MEAN BONE (Bassline)
As recorded by Slash's Snakepit
(From the 2000 Album AIN'T LIFE GRAND)
Words and Music by Slash's Snakepit
Arranged by Slash's Snakepit
Transcribed by Attila Acs (www.slashssnakepit.de)
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Johnny G.'
Intro
Q=120
4/4
Gtr I
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|---------------|---------4h6p4-(4)-|---------------|----------7-7h9-(9)--|
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|---------------|--------9h11-(11)---|---------------|--------9h11--9-|
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HQ=130
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Main Riff
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Verse
5x
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|-5--5--5-4-5-7-|-(7)--7--7-----------|-2-2-0-2--2-0-2-|--2-0-2--2-0-2--|
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|-5--5--5-4-5-7-|-(7)--(7)-(7)---|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------|--------------0-|-(0)-0-1-1-2-2-3-3-|-4-4-5-5-5--6-7---|
Chorus
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Interlude
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Verse
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/slashs_snakepit/mean_bone_btab.html ]
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|-5--5--5-4-5-7-|-(7)--(7)-(7)---|-------------------|------------------|
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Chorus
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Interlude
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Guitar Solo
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Out-Chorus
4x
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Outro
3x
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Tablature Legend
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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
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| - 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
