SADE - "smooth operator" Tablature
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From: "Philipp Jardas" <philipp@jardas.de>
Subject: s/sade/smooth_operator.btab
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 15:06:55 +0200
Sade - Smooth Operator
BASS TAB
by Philipp Jardas (philipp@jardas.de)
This is just a small one to give the basic feeling of the song. Most of it
is played ad lib, the tabs given are examples of how you could play it. The
solo is indeed played completely different, but I found it easier to use
this way to play it, though you won't be able to use the slides the (damn
good) bassist uses in the original song.
[Intro]
Dm A/C# C6 G/B
G |----------------|----------------|
D |----------------|----------------|
A |5-------4-----3-|------3-2-------|
E |----5-----5-----|--5---------3---| (4x)
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse]
Dm A G A (8x)
[Bridge]
G A Dm A/C# C6 G/B
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D |--------5-------|--------7-------|----------------|----------------|
A |------5----5----|------7----7--4-|5-------4-----3-|------3-2-------|
E |3-------------3-|5---------------|----5-----5-----|--5---------3---|
(2x)
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
G A n.c.
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D |--------5-------|--------7-------|----------------|----------------|
A |------5----5----|------7----7----|----5-------4-5-|----------------|
E |3-------------3-|5-------------5-|----------5-----|----------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Chorus] (ad lib)
Dm A G A Dm A G A
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D |----------------|----5-------7---|----------------|----------------|
A |5-----5---------|--5-------7---4-|5-----5---------|--2-3-5---4-5-7-|
E |--------5-5---3-|------5---------|--------5-5---3-|--------5-------|
(2x)
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
[Verse 2] (same chords as chorus, ad lib)
[Bass Solo]
Dm G A
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------5-|
D |-----------5--78|7-----5-------5-|--------8--7--5-|7--8--7-5--7----|
A |5-5---578-------|-------87--8----|5-----5---------|----------------|
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Dm G A
G |7-----5-5-----5-|7-----5-5-------|--------5-------|----------------|
D |-------8---8----|-------8---8--7-|8--7--8----8--7-|5--7--5-8--7----|
A |----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------8-|
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP,
representing the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and
The Music Publisher's Association of the United States (MPA).
Unfortunately, these threats are fueled by greed and being masked by a "copyright infringement." They claim tab sites are
"hurting the songwriters," but it's a known fact that the publishing companies garner most of the
revenue. Instead, they would prefer you to purchase the
official SADE tablature
which is an option we've always given our users. And due to the highly error-prone nature of tabs on the internet, many choose to go this route.
These companies also do not realize that tablature sites help to promote their artists.
For more information on this onslaught, you can read the
NY Times Article.
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