Bass tab for Cucumber Slumber (var.3) by Weather Report free download and read or play online: file .txt, 1.78 kb has 246 views and 0 downloads.
Song: Cucumber Slumber
Band: Weather Report
Album: Mysterious Traveller (original recording), others
Bassist: Alphonso Johnson (original recording bassist), Jaco Pastorius
Tabbed by: Sak
Note: This song has multiple versions. This tab contains the opening
from one of the later live versions of this song with Jaco Pastorius
on bass. However, the main bass part is taken from the original
recording with Alphonso Johnson on bass.
Key:
h = hammer-on
~ = let ring
/ = slide
x = mute
U = undefined or a varying note.
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Intro (not sure about this one):
G|-------------------|
D|-3-3-2--x-3~-33-2--|
A|-------3---------3~| [repeat until end of vamp]
E|-------------------|
Main Riff:
G|--------------18/19|--------------18/19-18/19|
D|-------19h18--17/18|-------19h18--17/18-17/18|
A|---U/19------------|---U/19------------------|
E|-12----------------|12120--------------------| [repeat this or
similar pattern until the end of Cucumber Slumber Jam]
Note: "U" is usually around A-12, but don't focus on it or you'll make
it sound too uptight. The slide is the important thing.
This song is really cool, I suggest you check it out.
-Sak