Fire

Song

FIRE (Bassline) (Live)

As recorded by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band

(From the 1986 Triple Album LIVE 1975 - 85)

Words and Music by Bruce Springsteen

Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Gary W. Tallent - Bass'

Intro

Q=120

4/4

Gtr I

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-3-----3-0-0-3---|---3---3-0-0-3---|-3-----3-0--3---|---3---3-0-0-3---|

4/4

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------||
|-3-----3-0-0-3---|---3---3-0-0-3---|-3-----3-0-0-3---|------||

1st - 3rd Verses

$

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--3-----3-0-0-3---|---3---3-0-0-3---|-3-----3-0-0-3---|---3---3-0-0-3----|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-----5-0-0-5---|---5---5-0-0-5---|-3-----3-0-0-3---|---3---3-0-0-3---|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-----2-----2---|---2---2-----2---||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------2-2-----|---------2-2-----||
|-5-----5-0-0-5---|---5---5-0-0-5-0-|-----------------|-----------------||

Chorus

E E E a E +E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E

|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-3-3-2s3-(3)-3-2-3-|-4-5-5-5-5-5-5\--|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|-3-----3-0-0-3---|

1. 2.

To Coda

E E E E E E e e E E E E E E E E E E E E E E e e E E E E E E E E

|-----------------|------------------|------------------||-----------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------o||-----------------||
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------o||-----------------||
|---3---3-0-0-3-0-|-3-----3-0-0-3----|---3---3-0-0-3-0--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-3-||

Bridge

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-/3-3-3-3-/3-3-3-3-|-------------3-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
|-------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|-----------------|-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q Q H

|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------|
|-/3-3-3-3-/3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|-5----------|
|-------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------|

D.S. al Coda

Wx3 W

|------------|-------||
|------------|-------||
|------------|-------||
|------------|-------||

Outro

&

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|---3---3-0-0-3---|-3-----3-0-0-3---|

E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q +W

|-----------------|---------------|--------*|
|-----------------|---------------|--------*|
|-----------------|---------------|--------*|
|---3---3-0-0-3---|-3-----3-0--3--|-(3)----*|

Duration Legend

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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

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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

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| - 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