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IT'S ALL RIGHT (Bassline)
As recorded by The Impressions
(From the 1963 Album THE IMPRESSIONS)
Words and Music by Curtis Mayfield
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Lenny Brown - Bass'
Intro
Q=168
12/8
Gtr I
W Q. +Q E Q. Q. Q. +E E E Q. Q.
|--------------||------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------||o-------------4----6----|----------3-6-4----6----|
|--------------||o-4----(4)--4-----------|-4----(4)---------------|
|--------------||------------------------|------------------------|
1. 2.
Q. Q. Q. E E E Q. Q E +Q H Q. Q E Q E +Q.
|------------------3-6-|----------------------||-----------------------||
|------4---------6-----|------4--------------o||------4-------6-(6)----||
|-4---------4----------|-4-------4-(4)-------o||-4-------4-------------||
|----------------------|----------------------||-----------------------||
1st - 3rd Verses
Q. +Q E Q. Q. Q. +E E E Q. Q.
||------------------------|------------------------|
||o-------------4----6----|----------3-6-4----6----|
||o-4----(4)--4-----------|-4----(4)---------------|
||------------------------|------------------------|
Q. +Q E Q. Q. Q. +E E E Q. Q.
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-------------4----6----|----------3-6-4----6----||
|-4----(4)--4-----------|-4----(4)---------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------||
Chorus
H +E E H +E E Q. +E E E Q. Q.
|-----------------------|------------3-----------|
|------------3----(3)-3-|----------4---6----6----|
|-4----(4)-4------------|-6----(6)---------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
1.,2.
H. Q. Q. H. Q. Q. 3x
|-------------------|---------------------||
|---------4----6----|---------4----6-----o||
|-4-----------------|-4------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||
Bridge
3.
$
H. Q. Q. Q. Q E +H. Q. Q E +Q. E E E
|---------6---------||-3-------3-(3)------|------------------------|
|--------------6----||--------------------|-3-------3-(3)---6-3-6--|
|-4-----------------||--------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------||--------------------|------------------------|
Q. Q E +H. Q. Q E +Q. Q. Q. Q E +H.
|-3-------3-(3)------|----------------------|-3----------------|
|--------------------|-3-------3-(3)---6----|---------3-(3)----|
|--------------------|----------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|------------------|
Q. Q E +Q. Q. Q. Q Q. E Q E Q. Q Q E E Q E
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------||
|-3--------------------|-3-------4----4-4--4-|-3------------6-6--6--||
|---------6-(6)---6----|---------------------|---------6------------||
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------||
4th - 6th Verses
Q. +Q E Q. Q. Q. +E E E Q. Q.
||------------------------|------------------------|
||o-------------4----6----|----------3-6-4----6----|
||o-4----(4)--4-----------|-4----(4)---------------|
||------------------------|------------------------|
Q. +Q E Q. Q. Q. +E E E Q. Q.
|-----------------------|------------------------||
|-------------4----6----|----------3-6-4----6----||
|-4----(4)--4-----------|-4----(4)---------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------||
Chorus
H +E E H +E E Q. +E E E Q. Q.
|-----------------------|------------3-----------|
|------------3----(3)-3-|----------4---6----6----|
|-4----(4)-4------------|-6----(6)---------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
1.
To Coda
H. Q. Q. H. Q. Q.
|-------------------|---------------------||
|---------4----6----|---------4----6-----o||
|-4-----------------|-4------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||
Outro
2.
D.S. al Coda &
H. Q. Q. H. Q. Q. H. Q. Q.
|---------6---------||-------------------||--------------------|
|--------------6----||---------4----6----||---------4----6-----|
|-4-----------------||-4-----------------||-4------------------|
|-------------------||-------------------||--------------------|
12/8
Q. +Q E Q. Q. Q. +Q E Q. Q. Q. +Q E Q. Q.
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------*|
|-------------4----6----|-------------4----6----|-------------4----6----*|
|-4----(4)--4-----------|-4----(4)--4-----------|-4----(4)--4-----------*|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------*|
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
----------------
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
Other Versions & Arrangements
- It's All Right (Chords)
- It's All Right (Tabs)
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