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All Alright Bass

(ver. 1)
Saigon Kick
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Tuning: Drop D

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This track is easy to play: an advanced beginner could handle it with practice and it 
certainly is in the capabilities of an intermediate. I'll notate the main riffs and the 
chorus progression, and explain them.


Riff 1A: The song starts with an intro that doesn't use a standard drum rhythm. This 
riff gets played four times.

Riff 1B: The second half of the intro sees the bass drum hit accents on the backbeat, so 
the bass guitar mirrors this motif.

Riff 2A: Normally a pre-chorus gets played after a verse. Riffs 1A/2B are played over a 
vocal melody that is essentially a verse, but the underlying accompaniment pushes it 
into intro type sounds. This progression follows the intro.

Riff 2B: I haven't brought up the verse riff yet, but after that the pre-chorus 
progression mentioned above will be played once. Then this variation will follow.

Riff 3: Here's is that elusive verse riff! A simple eight note pattern that spans two 
measures. It is also played during the guitar solo.

Chorus Progression #1: This progression constitutes the first half of Chorus 1, and gets 
repeated during the out-chorus until it fades out. Use a half-time feel here.

Chorus Progression #2: This is the second half of Chorus 1, it only gets used once. 
Half-time feel.


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Riff 1A
            >
      E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
F#||--------------------------|--------------------------|
C#||--------------------------|--------------------------|
G#||--------5-----------------|--------------5--5--5--5--|
C#||--0--0-----0--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0--------------|


        >
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
--------------------------|--------------------------||
--------------------------|--------------------------||
--------5-----------------|--------------5--5--5--5--||
--0--0-----0--0--0--0--0--|--0--0--0--0--------------||



Riff 1B
            >           >              >           >
      E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
F#||--------------------------|--------------------------|
C#||--------------------------|--------------------------|
G#||--------5-----------5-----|--------5-----------5-----|
C#||--0--0-----0--0--0-----0--|--0--0-----0--0--0-----0--|



        >           >              >           >
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
--------------------------|--------------------------||
--------------------------|--------------------------||
--------5-----------5-----|--------5-----------5-----||
--0--0-----0--0--0-----0--|--0--0-----0--0--0-----0--||



Riff #2A - Pre-chorus

      Q.     E  Q    Q       Q.     E  Q    Q       E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
F#||----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|
C#||----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------|
G#||--3------3--L----3----|----------------------|--------5-----------5-----|
C#||----------------------|--5------5--L----5----|--0--0-----0--0--0-----0--|


        >           >
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     Q.     E  Q    Q       Q.     E  Q    E  E
--------------------------|----------------------|------------------------||
--------------------------|----------------------|------------------------||
--------5-----------5-----|--3------3--L----3----|------------------------||
--0--0-----0--0--0-----0--|----------------------|--5------5--L----5--L\--||



Riff #2B - Pre-chorus

      Q.     E  Q    Q       Q.     E  Q    E   E     Q.     E  Q.        E
F#||----------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
C#||----------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
G#||--3------3--L----3----|------------------------|-------------------------|
C#||----------------------|--5------5--L----5s--8--|--8------8--8------8g10--|


   Q.      E   E   E   E   E
------------------------------||
------------------------------||
------------------------------||
--10------10--10--10--10--10--||



Riff #3 - Verse

      E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
F#||--------------------------|---------------------------||
C#||--------------------------|---------------------------||
G#||-----------------------2--|--3------------------------||
C#||--0--3--5--0--2--3--0-----|-----0--3--5--5--5--5--L\--||



Chorus Progression #1

      H        H           Q    Q    Q    E  E     H        Q    E  E
F#||--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
C#||--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
G#||--------------------|-----------------------|--3--------3----3--7--|
C#||--0--------0--------|--0----0----0----0--0--|----------------------|


  Q.     E  Q     E   E     H        Q.     E     Q    H        Q
-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
--8------7--LS----3s--1--|--1--------1------1--|--1----1--------1----|
-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|


  H        Q.     E     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
---------------------|--------------------------||
---------------------|--------------------------||
--0--------0------0--|--0-----------------------||
---------------------|-----5--5--3--3--2--2--0--||



Chorus Progression #2

      H        H           Q    Q    Q    E  E     H        Q    E  E
F#||--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
C#||--------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
G#||--------------------|-----------------------|--3--------3----3--7--|
C#||--0--------0--------|--0----0----0----0--0--|----------------------|


  Q.     E  Q     E   E     H        Q.     E     Q    H        Q
-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
--8------7--LS----3s--1--|--1--------1------1--|--1----1--------1----|
-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|


  W                   H.            Q
-------------------|----------------------||
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--0----------------|--L-------------------||
-------------------|---------------12\----||



Duration Legend
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W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
. - note dotted


Tablature Legend
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L - tied note
h - hammer on
p - pull off
/ -  slide into from below or out of upwards
\ -  slide into from above or out of downwards
            
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