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BasS Tablature Template @ tTabs: Guitar, Bass, and Drum tabs
Artist: Sade
Album: Diamond life
Song: Smooth operator
Tabbed by: Musicman999
Tuning: EADG
This tab is as closest as possible to what the bass plays
Intro : Sax and spoken word : to verse
G|--54----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----54--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------54------5-54--3---32-----------5-54--3--323 4---- 2nd time--323 34--------|
E|------------------5---5---3--------------5---5----------------------------------|
Verse xxxx or xxxxx
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------2--------------------------|
A|-5-5------0-3--5-5----- 0-3-5-5--- 0-3--5-5----- -03---------------------------| 2 times
E|----5-53-3------ 5-53-3------ 5-53-3--------5-53-3-------------------------------|
In the next verses the bassist ends some of the lines with C A instead of just C as I wrote above
Pre Chorus
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----5-----7--------------------5-----7-----------------------5-----7------------|
A|---5-5---7-7-5-54-43-32-xx ---5-5---7-7-5------5-----6h7 5--5-5---7-7---5--m-35-|
E|-3----35----5-------------02-3---35----5------5-----------3----35----5------5---|
Chorus = see the verse
Post Chorus (01:37)
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------7-------------------------------------|
A|-5-5--------------3---5-5-----------------------------------------------------|
E|----3-5x5-33-13355-5-----3-5x5-33-133-5x-5------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5--------------3---5-------------------------------------------------------|
E|----3-5x5-33-13355-5-----3-5x5p-3--m--5--m------------------------------------|
Bass solo (start at the up beat)
G|---------12-14h15h14--12------12----------14h15-14-12-14-15-14-12-14-15-----|
D|-12-14-15---------------151415---12-12-1212----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bass solo cont'd
G|-19--171517-15-17-/19 171517-15-14-15-14-15-17-15-14-12--------12--\---------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------15-14-15----------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
After the solo, the groovy part
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----7----2-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5---03-------5----6h7-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------33---35-----5----------------------------------------------------------|
Then verse(pay attenction at the variation at 2.41) pre chorus, chorus, post chorus then
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----7----7-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-------------5----6h7-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----555---53---35-----5----------------------------------------------------------|
AT 4:10 PAY ATTENCTION AT THE AWESOME PAUSE, IN WHICH YOU CAN HEAR THE CHORDS G AND C
LEGEND AND NOTES:
h: Hammer-on p: Pull-off b: Bend string up
r: Unbend string /: Slide up : Slide down