Josie Bass tabs by Steely Dan

Josie bass tab by Steely Dan

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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)-|------|

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                    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----

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