
If You Want Me To Stay — Sly And The Family Stone

This song has only one bassline which continues over and over 
again, with
subtle differences and embellishments.

This ENTIRE thing is slapped, but it sounds just as good played 
normal.

Bassist: Sly Stone.

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NRC5000

7 years, 1 month ago
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The tabs posted above are far from accurate.

https://youtu.be/55h7_UX_4yk?t=125

Copy and past the above URL into your browser, its the most accurate tabs and playing you'll find.

Ripa

6 years, 9 months ago
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Bassist isn't Sly, it's Rustee Allen.

MycoPsycho

2 years, 11 months ago
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This is wildly inaccurate and incomplete. As if the intro is so difficult they just couldn't tab it out. And there are lots of variants on the main riff throughout. This gets you close enough so that the guy at Guitar Center will know what you're trying to play on the Fender you can't afford but it's not right.

MycoPsycho

2 years, 11 months ago
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Oh and the “entire thing” is DEFINITELY not slapped.

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