Bass tabs
GRAPEFRUIT-JUICY FRUIT (Bassline)
As recorded by Jimmy Buffett
(From the 1973 Album A WHITE SPORT COAT AND A PINK CRUSTACEAN)
Words and Music by Jimmy Buffett
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (D A D G) - 'Ed "Lump" Williams - Bass (Dropped D-Tuning)'
Intro
Q=128(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I (Dropped D-Tuning - DADG)
W W W W
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|----------|----------|----------|------|
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W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
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|----------|----------|----------|------|
Q H. +W Q H. +W
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-2--3-------|-(3)--------|-2--3-------|-(3)----|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
Q H. +H Q Q Q H. +Q Q Q Q
|------------|--------------|------------|---------------||
|------------|--------------|------------|---------------||
|------------|--------0--2--|-2--3-------|-(3)-----0--2--||
|-4--5-------|-(5)----------|------------|------5--------||
1st & 2nd Verses
Q Q H H H Q Q H H H
||-------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
||o------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
||o-2--3-------|-3---------|-2--3-------|-3---------|
||--------5----|------5----|-------5----|------5----|
Q Q H H H H H H Q Q
|------------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|------------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|------------|-----------|-3---------|-3----------|
|-4--5--0----|-5----0----|------5----|------5--5--|
Q Q H H H Q Q H H H
|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|-2--3-------|-3---------|-2--3-------|-3---------|
|-------5----|------5----|-------5----|------5----|
Q Q H H H H H H Q Q
|------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
|------------|-----------|-----------|------------||
|------------|-----------|-3---------|-3-------3--||
|-4--5--0----|-5----0----|------5----|------5-----||
Bridge
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-5--3--2--0--|-------0--2--|-3--3--------|-3--3-----3--|
|-------------|-5--5--------|-------5--5--|-------5-----|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|----2--3-----|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-5--------5--|-------0--2--|-3--3--------|-3--3-----3--|
|-------------|-5--5--------|-------5--5--|-------5-----|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|----2--3-----|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-5--------5--|-------0--2--|-3--3--------|-3--3-----3--|
|-------------|-5--5--------|-------5--5--|-------5-----|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W +H. Q
|-------------|-------------|----------|--------------||
|-------------|-------2--4--|-5--------|-(5)---------o||
|-5--5--0--0--|-5--5--------|----------|-------------o||
|-------------|-------------|----------|----------5---||
Outro
Q Q H H H Q Q H H H
|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|-2--3-------|-3---------|-2--3-------|-3---------|
|-------5----|------5----|-------5----|------5----|
Q Q H H H H H H Q Q
|------------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|------------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|------------|-----------|-3---------|-3----------|
|-4--5--0----|-5----0----|------5----|------5--5--|
Q Q H H H Q Q Q Q Q Q H +W
|------------|-----------|-------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|-----------|-------------|------------|--------*|
|------------|-----------|-3--3--------|-3--3-------|--------*|
|-4--5--0----|-5----0----|-------5--5--|-------5----|-(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
