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FREEBIRD (Bassline)
As recorded by Lynyrd Skynyrd
(From the 1973 Album LYNYRD SKYNYRD)
Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com, (buckethead_jr) NOT ME!
Words and Music by Allen Collins and Ronny Van Zant
Arranged by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro
Slow Rock Q=60
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4 H H H Q. E Q. A S S Q. A S S
|------------|-----------|--------------|------------------------|
|------------|-5----4----|--------------|-3----5s7s5------5s7-5--|
|------------|-----------|-7----7----7\-|------------3-----------|
|------------|-----------|--------------|------------------------|
$
E. S E S S S S E S +S E
|------7-7-5-12-14-16-16b17r(16)-14\-|
|------------------------------------|
|-5--5-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
E. E E S E. E E S E. E. S S E. E S S S
||--------------------|----------------------|
||o-5------5-4------4-|--------------------5-|
||o----5----------5---|-7-------5-7--7-5-7---|
||-------3------5-----|----7-----------------|
Verses
E. S E. S E. E S A S S E. S E. S S E S S S S S E. E E S E. A E E S
|------------------------|-----------7-----7--------||-||----------------------|
|-3--3-3-----------------|------7------7-----7-----o||-||o-5------5-4--5s7---4-|
|---------5-3--3-3-7s8-7-|-5--5----5-----5-----7-5-o||-||o----5------------5---|
|------------------------|--------------------------||-||-------3--------------|
1.,2.,3.
E. E. S S E. E S S S S E S E S S S E E E S E. S E. S S S S S S S a S S 4x
|----------------------|-----------------------|-----------7s9s7--------------||
|--------------------5-|-3-3-3-3-3-------5-----|------7----------7---7-------o||
|-7-------5-7--7-5-7---|-----------5S3-3---3-7-|-5--5----5---------5---5s7-5-o||
|----7-----------------|-----------------------|------------------------------||
4.
To Coda
E. S E S S S S E S +S E E S S E a S S S S S E S a T T S
|------7-7-5-12-14-16-16b17r(16)-14\-||----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------||o-3---3-3-5s7-5-------------------|
|-5--5-------------------------------||o---------------3-3---3-3-5s7s5-3-|
|------------------------------------||----------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
E. S S S S T T S S E S +S E 3x
|------------7s9-14-14-16-16b17r(16)-14\----||
|----7-7-7-7-------------------------------o||
|-5----5-5-5-------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------||
1.,2.,3.
&
E S S E S S S S S E S a T T S E S S E. T T S S S S S S S S 4x
||--------------------------------|----------------14-14-16-16-17-19-19----||
||o-3---3-3-7s5-------------------|-----7-7--10s12--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-o||
||o-------------3-3---3-3-5s7s5---|-5---5-5-------------------------------o||
||------------------------------8-|----------------------------------------||
Bridge
4. Faster Q=130
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E A E
|------------------------------------||------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------5-4------------||o---------5-------|--------------------|
|-/5-5-/5-5-/5-5-/5-5-----5-3-5s9-5\-||o-----------5\--1-|---1---1-1---1-3s5--|
|------------------------------------||--3-3---3---------|-----------5--------|
1.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-3---3---3-------o||
|-----------------|-----------0-1-2--||
2.
E S S E S S E S S E E E E E E Q Q
|-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2-----|-------------------||
|-------------------5-5-|-3-2-0-------------||
|-----------------------|-------1-3--/10\---||
|-----------------------|-------------------||
Guitar Solo
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E A E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------5s3-1-|---1---1-1-0-1-3s5-|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-3-3-------------o||
||--3-3-0-3-3-------|-------------------|-----------------|-----0-0-1-1-2-2--||
Q E. S E E E A E Q E. S E E E A E Q E. S E E E E E Q Q E E E 4x
||--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|---2--3--2------o||
||o---------------1h3-|-1--1--1-1-0-1-3s5-|-3--3--3-3-3---3-|-3---------3s5--o||
||--3--3--3-3-3-3-----|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E A E
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||o-----------5-3-1-|---1---1-1-0-1-3s5-|
||--3-3-0-3-3-------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E A E E E E 3x
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|-3-3---3-3-3-----|-----1---3s4-3------o||
|-------------0-0-|-1-3---3-------1-2---||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E A E
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||o-----------5-3-1-|---1---1-1-0-1-3s5-|
||--3-3-0-3-3-------|-------------------|
1.,2.,3.
E S S E S S E S S E E E Q Q Q E 4x
|-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2---2-|-5--------------||
|-------------------5---|---2--3--4--5--o||
|-----------------------|---------------o||
|-----------------------|----------------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/lynyrd_skynyrd/free_bird_btab_ver_4.html ]
4.
E Q Q Q E Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H
|--------------||-------------|------------|--------------|
|--------------||o------------|------------|--------------|
|-0------------||o-5--5-------|-8--8-------|-10--10-------|
|---0--1--2--3-||--3--3-------|-6--6-------|--8---8-------|
A E S S A E S S A E S S Q 4x E E E E E A E E E E E E E E E E A E
|---------------------------------||-||--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------------o||-||o-------------------|-------------------|
|-9s10-----9s10-----9s10---------o||-||o-----------3s5-3-1-|---1---1-1-0-1-3s5-|
|-7s=8-8-8-7s=8-8-8-7s=8-8-8-8\---||-||--3-3-0-3-3---------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-----------------|------------------||-||--------------------------|
|-----------------|-------2-3-3-----o||-||o-------------------------|
|-3-3-------------|---1-3-------3-5-o||-||o-------------------------|
|-----0-0-1-1-2-2-|-3----------------||-||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
1.,2.,3.
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E 4x
|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------------o||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------0-1-2--||
4.
E S S E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E S S E S S E S S
|---------------------|-----------------||---------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------||o-------5-5-5-------5-5-5--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|-----------------||o--------------------------|
|---------------0-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-0-||--3-3-3-------3-3-3--------|
1.
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------8-8-8-------8-8-8-|-10-----10-----10-----10-----|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-6-6-6-------6-6-6-------|----8-8----8-8----8-8----8-8-|
E S S E S S E S S E E
|------------------------------||
|-10-----10-----10-----10-----o||
|-----------------------------o||
|----8-8----8-8----8-8----8----||
2.
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-10-----10-----12-------12-------|-14-------14-------15-------15-------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----8-8----8-8----10-10----10-10-|----12-12----12-12----13-13----13-13-|
E S S S S E E S S S S E
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12--|
|--------------------------------------|
E S S S S E A E E E E
|----------------------------------|
|-------------------10s12-12-12-12-|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13----------------|
|----------------------------------|
E S S S S E E S S E E E S S E E E E E E
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10s12-12-12-12-12-|-14-14-14-14-14-15-15-15-15-|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
E S S S S E A E E E E E E S S E E E Q
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-12s14-14-14-14-|-12-14-15p14p12-14-15-17--|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
E E E E Q Q E E E E E A E E E E E E E E E E A E
|-15-14-12--------------||--------------------|--------------------|
|----------15-14\-------||o-------------------|---------0----------|
|-----------------------||o-----------3s5-3-1-|---1---1---0-1-3s5--|
|------------------10\--||--3-3-0-3-3---------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. 4x Q E. S E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||-||------------------|
|-----2-3-3-3-2---|-----2----------o||-||o-----------------|
|-3-3-----------3-|-3-5---5-3-1----o||-||o---------------3-|
|-----------------|-----------------||-||--3--3--3-3-3-3---|
Q E. S E E E A E Q Q A E E E E E E E E E Q E
|-------------------|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------8s10-10-8-7-|-8-7----7----------o||
|-1--1--1-1-0-1-3s5-|-3--3--------------|-----10---10-------o||
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------6--3---||
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Duration Legend
---------------
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
