Black Magic Woman Bass

BLACK MAGIC WOMAN (Bassline)
As recorded by Fleetwood Mac
(From the 1969 Album THE PIOUS BIRD OF GOOD OMEN)
 
Words and Music by Peter Green
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'John McVie - Bass'
 
 [Intro]
 Q=125
 4/4
 Gtr I
   W          W          W          W
G|----------|----------|----------|------||
D|----------|----------|----------|------||
A|----------|----------|----------|------||
E|----------|----------|----------|------||
 
 
 [Verses 1 - 3]
 Segno $
     Q.   Q  E Q    Q.   Q  E E E   Q.   Q  E E E   Q.   Q  E Q
G||---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D||o--------------|---------------|-----------5h7-|---------------|
A||o-5---------3--|-5---------3h5-|------7--7-----|------7--5h7---|
E||-------5--5----|------5--5-----|-5-------------|-5-------------|
 
 
   Q.   Q  E E E   Q.   Q  E E E   Q.   Q  E E E   Q.   Q  E E E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|------7--6-5---|------7--6-5---|-5---------3h4-|-5-------------|
A|-5-----------8-|-5-----------8-|------5--5-----|------5----3-4-|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------5-----|
 
 
                                                 To Coda
   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q  H.        W
G|---------------|---------------|------------|----------|
D|---------------|---------------|------------|----------|
A|-5----5-3----3-|---------------|-5----------|----------|
E|---------------|-6----6-5----5-|------------|----------|
 
 
   W            W
G|-----------||------||
D|----------o||------||
A|----------o||------||
E|-----------||------||
 
 
 [Guitar Solo]
     Q.   Q  E Q    Q.   Q  E E E   Q.   Q  E E E   Q.   Q  E Q
G||---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D||o--------------|---------------|-----------5h7-|---------------|
A||o-5---------3--|-5---------3h5-|------7--7-----|------7--5h7---|
E||-------5--5----|------5--5-----|-5-------------|-5-------------|
 
 
   Q.   Q  E E E   Q.   Q  E E E   Q.   Q  E E E   Q.   Q  E E E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|------7--6-5---|------7--6-5---|-5---------3h4-|-5-------------|
A|-5-----------8-|-5-----------8-|------5--5-----|------5----3-4-|
E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------5-----|
 
 
   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q  H.        W
G|---------------|---------------|------------|-------||
D|---------------|---------------|------------|------o||
A|-5----5-3----3-|---------------|-5----------|------o||
E|---------------|-6----6-5----5-|------------|-------||
 
 
                [Outro]
                Swing Feel Q=125(8=s8)
 D.S. al Coda   &
   W            Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E  7x
G|----------||---------5---5-7-|--------5---5-7-|--------5---5-7--||
D|----------||o------7---7-----|------7---7-----|------7---7-----o||
A|----------||o-5--5-----------|-5--5-----------|-5--5-----------o||
E|----------||-----------------|----------------|-----------------||
 
 
   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
G|--------5---5-7-|--------5---5-7-*|
D|------7---7-----|------7---7-----*|
A|-5--5-----------|-5--5-----------*|
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).
 
|  +()   -  note tied to previous
|   h    -  hammer-on
|   |    -  bar
|   ||   -  double bar
|  ||o   -  repeat start
|  o||   -  repeat end
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