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Smokin

Boston - "Smokin"
From "First Stage" Album
Bass in Standard Tuning (5 String is used in the interlude)
tabbed by jjhand


   Guitar intro
G|-----------|------------|------------|-------------------------|
D|-----------|------------|------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5p4---|
A|-rest------|-rest-------|-rest-------|-----------------------7-|
E|-----------|------------|------------|-------------------------|


Verses:

Riff 1 -
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3---|
E|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---3---|-5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5-------|


Riff 2 (w/ Vocals) -
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----4---5---7---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-5---------------|-5---3---2-3-----|-----------------|-------------3---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-5---5---5---5\3-|-5---5---5-------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-5---------------|-5---3---2-3-----|-----------------|-0---0---0-------|
E|-----2---3---5---|-----------------|-5---5---5---5\3-|-------------3---|


Riff 3 / Prechorus
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-7-------7-------|-5-------5-------|-7-------7-----7-|-3-----------5---|
E|-------0---------|-------------5---|-------0-----0---|---------3-------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-5---5---5---5\3-|-5---5---5---5\3-|-5---5---5---3---|-5---5---5---5---|





Chorus: play 2x - the last note with * is on second time through
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2h4p2--------------|
A|---------0---0---|---------5---5---|-3---3---5---5---|-------3qb--0-------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------*3---|



Play Verse again, some rhythms may vary


Play Chorus again, some rhythms may vary

End chorus with 
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-5---------------| hold for 16 beats
E|-----------------|




Organ solo (1:31)
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0-----------|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---3---2---|
E|-----------------|---------3---4---|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----7----7p5------|
A|-0---0---0---0---|-0---------------|-0---0---0---0---|-/7----------7----|
E|-----------------|-----2---3---4---|-----------------|---------------8--|

(1:40)
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0-----------|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---3---2---|
E|-----------------|---------3---4---|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---/7----7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0-----------|-0---0---0---0---|-0-------------------|
E|-----------------|---------3---4---|-----------------|---------------------|

(1:51)
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|--------7\-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-0----7-----7p5--|-0---------------|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---3---2---|
E|---------------8-|-----2---3---4---|-----------------|-----------------|


G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-------7\--------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-0---7-----------|-0---------------|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---3---|
E|-----------------|-----2---3---4---|-----------------|-----------------|

(2:02)
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-------7\--------|-----------------|-------7\--------|-7---4---5---7---|
A|-0---7------7p5--|-----4---5---7---|-0---7-----------|-----------------|
E|---------------8-|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-------7\--------|-------7\--------|-----------------|---------7p5-------|
A|-0---7------7p5--|-0---7------7p5--|-0--0----3--3----|-5----------7p6p5--|
E|---------------8-|---------------8-|-----------------|-----------------8-|

G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-0---------------| hold until fade out
E|-----------------|




Harpsichord/Guitar Interlude (2:18)

play this throughout (16x)
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-0---0---0---0---|
E|-----------------|



Organ Re-enters, and Bass plays w/ alternating chords (2:41):
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E|-6---------|-5---------|-3---------|-5---------|-6---------|-5----3----|

G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
A|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E|-5---------|-(5)-------|-3---------|-1---------|-0---------|

(2:55) This sounds like a 5-string, but the 2 low notes can be played up an octave
G|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
A|-----------|-----------|-1---------|-0---------|-(0)-------|-2----2----|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B|-3---------|-1---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|

G|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|------------|
D|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|------------|
A|-2----2----|-2----2----|-2----2----|-0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0-|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|------------|

G|------------|-------------|
D|------------|-------------|
A|-0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--/7-|
E|------------|-------------|


End of interlude, back to Verse Riff (3:12) -
G|------------|------------|------------|------------|
D|-7\---------|------------|------------|------------|
A|------------|------------|------------|------------|
E|----2--3--4-|-5--5--3--4-|-5--5--3--4-|-5--2--3--4-|

G|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
D|------------|------------|------------|-7-5---------|
A|------------|------------|------------|-----7-5-----|
E|-5--5--3--4-|-5--2--3--4-|-5--5--5--5-|---------8-5-|

(3:23)
G|-----------------|-----------------|------------|------------|
D|-----4---5---6-7-|-----------------|------------|------------|
A|-5---------------|-5---3---2-3-----|-----organ--|------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-5----------|------------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|------------|------------|
D|-----4---5--7p5--|-----------------|------------|------------|
A|-5-------------7-|-5---3---2-3-----|-----organ--|------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-5----------|------------|

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


Play Verse again


Ending (4:07)
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-7--7-----7------|-5--5--5--5------|-7--7-----7------|-3--3--3-----5---|
E|-------0---------|-------------5---|-------0---------|----------3------|

G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
E|-5---5---5---5\3-|-5---5---5---5\3-|-5---5---5---3---|-5------------|



Key:
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| qb quarter bend (slight + in pitch, for bluesy sounding lick)
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