PICK HITS (Bassline)
As recorded by John Scofield
(From the 1984 Album ELECTRIC OUTLET)
Music by John Scofield
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'John Scofield - Bass'
Gtr II (E A D G) - 'Pete Levin - Bass Synthesizer'
Q=100
4/4
Gtrs I, II
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S E. Q H
||--------------------------------|---------------||
||o-------------------------------|---1----------o||
||o---5-3-------5-3---5---3-5-3---|--------------o||
||--------0-1-2-----------------0-|-1-------------||
$
$$
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S E. Q H
||--------------------------------|--------------|
||o-------------------------------|---1----------|
||o---5-3-------5-3---5---3-5-3---|--------------|
||--------0-1-2-----------------0-|-1------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S E. Q H
|-------------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------------|---1----------|
|---5-3-------5-3---5---3-5-3---|--------------|
|-------0-1-2-----------------0-|-1------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S E. Q Q S S S S
|-------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------|---1----------------|
|---5-3-------5-3---5---3-5-3---|--------------------|
|-------0-1-2-----------------0-|-1------------1---3-|
1.,D.S.S. 2.
To Dbl. Coda
S S E E E S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------||---------------------------||
|---1---3---3-1-0---1-----0--o||---2---3---3-1-0---1-----0-||
|-----------------2---2------o||-----------------2---2-----||
|-----------------------------||---------------------------||
To Coda
S E. Q H Q E. S +S S E E. S S E. Q H
||---------------|----------------------|--------------|
||o---2----------|----2-----------------|---2----------|
||o--------------|-------0-(0)--------5-|--------------|
||---------------|-------------4-2-0----|--------------|
1. 2.
E S S E. S +Q E. S E S S E. S +H +W
|-----------------------||-------------------|--------|
|----------------------o||-------------------|--------|
|-4---2--------------5-o||-4---2-------------|--------|
|-------3--0-(0)--0-----||-------3--0-(0)----|-(0)----|
D.S. al Coda
+W +W +W
|------------|------------|---------||
|------------|------------|---------||
|------------|------------|---------||
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)-----||
&
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S E. Q H
||--------------------------------|---------------||
||o-------------------------------|---1----------o||
||o---5-3-------5-3---5---3-5-3---|--------------o||
||--------0-1-2-----------------0-|-1-------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---5-3-------5-3---5---3-5-3---|
|-------0-1-2-----------------0-|
S E. Q Q S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S
|--------------------|----------------------------||
|---1----------------|---1---3---3-1-0---1-----0--||
|--------------------|-----------------2---2------||
|-1------------1---3-|----------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S E. Q H
||--------------------------------|---------------||
||o-------------------------------|---1----------o||
||o---5-3-------5-3---5---3-5-3---|--------------o||
||--------0-1-2-----------------0-|-1-------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S E. Q Q S S S S
|-------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------|---1----------------|
|---5-3-------5-3---5---3-5-3---|--------------------|
|-------0-1-2-----------------0-|-1------------1---3-|
S S E E E S S S S S S S S S E. Q H Q E. S +S S E E. S
|---------------------------||---------------|----------------------|
|---2---3---3-1-0---1-----0-||o---2----------|----2-----------------|
|-----------------2---2-----||o--------------|-------0-(0)--------5-|
|---------------------------||---------------|-------------4-2-0----|
1.,2. 3.
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
S E. Q H E S S E. S +Q E. S E S S E. S +H
|--------------|-----------------------||-------------------||
|---2----------|----------------------o||-------------------||
|--------------|-4---2--------------5-o||-4---2-------------||
|--------------|-------3--0-(0)--0-----||-------3--0-(0)----||
&&
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S E. Q H
||--------------------------------|---------------||
||o-------------------------------|---1----------o||
||o---5-3-------5-3---5---3-5-3---|--------------o||
||--------0-1-2-----------------0-|-1-------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---5-3-------5-3---5---3-5-3---|
|-------0-1-2-----------------0-|
S E. Q Q S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S
|--------------------|----------------------------||
|---1----------------|---2---3---3-1-0---1-----0--||
|--------------------|-----------------2---2------||
|-1------------1---3-|----------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S E. Q H
||--------------------------------|---------------||
||o-------------------------------|---1----------o||
||o---5-3-------5-3---5---3-5-3---|--------------o||
||--------0-1-2-----------------0-|-1-------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---5-3-------5-3---5---3-5-3---|
|-------0-1-2-----------------0-|
S E. Q Q S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S
|--------------------|----------------------------||
|---1----------------|---2---3---3-1-0---1-----0--||
|--------------------|-----------------2---2------||
|-1------------1---3-|----------------------------||
S E. Q H Q E. S +S S E E. S
|--------------|----------------------|
|---2----------|----2-----------------|
|--------------|-------0-(0)--------5-|
|--------------|-------------4-2-0----|
S E. Q H Q S S E S S E S E. +H S S E E E
|--------------|---------------------|-------------------||
|--------------|---------------------|-------------------||
|---7----------|------7---7-7---7-7--|-(7)------7---7\---||
|--------------|---------------------|-------------------||
fade out
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S E. Q H 5x
||--------------------------------|---------------||
||o-------------------------------|---1----------o||
||o---5-3-------5-3---5---3-5-3---|--------------o||
||--------0-1-2-----------------0-|-1-------------||
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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