Fire - Bruce Springsteen
Tuning: , E A D G
Song: FIRE
Artist: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
Album: LIVE 1975-'85
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Transcribed by Emil Ortenmark, kfemil@telia.com
Standard tuning
Comments: There´s not much to this bassline but it is the very
spine of the song. If it doesn´t lock in, the song falls flat.
Dig the half-step approach notes which give things a slightly
swaying feel in the bridge.
Key:
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
b = bend (whole step)
b^ = bend (1/2 step)
b^^ = bend (1 1/2 steps)
pb = pre-bend
r = release-bend
t = tap with righthand finger
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = Vibrato
* = Natural Harmonic
#(#) = Trill
x = Dead notes (no pitch)
P.M. = Palm mute (- -> underneath indicates which notes)
Tp = Tap w\plectrum
Rhythm Fig. 1
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|--3------3--
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0--0--3-------
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-3----3--0--0-
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------------|
-3----------|
Rhythm Fig. 2
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|--3------3--
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0--0--3-------
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------------|
------------|
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------------|
Rhythm Fig. 3
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|--3------3--
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--------------
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0--0--3-------
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3----3--0--0--
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------------|
3--0--------|
Rhythm Fig. 4
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|--5------5--
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0--0--5-------
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5----5--0--0--
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------------|
5-----------|
Rhythm Fig. 5
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|--5------5--
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0--0--5-------
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5----5--0--0--
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------------|
5--0--------|
Rhythm Fig. 6
G|------------
D|------------
A|--7------7--
E|------------
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------7-------
7--7----------
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7----7--------
--------7--7--
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------------|
7-----------|
------------|
Rhythm Fig. 7
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|--7/-8--8--7
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/-8--8--7/-8--
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9/-10--10--9/-
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10--10--10\-|
Rhythm Fig. 8
G|------------
D|------------
A|------------
E|--7/-8--8--7
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/-8--8--7/-8--
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10--10--8--8--
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7--7--5--0--|
Rhythm Fig. 9
G|------------
D|------------
A|--2/-3--3--3
E|------------
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--2/-3--3--3--
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-4/-5--5--5--4
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-----4------|
/-5-----5---|
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------------|
G|------------
D|------------
A|--4/-5--5--5
E|------------
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--4/-5--5--5--
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-4/-5--5--5--4
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-----4------|
/-5-----5---|
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------------|
G|------------
D|------------
A|--2/-3--3--3
E|------------
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--2/-3--3--3--
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-4/-5--5--5--4
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/-5--6--6---|
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G|------------
D|--7--7--7--7
A|------------
E|------------
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--------7\----
--0--0--------
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5-------------
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FIRE
Springsteen
[Rhy. Fig 1] (3x)
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