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The Chicken by Jaco Pastorius
The Chicken
Tuning: E A D G B E
MAIN MELODY:
FIG. 1
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----11-13--13b15------------------11-14b15-11-------------11-14b16-14b15----------|
G|-12-----------------------10-12------------------------12--------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
FIG. 2
e|-10-15-13----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------14------13---11----11---10-10------10------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------12-10-12------|
D|--------------------13---11----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
FIG. 3
e|-------------10--------------------10------------------------10----------------|
B|---------11-----11~---------11--------11~-----------11----------11~------------|
G|-10-12--------------10-12------------------10-12-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
FIG. 4
e|--------------------------------|
B|-11-9---------------------------|
G|--------10-8--------------------|
D|---------------11-8-------------|
A|----------------------11\-------|
E|----------------------------/6--|
All right, that's the main melody, remember to hybrid pick FIG. 2 when you play the D
B together. To improvise a solo over it, follow this pattern for the scales, you can use
the Blues Pentatonic:
Bb7 for four measures
Eb7 for two measures
D7 for one measure
G7 for one measure
C7 for four measures
If you're familiar with the song, you'll easily figure it out.
| b bend
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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