Bass tabs
JOSIE (Bassline)
As recorded by Steely Dan
(From the 1977 Album AJA)
Words by Donald Fagen Music by Steely Dan
Transcribed by Craig Wynne
This is a more complete, and hopefully, correct version.
4/4 Intro
Wx5 H H Q. H +E W
|------------|-----------|---------------|------|
|------------|-----------|---------------|------|
|------------|-----------|---------------|------|
|------------|-1----2----|-3----4----(4)-|------|
1st Verse
E Q S E E E. E H H 4x H E Q E H E Q E
||----------------11/|12\-----------||-------------|-------------|
||o---------------13/|14\----------o||-------------|-------------|
||o------4h5---------|-------------o||------4-5--5-|------5-4--4-|
||--0--------0-------|--------------||-0-----------|-0-----------|
| These fills may have
v some slight distortion.
E E E E Q E E H E E E E H E Q E Q.. S E Q E
|----------------|---------4----5-|-------------|----------------|
|----------------|------/5---/7---|-------------|----------------|
|-7-5---4-5--5---|-7--------------|------4-5--5-|---------5-4--4-|
|-----0--------0-|----------------|-0-----------|-0-----0--------|
Q E H S S Q E H +E H E Q E Q.. S E Q E
|---------------|---------------|-------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------|------------------|
|-5--4-3--------|---------------|------4-5--5-|---------4-5------|
|-----------0-0-|-3--2-1----(1)-|-0-----------|-0-----0------3S==|
Q. E Q. E Q Q H H E Q E H H
|---------------|------------|-------------|-----------|
|---------------|----5--3----|-------------|-----------|
|---------------|-3----------|------4-5--5-|-----------|
|-5----0-0----0-|------------|-0-----------|-3----5----|
1st Chorus
H E Q E H H H H H H
|-------------|-----------||-----------|-----------|
|-------------|-----------||-----------|-2----3----|
|------4-5--5-|-----------||------2----|-----------|
|-0-----------|-0----1----||-2---------|-----------|
H H H Q. E E E E Q E E E E E E H +E
|-----------|-------------|---5-6-7--------|-----4-5----(5)-|
|-4---------|-------------|-7--------7---5-|-5-7------------|
|------2----|------0----0-|------------5---|----------------|
|-----------|-0-----------|----------------|----------------|
2nd Verse
Q H. E E E E E E E E H E Q E Q. E E E Q
|------------|---4---5---6---7-||-------------|------11/12\11/12----|
|----4-------|-----------------||-------------|------13/14\13/14----|
|------------|-2---3---4---5---||------4-5--5-|---------------------|
|-2----------|-----------------||-0-----------|-0-------------------|
H E Q E Q. E E E Q Q +E. S E Q E Q +E. S E Q E
|-------------|------11/12\11/12--|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|------13/14\13/14--|-----------------|-----------------|
|------4-5--5-|-------------------|----------4-5--5-|----------5-4--5-|
|-0-----------|-0-----------------|-0--(0)-0--------|-0--(0)-0--------|
E E E E Q E E H E E E E H E Q E Q.. S E Q E
|----------------|---------4----5-|-------------|----------------|
|----------------|------/5---/7---|-------------|----------------|
|---5---4-5--5---|-7--------------|------4-5--5-|---------5-4--4-|
|-0---0--------0-|----------------|-0-----------|-0-----0--------|
Q E Q E E S S Q E H +E H E Q E Q +E. S E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|-------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-------------|-------------0------|
|-5--4-3----------|---------------|------4-5--5-|----------/2--------|
|---------0-0-1-1-|-3--2-1----(1)-|-0-----------|-0--(0)-0------3S4--|
Q. E Q. E Q Q H H E Q E H H
|---------------|------------|-------------|-----------|
|---------------|----5--3----|-------------|-----------|
|---------------|-3----------|------4-5--5-|-----------|
|-5----0-0----0-|------------|-0-----------|-3----5----|
2nd Chorus
Q +E. S E Q E H H H H H H
|-----------------|-----------||-----------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------||-----------|-2----3----|
|----------4-5--5-|-----------||------2----|-----------|
|-0--(0)-0--------|-0----1----||-2---------|-----------|
H H H H E E E Q E E E E E E H +E
|-----------|-----------|----5-6-7--------|-----4-5----(5)-|
|-4---------|-----------|-/7--------7---5-|-5-7------------|
|------2----|------0----|-------------5---|----------------|
|-----------|-0---------|-----------------|----------------|
Bridge
Q H. Q Q Q Q E E Q. E E E E E H.
|------------|-------------||-0-2------------|---0-------|
|----4-------|-------------||----------0---2-|-----------|
|------------|-2--2--2--2--||----------------|-----------|
|-2----------|-------------||----------------|-----------|
E E Q. E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q. E E E E E H.
|-0-2------------|---0-----------|-0-2------------|---0-------|
|----------0---2-|---------------|----------0---2-|-----------|
|----------------|--------0-2----|----------------|-----------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|-----------|
Staccato This measure is too noisy
to hear, but this sounds good.
s s s s s s s s s s a s E. E E E E E E E Q
|----------11--------11---9h11------|----------------*|
|-----11--------11------------------|-----2-------5--*|
|-9---------------------------------|---2---2---5----*|
|---------------------------------0-|-0-------3------*|
As stated in James' version, the rest of the song is just
variations on the previous bass parts.
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Josie (Bass Line) - Steely Dan
-------------------------------------
From the studio Aja record
Tabbed by James T. McKinley
THIS IS DEFINITELY APPROXIMATE
I've played it against the guitar chords and soloed over it using a
digital 8 track, but there are no doubt some nuances that have been
left out and maybe a few wrong notes (I'm mainly a guitar player
who figured it out for a bass player friend who was having difficulty)
but this seems to work OK.
4
- time
4
b=bend up
r=release bend
h=hammer on
p=pull off
/=slide up
\=slide down
Guitar + Keys Intro:
Bass comes in on last 4 chords of intro:
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A-------9--------------------------------------------------------
E-1------------3-------4-----------------------------------------
Guitar Groove: (Play 4X)
G--------------------11/12\--------------------------------------
D--------------------11/12\--------------------------------------
A-------4--5-----------------------------------------------------
E-0-----------0--------------------------------------------------
Vocals:
Verse:
We're gonna break out the hats and hooters...
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------5--5h7----------5--4-----5--4--5--4--5------------
E-0-----0--/7---------0-----0--------0-----------------0--0--0---
G------------------
D-------11---12----
A----/9---/10------
E-0----------------
We're gonna rev up the motor scooters...
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------5--5h7----------5--4------5-4-3-------------------
E-0-----0--/7---------0-----0------------------------3-2-1-------
Sleep on the beach and make it...
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------5--5h7----------5--4--------------------5-3-------
E-0-----0--/7---------0-----0---------0-5---5-5---5--3-----------
Lay down the law...
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------5--5h7--------------------------------------------
E-0-----0--/7-----------3------------5---------------------------
Chorus:
When Josie comes home, so good, she's...
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------5-5---7--8---------7--8---------7------------4-5------
E-0---0-/7-------------2--7---------2--7------5--0-/5-7----------
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A--------2-3---3------2--2--2--2---------------------------------
E-0-/3-5----------2----------------------------------------------
Guitar Groove: (Play 2X)
Second Verse (same as the first basswise):
Solo Break:
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D--5--7----------5-----5--7---------5------------5--7----------5-
A----------5--7---------------5--7-----------------------5--7----
E--------------------------------------5--7----------------------
G---------11---9--11--
D------11---11--------
A---------------------
E---------------------
Basically repeat Vocal Section (solo for verse, then vocals on chorus)
but with a somewhat different beginning bass part like
G-------------------------------------------- Play 3 X
D---------------------------------11---12----
