Toad Live 2005 bass tab by Cream

TOAD (Bassline) (Live)

As recorded by Cream
(From the 2005 Album ROYAL ALBERT HALL LONDON MAY 2-3-5-6, 2005)

Music by Peter 'Ginger' Baker

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Jack Bruce - Fretless Bass'


 (0:00)
 Q=120
 4/4
 Gtr I
 W     E E E E +Q  E E  E E E E +Q  E E  E E E E +Q  E E
|----------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|----------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|----------|-7-----7-(7)------|-7-----7-(7)------|-7-----7-(7)-------|
|----------|--------------9-7-|--------------9-7-|--------------9-7--|

 E E E E +Q  E E  E E E E +E E E E  E E E E H   E E E E +Q  E E
|------------------|-------------------|-----7--------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------4-(4)---5-7-|-9------------|-------------------|
|-7-----7-(7)------|---7-5-------7-----|---------7----|-7-----7-(7)-------|
|--------------9-7-|-------------------|--------------|--------------9-7--|


 E E E E +Q  E E  E E E E +Q  E E  E E E E +Q  E E  E E E E +E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------4-(4)---5-7--|
|-7-----7-(7)------|-7-----7-(7)------|-7-----7-(7)------|---7-5-------7------|
|--------------9-7-|--------------9-7-|--------------9-7-|--------------------|


 E E E E Q Q  E E E E +Q  E E  E E E E +Q  E E  E E E E +Q  E E
|-----7---------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-9-------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|---------7-----|-7-----7-(7)------|-7-----7-(7)------|-7-----7-(7)-------|
|---------------|--------------9-7-|--------------9-7-|--------------9-7--|


 E E E E +Q  E E  Q E E H   Q Q  Q Q  W
|------------------|-------------|--------------|------|
|------------------|----9--------|----9---------|------|
|-7-----7-(7)------|-7-----------|-------11--9--|-7----|
|--------------9-7-|-------------|--------------|------|


 +W      +W      +W      Wx21
|------------|------------|------------|---------|
|------------|------------|------------|---------|
|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|---------|
|------------|------------|------------|---------|


                Drum Solo (1:32)
 Q Q  H   Q Q  Q Q   E E Q H
|-------------|--------------||-------------|
|-------------|----9---------||-------------|
|-7--7\-------|-------11--9--||-7-----------|
|-------------|--------------||-------------|


 Wx4
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||


 (9:27)
 E E E E +Q  E E  E E E E +Q  E E  E E E E +Q  E E  E E E E +Q  E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-7-----7-(7)------|-7-----7-(7)------|-7-----7-(7)------|-7-----7-(7)-------|
|--------------9-7-|--------------9-7-|--------------9-7-|--------------9-7--|


          H.=H
                TP     TP
 Q E E H   Q Q  Q Q  W     +H.   Q
|-------------|--------------|----------|--------------*|
|----9--------|----9---------|----------|--------------*|
|-7-----------|-------11--9--|-7--------|-(7)----------*|
|-------------|--------------|----------|--------------*|


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
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
----------------
 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
-----------
 | - 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