Jeremy Bender

Song

JEREMY BENDER (Bassline)

As recorded by Emerson, Lake & Palmer

(From the 1971 Album TARKUS)

Words by Greg Lake

Music by Keith Emerson

Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Greg Lake - Bass'

Intro

Q=78

4/4

Gtr I

W W W W

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1st Verse

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

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|-------5-----|-4--5--------|-------5-----|-4--5----7-----||
|-5--3-----2--|-------7-----|-5--3-----2--|-------7---5---||
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Interlude

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

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|-------5-----|-4--5--------|-------5-----|-4--5----7-----||
|-5--3-----2--|-------7-----|-5--3-----2--|-------7---5---||
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2nd Verse

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

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|-------5-----|-4--5--------|-------5-----|-4--5----7-----||
|-5--3-----2--|-------7-----|-5--3-----2--|-------7---5---||
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Bridge

Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q

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|-5--4--------|-5--4--------|-5--4--------|-5--4---------|
|-------7--5--|-------7--5--|-------7--5--|-------7--5---|
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Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q

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|-------5-----|-4--5--------|-------5-----|-4--5----7-----||
|-5--3-----2--|-------7-----|-5--3-----2--|-------7---5---||
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3rd Verse

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

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|-------5-----|-4--5--------|-------5-----|-4--5----7-----||
|-5--3-----2--|-------7-----|-5--3-----2--|-------7---5---||
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Outro

H.=H

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

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|-------5-----|-4--5--------|-------5-----|-4--5----7----|--------*|
|-5--3-----2--|-------7-----|-5--3-----2--|-------7---5--|-(5)----*|
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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

Jeremy Bender was a man of leisure,

Took his pleasure in the evening sun

Laid him down in a bed of roses,

Finally decided to become a nun.

Talk with the sister, spoke in a whisper,

Threatened to fist her if she didn't come clean

Jumped on the mother just like a brother

Asked one another if the other is a queen.

Diggin' the sister she was a mister

Shouldn't have kissed her, but he couldn't say no

Wanted to leave her couldn't believe her,

So he picked up his suit-case and decided to go