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Music Of The Mind Tab

by Jamiroquai


As with all of Stu's bass lines, he improvises a lot, so much that there is 
almost no one "basic line". Therefore with this great song I have just 
transcibed what i see to be the basic line, hopefully presenting you with a 
starting point from which you can work out all of stu's variations and/or 
hopefully come up with some of your own!! There are three main sections in 
this song.
Basic tab conventions
*= dead note  p= pull off
h= hammer on

The Intro

The intro line has four main chords, and lot's of variations of these four 
main chords can be played. In this stu does a lot of bends(up), so i have 
bracketted the notes that he bends, however this does not mean that he bends 
these notes every time!! He also often pulls on to the notes i have 
bracketted, from the fret immediately after the note eg pull off the 5th 
fret to the 4th fret. This line has so many variations yet i can't be 
bothered writing them all out!

G---------(4h5)-------------|----------(2h3)-------------|
D---------------------------|----------------------------|
A------7--------7-----7---7-|--------5------5----5----5--|
E--5--------------5-----5---|----3-------------3---3-----|

G---------(7h8)-----------|----------------------------|
D------5-------5----5---5-|--------(5h6)---------------|
A--3-------------3----3---|-----3--------3-----3-----3-|
E-------------------------|--1--------------1-----1----|

The Fast Section

After the intro the song drops into a much faster paced section, and stu's 
line provides endless opportunities for variations! Once again i've just 
sort of break, where the basic chords above are played and then it drops 
back into the fast paced section, where stu plays a very fast variation, 
which i've tabbed what i think he plays (bit of a challenge). Each bar is 
repeated, and

G-----------4-4--------|-----------2-2---------|
D----------------------|-----------------------|
A-----7-7--------7-7---|-----5-5--------5-5----|
E--5-----------------*-|--3------------------*-|

G-------------7-7-------|------------------------|
D--------5-5------3-3---|------------5-5---------|
A--3-3------------------|-------3-3-------5-5----|
E---------------------*-|--1-1-----------------*-|

Fast Variation

G--------------7-----------|-------------5-----------|
D-------7-9-10--10-9-7-9-7-|-------5-7-8---8-7-5-7-5-|
A--------------------------|-------------------------|
E--5-5---------------------|--3-3--------------------|

G--------------5-----------|-------------3-----------|
D--------5-7-8---8-7-5-7-5-|-------3-5-6---6-5-3-5-3-|
A--3-3---------------------|-------------------------|
E--------------------------|--1-1--------------------|

The End Section

After the fast section the song goes into a new section with the bass 
running up and down some scale (some major scale variation i think...i am 
weak on theory haha). This can be varied a lot, including playing fast 
triplets on some of the notes like stu does.

G-------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------5--6---------|
A-----------5------------6--8--------8--6---|
E--5--7--8-----8--7-------------------------|