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Jaco Pastorius - Blackbird Bass

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Blackbird Bass

(ver. 3)
Jaco Pastorius
part. 1
G||---6-------7-------9--------18---18--|--(18)----18--------18---------
D||*----7-------7-------7-----------14--|--(14)-------14--------14------
A||*------0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----------|-------0--------0-0-------0-0--
E||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------


G--18---------|--11---------14--------13---------16---14--|-(14)----
D-----14------|-----12---------12--------12-----------16--|-(16)----
A--------0-0--|--------0-0--------0-0-------0-0-----------|------0--
E-------------|-------------------------------------------|---------
                                                                      
                                    1____________________2__________                                                  
G--14--------14---------14---------|--13--14---11-------||--13--14---11-
D-----16--------15---------15------|--14--14---12------*||--14--14---12-
A--------0-0-------0-0--------0-0--|--0---0----0-------*||--0---0----0--
E----------------------------------|--------------------||--------------


G----/11--|--10---|--9-------9--------8---|------14------------|
D---------|--12---|----11------11-----9---|--/12--------2------|
A---------|--0----|-------0-------0---0---|-------------0------|
E---------|-------|-----------------------|--------------------|


Rest Then repeat whole of part. 1, With this fill in the first time bar:

G|--13--14--11------|-----11-9------------------|
D|--14--14--12------|----------11-9-------------|
A|--0---0---0-------|---------------12-9--------|
E|------------------|--------------------12-10--|  

                                              
                                               part. 2
G|--19--------19--------14--------14---------|-9--------9---------
D|-----17--------16--------14--------12------|---10-------10------
A|--------0-0-------0-0-------0-0-------0-0--|------0-0------0-0--
E|-------------------------------------------|--------------------


G---11--------11---------|--19--------19--------14--------14---------|
D------12--------12------|-----17--------16--------14--------12------|
A---------0-0-------0-0--|--------0-0-------0-0-------0-0-------0-0--|
E------------------------|-------------------------------------------|

                     1___________________2_______
G|-9--------9--------8-------8---------||-9--------9----------8--|-------|
D|---10-------10-------9-------9------*||---10-------10-------9--|-1-bar-|
A|------0-0------0-0-----0-0-----0-0--*||------0-0------0-0---0--|-rest--|
E|-------------------------------------||------------------------|-------|
 
Then part. 1, Skip first time bar, then rest, then: part. 3   4
 4  All 16th notes                       
G|--6-------7-------9-------18---------|--18--------18---------
D|----7-------7-------7--------16------|-----17--------16------
A|------0-0-----0-0-----0-0-------0-0--|--------0-0-------0-0--
E|-------------------------------------|-----------------------


G|--18---------14---------11-------14--------|--13--------16---------
D|-----14---------12---------7--------9------|-----11--------15------
A|--------0-0--------0-0-------0-0------0-0--|--------0-0-------0-0--
E|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------
G--14--------14---------|--12--14----9--------
D-----16--------15------|---------------------
A--------0-0-------0-0--|------------8--------
E-----------------------|---------------------                       

Bass 1 holds the double stop, and bass 2 comes in with this riff:
G|------------------|----------------17-------17-
D|------------17-19-|-19-17-19-19-------19-19----
A|---------19-------|----------------------------
E|------------------|----------------------------

                         bass 2
G--19-17-------------------|--------
D--------19-19-17-19-19-17-|--------
A--------------------------|-19-17—
E--------------------------|--------

After riff go to part. 1,(this riff slightly overlaps into part 1)
            
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