Liberty Bell March -- a suggested bass line

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T:Liberty Bell March -- a suggested bass line
C:John Philip Sousa
N:Once through the tune is twice through a contra dance.
N:(Contra arrangement and transcription by A. Waksman)
N:This tune was the opening theme to Monty Python's Flying Circus.
M:6/8
L:1/8
P:INTRO (only if called for; can replace last 4 bars of previous tune)
%%MIDI transpose -24
K:G bass middle=d
"N.C."g2f e2_e|d2^c =c2B|.A.B.c .Bz .A|"D7".dzz "(Chime)"d'2 ||
P:Part 1 (G major)
z | "G"gz2 dz2 | gz2 dz2 | "D"(f2g a2g | f2 e d2) z |
"D" dz2 Az2 | dz2 fz2 | "G"(g2a b2a | g2f e2 d) |
"G"gz2 dz2 | gz2 dz2 | "A7"(e2f g2f | e2 d ^c2 B) |
"D/A"Az2A3 | "A7"Az2A3 | "D"dz "A7"A "D"dz "A7"A | "D"dzz  "D7"d3 ||
%
"G"g3 d3 | g3 B3 | "C"c3 "D7"d3 | "G"g3 g2z | 
"D"f3 d3 | "G"g3 "Edim"e3 | "D/A"a3 "A7"a3 | "D"d3-d z2 |
"C"c6 | "B7"B6 | "Em"e3 "Am/C"c3 | "B7"B3-B z2 | 
"C6"cz2 cz2 | "G/D"d3 g3 | "D7"f3 d3 | "G"g3 gz2 ||
% -----
P:Part 2 (C major)
K:C bass middle=d
("C"c3 "Dm7"d3 | "Ebdim7"_e3 "C/E"=e3) | "C"cz2 Gz2 | cz2 Gz2 | 
("C"c3 "Dm7"d3 | "Ebdim7"_e3 "C/E"=e3) | "G"dz2 Gz2 | Gz2 dz2 |
"G7"G3 "Gdim7"G3 | "G7"Gz (g ^f2 g) | "C"c3 "Cdim7"c3 | "C"c z (g ^f2 g) | 
"G/D"d3 d3 | "D7"d3 d3 | "G7"G3 "F/G"G3 | "G7"G3 G3 ||
("C"c3 "Dm7"d3 | "Ebdim7"_e3 "C/E"=e3) | "C"cz2 Gz2 | cz2 Gz2 | 
("C"c3 "Dm7"d3 | "Ebdim7"_e3 "C/E"=e3) | "G"dz2 Gz2 | Gz2 dz2 |
"G7"G3 "Gdim7"G3 | "G7"Gz (g ^f2 g) | "C"c3 "Cdim7"c3 | "C"c z (g ^f2 g) | 
"F"f3 "Dm"d3|"C/G"g3 "G7"G3 |"C"cz [aA] [gG]z [eE]|[cC]zz "Last time".[cC]z |]

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