Tabs
BORN TO BOOGIE
As recorded by T. Rex
(From the 1973 Album TANX)
Words and Music by Marc Bolan
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE) - 'Marc Bolan - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Marc Bolan - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=156(8=s8)
G+G
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ dist.)
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
|--0-0-0-0-0-----0-|--0-0-0-0-0-----0-|--0-0-0-0-0-----0-|--0-0-0-0-0-----||
|--0-0-0-0-0-----0-|--0-0-0-0-0-----0-|--0-0-0-0-0-----0-|--0-0-0-0-0-----||
|--0-0-2-0-0-----0-|--0-0-2-0-0-----0-|--0-0-2-0-0-----0-|--0-0-2-0-0-----||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr. w/ dist & w/ slide)
| H H H H H H H H
|-/3---------------|-/3---------------|-/3---------------|-/3-------------||
|-/3---------------|-/3---------------|-/3---------------|-/3-------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
1st - 3rd Verses
$
G+G
Q Q Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E H E MajorE E Q
||-----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
||o--------------0-|---0-----------|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-|--------0-----|
||----0--0--0--0-0-|---0---0-0--0--|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-|--------0-----|
||----0--2--0--2---|-------2-0--2--|-0-0-2-0-0-----0-|--------------|
||o----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
||-----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
|
| H H W W W
||--/15------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
||o-/15------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
||-----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
||-----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
||o----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
||-----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
C majorC D MajorD G+G
E MajorE E Q Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q Q E MajorE E H Q Q
|-------------2-|---2---3---2-----|---------------|------------|
|---1---------3-|---3---3---3---0-|---0-----------|------------|
|---0----0--2---|---------------0-|---0----0----0-|------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------0--2---|------0--2--|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------|
E minorEm
Q E MajorE E +Q E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q Q E MajorE E
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-0--0-3-(3)--0-0-|---0-0--3-0---0-|---0----3--0-0-|
|-0--0----------0-|---0-0--0-0---0-|---0----0--0-0-|
|-2--2----------2-|---2-2--2-2---2-|---2----2--2-2-|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
1.
G+G
E MajorE E Q Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E +Q E MajorE E
|---------------|------------------||
|---0-----------|-----------------o||
|---0---------0-|------------------||
|--------0--2---|------0-(0)--2----||
|---------------|-----------------o||
|---------------|------------------||
Bridge
2.,D.S.
$$
G+G
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q Q Q E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE Q Q Q Q Q Q E MajorE E
|-----------------||---------------|--------------------|---------------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||---------------|--------------------|---------------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-------------0-|-(0)-0--------------|-------------0-|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--------0--2---|-------2-----0------|--------0--2---|
|-----------------||-----2---------|-----------------2--|-----2---------|
|-----------------||--3------------|--------------------|--3------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W H H Q E MajorE E MajorE +Q Q H H
|-----------------||-/3------------|-/3------/3-(3)-----|-/3------------|
|-----------------||-/3------------|-/3------/3-(3)-----|-/3------------|
|-----------------||---------------|--------------------|---------------|
|-----------------||---------------|--------------------|---------------|
|-----------------||---------------|--------------------|---------------|
|-----------------||---------------|--------------------|---------------|
To Coda
To Coda
C majorC D MajorD
+E MajorE E MajorE Q Q Q Q Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE Q Q E MajorE E E MajorE E
|--------------------|---------------|-----2---2---2---2-|--------------------|
|--------------------|---------------|-----3---3---3---3-|--------------------|
|-(0)-0--------------|-------0-0-0-0-|-------------------|---------------0----|
|-------2-----0------|----2----------|-------------------|---------0-0-2-0----|
|-----------------2--|-3-------------|-------------------|------2-------------|
|--------------------|---------------|-------------------|--3-----------------|
|
| Q E MajorE E MajorE +Q Q W E MajorE a Q E MajorE Q Q E MajorE E Q H
|-/3------/3-(3)-----|---------------|-------------------|----3---------------|
|-/3------/3-(3)-----|---------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|---------------|---2h4---2-0---0---|-/4-----------------|
|--------------------|---------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|---------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|---------------|-------------------|--------------------|
D.S. al Coda D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda &&
G+G G+G
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-------3---2----||------------------||
|-------3---3----||----0----0-----0--||
|---0------------||----0----0-----0--||
|---0---------2--||----0----0-----0--||
|----------------||------------------||
|----------------||------------------||
|
| W Q Q H
|----------------||-/3---------------||
|----------------||-/3---------------||
|----------------||------------------||
|----------------||------------------||
|----------------||------------------||
|----------------||------------------||
Outro
G+G G+G
E MajorE E Q Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-----------------------||-------------------|
|---------------------0-||---0-0-0-0-0-----0-|
|---0-0---------------0-||---0-0-0-0-0-----0-|
|-------2-------0-------||---0-0-2-0-0-----0-|
|-------------------2---||-------------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------|
|
| Q E MajorE E MajorE +Q Q H H
|-/15-----/15-(15)------||-/15---------------|
|-/15-----/15-(15)------||-/15---------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------|
C majorC
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-----0-|---0-0-0-0-0-----0-|---0-0-0-0-0-----0-|------------------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-----0-|---0-0-0-0-0-----0-|---0-0-0-0-0-----0-|-5-5-5-5-5-----5--|
|---0-0-2-0-0-----0-|---0-0-2-0-0-----0-|---0-0-2-0-0-----0-|-5-5-5-5-5-----5--|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-----3--|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|
| H H H H H H H Q E MajorE E
|-/15---------------|-/15---------------|-/15---------------|------------------|
|-/15---------------|-/15---------------|-/15---------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------2h=|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
G+G
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|--0--0-0-0-0-----0-|
|-5-5-5-5--5-------5-|--0--0-0-0-0-----0-|
|-5-5-5-5--5-------5-|--0--0-2-0-0-----0-|
|-3-3-3-3--3-------3-|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE +Q Q H
|-----------------/3-|-(3)---------------|
|---3-------------/3-|-(3)---------------|
|-4---2-2-(2)-0------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
D MajorD
E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E +E MajorE Q E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE Q
|------------2---2-|-(2)-3---2-(2)------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-3---3-|-(3)-----------3----|
|--0-0-0-0-0-------|-----------------2--|
|--0-0-2-0-0-------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|
| H H Q E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE Q
|-/3---------------|--------------------|
|-/3---------------|---------------3----|
|------------------|---------2h=4----4--|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
C majorC G+G
E MajorE Q E MajorE E E MajorE Q E MajorE E E MajorE E Q Q E MajorE E E MajorE E Q Q +W
|----------------|---3-------------|---------------|--------*|
|----------------|-------0-0---0---|---------------|--------*|
|-5-5---5---5-5--|-------0-0---0---|-------0----0--|-(0)----*|
|-5-5---5---5-5--|-----------------|-0-2-4------0--|-(0)----*|
|-3-3---3---3-3--|-----------------|---------------|--------*|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------*|
|
| E MajorE E E MajorE E Q Q H E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E Q Q +W
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------*|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------*|
|-2h4------------|-----------------|---------------|--------*|
|-----2-0--------|-----------4-2-0-|---------------|--------*|
|---------2------|-----------------|-2-------------|--------*|
|----------------|-----------------|---3-2-3----3--|-(3)----*|
Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E MajorE - 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
----------------
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
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
