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BASS TAB for BIRDLAND
By Joe Zawinul / Weather Report- Bass by the one and only JACO- as
played by the String Cheese Incident
Tabbed by Brian “Loaf” DeMott
         ^  = SLIDE

Intro
G-------------------0-
D-------0-------0----   X7
A---2-3----2-3------
E---------------------

G------------------------------------------0--------------------------------
D-----------------0------------------0-2--------0-1-----------------------
A-----0-1---1-3----0-1-3---0-1-3----------3------------0-1-2-3---10^-
E---3-----------------------------------------------------3-----------------

G------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------
A---0-2-3-5-0-2----3----5---8---8^3--
E------------------------------------------

G----------------
D----------------
A--------------2-
E---3---3--------

This is the hardest riff- gotta listen to get it right
G---0--------------------0-16--
D-------2------3-----------15--
A--------------------------------
E---------0-1-----1-2-3--------
    Main theme
    
G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------2------------------------2-2--------------------2------------------2-2-
A------2----2-3-4---4-2-2---2-------0-2-3-4-------2-----5-4-3----3-2-2---2------
E---3-----------------------------------------------3---------------------------



G---0-2--------
D--------2-0---
A-------------3-  X 3
E----------------

  Slow jam

Main idea
G-------------
D--------2-3-
A-------------    improv off this
E---3-3------


G----------------------------
D----------------------------
A---10-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-  X 8
E-----------------------------

 Bluegrass part- these are some main ideas
G---------------|--------------------
D---------------|---3----------------
A------5-----5-|-----3--------5----5---
E---3-----3----|------------3----3------



Then repeat the beginning, with the main theme stretching as long as the
boys feel like- on Carnival ’99 it is 6 times
   Hope you enjoy