Swingtown Bass

SWINGTOWN (Bassline)
As recorded by The Steve Miller Band
(From the 1977 Album BOOK OF DREAMS)
 
Words and Music by Steve Miller & Chris McCarty
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Lonnie Turner - Bass'
 
 [Intro 1]
 Q=132
 4/4
  Gtr I
   Wx7            E S S E E H      E S S E E H    12x
G|------------||-----------------|-----------------||
D|------------||o----------------|----------------o||
A|------------||o-1-------1------|-1-------1------o||
E|------------||----1-1-3--------|---1-1-3---------||
 
 
  [Intro 2 & Interlude]
     E S S E E H      E S S E E H      E S S E E H      E S S E E H
G||-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D||o----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A||o-1-------1------|-1-------1------|-1-------1------|-1-------1------|
E||----1-1-3--------|---1-1-3--------|---1-1-3--------|---1-1-3--------|
 
 
   E S S E E H      E S S E E H      E S S E E H      E S S E E H
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
A|-1-------1------|-1-------1------|-1-------1------|-1-------1------||
E|---1-1-3--------|---1-1-3--------|---1-1-3--------|---1-1-3--------||
 
 
 [1st & 2nd Verses]
   E S S E E H      E S S E E H      E S S E E H      E S S E E H
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|-1-------1------|-1-------1------|-1-------1------|-1-------1------|
E|---1-1-3--------|---1-1-3--------|---1-1-3--------|---1-1-3--------|
 
 
   E S S E E H      E S S E E H      E S S E E H      Q  H.        +W
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------|--------||
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|-1--1-------|-(1)----||
A|-1-------1------|-1-------1------|-1-------1------|------------|--------||
E|---1-1-3--------|---1-1-3--------|---1-1-3--------|------------|--------||
 
 
 [Chorus]
  1.
   E Q  E E Q  E   E Q  Q  Q  E   E Q  E E Q  E   E Q  Q  Q  E
G|---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
D|---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
A|---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
E|-1-1--1-1-1--1-|-1-1--1--1--1-|-1-1--1-1-1--1-|-1-1--1--1--1--|
 
 
   E Q  E E Q  E   E Q  Q  Q  E   E S S E E H      E S S E E H
G|---------------|--------------|----------------|----------------|
D|---------------|--------------|----------------|----------------|
A|---------------|--------------|-1-------1------|-1-------1------|
E|-1-1--1-1-1--1-|-1-1--1--1--1-|---1-1-3--------|---1-1-3--------|
 
 
                                        [Guitar Solo]
                                        2.
   E S S E E H      E S S E E H            E Q  E E Q  E   E Q  Q  Q  E  4x
G|----------------|-----------------||-||----------------|---------------||
D|----------------|----------------o||-||o---------------|--------------o||
A|-1-------1------|-1-------1------o||-||o---------------|--------------o||
E|---1-1-3--------|---1-1-3---------||-||--1-1--1-1-1--1-|-1-1--1--1--1--||
 
 
                                [Outro]
   E S S E E H      Wx3            E S S E E H      E S S E E H    12x
G|----------------|------------||-----------------|-----------------||
D|----------------|------------||o----------------|----------------o||
A|-1-------1------|------------||o-1-------1------|-1-------1------o||
E|---1-1-3--------|------------||----1-1-3--------|---1-1-3---------||
 
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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).
 
|  (n)   -  note tied to previous
|   |    -  bar
|   ||   -  double bar
|  ||o   -  repeat start
|  o||   -  repeat end
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