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Fire And Water Bass Tab by Free

Fire And Water bass tab by Free

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FIRE AND WATER (Bassline)

As recorded by Free
(From the 1970 Album FIRE AND WATER)

Words and Music by Paul Rodgers & Andy Fraser

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Andy Fraser - Bass'


 Intro                                        1st Verse
  Q=68
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          W          W          W           S S E E E S S E E E
|----------|----------|----------|----------||-----------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------||-----------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------||-----------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------||-5-7-7-x---5-7-7-x-----|
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  S S E E E S S E E E   S S E E E S S E Q    S S E E E E S S +E  E
|---------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------7-|
|-5-7-7-x-------------|--------------------|-5-7-7-x---7---5-(5)-0-|
|-----------5-7-7-x---|-5-7-7-x---5-7-7----|-----------------------|


  S S E E E S S E E E   S S E E E S S E E E   S S E E E S S E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-5-7-7-x-------------|---------------------|
|-5-7-7-x---5-7-7-x---|-----------5-7-7-x---|-5-7-7-x---5-7-7-x---|


                          Chorus
  S S E E E E S S +E  E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   H    H
|-----------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-7---------|
|---------------------7-||---------9---9---|-------------9---|-0----7----|
|-5-7-7-x-7-7---5-(5)-0-||-----------------|-----------------|------0----|
|-----------------------||-7---7-7---------|-5---5---7-------|-----------|


                                            2nd Verse
                                  2/4       4/4
  H    Q.   E   E S S +E  E H      +H        S S E E E S S E Q
|-------------|-------------4----|-(4)----||--------------------|
|-------------|-------------2----|-(2)----||--------------------|
|-7-----------|-7---5-(5)-4------|--------||--------------------|
|-0----7------|------------------|--------||-5-7-7-x---5-7-7----|


                                                     PM
  S S E E E S S E E E   S S E E E S S E Q    S S E E E E S S +E  E
|---------------------|--------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------|-----------------------||
|-5-7-7-x-------------|--------------------|-5-7-7-x-7-7---5-(5)---||
|-----------5-7-7-x---|-5-7-7-x---5-7-7----|---------------------5-||


 Chorus
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   H    H      H    Q.   E
|-----------------|-----------------|-7---------|--------------|
|---------9---9---|-----------------|-0----7----|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------0----|-7------------|
|-7---7-7---------|-5---5---7---7---|-----------|-0----7-------|


                              Guitar Solo
                    2/4       4/4
  E S S +E  E H      +H        W          H    H
|-------------4----|-(4)----||----------|-----------|
|-------------2----|-(2)----||----------|------9----|
|-7---5-(5)-4------|--------||-9--------|-7---------|
|------------------|--------||-7--------|-0---------|


  H    E E Q    H    E E Q    W          H    E E E E
|-------------|-------------|----------|------9-9-9-9--|
|------9-9----|------9-9----|----------|---------------|
|-------------|----------7--|-9--------|-7-------------|
|-7--------7--|-0-----------|-7--------|-0-------------|


  H    e e E E   E E E E Q  Q    H    E S S E E
|--------------|------------9--|----------------|
|-9----9-9-----|---------------|-9----9-7-------|
|--------------|-7---7---7-----|----------9-7---|
|----------7-7-|-0---0---------|--------------7-|


  S E. E E E E e e   H    H      H    e e S S E
|------9-9-9-9-9-9-|-----------|----------------|
|------------------|------9----|----------------|
|-5-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------|-7----7-7-7-----|
|------------------|-7---------|------------7-0-|


  E E E E E. S e e   E E E E E E e e   E E E E S S E +Q
|------------------|---------9-9-9-9-|--------------------|
|------------9-9-9-|-----------------|-9---9--------------|
|------------------|-7---7---7-7-7-7-|--------------------|
|-7---7---7--------|-0---0-----------|-7---7---5-6-7-(7)--|


                          3rd Verse
  W          +W            S S E E E S S E Q
|----------|------------||--------------------|
|----------|------------||--------------------|
|-7--------|-(7)--------||--------------------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------||-5-7-7-x---5-7-7----|


  S S E E E S S E E E   S S E E E S S E Q    S S E E E E S S +E  E
|---------------------|--------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------7-||
|-5-7-7-x-------------|--------------------|-5-7-7-x-7-7---5-(5)-0-||
|-----------5-7-7-x---|-5-7-7-x---5-7-7----|-----------------------||


 Chorus
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   H    H      H    H
|-----------------|-----------------|-7---------|-----------|
|---------9---9---|---------9---9---|-0----7----|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------0----|-7----5----|
|-7---7-7---------|-5---5---7---7---|-----------|-0---------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   H    H      H    H      E S S +E  E H
|-----------------|-----------------|-7---------|-----------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0----7----|-----------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------0----|-7---------|-7---5-(5)-4-7----|
|-7---7-7-7---7---|-5---5---7---7---|-----------|-0----7----|-0-----------0----|


 2/4      4/4
  +H       +S  E. +H.        +S  E. +H.        +W
|--------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
|--------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
|-(7)----|-(7)-7--(7)------|-(7)-7--(7)------|-(7)----|
|-(0)----|-(0)-0--(0)------|-(0)-0--(0)------|-(0)----|


              Outro  (Drums)
  W            W          W     3x
|----------||-----------|-------||
|----------||o----------|------o||
|----------||o----------|------o||
|----------||-----------|-------||


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




Every single day, I got a heartache comin' my way
I don't wanna say goodbye
Baby but look at the tears in my eye
I don't wanna say goodbye
Mama but look at the way you made me cry
Every way that's nice
You show you've got a heart that's made of ice

And I know

Fire and water must have made you their daughter
You've got what it takes, to make a poor man's heart break
A poor mans heart break

Baby you turn me on
But as quick as a flash your love is gone
Baby I'm gonna leave you now
But I'm gonna try to make you grieve somehow

Fire and water must have made you their daughter
You've got what it takes to make a poor man's heart break
A poor man's heart break
And my heart is breakin' too

(ahh yeah)

(alright)

I don't wanna say goodbye baby
But look at the tears you made me cry
Every way that's nice
You show you've got a heart that's made of ice
And I know

Fire and water must have made you their daughter
You've got what it takes to make a poor mans heart break

Fire, fire and water must have made you their daughter
Baby you've got what it takes to make a poor man's heart break
Heart break

Baby and my heart is breakin'
Ohh my heart is breakin

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