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Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 21:33:53 -0400
From: James T. McKinley 
Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 16:49:56 -0400
From: reason being 
Subject: s/steely_dan/josie.btab

                               JOSIE (Bassline)
                            As recorded by Steely Dan
                            (From the 1977 Album AJA)

Words by Donald Fagen  Music by Steely Dan
Transcribed by Craig Wynne

This is a more complete, and hopefully, correct version.

4/4  Intro
  Wx5          H    H      Q.   H    +E    W
|------------|-----------|---------------|------|
|------------|-----------|---------------|------|
|------------|-----------|---------------|------|
|------------|-1----2----|-3----4----(4)-|------|

                                       1st Verse
    E Q  S E E E.  E   H      H     4x H    E Q  E   H    E Q  E
||----------------11/|12-----------||-------------|-------------|
||o---------------13/|14----------o||-------------|-------------|
||o------4h5---------|-------------o||------4-5--5-|------5-4--4-|
||--0--------0-------|--------------||-0-----------|-0-----------|
                        | These fills may have
                        v some slight distortion.
  E E E E Q  E E   H     E E  E E   H    E Q  E   Q..   S E Q  E
|----------------|---------4----5-|-------------|----------------|
|----------------|------/5---/7---|-------------|----------------|
|-7-5---4-5--5---|-7--------------|------4-5--5-|---------5-4--4-|
|-----0--------0-|----------------|-0-----------|-0-----0--------|


  Q  E H    S S   Q  E H    +E    H    E Q  E   Q..   S E Q  E
|---------------|---------------|-------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------|------------------|
|-5--4-3--------|---------------|------4-5--5-|---------4-5------|
|-----------0-0-|-3--2-1----(1)-|-0-----------|-0-----0------3S==|


  Q.   E Q.   E   Q  Q  H      H    E Q  E   H    H
|---------------|------------|-------------|-----------|
|---------------|----5--3----|-------------|-----------|
|---------------|-3----------|------4-5--5-|-----------|
|-5----0-0----0-|------------|-0-----------|-3----5----|

                             1st Chorus
  H    E Q  E   H    H       H    H      H    H
|-------------|-----------||-----------|-----------|
|-------------|-----------||-----------|-2----3----|
|------4-5--5-|-----------||------2----|-----------|
|-0-----------|-0----1----||-2---------|-----------|


  H    H      H    Q.   E   E E E Q  E E E   E E E H    +E
|-----------|-------------|---5-6-7--------|-----4-5----(5)-|
|-4---------|-------------|-7--------7---5-|-5-7------------|
|------2----|------0----0-|------------5---|----------------|
|-----------|-0-----------|----------------|----------------|

                                  2nd Verse
  Q  H.        E E E E E E E E    H    E Q  E   Q.    E  E  E  Q
|------------|---4---5---6---7-||-------------|------11/1211/12----|
|----4-------|-----------------||-------------|------13/1413/14----|
|------------|-2---3---4---5---||------4-5--5-|---------------------|
|-2----------|-----------------||-0-----------|-0-------------------|


  H    E Q  E   Q.    E  E  E  Q    Q  +E. S E Q  E   Q  +E. S E Q  E
|-------------|------11/1211/12--|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------|------13/1413/14--|-----------------|-----------------|
|------4-5--5-|-------------------|----------4-5--5-|----------5-4--5-|
|-0-----------|-0-----------------|-0--(0)-0--------|-0--(0)-0--------|


  E E E E Q  E E   H     E E  E E   H    E Q  E   Q..   S E Q  E
|----------------|---------4----5-|-------------|----------------|
|----------------|------/5---/7---|-------------|----------------|
|---5---4-5--5---|-7--------------|------4-5--5-|---------5-4--4-|
|-0---0--------0-|----------------|-0-----------|-0-----0--------|


  Q  E Q  E E S S   Q  E H    +E    H    E Q  E   Q  +E. S  E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|-------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-------------|-------------0------|
|-5--4-3----------|---------------|------4-5--5-|----------/2--------|
|---------0-0-1-1-|-3--2-1----(1)-|-0-----------|-0--(0)-0------3S4--|


  Q.   E Q.   E   Q  Q  H      H    E Q  E   H    H
|---------------|------------|-------------|-----------|
|---------------|----5--3----|-------------|-----------|
|---------------|-3----------|------4-5--5-|-----------|
|-5----0-0----0-|------------|-0-----------|-3----5----|

                                 2nd Chorus
  Q  +E. S E Q  E   H    H       H    H      H    H
|-----------------|-----------||-----------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------||-----------|-2----3----|
|----------4-5--5-|-----------||------2----|-----------|
|-0--(0)-0--------|-0----1----||-2---------|-----------|


  H    H      H    H       E E E Q  E E E   E E E H    +E
|-----------|-----------|----5-6-7--------|-----4-5----(5)-|
|-4---------|-----------|-/7--------7---5-|-5-7------------|
|------2----|------0----|-------------5---|----------------|
|-----------|-0---------|-----------------|----------------|

                              Bridge
  Q  H.        Q  Q  Q  Q     E E Q.   E E E   E E H.
|------------|-------------||-0-2------------|---0-------|
|----4-------|-------------||----------0---2-|-----------|
|------------|-2--2--2--2--||----------------|-----------|
|-2----------|-------------||----------------|-----------|


  E E Q.   E E E   E E Q  E E Q    E E Q.   E E E   E E H.
|-0-2------------|---0-----------|-0-2------------|---0-------|
|----------0---2-|---------------|----------0---2-|-----------|
|----------------|--------0-2----|----------------|-----------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|-----------|

  Staccato                            This measure is too noisy
                                  to hear, but this sounds good.
  s s  s s  s s  s s  s s a  s E. E   E E E E E E Q
|----------11--------11---9h11------|----------------*|
|-----11--------11------------------|-----2-------5--*|
|-9---------------------------------|---2---2---5----*|
|---------------------------------0-|-0-------3------*|

As stated in James' version, the rest of the song is just
variations on the previous bass parts.



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Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 21:33:53 -0400
From: James T. McKinley 
Subject: s/steely_dan/josie.btab

                        Josie (Bass Line) -   Steely Dan
                      -------------------------------------


                          From the studio Aja record

                                  Tabbed by James T. McKinley


THIS IS DEFINITELY APPROXIMATE
I've played it against the guitar chords and soloed over it using a
digital 8 track, but there are no doubt some nuances that have been
left out and maybe a few wrong notes (I'm mainly a guitar player
who figured it out for a bass player friend who was having difficulty)
but this seems to work OK.

4
- time
4

b=bend up
r=release bend
h=hammer on
p=pull off
/=slide up
=slide down


Guitar + Keys Intro:

Bass comes in on last 4 chords of intro:

G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A-------9--------------------------------------------------------
E-1------------3-------4-----------------------------------------


Guitar Groove: (Play 4X)

G--------------------11/12--------------------------------------
D--------------------11/12--------------------------------------
A-------4--5-----------------------------------------------------
E-0-----------0--------------------------------------------------


Vocals:

Verse:
We're gonna break out the hats and hooters...
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------5--5h7----------5--4-----5--4--5--4--5------------
E-0-----0--/7---------0-----0--------0-----------------0--0--0---

G------------------
D-------11---12----
A----/9---/10------
E-0----------------


We're gonna rev up the motor scooters...
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------5--5h7----------5--4------5-4-3-------------------
E-0-----0--/7---------0-----0------------------------3-2-1-------


Sleep on the beach and make it...
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------5--5h7----------5--4--------------------5-3-------
E-0-----0--/7---------0-----0---------0-5---5-5---5--3-----------


Lay down the law...
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------5--5h7--------------------------------------------
E-0-----0--/7-----------3------------5---------------------------


Chorus:
  When Josie comes home, so good, she's...
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------5-5---7--8---------7--8---------7------------4-5------
E-0---0-/7-------------2--7---------2--7------5--0-/5-7----------

G----------------------------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A--------2-3---3------2--2--2--2---------------------------------
E-0-/3-5----------2----------------------------------------------



Guitar Groove: (Play 2X)



Second Verse (same as the first basswise):



Solo Break:
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D--5--7----------5-----5--7---------5------------5--7----------5-
A----------5--7---------------5--7-----------------------5--7----
E--------------------------------------5--7----------------------


G---------11---9--11--
D------11---11--------
A---------------------
E---------------------


Basically repeat Vocal Section (solo for verse, then vocals on chorus)
but with a somewhat different beginning bass part like


G--------------------------------------------       Play 3 X
D---------------------------------11---12----  <=== then normal
A-5--4--5--4--5----------------/9---/10------       vocal bass
E----------------0--0--0----0----------------



Repeat Intro:


Outtro:
Outtro vamps out on previous themes in the bass line thus far but
just hangs on the Em7 chord, so the bass part is just a mix of the
Em7 parts, so basically mix up the beginning parts of the Guitar
Groove and Verse sections.
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