Tower Of Power
Credit Bass Tab
CREDIT (Bassline)
As recorded by Tower Of Power
(From the 1986 Album POWER)
Words and Music by Emilio Castillo, Stephen Kupka & John Witney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Francis Rocco Prestia - Bass'
Intro Chorus
Q=154(8=s8)
$
4/4
Gtr I
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
W Q E E H E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-------------||---------------|------7---7---7---------|
|----------|-------------||o-3------------|------------------------|
|----------|------3------||o---x----------|----5---5---5---6-6-7---|
|----------|-------------||------1--4--5--|-6----------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E
|--------------|------7---7---7-------|--------------|------7---7---7-------|
|-3------------|----------------------|-3------------|----------------------|
|---x----------|----5---5---5---6-6-7-|---x----------|----5---5---5---6-6-7-|
|-----1--4--5--|-6--------------------|-----1--4--5--|-6--------------------|
1st - 3rd Verses
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E
|--------------|-------------||--------------|------7---7---7-------|
|-3------------|---------1-2-||-3------------|----------------------|
|---x----------|---1-2-3-----||---x----------|----5---5---5---6-6-7-|
|-----1--4--5--|-6-----------||-----1--4--5--|-6--------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E
|--------------|------7---7---7-------|--------------|------7---7---7-------|
|-3------------|----------------------|-3------------|----------------------|
|---x----------|----5---5---5---6-6-7-|---x----------|----5---5---5---6-6-7-|
|-----1--4--5--|-6--------------------|-----1--4--5--|-6--------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E Q Q Q Q E E E q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E
|--------------|------7---7-----|--------------|------7---7---7--------|
|-3------------|----------------|-3------------|-----------------------|
|---x----------|----5---5---6-7-|---x----------|----5---5---5---6-6-7--|
|-----1--4--5--|-6--------------|-----1--4--5--|-6---------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
|--------------|------7---7---7-------|--------------|
|-3------------|----------------------|-3------------|
|---x----------|----5---5---5---6-6-7-|---x----------|
|-----1--4--5--|-6--------------------|-----1--4--5--|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E Q Q
|------7---7---7-------|--------------|----------------||
|----------------------|-3------------|----------------||
|----5---5---5---6-6-7-|---x----------|----5-6-7-8-----||
|-6--------------------|-----1--4--5--|-6--------------||
Bridge
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
Chorus
To Coda
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q q Q E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|---------------||--------------|------7---7---7-------|
|-------------|--------------o||-3------------|----------------------|
|-6-6---6-6---|-6-----6-----o||---x----------|----5---5---5---6-6-7-|
|-------------|---------------||-----1--4--5--|-6--------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E
|--------------|------7---7---7-------|--------------|------7---7---7-------|
|-3------------|----------------------|-3------------|----------------------|
|---x----------|----5---5---5---6-6-7-|---x----------|----5---5---5---6-6-7-|
|-----1--4--5--|-6--------------------|-----1--4--5--|-6--------------------|
Synthesizer Solo
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E Q Q Q H H Q E E E E E E E E E
|--------------|-----------||-------7---7---7-------|
|-3------------|-----------||o----------------------|
|---x----------|-3----2----||o----5---5---5---6-6-7-|
|-----1--4--6--|-----------||--6--------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E Q H. 3x
|------7---7---7-------|------7---7---7-------|-----------||
|----------------------|----------------------|----------o||
|----5---5---5---6-6-7-|----5---5---5---6-6-7-|----------o||
|-6--------------------|-6--------------------|-6--4------||
H H H H W
|-----------|-----------|------|
|-----------|-6---------|------|
|------6----|------4----|------|
|-6---------|-----------|-2----|
D.S. al Coda
|--3--| |--3---| |--3--| |--3--|
+H q Q Q Q E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E Q
|--------------|-------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------|-------------------|----------------------------||
|--------------|-8-6-----11-9------|-12-10----13-11----14-------||
|-(2)----2-----|-----8-6------10-8-|-------11-------12----------||
Chorus
&
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E
|--------------|------7---7---7-------|--------------|------7---7---7-------|
|-3------------|----------------------|-3------------|----------------------|
|---x----------|----5---5---5---6-6-7-|---x----------|----5---5---5---6-6-7-|
|-----1--4--5--|-6--------------------|-----1--4--5--|-6--------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E
|--------------|------7---7---7-------|--------------|------7---7---7-------|
|-3------------|----------------------|-3------------|----------------------|
|---x----------|----5---5---5---6-6-7-|---x----------|----5---5---5---6-6-7-|
|-----1--4--5--|-6--------------------|-----1--4--5--|-6--------------------|
Out-Chorus
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E Q H Q E E +Q +Q E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------------||---------------|------7---7---7--------|
|-3-----------|-------------------||o-3------------|-----------------------|
|-------------|-------------------||o---x----------|----5---5---5---6-6-7--|
|-------------|------8-(8)--(8)--||------1--4--5--|-6---------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E
|--------------|------7---7---7-------|--------------|------7---7---7-------|
|-3------------|----------------------|-3------------|----------------------|
|---x----------|----5---5---5---6-6-7-|---x----------|----5---5---5---6-6-7-|
|-----1--4--5--|-6--------------------|-----1--4--5--|-6--------------------|
1. 2.
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------|------------------||-----------------------|
|-3------------|-----------1-2-2-o||-----------------------|
|---x----------|---1-2-3-x-------o||-----5---5---5---5---5-|
|-----1--4--5--|-6----------------||-6-6---6---6---6---6---|
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E +W
|---------------|----------------|--------|
|---------------|----------------|--------|
|-8-8----7-7----|-6-6----5-5---4-|-(4)----|
|---------------|----------------|--------|
|-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
H +Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q q Q H
|--------------|-------------|------------*|
|------------4-|-3-----------|------------*|
|--------------|-------------|------------*|
|-2----(2)-2---|---1-1-1-1-1-|-1----------*|
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
