Good Times Bass

GOOD TIMES (Bassline)
 
As recorded by Chic
(From the 1979 Album RISQUÉ)
 
Words and Music by Nile Rodgers & Bernard Edwards
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bernard Edwards - Bass'
 
 
 Intro
  Q=116
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W            E E E E E E E. S   S S e e e e e e S S   E E E E E E E. S
|----------||-------------------|---------------------|------------------|
|----------||o------------------|-----------------2---|------------------|
|----------||o------------------|-----------2-4-5---0-|-0---0---0------0-|
|----------||--0---0---0------0-|-x-0-2-3-5-----------|------------------|
 
 
                                   Chorus
                                $
  S S S S e E e S S S S S S         E E E E E E E. S   S S e e e e e e S S
|----------------------------||-||-------------------|----------------------|
|-----4---5-4---------------o||-||o------------------|-----------------2----|
|---0---0-----0-----2-------o||-||o------------------|-----------2-4-5---0--|
|-----------------0---0-2h3--||-||--0---0---0------0-|-x-0-2-3-5------------|
 
 
  E E E E E E E. S   S S S S e E e S S S S S S   E E E E E E E. S
|------------------|---------------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-----4---5-4---------------|------------------|
|-0---0---0------0-|---0---0-----0-----2-------|------------------|
|------------------|-----------------0---0-2h3-|-0---0---0------0-|
 
 
  S S e e e e e e S S   E E E E E E E. S   S S S S e E e S S S S S S
|---------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------2---|------------------|-----4---5-4-----2---------|
|-----------2-4-5---0-|-0---0---0------0-|---0---0-----0-------2-----|
|-x-0-2-3-5-----------|------------------|-----------------------2h3-|
 
 
  E E E E E E E. S   S S e e e e e e S S   E E E E E E E. S
|------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------------2---|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------2-4-5---0-|-0---0---0------0--|
|-0---0---0------0-|-x-0-2-3-5-----------|-------------------|
 
 
  S S S S e E e S S S S S S   E E E E E E E. S   S S e e e e e e S S
|---------------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-----4---5-4---------------|------------------|-----------------2---|
|---0---0-----0-----2-------|------------------|-----------2-4-5---0-|
|-----------------0---0-2h3-|-0---0---0------0-|-x-0-2-3-5-----------|
 
 
                                                 1st & 2nd Verses
                                      To Coda
  E E E E E E E. S   S S S S e E e S S S S S S    E E E E E E E E
|------------------|---------------------------||-----------------|
|------------------|-----4---5-4-----2---------||-----------------|
|-0---0---0------0-|---0---0-----0-------2-----||-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------------2h3-||-0---0---0---0---|
 
 
  E E E E E E e S S   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E S S S S
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------------5h7-|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0-------5h7-|
|-0---0---0---0-----|-----------------|-------------3h5-----|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E e S S   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------5h7-|-0---0---0---0---|
|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0-----|-----------------|
 
 
  E E E E E E S S S S   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E e S S   E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-0---0---0-------5h7-|-----------------|---------------5h7-|-0---0---0---0----|
|-------------3h5-----|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0-----|------------------|
 
 
  E E E E E E S S S S   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E e S S   E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-0---0---0-------5h7-|-----------------|---------------5h7-|-0---0---0---0----|
|-------------3h5-----|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0-----|------------------|
 
 
                                                  Outro
  1.                     2.
                                  D.S. al Coda &
  E E E E E E S S S S     E E E E E E S S S S      E E E E E E E. S
|----------------------||----------------------||-------------------|
|---------------------o||----------------------||o------------------|
|-0---0---0-------5h7-o||-0---0---0-------5h7--||o------------------|
|-------------3h5------||-------------3h5------||--0---0---0------0-|
 
 
  S S e e e e e e S S   E E E E E E E. S   S S S S e E e S S S S S S  3x
|---------------------|------------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------2---|------------------|-----4---5-4---------------o||
|-----------2-4-5---0-|-0---0---0------0-|---0---0-----0-----2-------o||
|-x-0-2-3-5-----------|------------------|-----------------0---0-2h3--||
 
 
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
X