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Black Cow Bass

(ver. 1)
Steely Dan
Bass Player:Chuck Rainey

On the intro you can either slide or hammer-on the notes on
strings D and G. It sounds better sliding though. Also try
sliding off of the last notes (you will see what I mean when
you look at the tab).


Intro(slide up from 5th fret G string)

G:|/7\--------------|----------------5|/7\--------------|
D:|----------------5|/7\--------------|----------------5|
A:|-----3--3--------|-----3--3--------|-----3--3--------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G:|-----------------||
D:|/7\--------------|| repeat
A:|-----3--3--------||
E:|-----------------||

Verse

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

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

G:|--------------8--|--------------5--|--------------5--|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|-6---6--6----6---|-3---3--3----3---|-3---3--3----3---|
E:|----------------6|----------------3|----------------3|

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

G:|--------------9--|-----------------|--------------9--|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|-------------7---|-6---6--6------6-|-7---7--7----7---|
E:|-0---0--0-------5|-----------------|-------0--------0|

G:|--------------9--||
D:|-----------------||
A:|-7---7--7----7---||
E:|-------0--------0||

Chorus

G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|----------5-7----|-----------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-5---5--5--3-5---|
E:|-5---5--5-0-0-5--|-5---5-05--------|-----------------|

G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-2------1--------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:|-5---5--5-----3--|-2---2--2-----2--|-----------------|

G:|-----------------|-----------------|--------------7--|
D:|-2---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|--------4--------|-9----7----5-----|-5---5--5----5---|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|----------------5|

G:|-----------------|--------------10-|-----------------||
D:|--------------7--|-----------------|-----------------||
A:|-5---5--5----5--5|-8---8--8----8---|-8---8--8--------||
E:|-----------------|----------------8|------------6--7-||

Then it goes back to the verse (this time it has ad-lib's.).
When you arrive at the end of the 2nd chorus it does not do
the run in notes to the verse again (Bb & B) it goes straight
in to the keys solo.

Keys solo

G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-------------5--3|-5---5--5----5---|-------------5--3|
A:|--------------5--|--------------5-2|--------------5--|
E:|-3---3--3--------|-----------------|-3---3--3--------|

G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-5---5--5----52--|--------------4--|-7---7--7-----4--|
A:|-----------------|----------------7|-------------7--7|
E:|----------------3|-5---5--5----5---|-----------------|

G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|--------------7--|
A:|---------5-------|-----------------|-5---5-5-----5---|
E:|-6---------------|-6-----6-6----6-8|----------------5|

G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|-5---5-5----5--34|-5---5-5----5----|-5---5-5------5-5|
E:|-------------5---|-------------5--5|---------------5-|

G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|-7---7-7----7-5/6|------------7--7-|--------0--------|
E:|-------------7---|-0---0-0-----7---|-1---------------|

G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
E:|-1----11-1-----1-|-0--x0-x0--x0-0--|-0--x0-x0--x0-2-3||

Then back to the chorus...play the chorus up until the 8th
bar and then go to the sax solo section...

Sax Solo

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

G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:|-5---5-05--3-----|-5---5-05-3-5----|-5---5-05-3-5----|

G:|-----------------|-----------------||
D:|-----------------|-----------------|| repeat until end
A:|-5---5--5-3-5----|-----------------|| w/ad-lib's
E:|-------5--------3|-5---5-05--3-----||

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