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The Awakening Bass

(ver. 1)
Jimi Hendrix
Bastard)

This song was originally made a long time ago by the band "the Reddings", but 
came to my knowledge when Primus bassist Les Claypool played it on his solo
album, "Les Claypool and the Holy Mackarel presents Highball with the Devil".
(interscope 1996).

midi-version of this song. Most of this tab was possible because of him. 
This tab is also a mixture of different other sources, I've tried to make 
it resemble the way les claypool does it...but it's hard cause he plays it
different each time. Well, enjoy:

a.h = harmonic
\   = slide to lower note
/   = slide to higher note
V   = strum downwards
^   = strum upwards
X   = muted note

time: 4 beats/bar
slap/pop all notes when there's no other instructions like strum or such
          ( a.h )                           (   a.h  )
G-|--------5-------|----------------|--------5-------|
D-|-----------5----|----------------|-----------5----|
A-|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E-|0---------------|----------------|0-------------5-|

                                           ( a.h.)
G-|------------------7-------7-----|-----------5----|----------------|
D-|--------------------------------|--------5-------|----------------|
A-|--------------X-5-----X-5-------|----------------|----------------|
E-|--------0---------------------0-|0---------------|----------------|

          (  a.h   )     this bar is 6 quarters long; 6/4           
G-|--------5-------|------------------7---7---7-----7---------------|
D-|-----------5----|------------------------------------------------|
A-|----------------|----------------5-------------5---5-------------|
E-|0-------------5-|--------------0------------------------8/12\7---|

                                                 V              V
G-|--------7-------|--------7-9-7---|--------7---7---|--------7-7/9---|
D-|----------------|----------------|------------5---|----------5/7---|
A-|---5575---------|---5575---------|---5575---------|---5575---------|
E-|0-0----0--------|0-0----0--------|0-0----0--00----|0-0----0--------|

G-|--------7-------|--------7-9-12--|--------7-9-7--6|-6--67----------|
D-|----------------|----------------|----------------|--7----5-5--57--|
A-|---5575---------|---5575---------|---5575---------|----------7-----|
E-|0-0----0--------|0-0----000-0----|0-0----0------0-|0--0--0-0--0----|

          ( a.h )                           (  a.h   )
G-|--------5-------|----------------|--------5-------|
D-|-----------5----|----------------|-----------5----|
A-|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E-|0---------------|----------------|0-------------5-|
                                                  
                                           ( a.h )                   
G-|------------------7-------9-----|-----------5*---|----------------|

D-|--------------------------------|--------5-------|----------------|
A-|--------------X-5-----0-7-------|----------------|----------------|
E-|--------12\-0-----------------12|0---------------|--------00003---|

* = special thing, make a tremolo on this harmonic by pressing the g-string
    where it goes over the end of the neck.

          (  a.h. ) extremely short fingered notes from here:     V
G-|--------5-------|----------------|----------------|------------6/7-|
D-|-----------5----|----------------|----------------|------------4/5-|
A-|----------------|--------575-----|----4--5-54-----|----5-7---4-----|
E-|0-------------5-|------------753-|0-----0----52323|0-3-----0-------|

                                V                                 V
G-|----------------|------------7/9-|----------------|------------6/7-|
D-|----------------|------------5/7-|----------------|------0---0-4/5-|
A-|----4--5-54-----|----5-7---4-----|----4--5-54-----|--0-2---2-------|
E-|0-----0----52323|0-3-----0-------|0-----0----52323|3---------------|

G-|----------------|----------------|-7-7-7---7-7-7--|----------------|
D-|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A-|----4--5-54-----|----5-5-----5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-55|575-------------|
E-|0-----0----52323|0/3-----0/3-----|0------0--------|---7530003555323|
                                     This part's tricky 
                                     and not really correct either

           slap all notes from here:
8 beats/bar
G-|------------------------------7---9-----------------------------|
D-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|----------------5-7---------------------------5-5-7-------------|
E-|0---3---5---7-------5-7-0-5-7---------0-3-5-7-------3-5-5-0-3-5-|
        

G-|------------------------------7---9-------------5-7-------------|
D-|----------------------------------------------------5-7---------|
A-|----------------5-7---------------------------7-----------------|
E-|0---3-3-5---7-------3-5-0-5-7---------0-3-5-7-----------5-0-3-5-|


G-|------------------------------7---9---------12------11------10--|
D-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|----------------5-7--------------------/10------9--------8------|
E-|0---3-3-5---7-------3-5-0-5-7-----------------------------------|


G-|------------------------------7---9-----------------------------|
D-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|----------------5-7---------------------5-5-----5-5-5-5-5-5-----|
E-|0---3-3-5---7-------3-5-3-5-7---------0-------0-----------------|

                                                           V
G-|--------------------------------------7-9--/11--111010\-7-------|
D-|--------------------------------7-9---------------------5-------|
A-|----------------5---5-7---7-9-----------------------------------|
E-|0---3-3-5---7---------------------------------------------------|

G-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|--------------------5-----------------3-5---3-------------------|
E-|0---3-3-5-7-7-7-7-0---7-3-5-3-0-3-3-0-----0---5-0-5-5-5-0-5-0-3-|

   
G-|--------------------12------------------------------121412------|
D-|------------1214--------14\-----------------1214----------1412\8|
A-|----10121214------------------------10121214--------------------|
E-|1012------------0-0---------0-0-1012------------0-0-------------|
                   

            les plays this bar different, but since I can't figure
            it out, I stick with this variation, it sounds good too
G-|--------------------12---9------7-9-7-----------------11--------|
D-|------------1214----------------------9---9-7-9-7---------------|
A-|----10121214--------------------------------------9-----9-------|
E-|1012------------0-0---------0-0---------0-----------0-------0-0-|
     
G-|--12----11----10----9---8-\-5-----------------------------------|
D-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A-|10--1010--9-9---8-8-------------5-5---------5-5---------5/7\6---|
E-|--------------------------------------------------------------0-|

G-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|--------5-7---5-------------------------------------------------|
A-|----5-7-------------5---7---------------------------------------|
E-|5-7---------0-----0-------------5-4-3-2---------0-----------0/12|

G-|--12----11----10----9---8-\-5-----------------------------------|----
D-|----------------------------------------------------------------|----
A-|10--1010--9-9---8-8-------------5-5---------5-5-----5/8--5/8\5--|----
E-|---------------------------------------------------------slide--|0---

phew...

Most important: listen to the recordings to get this song right!!!
            
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