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Song: Silly Putty
Artist: Stanley Clarke
Album: Journey To Love

Here's how I learned it by ear.

p=pop/pluck
t=thumb
b=bend
+=sustain
s=slide
<=tap on
>=pull off
x=staccato/dead
^=trill


Intro:

        E10(octave+)                         A12       A10                        E10
G|-11p13<-----------9h11-13-11-9h---9--11p9-----7p9------------------------------------
D|-------------9h11--------------11h---------------9p11-------7p9r7>-5-----5p7p5p6b----
A|----------------------------------------0t+-----------0t+-------------7p-------------
E|-------0t*-----------------------------------------------------------------------0t+-

This is the part after the intro and the following riff:

          D      Asus            Dsus    Em7
G|---------7p------7p7p9s-- ||  -------------0x------0x------------||
D|------------------------- ||o ---4t5<-4t5<----5t7<------------- o||
A|--0t-4t5s---------------- ||o --------------------------------- o||
E|-----------0t-5<--------- ||  0-----------------------0tx-0tx----||


Chorus with variations:

G|----0px--------------5^6------0px---------------4px----6px--
D|------------------------------------------------------------
A|-0t-----0t-----0t----------0t-----0t-----0t--x-x---x-x------
E|-----------3t---3t-------------------3t---3t----------------


                                                                   Play as triplet 
G|----0px-------------------------------------0px--------------------------------------
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------14-12-11------------
A|-0t-----0t-----0t------------------------0t-----0t-----1t-2<-------------14-12-11----
E|-----------3t---3t--4tx 3tx-x-4tx-3tx--------------3t-----------------------------12-


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