Stomping Grounds written by Bela Fleck performed by Bela Fleck and the Flecktones on Live Art I bass played by Victor Wooten bass line tabulature by Mike McElhaney As you can imagine it is nearly impossible to transcribe a song played by Victor Wooten note for note. Like most other songs that the Flecktones play, every time it is played it comes out a little different. This is meant to be a guideline. GOOD LUCK!!! h = Hammer-on I didn’t tab out the 8 measure bass introduction, but its pretty simple to figure out. It starts out with Vic strumming a chord that I believe starts: 10th fret on the A 12th fret on the D and open on the G Part A (melody) Repeat 2 times G---0----9-----------------------0--------------0----0----0---- D--12-------12--10--9--10--12-------------9----7----5---- A----------------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------- G--9--------------------9------11------12----------- D-------------------------------------------------------- A------------------------------------------0------------ E--8---------------------8-------7--------------------- G--16--12--14--12-----------12-----12-----0------------------------------------- D-----------------------14--12---0-------0-------------------------------------------- A------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E--------------------------------------------------3-------------------------------------- Part B (melody) G--4--4--2--0---------0--2--0-------------------------------------------------------- D-----------------0--2------------2--0---------0--------------------------------------- A------------------------------------------2--0-----3------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G--4--4--2--0---------0--2--0------------------------------------------------------- D-----------------0--2------------2--0--------0--------------------------------------- A-----------------------------------------2--0------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------3------------------------------------ G--4--4--2--0---------0--2--0------------------------------------------------------- D-----------------0--2------------2--0--------0--------------------------------------- A-----------------------------------------2--0-----3-------------------------------3--2 E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G-----------------------0--2--0--------------------------------------------------------- D-------------0--2--4------------2--0--------0----------------------7-----5---------- A--0--2--3------------------------------2--0----------------------------------7--5--- E---------------------------------------------------3-----------------------------------7 Part A (bass line) Repeat 2 times G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D----------------------------5-----------5--------------------------------------------- A-------------------------5-------------------5--------------------------7-------5---- E--3------------------3---------------------------3-------------3--------------------- G--------------------------------5-----5---------------------------------------------- D-------------------------5------------------------------------------------------------ A--3----------------------------------------------3------2------0--------------------- E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A------2----3----4----5--------------------------------------------------7----5------- E-------------------------------2-------3------------------------------------------7--5 Part B (bass line) G--------------------------------------------------------------------------5---------4- D---------------------------------5---------------------------------------------------- A-------------------3----5-----------------5--------3--------------3----------2------- E--3------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G-----------------------------------------------------------4-------2--0--------------- D---------------------------------------------------------------------------2--0------- A--0--------0----3----5----------------------------------------------------------2--0 E--------------------------------2------3---------------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D---------------------------------5----------------------------------------------------- A-------------------3----5-----------------5--------3-------------3----3--------3--2 E--3------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A--0--------0-------5--5---------------------------------------------------5----6---- E--------------------------------2------3---------------------------------------------- Part C G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A--7------7-------------------7-------------5--------5---------------------5--------- E--------------0----0----7------------------------------------5------5---------------- G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D--------------5----5------------------------------------------------------------------ A--3------3-----------------------3-----------------------------------------5----5---- E-----------------------3----3---------------------------------------------------------- G--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A--7--------------------------7-------------5-------------------------0-------2------- E---------------------7----------------------------------------------------------------- G----------------------------------------16--12--14--12------------12-----12-----0 D-------------------------------------------------------------14--12----0-----0-------- A--4--------------------------------0----------------------------------------------------- E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 After Part C, Bela does an harmonic thing for 8 measures and Vic improvises around a G. Then Bela goes once through a longer variation on Part D while Vic just peddles eighth notes on a low G. The band then comes back in at Part E Part D G------7----------------------------------------------7-------------------------------------- D8h9----10--7--9-------------5----5---9--8h9----10--7--9--------------7-----7--5 A---------------------10--7--5----7-------------------------------10--7--5-----7--------- E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G-------7---------------------------------------------7------------------------------------ D8h9----10--7--9------------5-----5---9--8h9----10--7--9---------------7--------- A---------------------10--7--5----7--------------------------------10--7--5-----7--5--- E -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 G------7----------------------------------------------7-------------------------------------- D8h9----10--7--9-------------5----5---9--8h9----10--7--9--------------7-----7--5 A---------------------10--7--5----7-------------------------------10--7--5-----7--------- E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- G------7------------------------------------ D8h9----10--7--9-------------5----5---9-- A---------------------10--7--5----7--------- E---------------------------------------------- G-----7-7-7-9-9-9-10-10-10-9-9-9-7--------------------------- D--9------------------------------------------9--7--------------------- A----------------------------------------------------10------0----2---- E----------------------------------------------------------3--------------- Part E G------------------------------5------------------------------------- D----------------------5-------------5-------------------------2---- A--3-------------------------------------3----------3----5--------- E-------------------------------------------------------------------- G-------------------------------------------------------------------- D------------------------------------7-------------------------4---- A--5------------0----5----5-------------5---------5----7---------- E-------------------------------------------------------------------- ^ Vic does a quick run right here G-------------------------------------------------------------------- D-----------------------------------------------------4----7----4--- A--7-----------7----5----3------------------3--3------------------ E-------------------------------------------------------------------- G-------------------------------------------------------------------- D--5----------------------------------------------------------------- A-------------------------------------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------------------------------- First solo section: 8 measures trading twos, bass & banjo then 8 measures trading ones, bass & banjo Then Vic and Bela play Part D in unison and go right into Part E Second solo section: 16 measures trading ones, banjo, sax, bass & mandolin (this instrumentation will vary depending on the version of the song) then the band just has fun hitting off beat notes (mostly G) for 4 measures. The entire band (except Future Man) then plays Part D in unison and again goes right into Part E After that, the song goes back to Part A with Vic jamming the melody along with them. Next, the band plays Part B in a round starting with the bass. The song then ends on Part C. If you have and questions or comments, feel free to e-mail me. mike_mcelhaney@hotmail.com