Sir Duke bass tab by Stevie Wonder

Bass tabs

Difficulty: Intermediate


Standard Tuning


Horn intro converted to bass
|----------------------------------|
|-------9-----------6----------5-4-|
|---6-9----------656----22-525-----|
|-7--------44-767-----33-----------| X2

Bass fill after the horn intro
|-11--11---------|
|---11-----------|
|---------9------|
|----------12119-|

Verse 1:
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|---9-----6-----5-----421--|---9-----6-----5-----4---3-|
|--9-9---6-6---5-5---4---4-|--9-9---6-6---5-5---4---3--|
|-7---7-4---4-3---3-2------|-7---7-4---4-3---3-2---1---|


Pre chorus:
|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------3/13-----------------|
|-776655445566-67------77665544567-79\-|
|--------------------------------------|


Chorus: X2
|---------589--------------|
|---9----6-----9-----------|
|--9-9--8-----7-76\44-7899-|
|-7---7--------------------|

Horn/Bass/Guitar Harmony
|----------------------4678--13--11---------------------|
|---------6---------46---------13--11-13-119---119----9-|
|-----6----9---2-456------------------------119-----11--|
|-7--7-9-9---24-----------------------------------------|

Now the hard part
|-86464-4-----------------------------1414-1-1--------|
|------6-646-64-4-------------------14------4--414-44-|
|--------------6-6-6464-4242------24------------------|
|---------------------------42--24--------------------|

Verse 2:
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---9-----6-----5-----421--|---9-9-----6-----5-5-----4----3-|
|--9-9---6-6---5-5---4---4-|--9-9-9---6-6---5-5-5---4----3--|
|-7---7-4---4-3---3-2------|-7-----7-4---4-3-----3-2----1---|


Pre chorus:
|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------3/13-----------------|
|-776655445566-67------77665544567-79\-|
|--------------------------------------|


Chorus: X2
|---------589--------------|
|---9----6-----9-----------|
|--9-9--8-----7-76\44-7899-|
|-7---7--------------------|

Chorus like this X2
|-----------589--------------|
|---9-9----6-----9-----------|
|--9-9-9--8-----7-76\44-7899-|
|-7-----7--------------------|

Horn/Bass/Guitar Harmony
|----------------------4678--13--11---------------------|
|---------6---------46---------13--11-13-119---119----9-|
|-----6----9---2-456------------------------119-----11--|
|-7--7-9-9---24-----------------------------------------|

Now the hard part
|-86464-4-----------------------------1414-1-1--------|
|------6-646-64-4-------------------14------4--414-44-|
|--------------6-6-6464-4242------24------------------|
|---------------------------42--24--------------------|

Chorus like this X4
|-----------5-585-------------------|
|---9-9----6-6---6----9-------------|
|--9-9-9--8-------87-7-7-76\44-7899-|
|-7-----7---------------------------|

(Use Stevie's voice to cue you into playing the chorus differently)

Chorus like this X2
|-----------589--------------|
|---9-9----6-----9-----------|
|--9-9-9--8-----7-76\44-7899-|
|-7-----7--------------------|

Horn/Bass/Guitar Harmony
|----------------------4678--13--11---------------------|
|---------6---------46---------13--11-13-119---119----9-|
|-----6----9---2-456------------------------119-----11--|
|-7--7-9-9---24-----------------------------------------|

Now the hard part
|-86464-4-----------------------------1414-1-1--------|
|------6-646-64-4-------------------14------4--414-44-|
|--------------6-6-6464-4242------24------------------|
|---------------------------42--24--------------------|


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