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Uptown Bass

(ver. 1)
Prince
Tuning: Standard (EADG)

Play the first two lines, one after another, a bunch of times, and then go into the bridge.

Verse/Chorus:

    1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +     1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +    
G|--------------------------|-----10----9-----7--------|
D|-----7-----------5--------|--------------------------|
A|----------------------(8)-|--8-----7-----5-----------|
E|--5-----5--3-(3)----x-----|--------------------------|

    1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +     1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +    
G|--------------------------|-----10----9-----7--------|
D|-----7-----------5--------|--------------------------|
A|----------------------(8)-|--8-----7-----5-----35---3|< This C right here leads right
E|--5-----5--3-(3)----x-----|---------------------h----|  into the A of the next measure.
                             ^------------------------^  
Sometimes, between the karats, he switches to lower octaves on the E string ascending
up to the A.

Bridge:

    1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +     1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +   x3
G|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--|--3--3--3--5-(5)-5--5--5--|

    1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +     1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
G|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--|--1--1--1--1-(1)-1--1--1--|

That's the song, but here's the way I like to play it:

Verse/Chorus:                                               Harmonics
                                                            \       /
   1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a   1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 
G|---------------------------------|-----10------9-------7-------7-7-|
D|-------7---x---------5-----------|---------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------8---|(8)------7-------5-------5-5-----|
E|-0h5-5---5---0-0-3-------3-------|---------------------------------|

   1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a   1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 
G|---------------------------------|-----10------9-------7-----------|
D|-------7---x---------5-----------|---------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------8---|(8)------7-------5-------3h5-5-3-|
E|-0h5-5---5---0-0-3-------3-------|-------------------------------5-|

Bridge is the same, and that's the base of it, without the fills, but it should
be enough. Everything is thumped/plucked, absolutely everything, the third D
and second C in the last measure of my version both plucked. Other than that, 
only the octaves are plucked.
            
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