G Love And Special Sauce — Coast To Coast Motel Album bass tabs

Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 23:32:36 —0500 (EST)
From: david a piniella <dpinie01@fiu.edu>
Subject: /g/g_love_and_special_sauce/coast_to_coast_motel_album.btab
 
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"sweet sugar mama"
 
main lick, vamp.                variation                 fill
G|—————2—2p0—————————————————|————7—7p5—————————————————|———————6—7—9—6————|
D|————————————2——0——2——0——2——|———————————7——5——7——5——7——|——————7————————7——|
A|——0————————————————————————|——5———————————————————————|——5/7—————————————|
E|———————————————————————————|——————————————————————————|——————————————————|
 
[ pretty simple, main lick throughout, with the variation being just the ]
[ main vamp a fourth up. the fill is near the end of one or two of the   ]
[ verses, you can hear it clearly. slight swing, smooth and tight feel.  ]
 
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"leaving the city"
 
   main vamp             bridge
G|—————————————————————|——————————————————————————————————————————|
D|————7———————7——5——7——|——————————————————————————————————————————|
A|——————7p5————————————|——7—7—7—7—7—7——8—8—5—5—5—5—5—5—5—7—7—7—7——|
E|——5———————5——————————|——————————————————————————————————————————|
 
[ main vamp throughout the song, with the bridge section played during ]
[ the guitar's single chord strum before "yeah, i'm leaving the city"  ]
 
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"nancy"
 
  main vamp         breakdown                transition to vamp
G|————————————————|——————————————————————————|—————————————|
D|————————————————|————9—87————————9—77——————|—————————————|
A|————77—————77———|—————————5/9——————————————|————77———77——|
E|——5————5—5————5—|——7———————————7——————5/7——|——5————5—————|
 
[ the main vamp has a samba feel and can be played in the open position  ]
[ if you want the notes to ring, but i like the muted sound of the fifth ]
[ position. the breakdown is short, but sweet ——the transition back to   ]
[ the vamp is pretty smooth, and there are a few rests to watch out for. ]
 
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"kiss and tell"
 
   main vamp                                shift in solo section
G|—————————————————————————————————————————|—————————————————————————————|
D|——5———————5————————5——————————5———5——————|—0—2—3—55555555———5————————5—|
A|————————3———33—3————————0—2—3———5———55—5—|—————————————————————————————|
E|—3—33—3——————————3——33—3—————————————————|————————————————3———33—3—3———|
 
[ the main vamp seems complicated, but it's just him walk/swinging the ]
[ notes G C G D while playing off a pedal G (D string/5th fret) and a  ]
[ little walk on A to the D. the solo section is basically the same as ]
[ the main vamp, except for this small piece which takes it back to the]
[ vamp almost as soon as it walked away from it.                       ]
 
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"chains #3"
   
   main vamp                  fills/variations
G|————————————————|—————————————————|—————————————————|
D|————————————————|——————————————1——|———5—————————————|
A|————5————————3——|————5——————————3—|——————————————3——|
E|——3———33—1—1————|——3———33——1—1————|—3————55——1—1————|
 
[ look simple? it is. use the fills/variations before the guitar solo ]
[ after the "ain't no chains gonna hold me down..." vocal part.       ]
 
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"sometimes"
 
main vamp                "sometimes..."
G|—————————————————————|—————————————————|
D|——————6—r—6——6———————|————6————————————|
A|————————————8———8—6——|——————8—6————————|
E|——5—5————————————————|——5———————8—6—5——|
 
[ the r in the main vamp is a rest. the "sometimes..." part is a walk, ]
[ follow the guitar's chords.                                          ]
 
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"everybody"
 
main vamp.
G|——————————————————————————————————————|
D|———————————————————5———5——————————————|
A|————3———33———3—1—————————3———3———1————|
E|——1———1————1—————3———3—————3———3———1——|
 
[ it's basically a shuffle/walk through the notes F, G and C with a Bb ]
[ every once in a while just for good measure.                         ]
 
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"soda pop"
 
main vamp          variation 1      variation 2      
fill/transition                      
G|———————————————|————1—2————1—2——|————6—7————6—7——|———————————————————|
D|———————————————|————————————————|————————————————|——————————4—6—7—7——|
A|————4—5———4—5——|————————————————|——0——————0——————|————4—5—7——————————|
E|——5—————5——————|——0——————0——————|————————————————|——5————————————————|
 
[ bass is tacet at first, then kicks in with the vamp. it plays the   ]
[ variations at different points, you can hear the open strings buzz. ]
[ the fill/transition is at the end, it's just a walk up and down.    ]
 
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"bye bye baby"
 
  intro/verse   1st trombone solo  horns solo  key change
G|————————————|———————————————————|———————————|——3————1——|
D|————————————|————2——————————————|——3—————1——|————22————|
A|————3————2——|——————3—2—0————————|————22—————|——————————|
E|——0———00————|——0—————————3—2—0——|———————————|——————————|
 
[the intro/verse is used after a few slides (while the guitar is strumming ]
[the opening chord(s) and when the drums kick in. the 1st 'bone solo uses  ]
[this walk along an Em chord. there is a solo section where the 'bone, a   ]
[trumpet and a clarinet go off, there's a key change in there too. the     ]
[second trombone solo has no bass, so that's that.                         ]
 
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"tomorrow night"
 
  verse vamp 
G|————————————|————————2—4——|————4—2——————|
D|—(2)—(00)———|————2—4——————|————————4————|
A|————2—55—2——|——2(4)———————|——2———————2——|
E|——0—————————|—————————————|—————————————| 
 
[ the notes in parenthesis can be use in place of the ones that they're ]
[ above. the first bar is the intro, and is used occasionally in other  ]
[ places. the other two bars go together and are used for much of the   ]
[ song, after the intro and almost all the way until the end.           ]
 
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"small fish"
 
   intro        main vamp          variation
G|————————————|————2p0—————44—5/——|————2p0—————44—4b——|
D|————————————|————————4—2————————|————————4p2————————|
A|————5—7—7/——|———————————————————|———————————————————|
E|——5—————————|——0————————————————|——0————————————————|
 
[ the intro is just accents on some chords the guitar plays, with a slide ]
[ at the last one. the main vamp is used throughout, with the low E being ]
[ help out throughout the measure. the variation is used sometimes, with  ]
[ the B being bent up to C sometimes, and sometimes slid up from C.       ]
 
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"coming home" is just guitar, but if you want to play a thicker version 
live or something, the notes that you should walk are C, B, A, G, with 
G being the main note you should accent or use as a pedal tone.
 
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enjoy.
 
—d.
 
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"negative d" and "—d."  is david a. piniella, who speaks for himself.
 
"Find myself singing the same songs every day/Ones that make me feel good
when things behind a smile ain't OK." [Shannon Hoon/Blind Melon]
 
"But I don't want to go among mad people," said Alice.
"Oh you can't help that," replied the Cat. "We're all mad here."
 
"There you go; stark raving sane." 
[Guildenstern]