Kc And The Sunshine Band

Thats The Way I Like It (ver 2) Bass Tab

THAT'S THE WAY (I LIKE IT) (Bassline)

As recorded by KC & The Sunshine Band
(From the 1975 Album KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND)

Words and Music by Harry Wayne Casey & Richard Finch
Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Richard Finch - Bass'


   Intro
    Q=116
   4/4
    Gtr I
    E. E. E. E. E E   E. E. E. S E S S E
||------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|----1--3--x-3-3-1---|
||o----------3------|------------------3-|
||--1--3--4-----4-3-|-1------------------|


  E. E. E. E. E E   E. E. E. S E S S E
|----------5------|----------------------||
|-3--5--6-----6-5-|-3--1--3--x-3-3-1----o||
|-----------------|------------------3--o||
|-----------------|----------------------||


   Chorus
    $
    $$
     E E E S S E E E E   E. E S E E E E E   E E E S S E E E E
||---------------------|------------------|-------------------|
||o--------------------|------------------|-------------------|
||o-/3-1-3---x-----1---|-3--3-x-----1-3-x-|-3-1-3---x-----1-3-|
||-------------1-3---3-|--------1-3-------|-----------1-3-----|


  S S S S S S E E E E E    E E E S S E E E E   E. E S E E E E E
|-3h5-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-----3-3---x-----1-3-x-|-/3-1-3---x-----1---|-3--3-x-----1-3-x--|
|-------------1-3-------|------------1-3---3-|--------1-3--------|


                                               1st & 2nd Verses
                                     To Coda
                                     To Coda
  E E E S S E E E E   S S S S S S E E E E E     E. E. E. E. E E
|-------------------|-3h5--------------------||-----------------|
|-------------------|------------------------||-----------------|
|-3-1-3---x-----1-3-|-----3-3---x-----1-3-x--||----------3------|
|-----------1-3-----|-------------1-3--------||-1--3--4-----4-3-|


  E. E. E. S E S S E   E. E. E. E. E E   E. E. E. S E S S E
|--------------------|----------5------|--------------------|
|----1--3--x-3-3-1---|-3--5--6-----6-5-|-3--1--3--x-3-3-1---|
|------------------3-|-----------------|------------------3-|
|-1------------------|-----------------|--------------------|


  E. E. E. E. E E   E. E. E. S E S S E   E. E. E. E. E E
|-----------------|--------------------|----------5------|
|-----------------|----1--3--x-3-3-1---|-3--5--6-----6-5-|
|----------3------|------------------3-|-----------------|
|-1--3--4-----4-3-|-1------------------|-----------------|


  1.                    2.
                                D.S. al Coda &
  E. E. E. S E S S E     E. E. E. S E S S E
|---------------------||---------------------|
|-3--1--3--x-3-3-1---o||-3--1--3--x-3-3-1----|
|------------------3-o||------------------3--|
|---------------------||---------------------|


   Interlude
    E. E. E. E. E E   E. E. E. S E S S E
||------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|----1--3--x-3-3-1---|
||o----------3------|------------------3-|
||--1--3--4-----4-3-|-1------------------|


                   1.                     2.
                                           D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
  E. E. E. E. E E   E. E. E. S E S S E     E. E. E. S E S S E
|----------5------|---------------------||---------------------||
|-3--5--6-----6-5-|-3--1--3--x-3-3-1---o||-3--1--3--x-3-3-1----||
|-----------------|------------------3-o||------------------3--||
|-----------------|---------------------||---------------------||


   Interlude
    &&
    E. E. E. E. E E   E. E. E. S E S S E
||------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|----1--3--x-3-3-1---|
||o----------3------|------------------3-|
||--1--3--4-----4-3-|-1------------------|


  E. E. E. E. E E   E. E. E. S E S S E
|----------5------|---------------------||
|-3--5--6-----6-5-|-3--1--3--x-3-3-1---o||
|-----------------|------------------3-o||
|-----------------|---------------------||


   Out-Chorus
     E E E S S E E E E   E. E S E E E E E
||---------------------|------------------|
||o--------------------|------------------|
||o-/3-1-3---x-----1---|-3--3-x-----1-3-x-|
||-------------1-3---3-|--------1-3-------|


  E E E S S E E E E   S S S S S S E E E E E    4x
|-------------------|-3h5----------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------------o||
|-3-1-3---x-----1-3-|-----3-3---x-----1-3-x---o||
|-----------1-3-----|-------------1-3----------||


Duration Legend
---------------
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