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Jaco Pastorius Bass Tabs

Bass Tabs " Portrait Of Tracy " by Jaco Pastorius

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This is one of Jacos best solo pieces, and also one of the trickiest.
It is not overly fast, but your fingers will hurt after you have played 
this one, particularily the 2<6> and the final chord. People do NOT know
the difficulty of this piece, it may not sound hard while listening to it,
but believe me it is.

# = barline
| = if notes are in these lines they are played at the same time
<> = harmonic
2<6> and 9<12.8> = for this, just fret the 2 and play a harmonic on the 6
                   or fret the nine and harmonic the 12.8 (good luck)

 Intro

G|-<5>-<3.2>--------------------------------------------------------------#
D|-----------<3.8>-------<5>-<3.2>----------------------------------------#
A|-----------------<3.2>-----------<3.8>-------<5>-<3.2>------------------#
E|---------------------------------------<3.2>-----------<3.8>--<7>--<12>-#

 'Verse'

G|-------|<3.8>|-------<5>--------------------------|<4>|-|<3.8>|-----#
D|-------|< 5 >|-<3.2>-----|<3.8>|-------<5>--------|<4>|-|< 5 >|-----#
A|-0-2-3-------------------|< 5 >|-<3.2>-----2<6>---------|--3--|-----#
E|-------------------------|--3--|----------------0---------------<5>-#

G|------------|<3.8>|-------<5>--------------------------|<4>|-|<12>|----#
D|------------|< 5 >|-<3.2>-----|<3.8>|-------<5>--------|<4>|-|<9 >|----#
A|------0-2-3-------------------|< 5 >|-<3.2>-----2<6>---------|<9 >|----#
E|-3-0--------------------------|--3--|----------------0--------------11-#

 'Verse' 2

G|--------|<4>|-|<3.8>|-----#---------|<4>|-|<12>|----#
D|--------|<4>|-|< 5 >|-----#---------|<4>|-|<9 >|----#
A|-2<6>---------|--3--|-----#--2<6>---------|<9 >|----#
E|------0---------------<5>-#-------0--------------11-#

 Leading into bridge

G|-|<3.8>|-----|<2.3>|-|<2.1>|-----#-------|<7>|---------<3.8>-----|< 7 >|-----------#
D|-|<3.8>|-----|<2.3>|-|<2.1>|-----#-|<7>|-|<5>|-|<7>|-------------|<8.9>|-----------#
A|-|<3.2>|-------------------------#-|<5>|-------|<5>|-------------|<8.9>|-----------#
E|---------4-4-----------------3-3-#-------------------2-------1-0---------<8.9>-<7>-#

 Bridge

G|-<8.9>---------------|< 7 >|------------#-<8.9>--------------|< 7 >|-----------#
D|-------<8.9>-----<7>-|<8.9>|------------#------<8.9>-----<7>-|<8.9>|-----------#
A|-------------<7>-------------<8.9>------#------------<7>-------------<8.9>-----#
E|------------------------------------<7>-#----------------------------------<7>-#

G|-<8.9>---------------|< 7 >|------------#--<8.9>--------------|< 7 >|-----#
D|-------<8.9>-----<7>-|<8.9>|------------#-------<8.9>-----<7>-|<8.9>|-----#
A|-------------<7>-------------<8.9>------#-------------<7>-------------<7>-#
E|------------------------------------<7>-#---------------------------------#

 Bridge 2

G|---|<7>|---------|<7>|-----------#----|<7>|-----------|<7>|-----------#
D|---|<5>|-|<7>|---|<5>|---|<7>|---#----|<5>|---|<7>|---|<5>|---|<7>|---#
A|---------|<5>|-----------|<5>|---#------------|<5>|-----------|<5>|---#
E|-8-------------8-------8-------8-#--7-------7-------7-------7-------7-#

G|---|<7>|------------|<7>|-----------#----|<7>|-----------|<7>|-----------#
D|---|<5>|----|<7>|---|<5>|---|<7>|---#----|<5>|---|<7>|---|<5>|---|<7>|---#
A|------------|<5>|-----------|<5>|---#------------|<5>|-----------|<5>|---#
E|-6-------6--------6-------6-------6-#--7-------7-------7-------7-------7-#

G|---|<5>|------------|<7>|-----------#----|< 7 >|-------------|<7>|-----------#
D|---|<7>|----|<5>|---|<5>|---|<7>|---#----|<8.9>|---|< 7 >|---|<5>|---|<7>|---#
A|------------|<7>|-----------|<5>|---#--------------|<8.9>|-----------|<5>|---#
E|-8-------8--------8-------8-------8-#--7---------7---------7-------7-------7-#

G|---|<7>|------------|<7>|-----------#----|<7>|-|<5>|---------<3.8>-#
D|---|<5>|----|<7>|---|<5>|---|<7>|---#----|<5>|-|<7>|---<3.8>-------#
A|------------|<5>|-----------|<5>|---#--6-|<6>|-|<6>|-6-------------#
E|-6-------6--------6-------6-------6-#------------------------------#

 It starts to get hard now

G|-------|<7>|-|<5.9>|---|<7>|---|<5.9>|---#----|<3.8>|-----------------------|<3.2>|---#
D|-------|<5>|-|<3.8>|---|<5>|---|<3.8>|---#----|< 5 >|---|<3.8>|---|<3.2>|---|<3.2>|---#
A|-----------------------------------------#--------------|< 5 >|---|<3.2>|-------------#
E|-0-3-4---------------4-------4---------0-#--3---------3---------3---------3---------0-#

G|---|<7>|---|<5.9>|---|<7>|---|<5.9>|---#----|<3.8>|-----------------------|<3.2>|---#
D|---|<5>|---|<3.8>|---|<5>|---|<3.8>|---#----|< 5 >|---|<3.8>|---|<3.2>|---|<3.2>|---#
A|---------------------------------------#--------------|< 5 >|---|<3.2>|-------------#
E|-4-------4---------4-------4---------0-#--3---------3---------3---------3---------0-#

G|---|<7>|---|<5.9>|---|<7>|---|<5.9>|---#----|<3.8>|-------------------------|<3.2>|---#
D|---|<5>|---|<3.8>|---|<5>|---|<3.8>|---#----|< 5 >|-----|<3.8>|---|<3.2>|---|<3.2>|---#
A|---------------------------------------#----|-----|-----|< 5 >|---|<3.2>|-------------#
E|-4-------4---------4-------4---------0-#--3-|--3--|---3---------3---------3---------0-#

G|---|<7>|---|<5.9>|---|<7>|---|<5.9>|---#----|<3.8>|-----------#--|<2.3>|---------#
D|---|<5>|---|<3.8>|---|<5>|---|<3.8>|---#----|< 5 >|-|<3.8>|---#--|<3.2>|-|<2.3>|-#
A|-------------------------------------0-#--3-|--3--|-|< 5 >|-0-#--|--1--|-|<3.2>|-#
E|-4-------4---------4-------4-----------#------------|--3--|---#----------|--1--|-#
                                                                            Hold down
 Back to 'Verse'

G|-------|<3.8>|-------<5>--------------------------|<4>|-|<3.8>|-----#
D|-------|< 5 >|-<3.2>-----|<3.8>|-------<5>--------|<4>|-|< 5 >|-----#
A|-0-2-3-------------------|< 5 >|-<3.2>-----2<6>---------|--3--|-----#
E|-------------------------|--3--|----------------0---------------<5>-#

G|------------|<3.8>|-------<5>--------------------------|<4>|-|<12>|----#
D|------------|< 5 >|-<3.2>-----|<3.8>|-------<5>--------|<4>|-|<9 >|----#
A|------0-2-3-------------------|< 5 >|-<3.2>-----2<6>---------|<9 >|----#
E|-3-0--------------------------|--3--|----------------0--------------11-#

 Are you ready? It's the... Final Chord
                    
G|-------|9<12.8>|---# #
D|-------|9<12.8>|---# #
A|-------|9<12.8>|---# #
E|-0-0---------------# #

Fin~

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