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Bass Tablature for "Birdland"
Jaco Pastorius with Weather Report
Off the album, Heavy Weather
I really liked the tab for this song as I found it on the BTA…
I found a few notes that I had been playing wrong for years! However,
it was missing the coolest parts of the song! I have added the
beginning and (close to the) ending harmonic bass lines to this tab.
It will take some practice to be able to effectively “mute” the string
one half the length between the respective fret and the bridge while
simultaneously plucking the string (artificial harmonic), but the
resulting effect is really cool! Please note that when you repeat the
first part of the harmonic line you will need to “mute and pluck” the
string halfway between the “original” mute point and the bridge (sounds
8va higher). Good luck!
/ = Slide up
= Slide down
<> = Harmonic
b = Bend up
Note: When numbers are really close to each other, play the notes fast
G-l-<15><14><15><14><12>-----<12>--------<12><14>-<15>b-<14>-<12>--
D-l----------------------<14>------<14>----------------------------
A-l----------------------------------------------------------------
E-l----------------------------------------------------------------
G------------<12>----<15>b<14><15><14><12>------<12>-------<12><14>--
D--<14><12>--------------------------------<14>------<14>------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
Repeat
____________
G--<15>b-<14>-<12>-----------<12>--l-----
D------------------<14><12>--------l-<9>-
A----------------------------------l-----
E----------------------------------l-----
G-----------------------------------------0------------------------------
D----------------0--------------------0-2--------0-1---------------------
A------0-1---1-3--------1--3---0-1-2----------3-----------0--1--2--3-----
E--3-----------------3---------------------------------3--------------3--
G----4------5------7----95------------------------------------0-15/16--
D------------------------------5----5----------5-2-----3---------14/15--
A--2------3------5------73------------2-2------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------0-1---1-2-3----------
trill~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ trill~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
G--15/1615/1615/1615/16---0---15/1615/1615/1615/16-------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------5---2----------
A-------------------------------------------------------------2-----2-3-4--
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------5-5-----------------5--------
D------------2-2-------------------2-----------5------7-5--------------7------
A----2-2---2---------0-2-3-4-----2-----3-4-5--------------7-5------------7-5--
E--3---------------34---------3-------------------------------7-5-0-----------
G-----------------------------------------------4----------------5-5-----5-5--
D------2---------------------2-2-------------------2-----------5-------5------
A----2-----2-3-4-----2-2---2-------0-2-3-4-----2-2-----3-4-5------------------
E--3---------------3------------------------3---------------------------------
G----5---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--5---7-----------2---------------------2-2----------------2---------------------2-2--
A--------7-5----02-----5-4-3-----2-2---2-------0-2-3-4----2-----5-4-3-----2-2---2------
E-------------3----------------3------------------------3---------------3--------------
repeat 19 times repeat 6 times
G-------------|----------------|--------------------------|-------
D-------------|----5------5----|--5--4--3--2--1--0--------|----5--
A--0-2-3-4----|----------------|--------------------4--3--|-------
E----------3--|--3---3--3---3--|--------------------------|--3----
G-l-<15>--<14>--<12>------<12>------<12><14>-<15>b-<15>b-<14>-<12>-
D-l------------------<14>------<14>--------------------------------
A-l----------------------------------------------------------------
E-l----------------------------------------------------------------
l 8va 2nd time
G------------<12>----<15><14><15><14><12>------<12>-------<12><14>--
D--<14><12>--------------------------------<14>------<14>------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
G--<15>b-<14>-<12>-----------------l-<12>
D------------------<14><12>---<9>--l-----
A----------------------------------l-----
E----------------------------------l-----
G-----------------------------------------0------------------------------
D----------------0--------------------0-2--------0-1---------------------
A------0-1---1-3-----------3---0-1-2----------3-----------0--1--2--3-----
E--3-----------------3--5------------------------------3--------------3--
G---------------------------------------4-5--------------------------------------
D----------------------------5---2----------------------2-2-------------------2--
A--3-5-----2-----3----3-5-0----2-----2------2-3---2---2-----------2-3-4-5---2----
E------5-3----------------------------------------------------345--------3-------
G------------5-5-----5-5-----5-----------------------------------------
D----------5-------5-------5---7--------5---2---------------------2-2--
A--3-4-5-------------------------7--5-----2-----2-3-4-----2-2---2------
E-------------------------------------------------------2--------------
G--------------------------------5-------------------5------------------------
D------------------2-----------5---7-5-----------------7-------5---2----------
A------2-3-4-5---2-----3-4-5-----------7-5---------------7-5-----2-----5-4-3--
E--345--------3----------------------------7-5-3-0----------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------2---------------------2-2-------------5----2--
A----2-2---2-------0-2-3-4----2-----5-4-3-----2-2---2-----------2-3-4----2----
E--2---------0-0-----------3----------------2---------------345---------------
G-------------------------------------------4-------------------------------------------
D--------------------2-2----------------------2----------------------2-2-------------5--
A--5-4-3-----2-2---2-----------2-3-4-5---2----------5-4-3-----2-2--2-----------2-3-4----
E----------2---------------345--------3---------0-----------2--------------345----------
G--------------5----------------------------------4-------------------------------------
D----2----------------------2-2-------------5-------2------------------------------2-2--
A--2-----5-4-3------2-2---2-----------2-3-4----2----------5--5-4-4-3-3-----2-2---2------
E-----------------2---------------345-----------------0------------------2--------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------4--------------
D------------------2----------------------------2-2-------------5-------2------------
A------2-3-4-5---2-----5--5-4-4-3-3-----2-2---2-----------2-3-4----2----------5-4-3--
E--345--------3-----------------------2---------------345-----------------0----------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------2-2-------------------2---------------------2-2-------------------2------------
A--2---2-----------2-3-4-5---2-----5-4-3-----2-2---2-----------2-3-4-5---2-----5-4-3-3--
E--------------345--------3----------------2---------------345--------3-----------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D------------2-2----------------------------2-----------------------2-2-----------------
A----2-2---2--------------222233334444----2-----5--54-3-----2-2---2-----------2-3-4-5---
E--2---------------345555--------------3------------------2---------------345--------3--
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