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/ Joe Satriani / Joe Satriani (1995) / Cool #9 bass tab

COOL #9 (Bassline)
As recorded by Joe Satriani
From the 1995 Album JOE SATRIANI)
Words and Music by Joe Satriani
Arranged by Jeff Jacobson, Steve Gorenberg, and Matt Scharfglass

Bass Gtr I (E A D G) - 'w/chorus'

 Intro
  Moderate Funk Suffle  Q=96(16=s16)
  N.C.
 4/4
  Gtr I Sub-octave effects
  E E E E S    S   E  E E   E E E E E a Q  E
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-----5-6-6b8r(6)-(6)-6-6-|-----5-6-6-8s9--8-|
|-8-8---------------------|-8-8--------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E Q   E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|-----5-6-6-9--10-|
|-8-8-------------|-8-8-------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E a Q  E   E E E E E E  Q
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|-----5-6-6-8s9--8-|-----5-6-6-6s13\--|
|-8-8-------------|-8-8--------------|-8-8--------------|


                .
                 $
  q  Q  H        E E E E E E E E   E E E E E a Q  E
|------------||------------------|-------------------||
|------------||o-----------------|------------------o||
|-3----------||o-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|-----5-6-6-8s9--8-o||
|------------||--8-8-------------|-8-8---------------||


                                       1.
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E Q   E   E E E E +E  E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-------------8-7-6-|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
||o-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|-----5-6-6-9--10-|-----5-6-(6)-------|
||--8-8-------------|-8-8-------------|-8-8---------------|


                         2.
   E E E E  E  E E E     E E E E +E  E S  S  S S
|---------------------||-------------------------|
|-10-9-8-7-----------o||--------------------10-8-|
|----------11-10-9-8-o||-----5-6-(6)-6-6S10------|
|---------------------||-8-8---------------------|


   S S E E E +E  Q   E     E E E E E  E S  S E
|----------------------||-----------------------|
|-10-8-----------------||o--------------8----8--|
|--------5-6-(6)S9--10-||o-----5-6-6S10---10----|
|------8---------------||--8-8------------------|


                      .
     To Coda
   Q   Q  H            E E E E E E E E
|---------------||-||------------------|
|-10\----------o||-||o-----------------|
|--------------o||-||o-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|
|---------------||-||--8-8-------------|


  E E E E E a Q  E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E Q   E
|------------------|-----------------|------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----5-6-6-8s9--8-|-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|-----5-6-6-9--10-o||
|-8-8--------------|-8-8-------------|-8-8--------------||


 .
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E a Q  E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E Q   E
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|-----5-6-6-8s9--8-|-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|-----5-6-6-9--10-|
|-8-8-------------|-8-8--------------|-8-8-------------|-8-8-------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E a Q  E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E Q   E
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|-----5-6-6-8s9--8-|-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|-----5-6-6-9--10-|
|-8-8-------------|-8-8--------------|-8-8-------------|-8-8-------------|


   Q   Q  H      W          W
|--------------|----------|------|
|-10\----------|----------|------|
|--------------|----------|------|
|--------------|----------|------|


                 .
  H    Q   Q      E E E E E E E E
|--------------||-----------------|
|--------------||-----------------|
|---------20\--||-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|
|--------------||-8-8-------------|


  E E E E E a Q  E   E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|-----5-6-6-8s9--8-|-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-8-8--------------|-8-8-------------|


  E E E E E S S  S S  S S   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------8-|------------------|
|------------------8-10---|------------------|
|-----5-6-6-8-9-10--------|-----5-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-8-8---------------------|-8-8--------------|


  E E E E E a Q  E   E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|-----5-6-6-8s9--8-|-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-8-8--------------|-8-8-------------|


                                    ~~~~~~~~~~
   S  S E E  S S E  E E  E    E E E E E E E E
|-----------10-9-8----------|-----------------|
|-10-10-9-8--------10-------|-----------------|
|---------------------8s13\-|-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|
|---------------------------|-8-8-------------|


  E E E E E a Q  E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E Q   E
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----5-6-6-8s9--8-|-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|-----5-6-6-9--10-|
|-8-8--------------|-8-8-------------|-8-8-------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E a Q  E
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|-----5-6-6-8s9--8-|
|-8-8-------------|-8-8--------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E S S E E E S S  S S  E
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------8-10-||
|-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|-------5-6-6-8-9-10------||
|-8-8-------------|-8-8-8-------------------||


 . w/Univide effect, sub-octave effect off
  Cm    B        Eb/BbF/A    Ab
   H    Q.   E   H    H      W
|--------------|-----------|------|
|-10----9----9-|-8----7----|-6----|
|--------------|-----------|------|
|--------------|-----------|------|


  Fm    G             G/B    Eb/BbF/A
  Q  Q   H       H    H      H     H
|-------------|-------7----|-8----10----|
|-------------|-10----9----|-8-----7----|
|-8--9--10----|------------|------------|
|-------------|------------|------------|


  Ab         N.C.
  W           Q  +S  E S  Q   +E. S   S S E E E S S S S S S S S
|-8--------|------------------------|---------5-3-5---5-3-5---5-|
|-6--------|------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------|-/8--(8)-8-9-10--(10)---|---------------------------|
|----------|----------------------7s|=8s7s8---------------------|


  Q  +E. S S S S S S S S S   Q.   E +Q.   E
|--------5-3-5---5-3-5-----|------5-(5)-----|
|----------------------5---|----------------|
|-3--(3)-----------------3-|--------------6-|
|--------------------------|-4--------------|


    Fm    G       Cm        G7/D
  a Q  Q  Q  Q    E  Q  E a  E  Q   E
|---------------|----8---------10-----|
|------6--5-----|---10----------------|
|-6s8-----------|---------------------|
|------------3--|-8-----8-8s10-----10-|


  Eb                       Ab
   a  Q   Q   +E   E  Q     W
|--------12--(12)--------|-------|
|------------------------|-------|
|--------------------10--|-11----|
|-10s11-----------11-----|-------|


                                 .
                                    w/sub-octave, Univide off   ~~~~~
    |--3---|  |--3--|                                  |-3--|
   +E   E  E  E  E  E  Q   Q       H     H      H    E S S  S  Q
|------------------13p12-------||-------------|--------x-x-15-17---|
|------------12-15-------------||-10\---------|--------------------|
|-(11)-11-14-------------------||-------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------15\--||-------------|--------------------|


                           D.S. al Coda
   H     H      E   E  S   s E   e   e   Q
|-------------|---/24\---/22---/24-/24-/21\--||
|-10\---------|------------------------------||
|-------------|------------------------------||
|-------------|------------------------------||


   .
                                        1.
    &
                                               ~~~~~~
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E a Q  E   E E E E +E  E E E
||------------------|------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
||o-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|-----5-6-6-8s9--8-|-----5-6-(6)-6-6-6-|
||--8-8-------------|-8-8--------------|-8-8---------------|


                      2.
                             ~~~~~~   Sub-octave off--------------|
  E E E E E Q   E      E E E E +E  E S S S S   S S E E E E E E E
|------------------||------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------o||------------------------|---------------------|
|-----5-6-6-9--10-o||------5-6-(6)-6-6-------|---------7-6-5-4-----|
|-8-8--------------||--8-8-------------6-8-6-|-8-x-7-6---------5/--|


    1.                          Sub-Octave off--
    E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E E E E  E
||--------------------|-------------------||
||o-------------------|------------------o||
||o-----5-6-(6)-6-6-6-|-----5-6-6-9-9-10-o||
||--8-8---------------|-8-8---------------||

-----------------------------------|
  2.
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-3---------------||
|---------------3-|-----6---5-3-----||
|-----5-6-6---3---|---6---5-----4---||
|-8-8-------3-----|---------------7-||


 .
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E a Q  E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E Q   E
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|-----5-6-6-8s9--8-|-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|-----5-6-6-9--10-|
|-8-8-------------|-8-8--------------|-8-8-------------|-8-8-------------|


  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 a Q  E
|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|------------------|-10-9-8-7-----------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----5-6-6-6-6-6/-|----------11-10-9-8-|-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|-----5-6-6-8s9--8-|
|-8-8--------------|--------------------|-8-8-------------|-8-8--------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E Q   E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|-----5-6-6-9--10-|
|-8-8-------------|-8-8-------------|-8-8-------------|


  E E E E E E E E     E E E E  E  E E E   E E E E E E E E
|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-10-9-8-7-----------|-----------------|
|-----5-6-6-6-6-6/-|----------11-10-9-8-|-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-8-8--------------|--------------------|-8-8-------------|

Begin Fade
  E E E E +E  E E S  S    +E   E  E  S  S  +S   E. Q
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----5-6-(6)-8-9-9-10-|-(10)-11-12-13-14-(14)-15s20\--|
|-8-8------------------|-------------------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E a Q  E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E Q   E
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|-----5-6-6-8s9--8-|-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|-----5-6-6-9--10-|
|-8-8-------------|-8-8--------------|-8-8-------------|-8-8-------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E a Q  E
|-----------------|------------------*|
|-----------------|------------------*|
|-----5-6-6-6-6-6-|-----5-6-6-8s9--8-*|  fade out
|-8-8-------------|-8-8--------------*|


Put the bass fills in, you were only suppose to play them on the D.S. not the original,
but they were more difficult and sounded neat so i put them in instead.


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
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - 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


Joe Satriani albums
2004 Is There Love in Space?
2002 Strange Beautiful Music
2000 Engines of Creation
1998 Crystal Planet
1995 Joe Satriani
1993 Time Machine
1992 The Extremist
1989 Flying in a Blue Dream
1987 Surfing With the Alien
1986 Not of This Earth
Joe Satriani tabs
01Cool #9 tabbass tab
02If tabbass tab
03Down, Down, Down tabbass tab
05S.M.F. tabbass tab
06Look My Way tabbass tab
07Home tabbass tab
09Killer Bee Bop tabbass tab

 

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