La Grange Bass

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The other versions do not represent the shuffle rhythm of this song, maybe because the triplets are difficult to transcribe in tab. I at least tried to get a shuffle rhythm in tabulature.Was this info helpful?

Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G
Key:	Am
Capo:	no capo

Author chris.oldman.de [a] 149.

1 contributor total, last edit on Aug 17, 2018

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What's important to this song is the shuffle rhythm. This is based on triplets which, alas,
are difficult to transcribe in tabs. I tried to solve the puzzle by creating measures with
24 slashes, therefore six placeholders representing the length of a fourth note. It might be a
bit confusing the first time you try it, but you'll be rewarded with the CORRECT rhythm which
is lacking in the other versions.
Otherwise, the bass part is quite easy once you got the shuffle rhythm right.
Two basic riffs, another one in the solo part, and the bridge part.
 
[Intro]
G|--|
D|--|
A|--|
E|--|
 
[Verse 1]
G|--|
D|--|
A|--|
E|--|
 
[Pre-Verse 2] - Riff 1
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------| x4
A|0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-|0---0-0---0-3-----5---3-|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
  1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +  1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +
 
[Verse 2] - Riff 1
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------| x7
A|0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-|0---0-0---0-3-----5---3-|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
  1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +  1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +
 
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-|0!----------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
  1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +  1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +
 
[Solo] - Riff 2
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------1-----3---1-| x15
A|3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|3---3-3---3-------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
  1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +  1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +
 
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|3---3-3---3-3---3-3-----|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
  1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +  1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +
 
[Bridge]
G|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
D|5!----------------------|4!----------------------|3!----------------------|----------7-------------| x2
A|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|0---0-3/4---------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
  1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +  1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +  1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +  1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +
 
[Interlude]
G|--|
D|--|
A|--|
E|--|
(there is some sliding up and down in the last measure before the Outro part,
but imho no way to transcribe this sliding correctly ...)
 
[Outro] - Riff 3
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------| x20+ and fade out
A|0---0-3---0-0---0-3---0-|0---0-3---0-3-----5---3-|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
  1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +  1 + + 2 + + 3 + + 4 + +
 
 
************************************
 
| !  Play note staccato
| /  Slide up
 
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