Earth Wind And Fire
Shining Star (ver 3) Bass Tab
SHINING STAR (Bassline)
As recorded by Earth, Wind & Fire
(From the 1975 Album THAT'S THE WAY OF THE WORLD)
Words and Music by Maurice White, Philip Bailey & Larry Dunn
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Verdine White - Bass'
Intro 1
Q=106
4/4
Gtr I
W W E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E S S E
|----------|----------|----------------------|----------------------||
|----------|----------|----------------------|-------------5--------||
|----------|----------|------------7---------|-7---------7---7-7----||
|----------|----------|-0-4/-7-9-7---9-7-9-7-|---9-7-9-7------------||
Intro 2
W Q E. S E E Q Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S Q S E.
|----------|----------------|--------------7-|--------------9-||
|----------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|----------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0--------|-0-----0-0-0----|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-------||
1st Verse
Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S Q S E.
|--------------7-|--------------7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-------|
Q E. S Q S E. Q Q S S E S S S S
|--------------9-|-------12-12-11-9-x-7-9--|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----------------------|
Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S Q E. S
|--------------7-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-----0-|
Q E. S Q S E. Q Q S S E S S S S
|--------------7-|-------12-12-11-9-x-7-9--|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----------------------|
Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S E E +Q
|--------------7-|--------------9-|--------------7-|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-0-(0)--||
Chorus
E E E. S E E E. S E E Q E E E E
|--------10-11--------3-|-4------9---8---|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-5------------10------|---3------8---7-|
E E E. S E E E. S E E Q Q Q
|--------10-11--------3-|-4-------9-----||
|-----------------------|--------10-----||
|-----------------------|---------------||
|-5------------10------|---3-----------||
Guitar Solo
E E E. S E E E. S E E Q E E Q
|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|-2-------------|
|-0-3----3-5-3----3-|---3----5-3----|
S S S S S S E +H E S S +S S E +H
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-3-0-3-4---0-5-(5)----|-5-5-6-(6)-6-7-(7)----|
E S S +S S E +H E S S +S S E +H
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|-7-7-8-(8)-8-9-(9)----|-9-9-10-(10)-10-11-(11)----|
2nd Verse
+H. S E. Q E. S Q Q
|-----------12-12--||---------------|
|------------------||---------------|
|------------------||---------------|
|-(11)-------------||-0-----0-0-----|
Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S S E S S E.
|--------------7-|-----------11-9-11-9--|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0------------|
Q Q S S S S S S S S Q E. S Q S E.
|-------12-x-11-x-9-x-7-9-|--------------7--|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-0-----------------------|-0-----0-0--------|
Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S Q S E.
|--------------12-|--------------7-|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|-0-----0-0--------|-0-----0-0-------|
3rd Verse
Q Q S S S S S S S S Q E. S Q S E.
|-------12-x-11-x-9-x-7---||--------------7-|
|-------------------------||-----------------|
|-------------------------||-----------------|
|-0-----------------------||-0-----0-0-------|
Q Q S E. S E. Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S Q S E.
|---------4----6--|--------------7-|--------------9-|--------------7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0---------------|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-------|
Q Q S S S S S S S S Q E. S Q S E.
|-------12-x-11-x-9-x-7-9-|--------------7-|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-0-----------------------|-0-----0-0-------|
4th Verse
Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S Q S E.
|--------------7-||--------------9-|
|-----------------||-----------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|
|-0-----0-0-------||-0-----0-0-------|
Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S Q Q Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S Q S E.
|--------------7-|---------------|--------------7-|--------------9-|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-----|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-------|
Q E. S Q S E. Q E. S Q Q
|--------------7-|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|
|-0-----0-0-------|-0-----0-0-----|
Out-Chorus
S S S S S S S S H E E E. S E E E. S
|-12-x-11-x-9-x-7-9------||---------10-11-------3-|
|------------------------||o----------------------|
|------------------------||o----------------------|
|-------------------0----||--5------------10------|
E E Q E E E E E E E. S E E E. S E E Q E E E E 3x Wx6
|-4------9---8---|--------10-11-------3-|-4------9---10----||--------*|
|----------------|----------------------|-----------------o||--------*|
|----------------|----------------------|-----------------o||--------*|
|---3------8---7-|-5------------10------|---3------8----9--||--------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
