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Chameleon by Herbie Hancock
Chameleon
Bass
Main riff (x 43)
G|----------------------------------------6---|
D|-------------6--8--------------------8------|
A|------------------------3-4-5-6-------------|
E|-3-4-5-6------------------------------------|
Breakdown riff
G|-8h10-8--8-6--6h8-6------------------|
D|--------------------8-6--------------|
A|-------------------------4-----------|
E|----------------------------6--------|
Main Riff again (x 48)
Variation on Main Riff (x 1) at 7:00
G|---------------------------5--8------|
D|-----------6--8----------------------|
A|--------------------4-5-6------------|
E|--1-4-5-6---------6------------------|
Breakdown Riff (x1)
Here are the notes preceding the Breakdown Riff in this section:
G|--6--8-------9--11--|
D|--------------------|
A|--------------------|
E|--------------------|
This is repeated three times with the preceding notes.
And then:
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|
A|----------4---4---4-----------|
E|---4-5-6----6---6---6---------|
You can just play ghost notes for the C# on the A string if you want.
(x 24)
Jackson here has a basic riff that he constantly varies in th
is section and I do not have the time to put in all the variations he uses so I'll give
the basic riff:
G|-----------------8h10---6h8-------|
D|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|-6----66-7-8-9--------------------|
Then: Breakdown Riff (x1)
Breakdown Riff with preceding notes (x 1)
Then:
(Bear in mind the odd rhythms for these parts: the slower section is in 3/4 I think).
G|--6--8------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------6--5-----------------------|
E|----------2-----5------------4---6-x-6---6-x-6--|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|4-x-4--4-x-4---------------654-x-4--4-x-4---|
E|--------------6-x-6--6-x-6------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-2-----5------3----------------2-----3------4--|
E|------------------4-----6----------------------|
G|-6--445-6-------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|------------1--1---1-1-1--4--4--4-4--4--1-1--1|
E|----------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|----------6---6---6-------------------------|
A|-1-1--4-4---4---4--4--2-----5-----3---------|
E|----------------------------------------4---|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------33-3-44-5-6-----------------|
A|-------2-----3---4--4----------------------------|
E|-6--------------------------------6-4-5-6--6--6--|
G|-------------6----------------------6---6-------|
D|-----------6--6-------------------6---6----6----|
A|-4--4--4-4-------1--1-1--1----6-4--------4------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|2-----5-----3------------------2-----5-------|
E|-------------------4-----6-------------------|
You know the drill, breakdown riff x 1.
You may feel that the song has sped up, and indeed it has going
into Bernie's solo on the saxophone. Main riff to close it out.
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version 2
bass
E E Q E E Q E E Q H W
G||--3--3-------1--1-------|--3--3-------6--------|--L----------------|
D||------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
A||------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
E||------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
--L-------------------|------------------3----|----------------------|
----------------------|----------6------------|----------------------|
----------------------|-----------------------|-------3----4----5----|
-------3----4----5----|--6--------------------|----------------------|
Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q
----------3-------6----|----------------------||-------------------3----|
-----------------------|----------------------||*----------6------------|
--6--------------------|----------------------||*-----------------------|
-----------------------|-------3----4----5----||---6--------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
----------------------|----------3-------6----|----------------------|
----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
-------3----4----5----|--6--------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|-----------------------|-------3----4----5----|
Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q
------------------3----|----------------------|----------3-------6----|
----------6------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
-----------------------|-------3----4----5----|--6--------------------|
--6--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
-----------------------||-------------------3----|----------------------|
----------------------*||*----------6------------|----------------------|
----------------------*||*-----------------------|-------3----4----5----|
-------3----4----5-----||---6--------------------|----------------------|
Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q
----------3-------6----|----------------------|------------------3----|
-----------------------|----------------------|----------6------------|
--6--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
-----------------------|-------3----4----5----|--6--------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
----------------------|----------3-------6----|-----------------------||
----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------*||
-------3----4----5----|--6--------------------|----------------------*||
----------------------|-----------------------|-------3----4----5-----||
Q Q H Q H. H Q Q
---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
-------3----1--------|--1-----------------|---------------------|
---------------------|-------4------------|----------------1----|
---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
W W W W
-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
--L----------------|--L----------------|--L----------------|-------------------|
-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
----------------------|------------------3----|----------------------|
----------------------|----------6------------|----------------------|
----------------------|-----------------------|-------3----4----5----|
-------3----4----5----|--6--------------------|----------------------|
Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q
----------3-------6----|----------------------|------------------3----|
-----------------------|----------------------|----------6------------|
--6--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
-----------------------|-------3----4----5----|--6--------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
----------------------|----------3-------6----|----------------------|
----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
-------3----4----5----|--6--------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|-----------------------|-------3----4----5----|
Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q
------------------3----|----------------------|----------3-------6----|
----------6------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
-----------------------|-------3----4----5----|--6--------------------|
--6--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
----------------------|------------------3----|----------------------|
----------------------|----------6------------|----------------------|
----------------------|-----------------------|-------3----4----5----|
-------3----4----5----|--6--------------------|----------------------|
Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q
----------3-------6----|----------------------|------------------3----|
-----------------------|----------------------|----------6------------|
--6--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
-----------------------|-------3----4----5----|--6--------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
----------------------|----------3-------6----|----------------------|
----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
-------3----4----5----|--6--------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|-----------------------|-------3----4----5----|
Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q
------------------3----|----------------------|----------3-------6----|
----------6------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
-----------------------|-------3----4----5----|--6--------------------|
--6--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
----------------------|------------------3----|----------------------|
----------------------|----------6------------|----------------------|
----------------------|-----------------------|-------3----4----5----|
-------3----4----5----|--6--------------------|----------------------|
Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q
----------3-------6----|----------------------|------------------3----|
-----------------------|----------------------|----------6------------|
--6--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
-----------------------|-------3----4----5----|--6--------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
----------------------|----------3-------6----|----------------------|
----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
-------3----4----5----|--6--------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|-----------------------|-------3----4----5----|
Q Q H Q H. H Q Q
---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
-------3----1--------|--1-----------------|---------------------|
---------------------|-------4------------|----------------1----|
---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
Q. E E E Q H Q Q Q. E E E Q
------------3--3-------|---------------------|------------1--1-------|
---------3-------------|---------------------|---------1-------------|
--L--------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
-----------------------|----------------4----|--L--------------------|
Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q Q E E Q Q
------------1--1-------|------------3--3-------|-----------------------|
---------1-------------|---------3-------------|-----------------------|
-----------------------|--1--------------------|--1-------0------------|
--4--------------------|-----------------------|------------------4----|
Q. E Q Q H Q Q Q E E Q Q
------------1---------|---------------------||-----------1-------3----|
---------1------------|---------------------||*-----------------------|
----------------------|---------------------||*-----------------------|
--L--------------4----|--1--------4----5----||---6--------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
----------------------|----------3-------5----|-----------------------||
----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------*||
-------3----4----5----|--6--------------------|----------------------*||
----------------------|-----------------------|-------3----4----5-----||
Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q
-----------1-------3----|----------------------|----------3-------5----|
*-----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
*-----------------------|-------3----4----5----|--6--------------------|
---6--------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q H Q H.
-----------------------||---------------------|--------------------|
----------------------*||-------3-------------|--------------------|
----------------------*||------------6--------|--6----4------------|
-------3----4----5-----||---------------------|--------------------|
Q. E Q Q W W
----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
--1------0--L---------|-------------------|-------------------|
-----------------1----|--L----------------|--L----------------|
Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q
----------------------|----------1-------3----||
----------------------|-----------------------||
----------------------|-----------------------||
--L----3----4----5----|--6--------------------||
Duration Legend
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W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
S - 16th
T - 32nd
X - 64th
. - note dotted
|-n-| - n-tuplets
Tablature Legend
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L - tied note
x - dead note
g - grace note
(n) - ghost note
> - accentuded note
NH - natural harmonic
AH - artificial harmonic
TH - tapped harmonic
SH - semi harmonic
PH - pitch harmonic
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
br - bendRelease
pb - preBend
pbr - preBendRelease
brb - bendReleaseBend
\n/ - tremolo bar dip
\n - tremolo bar dive
-/n - tremolo bar Release up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
/n - tremolo bar return
-\n - tremolo bar Release down
S - shift slide
s - legato slide
/ - slide into from below or out of upwards
\ - slide into from above or out of downwards
~ - vibrato
W - wide vibrato
tr - trill
TP - tremolo picking
T - tapping
S - slap
P - pop
< - fade in
^ - brush up
v - brush down
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version 3
Standard Tuning
E-----------------------------------|
B---------------------2~~~~~~~~-----|
G---3-3---1-1---3-3-----------------|
D-----------------------------------| INTRO
A-----------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------|
E--------------------------------|
B--------------------------2-----|
G----------1-3~~---------3-------| X2
D--------------------------------|
A---------------3-4-5-6----------|
E--3-4-5-6-----------------------|
E----------------------------------------------1~-3~~--|
B---------1-1-----1-1--4~~~-1-----1-------1------------|
G-------------3-3-------------------3-0-3--------------|
D------------------------------------------------------| X2
A------------------------------------------------------|
E-3-4-5-6----------------------------------------------|
E-3-1~~-1--------------------------------------1~-3~~--------|
B---------4~~--4-6-4--4-1---1~~~~--1--------1----------------|
G-------------------------3-----------3-0-3------------------| X2
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|
E-3-1~~-1--------------------------------------------|
B---------4~~--4-6-4--4-1----------------------------|
G-------------------------3-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--|
D----------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------|
CHORDS UNDER SOLO(S)
SWITCH BETWEEN Bb minor and Eb major EVERY TWO MEASURES
WHEN SOLOS ARE FINISHED:
E-3-1~~-1--------------------------------------1~-3~~--------|
B---------4~~--4-6-4--4-1---1~~~~--1--------1----------------|
G-------------------------3-----------3-0-3------------------| X2
D------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------|
E-3-1~~-1--------------------------------------------------------|
B---------4~~--4-6-4--4-1-----------------------------------2~~--|
G-------------------------3-2~~~~~--0~~~~~0-0-2~~~~-2-1-0~~~-----|
D----------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------|
B------------0-2--3-2--0~~-|
G--------------------------| X2
D--------------------------|
A--------------------------|
E--------------------------|
E--------------------------|
B--4~--------0-2--3-2--0~~-|
G--------------------------| X2
D--------------------------|
A--------------------------|
E--------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------1-3-|
B-3-1~--1------------1-3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---------------|
G---------3~~--3-0-3----------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------3-4-5-6-----|
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