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RIVER PEOPLE (Bassline)
As recorded by Weather Report
(From the 1978 Album MR. GONE)
Music by Jaco Pastorius
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'
Moderate Funk Q=104
4/4
Gtr I
Q Wx3 Q S S S S S S S S Q
|----|------------|--------9-9-----7-7----|
|----|------------|-----------------------|
|----|------------|----7-7-----5-5--------|
|----|------------|-----------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S Q
|-----9-9-----7-7-----------------|--------9-9-----7-7----|
|---------------------7-7-----5-5-|-----------------------|
|-7-7-----5-5---------------------|----7-7-----5-5--------|
|-----------------5-5-----3-3-----|-----------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S Q
|-----9-9-----7-7-----------------||---------9-9-----7-7----|
|---------------------7-7-----5-5-||o-----------------------|
|-7-7-----5-5---------------------||o----7-7-----5-5--------|
|-----------------5-5-----3-3-----||------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S Q
|-----9-9-----7-7-----------------|--------9-9-----7-7----|
|---------------------7-7-----5-5-|-----------------------|
|-7-7-----5-5---------------------|----7-7-----5-5--------|
|-----------------5-5-----3-3-----|-----------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S Q
|-----9-9-----7-7-----------------||--------9-9-----7-7----|
|---------------------7-7-----5-5-||-----------------------|
|-7-7-----5-5---------------------||----7-7-----5-5--------|
|-----------------5-5-----3-3-----||-----------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S Q
|-----9-9-----7-7-----------------|--------9-9-----7-7----|
|---------------------7-7-----5-5-|-----------------------|
|-7-7-----5-5---------------------|----7-7-----5-5--------|
|-----------------5-5-----3-3-----|-----------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-----9-9-----7-7-----------------|---------------------8-------|
|---------------------7-7-----5-5-|-----2-2-----6-6---6---------|
|-7-7-----5-5---------------------|-----------------4-----------|
|-----------------5-5-----3-3-----|-0-0-----4-4-----------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-----9-9-----6-6-----4-4---------|-----------------------15-------|
|-----------------------------4-4-|-------------9-9----13----------|
|-7-7-----4-4-----2-2-------------|-----7-7---------11-------------|
|-------------------------2-2-----|-0-0-----7-7--------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S Q
|-----9-9-------------6-6---------|--------9-9-----7-7----|
|-------------6-6-------------4-4-|-----------------------|
|-7-7-------------4-4-------------|----7-7-----5-5--------|
|---------4-4-------------2-2-----|-----------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S Q
|-----9-9-----7-7-----------------|--------9-9-----7-7----|
|---------------------7-7-----5-5-|-----------------------|
|-7-7-----5-5---------------------|----7-7-----5-5--------|
|-----------------5-5-----3-3-----|-----------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-----9-9-------------7-7---------|-------------6-6-----7-7-----|
|-------------7-7-------------5-5-|-----2-2---------------------|
|-7-7-------------5-5-------3-----|---------4-4-----5-5---------|
|---------5-5-------------1-------|-0-0-------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-----9-9-----6-6-----7-7---------|-------------6-6-----7-7-----|
|-----------------------------4-4-|-----2-2---------------------|
|-7-7-----4-4-----5-5-------------|---------4-4-----5-5---------|
|-------------------------2-2-----|-0-0-------------------------|
1. 2.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----9-9-----6-6-----7-7----------||-----9-9-----7-7-----------------||
|-----------------------------7-7-o||---------------------7-7-----5-5-||
|-7-7-----4-4-----5-5-------------o||-7-7-----5-5---------------------||
|-------------------------5-5------||-----------------5-5-----3-3-----||
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------7-7-----8-8----|-----10-10-----8-8------------------|
|-----3-3--------------------|-----------------------8-8-----6-6--|
|---------5-5-----6-6--------|-8-8-------6-6----------------------|
|-1-1------------------------|-------------------6-6-----4-4------|
Q S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
|--------10-10-----8-8----|-----10-10-------------8-8-------||
|-------------------------|---------------8-8---------------||
|----8-8-------6-6--------|-8-8---------------6-6-----------||
|-------------------------|-----------6-6-------------1-1---||
Q S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||---------7-7-----8-8----|-----10-10-----7-7-----8-8---------|
||o-----------------------|-------------------------------6-6-|
||o----5-5-----6-6--------|-8-8-------5-5-----6-6-------------|
||--1---------------------|---------------------------4-4-----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. 12x
|-------------7-7-----8-8----|-----10-10-----7-7-----8-8-------||
|-----3-3--------------------|--------------------------------o||
|---------5-5-----6-6--------|-8-8-------5-5-----6-6----------o||
|-1-1------------------------|---------------------------1-1---||
S S S S S S S S S S S S +E S S
||------10-10---8--------------------10-10-|
||o-----------8---10---10-10---------------|
||o-8-8--------------8-------8-8-(8)-------|
||-----------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|---8----------------10-10---10-------------||
|-8---10---10-10-----------8----10---10-10-o||
|--------8-------8-8---------------8-------o||
|-------------------------------------------||
S E S S S S S S S S S +E S S
||--10-10-10---8------5-5---------10-10-|
||o----------8---10-------3-3-(3)-------|
||o-----------------8-------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x
|---8----------------10-10---10-------------||
|-8---10---10-10-----------8----10---10-10-o||
|--------8-------8-8---------------8-------o||
|-------------------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S +E S S
|-----10-10---8--------------------10-10-|
|-----------8---10---10-10---------------|
|-8-8--------------8-------8-8-(8)-------|
|----------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S
|-----10-10-------13-13-------15-15-17-17-17s==|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-8-8-------11-11-------13-13-------15-15-15s==|
|----------------------------------------------|
Q. E E S S +E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-20---------------10-10-|---8----------------10-10---10-------------|
|-------------------------|-8---10---10-10-----------8----10---10-10--|
|-18-------8-8-(8)-------|--------8-------8-8---------------8--------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S +E S S
|-----10-10---8--------------------10-10-|
|-----------8---10---10-10---------------|
|-8-8--------------8-------8-8-(8)-------|
|----------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---8----------------10-10---10------------|
|-8---10---10-10-----------8----10---10-10-|
|--------8-------8-8---------------8-------|
|------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S +E S S
|-----10-10---8--------------------10-10-|
|-----------8---10---10-10---------------|
|-8-8--------------8-------8-8-(8)-------|
|----------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---8----------------10-10---10------------|
|-8---10---10-10-----------8----10---10-10-|
|--------8-------8-8---------------8-------|
|------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S +E S S W
|-----10-10---8--------------------10-10-|------*|
|-----------8---10---10-10---------------|------*|
|-8-8--------------8-------8-8-(8)-------|------*|
|----------------------------------------|------*|
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Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
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. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths