Mardi Gras Mambo bass tab by The Meters

Bass tabs

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'George Porter, Jr. - Bass'

 Intro    1st- 4th Verses (3rd time Piano Solo)
 Q=132
 4/4
 Gtr I
  Wx3      Q.  E E E Q  Q.  E E E Q  Q.  E Q  Q
G|------------||---------7-7-10--|----------------|---------------|
D|------------||o-8----8---------|--------7-7-10--|--------7--10--|
A|------------||o----------------|-8----8---------|-8----8--------|
E|------------||-----------------|----------------|---------------|


  Q.  E E E Q  Q.  E Q  Q  Q.  E E E Q  Q.  E Q  Q
G|--------7-7-10--|--------7--10--|----------------|----------------|
D|-8----8---------|-8----8--------|--------7-7-10--|--------7--10---|
A|----------------|---------------|-8----8---------|-8----8---------|
E|----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|

          Chorus (3rd time Piano Solo)
  Q.  E E E Q   Q.  E E E Q  Q.  E Q Q  Q.  E E E Q
G|--------7-7-10--||---------------|--------------|--------7-7-10---|
D|-8----8---------||--------5-5-8--|--------5--8--|-8----8----------|
A|----------------||-6----6--------|-6----6-------|-----------------|
E|----------------||---------------|--------------|-----------------|


  Q.  E Q  Q  Q.  E E E Q  Q.  E Q  Q  Q.  E E E Q
G|--------7--10--|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
D|-8----8--------|--------7-7-10--|--------7--10--|--------7-7-10---|
A|---------------|-8----8---------|-8----8--------|-8----8----------|
E|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|


 1.,2.,3.               4.
  Q.  E E E Q  Q.  E E E Q  4x Q.  E E E Q  Q.  E E E Q
G|--------7-7-10--|-----------------||--------7-7-10--|-----------------||
D|-8----8---------|--------7-7-10--o||-8----8---------|--------7-7-10---||
A|----------------|-8----8---------o||----------------|-8----8----------||
E|----------------|-----------------||----------------|-----------------||


 Out-Chorus
   Q.  E E E Q  Q.  E E E Q  7x Q E E H   +W
G||----------------|----------------||-------------|--------*|
D||o-8----8-8-8----|-8----8-8-8----o||-8--8-8-8----|-(8)----*|
A||o------------8--|------------8--o||-------------|--------*|
E||----------------|----------------||-------------|--------*|

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Duration 🏷Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

| (n) - note tied to previous
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