Machine Gun Bass Tab by Commodores

Machine Gun bass tab by Commodores

Bass Tab

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||-----------------------------|

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   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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| s    Slide
| (n)  hold note

Last updated: May 10, 2018

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