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Truckin Bass

(ver. 1)
Grateful Dead
Introduction
G|------------|------------|
D|------------|------------|
A|777777777777|7777--------|
E|------------|----7776530+|


G|------------|
D|------------|
A|7+7------4+4|
E|---4+47+7---|
              X4

Chorus
G|------------|  |------------|------------|------------|------------|
D|------------|  |---------4+4|7+74+4------|---------6+6|9+96+6------|
A|7+7------4+4|  |---4+47+7---|------7+74+4|---6+69+9---|------9+96+6|
E|---4+47+7---|  |5+5---------|------------|7+7---------|------------|
              X2

Verse
G|-----7+++---|
D|---79----7++|
A|7+7---------|
E|------------| X12

Bridge
G|------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
D|------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
A|0++0++0++0++|0++0++0++0++0|---------------|----0++++++++|
E|------------|-------------|0+3+++3++2++2++|0+23---------|

G|------------|------------|------------|-------------|------------|
D|------------|0++0++------|------------|-------------|0++0++0++0++|
A|0++0++0++0++|------0++0++|------------|----0++++++++|------------|
E|------------|------------|3++3++2++2++|0+23---------|------------|

G|------------|------------|------------|------------|
D|------------|------------|------------|------------|
A|2++2++------|------------|0++0++0++0++|0++0++0++0++|
E|------2++2++|2+02+++0++++|------------|------------|

+=hold the note

The progression goes like this:

Intro
Chorus
Verse
Chorus
Verse
Chorus
Bridge
Verse
Chorus
Verse
Chorus
Verse
Bridge
Chorus
Fade-out on verse riff

If you write it out it's in 12/8 time and takes up 5 pages. Fun song. Swing it and mess
with the little riffs every once in a while. If you have an Anthology, it does
so low you would need a low F# string, not the most beautiful thing. If you add a solo, 
do the Chorus for it. This works well to keep it simpler but still interesting. Trust me,
4-6 bars of an E solo, it loses it't integrity.Live on Dead (if that's even possible).
            
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