Space Cowboy by Jamiroquai This is the tab that works really good for me Info: - This is one of the best bass lines by Jamiroquai. This may not be obvious on the first or second listen, but if you really concentrate on the bass you realize it is a true masterpiece. This here is a long-requested 'Play as you see' tab for Space Cowboy, the album version. You will NOT find any "I leave the fills to you" or "Improvise yourself from here on". I precisely tabbed all the notes and all the fast runs towards the end. Of course, you can still improvise, but if you wanted to have it exactly as it was played, then I hope you will enjoy this. - As I always say for these longer tabs: They do have a lot of text that might seem complicated and useless. But I strongly advise you to read it. When you're done, you can just delete the whole text and make the tab much shorter and eye-friendlier! It took me many hours to write this tab and I don't want you to give it a quick look and say "Ah I already see a mistake", "WTF is that" and so on. Because there are some moments where you could do exactly that, I tried to explain what to pay attention to in these very lines. So let us get to the tab. - I need feedback on this one, so if anyone tries to play this, let me know what you think! Playing Guide: - Timing: Problem - There are so many notes played fast in some bars that sometimes I could not graphically represent the timing as well as I wanted. Solution - I added some help for counting (*1 2 3 4*). The notes written below each time unit are played exactly that moment and this should help you find yourself in rhythm again. Please delete the help when you don't need it anymore or if the tab looks too messy because of it! - Fast runs: They are actually very accurate, so if you're having problems with them, try to play them very slow and listen to the specific parts of the record a few times you will get used to it eventually. - Bridge: After a short pause, just before returning to Verse, play a slide on E string: E-|-11\-| - Chorus: You can omit the 4-5 in the 4-5-6 sequence often played in 2ND chorus. I think they're played, but it could also be some dead notes. You can definitely hear something that is not synth! - Fade-out: It is correct to the end, play it real loud to hear everything. 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|---------------------|------------8--------|---------------------|--------8-8----------| |------------------4-5|-6---8---9-----------|---------------------|---------------------| |-4-----4-5-6---------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| * 1 2 3 4 * 1 2 3 4 * 1 2 3 4 * |---------------------|---------------------|-5-6-10----13-p14p15-| |---------------------|-------------------8-|---------------------| |-6---------8---------|-----------------8---|---------------------| |---------------------|-----------6-8-9-----|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| ********************** Tabbed by: Blaz Kavcic (blaz@jamiroquai.com) www.jamiroquai.com/bass ********************** www.TAB6.com