Jaco Pastorius - Amerika bass tab
Jaco_Amerika.doc
Michael S. @ jaco_p@earthlink.net
"Amerika" - from Word of Mouth's Live Tour
NOTES: h=hammer on
x=harmonics
g=ghost / muted notes
f=fretted harmonics
r=righthanded fretting
*=sustain / let note ring through
\=slide down
Run in the fourth section and at end should be played as stacatto 16ths - I put spaces between them to make it easier to read -
G|--8h9--8h9-----------|--8h9----x7------------|----9g89-------------
D|---------------11-11-|---------x7------------|-----------9-9-------
A|------------0--------|-----------------------|---------------------
E|---------------------|------0-----x4---------|-----------------0---
G|-------------11--13--9****-----|--8h99---------|-9---x7------------
D|--11-12--14-------------8-9-10-|--------11-11--|-----x7------------
A|----------------------0--------|-----0---------|-------------------
E|-------------------------------|---------------|---0---x4----------
G|--98-h9-9--------|--15-h16--15---16--(18)-------|---------16----x7-
D|----------9-9----|--------------------(19)------|--14--16-------x7-
A|-----------------|------------------------------|------------------ E|-----------------|--------------------------r7--|------------0--x4-
G|---------------------------16-18------|--16---16----|--14-13h14--x7-
D|---16--------16-18--16-18-19----------|-------------|------------x7-
A|-19--19-18-19-----19---------------0--|-----------0-|---------------
E|--------------------------------------|-------------|----------0-x4-
NOTE:(f) - This section is 'fretted' harmonics -
G|--f14--14--13-13--14-16-13-11--9----14****----|---x7*-*-*-*-f14-----
D|----------------------------------------------|---x7*-*-*-*-*-*-----
A|---------------------------------------12\11--|------11*-*-*-*-*----
E|----------------0-----------------------------|---------------------
G|--13-h14-14------11--11-|---14---16---18------g8h9--|-----------
D|-------------0---0---0--|---------------------------|-----------
A|------------------------|-----------------0---------|-----------
E|------------------------|---------------------------|-----------
G|---9----11----14----------16----14----10-h11---------|----------
D|--------------------14----------------------------0--|----------
A|-----------------------------------------------------|----------
E|---9----10----11----12----13----14-------------------|----------
G|------------------------------------|----------------|--
D|-----------------------4---4-6-7----|----7-----------|--
A|----4---4-5-4-5-7-4-5-7-5-7---------|----0-----------|--
E|---5-5-7---7------------------------|----------------|--
