Bass tabs
MACHINE GUN (Bassline)
As recorded by The Commodores
(From the 1974 Album MACHINE GUN)
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Ronald LaPread - Bass'
Verses:
Q=112
4/4
Gtr I
E. S +E E +E S S S S S S
G||--5--------5-(5)-----5---5-5-|
D||o----5-(5)-------5-5---5-----|
A||o----------------------------|
E||-----------------------------|
E. S +E E +E S S S S S S E. S +E E +E S S S S S S
G|-3--------3-(3)-----3---3-3-|----------------------------|
D|----3-(3)-------3-3---3-----|-3--------3-(3)-----3---3-3-|
A|----------------------------|----3-(3)-------3-3---3-----|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E. S +Q E. S +Q E. S +E E +E S S S S S S
G|---------------------|-5--------5-(5)-----5---5-5-|
D|---------------------|----5-(5)-------5-5---5-----|
A|-3--3-(3)--3--3-(3)--|----------------------------|
E|---------------------|----------------------------|
E. S +E E +E S S S S S S
G|-3--------3-(3)-----3---3-3-|
D|----3-(3)-------3-3---3-----|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
E. S +E E +E S S S S S S E. S +Q E. S +Q
G|----------------------------|---------------------|
D|-3--------3-(3)-----3---3-3-|---------------------|
A|----3-(3)-------3-3---3-----|-3--3-(3)--3--3-(3)--|
E|----------------------------|---------------------|
E. S +E E +E S S S S S S
G|----------------------------||
D|----------------------------||
A|-3--------3-(3)-----3-3-----||
E|----3-(3)-------3-3-----3-3-||
Bridge:
Q Q E E E E Q Q Q S S S S Q Q E E E E Q Q Q S S S S
G|---------------|------------------|---------------|------------------|
D|-----------1-0-|------------------|-----------1-0-|------------------|
A|-3-------3-----|-3----------0-3-0-|-3-------3-----|-3----------0-3-0-|
E|---------------|----------3-------|---------------|----------3-------|
Q Q E E E E Q Q Q S S S S Q Q E E E E Q Q Q S S S S
G|---------------|------------------|---------------|-------------------||
D|-----------1-0-|------------------|-----------1-0-|------------------o||
A|-3-------3-----|-3----------0-3-0-|-3-------3-----|-3----------0-3-0-o||
E|---------------|----------3-------|---------------|----------3--------||
Verse:
E. S +E E +E S S S S S S
G|-5--------5-(5)-----5---5-5-|
D|----5-(5)-------5-5---5-----|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
E. S +E E +E S S S S S S E. S +E E +E S S S S S S
G|-3--------3-(3)-----3---3-3-|----------------------------|
D|----3-(3)-------3-3---3-----|-3--------3-(3)-----3---3-3-|
A|----------------------------|----3-(3)-------3-3---3-----|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E. S +Q E. S +Q E. S +E E +E S S S S S S
G|---------------------|-5--------5-(5)-----5---5-5-|
D|---------------------|----5-(5)-------5-5---5-----|
A|-3--3-(3)--3--3-(3)--|----------------------------|
E|---------------------|----------------------------|
Q Q E E E E Q Q Q S S S S
G|---------------|-------------------|
D|-----------1-0-|-------------------|
A|-3-------3-----|-3----------0-3-0--|
E|---------------|----------3--------|
Q Q E E E E Q Q Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
G|---------------|------------------|---------------0-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8--|
D|-----------1-0-|------------------|-----0-1-2-3-4--------------------|
A|-3-------3-----|-3----------0-3-0-|-3-4------------------------------|
E|---------------|----------3-------|----------------------------------|
Breakdown:
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H Q Q H Q Q
G|-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24\-||------------|-------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------||------------|-------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------||------3--3--|-3----3--3---|
E|-------------------------------------------------||------------|-------------|
H Q Q H Q Q Q. E Q S S S S Q. E Q S S S S
G|------------|------------|-5------5------5---|-5------5------5---|
D|------------|------------|-----------5-7---7-|-----------5-7---7-|
A|-3----3--3--|-3----3--3--|------3------------|------3------------|
E|------------|------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Q. E Q S S S S Q. E Q S S S S H +E E +S E S Q Q H
G|-5------5------5---|-5------5------5---|--------------------|-5----------|
D|-----------5-7---7-|-----------5-7---7-|-8----(8)-5-(5)-8-5-|------------|
A|------3------------|------3------------|--------------------|-------7----|
E|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|------------|
H +E E +S E S Q Q H H +E E +S E S Q Q H
G|--------------------|-5----------|--------------------|-5----------||
D|-8----(8)-5-(5)-8-5-|------------|-8----(8)-5-(5)-8-5-|------------||
A|--------------------|-------7----|--------------------|-------7----||
E|--------------------|------------|--------------------|------------||
Outro:
E. S +E E +E S S S S S S
G|-5--------5-(5)-----5---5-5-|
D|----5-(5)-------5-5---5-----|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
E. S +E E +E S S S S S S E. S +E E +E S S S S S S
G|-3--------3-(3)-----3---3-3-|----------------------------|
D|----3-(3)-------3-3---3-----|-3--------3-(3)-----3---3-3-|
A|----------------------------|----3-(3)-------3-3---3-----|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E. S +Q E. S +Q E. S +E E +E S S S S S S Q Q E E E E
G|---------------------|-5--------5-(5)-----5---5-5-||----------------|
D|---------------------|----5-(5)-------5-5---5-----||o-----------1-0-|
A|-3--3-(3)--3--3-(3)--|----------------------------||o-3-------3-----|
E|---------------------|----------------------------||----------------|
Q Q Q S S S S Q Q E E E E Q Q Q S S S S 3x
G|------------------|---------------|-------------------||
D|------------------|-----------1-0-|------------------o||
A|-3----------0-3-0-|-3-------3-----|-3----------0-3-0-o||
E|----------3-------|---------------|----------3--------||
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