-5----||
2.
E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|---3--------------o||
||o----------------|-3--------------|----------------|------------------o||
||--5---3-5---3-5--|----5---3-4-5---|-5---3-5---3-5--|-----5---3-4-5-----||
Bridge
E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------||------------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------||o-----------------|---------5-6-7---|
|----------------|-3--------------||o-----------------|-----3-7---------|
|-5---3-5---3-5--|----5---3-4-5---||--5---3-5---3-5-5-|---5-------------|
1.,2. 3.
D.S. al Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|---------5-6-7---o||-----------------|---------5-6-7-----||
|-----------------|-----3-7---------o||-----------------|-----3-7-----------||
|-5---3-5---3-5-5-|---5--------------||-5---3-5---3-5-5-|---5---------------||
Chorus
&
W W W E E Q H W
|----------||----------|----------|-------------|------|
|----------||----------|----------|-------------|------|
|----------||----------|----------|-------------|------|
|----------||----------|----------|-5-----------|------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
E E Q Q E E W E E E E Q E E E E Q H
|---------------|----------|----------------|-------------||
|---------------|----------|----------------|-------------||
|---------------|----------|----------------|-3-----------||
|-5-----------5-|----------|-5-----5------5-|--------0----||
Outro
&&
E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
||o----------------|-3--------------|----------------|---3--------------|
||--5---3-5---3-5--|----5---3-4-5---|-5---3-5---3-5--|-----5---3-4-5----|
E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E 4x
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
|----------------|-3--------------|----------------|---3-------------o||
|-5---3-5---3-5--|----5---3-4-5---|-5---3-5---3-5--|-----5---3-4-5----||
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