My Girl Bass

by Madness
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G
Key: C#m
Capo: no capo
Author Neckwringer [a] 427,155. Last edit on Mar 31, 2019
MY GIRL (Bassline)
As recorded by Madness
(From the 1979 Album ONE STEP BEYOND...)
 
Words and Music by Mike Barson
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Mark Bedford - Bass'
 
   [Intro]
    Q=89
    4/4                    2/4
    Gtr I
     W          H    H      Q  Q   3x
G||-----------|-----------|--------||
D||o----------|-----------|-------o||
A||o-4--------|-0---------|----2--o||
E||-----------|------2----|-4------||
 
 
   [1st & 2nd Verses]
    In Tempo Q=116
    4/4
     e E Q  e E Q    q  Q  e E Q    q  Q  e E Q    q  Q  e E Q
G||----------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D||o---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A||o-4-4----4-4----|--------------|-4-----4-4----|--------------|
E||----------------|-5-----5-5----|--------------|-2-----2-2----|
 
 
   q  Q  e E Q    q  Q  e E Q    q  Q  e E Q    q  Q  e E Q
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
A|-4-----4-4----|--------------|-4-----4-4----|---------------||
E|--------------|-5-----5-5----|--------------|-2-----2-2-----||
 
 
 [Chorus]
   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
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
A|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
 
 
   e Q  E e Q  E   e Q  E e Q  E   e Q  E e Q  E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|-2-2--2-1-1--1-|---------------|---------------|
A|---------------|-4-4--4-2-2--2-|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|-5-5--5-4-4--4-|
 
 
   e Q  E e E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
D|----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
A|----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||
E|-2-2--2-0-0-2-4-|-----------------|------------------||
 
 
 [Piano Solo]
   e E Q  e E Q    q  Q  e E Q    q  Q  e E Q    q  Q  e E Q
G|---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
D|---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
A|-4-4----4-4----|--------------|-4-----4-4----|---------------|
E|---------------|-5-----5-5----|--------------|-2-----2-2-----|
 
 
   q  Q  e E Q    q  Q  e E Q    q  Q  e E Q    q  Q  e E Q
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
A|-4-----4-4----|--------------|-4-----4-4----|---------------||
E|--------------|-5-----5-5----|--------------|-2-----2-2-----||
 
 
 [3rd Verse]
   q  Q  e E Q    q  Q  e E Q    q  Q  e E Q    q  Q  e E Q
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
A|-4-----4-4----|--------------|-4-----4-4----|---------------|
E|--------------|-5-----5-5----|--------------|-2-----2-2-----|
 
 
   q  Q  e E Q    q  Q  e E Q    q  Q  e E Q    q  Q  e E Q
G|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
A|-4-----4-4----|--------------|-4-----4-4----|---------------||
E|--------------|-5-----5-5----|--------------|-2-----2-2-----||
 
 
 [Chorus]
   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
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
A|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|------------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
 
 
   e Q  E e Q  E   e Q  E e Q  E   e Q  E e Q  E
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D|-2-2--2-1-1--1-|---------------|---------------|
A|---------------|-4-4--4-2-2--2-|---------------|
E|---------------|---------------|-5-5--5-4-4--4-|
 
 
   e Q  E e E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
A|----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
E|-2-2--2-0-0-2-4-|-----------------|-----------------||
 
 
 [Outro]
  Slower Q=89
                        2/4     4/4
   W          H    H      Q  Q    W
G|----------|-----------|-------|------*|
D|----------|-----------|-------|------*|
A|-4--------|-0---------|----2--|-4----*|
E|----------|------2----|-4-----|------*|
 
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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).
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