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Im The Man Bass

by Joe Jackson
3,099 views, added to favorites 173 times
Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G
Capo: no capo
Author jiligier [pro] 228.
1 contributor total, last edit on May 24, 2017
I'M THE MAN (Bassline)
                           As recorded by Joe Jackson
                        (From the 1979 Album I'M THE MAN)
 
Words and Music by Joe Jackson
Transcribed by Josh "JB" Barrett
 
        I had to learn this for a gig, and couldn't find the tab anywhere.
Some of the fills may be off, but it's close enough for RnR. Play it with
a pick and conviction!
 
 
 
   4/4
 
Intro
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|
||o-----------------|-5-5-5-----------o||-----------------|
||--0-0-0-4-5-5-5-7-|-------7-5-5-5-4--||-0-0-0-4-5-5-5-7-|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||--------------------||
|-----------------||o------------------o||
|-5-5-5-----------||o-5-5-5------------o||
|-------7-5-5-5-7-||--------7-5-5-5-7---||
 
 
Verse 1
    E E E E E E E E x6  Q  E  E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||-------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------o||-----------------|-----------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||-0--2-/7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||-------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------7-5-5-5-4-|-0-0-0-4-5-5-5-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E  5x Q  E  E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||-------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||o-----------------o||-----------------|-----------------|
|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||----2-/7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0---------------||-------------------||-0---------------|-----------------|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-----------|---------------2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2---2---2---2-3-|
|-------7-5-5-5-4-|-0-0-0-4-5-5-5---|-----------------|---2---2---2-----|
 
 
Pre-chorus 1
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2---2-3--|
||-9-9---7-5-5---7-|-9-9---7-5-5---7-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------2------|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9---7-5-5---7-|-9-9---7-5-5---6-|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----9-9-----9-9-|-------12-12-------12-12-|
|-7-7-----7-7-----|-10-10-------10-10-------|
 
 
Chorus 1
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  3x
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|-5-5-5-----------o||
||--0-0-0-4-5-5-5-7-|-------7-5-5-5-4--||
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  H        Q  Q  H
|-----------------|------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------|-/11--9-------|
|-----------------|-5----------|--------------|
|-0-0-0-4-5-5-5-7-|------------|--------------|
 
 
Verse 2
    E E E E E E E E x6  Q  E  E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||-------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------o||-----------------|-----------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||-0--2-/7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||-------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------6---7---8-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---7-------------|
|-5-5-5-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----4---5---6---|
|-------7-5-5-5-4-|-0-0-0-4-5-5-5-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5---------------|
 
 
   E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E  5x Q  E  E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||-------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||o-----------------o||-----------------|-----------------|
|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||----2-/7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0---------------||-------------------||-0---------------|-----------------|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----9-9---------|---9---9---9---9-|
|-5-5-5-----------|-----------------|-------------9-9-|-----------------|
|-------7-5-5-5-4-|-0-0-0-4-5-5-5-7-|-7-7-----7-7-----|-7---7---7---7---|
 
 
Pre-Chorus 2
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E  E  E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----6-----------|-----6-----------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------7---|-------------7---|-------------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-------------|-4-4-------------|-7-7---------------|-----------------|
|-------7-5-5---7-|-------7-5-5---7-|-----10-10-9-9-8-0-|-0-0-4-4-5-5-6-7-|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----6-----------|-----6-----------|
|-------------7---|-------------7---|
|-4-4-------------|-4-4-------------|
|-------7-5-5---7-|-------7-5-5---6-|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----9-9-----9-9-|-------12-12-------12-12-|
|-7-7-----7-7-----|-10-10-------10-10-------|
 
Chorus 2
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  3x
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|-5-5-5-----------o||
||--0-0-0-4-5-5-5-7-|-------7-5-5-5-4--||
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  H        Q  Q  H
|-----------------|------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------|-/11--9-------|
|-----------------|-5----------|--------------|
|-0-0-0-4-5-5-5-7-|------------|--------------|
 
 
Bridge
   E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E     E E E Q  E E E   E E E Q  E E E
||-----------------||-------------------||----------------|-----------------|
||-----------------||o-----------------o||----------------|-----------------|
||---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---o||-7-7---7----7-7-|-7-7---7----7-7--|
||-0---------------||----------------7--||-----7----7-----|-----7----7------|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-5-5-4-4-----|-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------7-7-|-------7---------|-------7---------|-----------------|
 
 
    E E E E E E E E  5x E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||-------------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o---------6---7p6-o||-----------------|-----6-------7p6-|-----6-------7p6--|
||o-7-7-7-7---7-----o||-7-7-------------|-7-7---7-7-7-----|-7-7---7-7-7------|
||-------------------||-----4-4-5-5-6-6-|-----------------|------------------|
 
 
  E E  E  E E E  E  E   E E  E  E E E  E  E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----11-11-----12-12-|-----11-11-----12-12-|
|-7-7-------7-7-------|-7-7-------7-7-------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----6-------7p6-|-----6-------7p6-|
|-7-7---7-7-7-----|-7-7---7-7-7-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
  E E  E  E E E  E  E   E E  E  E E E  E  E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----11-11-----12-12-|-----11-11-----12-12-|
|-7-7-------7-7-------|-7-7-------7-7-------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----6---7---6---|-7---6---7---6---|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E     S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  Q
|-7---6---7---6---|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------|-/14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14--||
|---7---7---7---7-|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------------------------||
 
 
Verse 3
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  E  E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------/7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
||-0---------------|-----------------|-5--5--0---------|------------------|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----4---5---6---|
|-------7-5-5-5-4-|-0-0-4-4-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-------------|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  E  E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------/7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0---------------|-----------------|-5--5--0---------|-----------------|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------9-9-|-------------9-9-|
|-5-5-5-----------|-----------------|-----9-9---------|-----9-9---------|
|-------7-5-5-5-4-|-0-0-4-4-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-----7-7-----|-7-7-----7-7-----|
 
 
Pre-Chorus 3
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E  E E E E E E
||-----6-----------|-----6-----------|-----------------|-------------------|
||-------------7---|-------------7---|-----6-6-7-7-8-8-|-9-----------------|
||-4-4-------------|-4-4-------------|-7-7-------------|---9----9----------|
||-------7-5-5---7-|-------7-5-5---7-|-----------------|-----12---5-5-6-7--|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------9-9-|-------------9-9-|
|-----9-9---------|-----9-9---------|
|-7-7-----7-7-----|-7-7-----7-7-----|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----9-------9---|-------12----12----12----|
|-7-7---7-7-7---7-|-10-10----10----10----10-|
 
 
Chorus 3\Outro
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  3x
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|-5-5-5-----------o||
||--0-0-0-4-5-5-5-7-|-------7-5-5-5-4--||
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  H        Q  Q  H
|-----------------|------------|--------------|
|-----------------|------------|-/11--9-------|
|-----------------|-5----------|--------------|
|-0-0-0-4-5-5-5-7-|------------|--------------|
 
 
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  6?x
||------------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|-5-5-5-----------o||
||--0-0-0-4-5-5-5-7-|-------7-5-5-5-4--||
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  H       Q   Q  H
|-----------------|------------|--------------*|
|-----------------|------------|--------------*|
|-----------------|-5----------|--------------*|
|-0-0-0-4-5-5-5-7-|------------|-12--12-------*|
 
 
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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xxxxChrisTxxxx
There's a couple of bits that I think are off but near enough for 5 stars.
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