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Le Freak Bass

by Chic
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: no capo
Author Neckwringer [a] 416,215. Last edit on Jul 14, 2014
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LE FREAK (Bassline)
 
As recorded by Chic
(From the 1978 Album C'EST CHIC)
 
Words and Music by Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bernard Edwards - Bass'
 
 
 Chorus
  Q=124
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    Q  E e     e E Q  H      H    Q  E e   e E Q  H
|-------------||--------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------||o-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------||o-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------3-||--5-----------|-----------3-|-5-----------|
 
 
  1.             2.
                                       $
  H    Q  E e     e Q  S S S S E E S S
|--------------||----------------------|
|-------------o||------------7---------|
|-------------o||----------------------|
|-----------3--||-5------0-5---0-3-3-x-|
 
 
   1st - 3rd Verses
    E E E S S S S E E E   S E S S S S S S E S S S E
||----------------------|-----------------------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------3-3-------|-5---5---------3---3---------|
||--5-----3-5-----5-3-5-|---------0-3-5---------0-3---|
 
 
  E E E S S S S E E E   S E S S S S S S E S S S E   E E E S S S S E E E
|---------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------3-3-------|-5---5---------3---3-------|-----------3-3-------|
|-5-----3-5-----5-3-5-|---------0-3-5---------0-3-|-5-----3-5-----5-3-5-|
 
 
  S E S S S S S S E S S S E   E E E S S S S E E E   S E S S S S S S E S S S E
|---------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
|-5---5---------3---3-------|-----------3-3-------|-5---5---------3---3--------|
|---------0-3-5---------0-3-|-5-----3-5-----5-3-5-|---------0-3-5---------0-3--|
 
 
  E E E S S S S E E E   S E S S S S S S E S S S E   E E E S S S S E E E
|---------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------3-3-------|-5---5---------3---3-------|-----------3-3-------|
|-5-----3-5-----5-3-5-|---------0-3-5---------0-3-|-5-----3-5-----5-3-5-|
 
 
  S E S S S S S S E S S S E   E E E S S S S E E E   S E S S S S S S E S S S E
|---------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------|----------------------------|
|-5---5---------3---3-------|-----------3-3-------|-5---5---------3---3--------|
|---------0-3-5---------0-3-|-5-----3-5-----5-3-5-|---------0-3-5---------0-3--|
 
 
                                                     Chorus
                                           To Coda
  E E E S S S S E E E   S E S S S S S S E S S S E     e E Q  H
|---------------------|----------------------------||-------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------||-------------|
|-----------3-3-------|-5---5---------3---3--------||-------------|
|-5-----3-5-----5-3-5-|---------0-3-5---------0-3--||-5-----------|
 
 
                             1.                       2.
  H    Q  E e   e E Q  H      Q  E S S S S E E S S     Q  E S S S S E E S S
|-------------|-------------|-----------------------||----------------------||
|-------------|-------------|------------7---------o||------------7---------||
|-------------|-------------|----------------------o||----------------------||
|-----------3-|-5-----------|--------0-5---0-3-3-x--||--------0-5---0-3-3-x-||
 
 
 Interlude
  S S  e  e e  e e  S S S S   +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----10-10-7-10-7-10-7-----|-------10-10-7-10-7-10-7---0-|
|-0-----------------------0-|-(0)-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
 
  +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-(0)---10-10-7-10-7-10-7---0-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
 
 
  +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-(0)---10-10-7-10-7-10-7-----|
|---------------------------0-|
|-----------------------------|
 
 
  +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S   +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------10-10-7-10-7-10-7-----|-------10-10-7-10-7-10-7---0-|
|-(0)-----------------------0-|-(0)-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
 
  +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-(0)---10-10-7-10-7-10-7---0-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
 
 
  +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S   +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-(0)---10-10-7-10-7-10-7-----|-------10-10-7-10-7-10-7-----|
|---------------------------0-|-(0)-----------------------0-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
 
  +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-------10-10-7-10-7-10-7---0-|
|-(0)-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
 
 
  +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S   +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-(0)---10-10-7-10-7-10-7---0-|-(0)---10-10-7-10-7-10-7-----|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------0-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
 
  +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-------10-10-7-10-7-10-7-----|
|-(0)-----------------------0-|
|-----------------------------|
 
 
  +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S   +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------10-10-7-10-7-10-7---0-|-(0)---10-10-7-10-7-10-7---0-|
|-(0)-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
 
  +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-(0)---10-10-7-10-7-10-7-----|
|---------------------------0-|
|-----------------------------|
 
 
  +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S   +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------10-10-7-10-7-10-7-----|-------10-10-7-10-7-10-7---0-|
|-(0)-----------------------0-|-(0)-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
 
  +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-(0)---10-10-7-10-7-10-7---0-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
 
 
  +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S   +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-(0)---10-10-7-10-7-10-7-----|-------10-10-7-10-7-10-7-----|
|---------------------------0-|-(0)-----------------------0-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
 
  +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-------10-10-7-10-7-10-7---0-|
|-(0)-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
 
 
  +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S   +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------7-----|
|-(0)---10-10-7-10-7-10-7---0-|-(0)---10-10-7-10-7-10-------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------0-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
 
  +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-------10-10-7-10-7-10-7-----|
|-(0)-----------------------0-|
|-----------------------------|
 
 
  +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S   +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------10-10-7-10-7-10-7---0-|-(0)---10-10-7-10-7-10-7---0-|
|-(0)-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
 
  +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-(0)---10-10-7-10-7-10-7-----|
|---------------------------0-|
|-----------------------------|
 
 
  +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S   +S  S  e  e e  e e  S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------10-10-7-10-7-10-7-----|-------10-10-7-10-7-10-7---0-|
|-(0)-----------------------0-|-(0)-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
 
                                          D.S. al Coda
  S S  e  e e  e e  S S S S   S  E. E S S S S E E S S
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|-0---10-10-7-10-7-10-7---0-|---------------7----------||
|---------------------------|-7s12---------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------0-5---0-3-3-x--||
 
 
   Outro
    &
    e E Q  H      H    Q  E e   e E Q  H      H    Q  E e
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
||--5-----------|-----------3-|-5-----------|-----------3--|
 
 
  e E Q  H      H    Q  E e   e E Q  H      H    Q  E e  3x
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-5-----------|-----------3-|-5-----------|-----------3--||
 
 
Duration Legend
---------------
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

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