Blackbird - Bass tab
Transcribed and tabbed by Joe Britton Artist - Jaco Pastorius
Album - Word of Mouth Track - Black Bird
Written by the Beatles, Arranged for bass by Jaco Pastorius.
This tab is just the basic idea, there are a few small variations in parts.
Any comments, questions etc. E-mail:
[email protected] Rhythm fig. 1
_______ _______ _______ ______ ____ ________ ________
4 |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |-r | | | |--|-|-| |--|-|-|
4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
G||---6-------7-------9--------18---18--|--(18)----18--------18---------
D||*----7-------7-------7-----------14--|--(14)-------14--------14------
A||*------0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----------|-------0--------0-0-------0-0--
E||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------
________ ________ ________ ________ ______ ____
|--|-|-| |--|-|-| |--|-|-| |--|-|-| |-r | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
G--18---------|--11---------14--------13---------16---14--|-(14)----
D-----14------|-----12---------12--------12-----------16--|-(16)----
A--------0-0--|--------0-0--------0-0-------0-0-----------|------0--
E-------------|-------------------------------------------|---------
1____________________2__________
________ ________ ________ _____ ____ | _____ ____
|--|-|-| |--|-|-| |--|-|-| | -| | | | | | -| | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |. |_| |__O | |. |_| |_|
G--14--------14---------14---------|--13--14---11-------||--13--14---11-
D-----16--------15---------15------|--14--14---12------*||--14--14---12-
A--------0-0-------0-0--------0-0--|--0---0----0-------*||--0---0----0--
E----------------------------------|--------------------||--------------
_____ ______ ______ ____ ____
| | |--| | |--| | | | | | | |
| | O | | | | | | O | |__| | O
G----/11--|--10---|--9-------9--------8---|------14------------|
D---------|--12---|----11------11-----9---|--/12--------2------|
A---------|--0----|-------0-------0---0---|-------------0------|
E---------|-------|-----------------------|--------------------|
Rest Then repeat whole of rhythm fig. 1, With this fill in the firsttime bar:
_____ ____ ________ __________
| -| | | | r |-|--|-| |--|--|--|
|. |__| |__O O | | | | | | | |
G|--13--14--11------|-----11-9------------------|
D|--14--14--12------|----------11-9-------------|
A|--0---0---0-------|---------------12-9--------|
E|------------------|--------------------12-10--|
________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________
G|--19--------19--------14--------14---------|-9--------9---------
D|-----17--------16--------14--------12------|---10-------10------
A|--------0-0-------0-0-------0-0-------0-0--|------0-0------0-0--
E|-------------------------------------------|--------------------
________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________
G---11--------11---------|--19--------19--------14--------14---------|
D------12--------12------|-----17--------16--------14--------12------|
A---------0-0-------0-0--|--------0-0-------0-0-------0-0-------0-0--|
E------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
1___________________2_______
________ ________ _______ _______ | ________ ________
G|-9--------9--------8-------8---------||-9--------9----------8--|-------|
D|---10-------10-------9-------9------*||---10-------10-------9--|-1-bar-|
A|------0-0------0-0-----0-0-----0-0--*||------0-0------0-0---0--|-rest--|
E|-------------------------------------||------------------------|-------|
G|--6-------7-------9-------18---------|--18--------18---------
D|----7-------7-------7--------16------|-----17--------16------
A|------0-0-----0-0-----0-0-------0-0--|--------0-0-------0-0--
E|-------------------------------------|-----------------------
G|--18---------14---------11-------14--------|--13--------16---------
D|-----14---------12---------7--------9------|-----11--------15------
A|--------0-0--------0-0-------0-0------0-0--|--------0-0-------0-0--
E|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------
_____ ____
G--14--------14---------|--12--14----9--------
D-----16--------15------|---------------------
A--------0-0-------0-0--|------------8--------
E-----------------------|--------------------- Bass 1
__________ __________ __________
G|------------------|----------------17-------17-
D|------------17-19-|-19-17-19-19-------19-19----
A|---------19-------|----------------------------
E|------------------|----------------------------
bass 2 __________ __________ ____
G--19-17-------------------|--------
D--------19-19-17-19-19-17-|--------
A--------------------------|-19-17?
E--------------------------|--------