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Bass TAB for Footprints 
-by  Wayne Shorter, as played by the String Cheese Incident 
Tabbed By Brian “Loaf” DeMott  PhishyLoaf@netscape.net 
I actually used the real song to figure out the line, but they are pretty much the same.  Keith doesn’t do the muting usually, though 
  
 Intro 
G-------------------- 
D----10-9-8-7------ 
A----------------10- 
E-------------------- 
   Cm 
G-------------8---x----- 
D---------10--------x--- 
A-----10--------------x-     X8 
E---8-------------------- 

Then the melody comes in 
   Cm 
G-------------8---x----- 
D---------10--------x--- 
A-----10--------------x-     X4 
E---8-------------------- 
  

Fm 
G----------8---x---- 
D-------8--------x--- 
A-----8-----------x--     X2 
E---8---------------- 
  

   Cm 
G-------------8---x----- 
D---------10--------x--- 
A-----10--------------x-     X2 
E---8-------------------- 

   G9                                            A# 
G-------------------------------------------------------------- 
D--------------------------------------------------------------- 
A--------------------------------------------------------------- 
E---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9- 
  

Cm 
G-------------8---x----- 
D---------10--------x--- 
A-----10--------------x-     X2 
E---8-------------------- 

Repeats, then go into jam with variations, staying on chord progression