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Rock And Roll Music bass tab by Chuck Berry

Bass tabs

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: Eb

Difficulty: Novice

ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC (Bassline)
As recorded by Chuck Berry
(From the 1958 Album ONE DOZEN BERRYS)

Words and Music by Chuck Berry
Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Willie Dixon - Upright Bass'

 Intro:         Chorus:
 Q=162(8=s8)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W     W      Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q
G|----------|----------||--------------|-------------|
D|----------|----------||o----5--8--5--|----5--8--5--|
A|----------|----------||o-6-----------|-6-----------|
E|----------|----------||--------------|-------------|
  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
D|----5--8--5--|----5--8--5--|-------------|--------------|
A|-6-----------|-6-----------|----3--6--3--|----3--6--3---|
E|-------------|-------------|-4-----------|-4------------|


  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
D|----5--8--5--|----5--8--5--|----5--6--6--|-8--6--5--5---|
A|-6-----------|-6-----------|-8-----------|--------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|


  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q H
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------||
D|----5--8--5--|----5--8--5--|----5--8--5--|------------||
A|-8-----------|-6-----------|-8-----------|-6----------||
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------||


 1st & 2nd Verses:
  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
D|-------------|-------------|----5--8--8--|----5--8--8---|
A|----5--8--8--|----5--8--8--|-6-----------|-6------------|
E|-6-----------|-6-----------|-------------|--------------|
  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q H
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------o||
A|-------3--6--|-------3--6--|-------5--8--|------------o||
E|-4--4--------|-4--4--------|-6--6--------|-6-----------||


  Chorus:
   Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q
G||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D||o----5--8--5--|----5--8--5--|----5--8--5--|----5--8--5--|
A||o-6-----------|-6-----------|-6-----------|-6-----------|
E||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|


  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
D|-------------|-------------|----5--8--5--|----5--8--5---|
A|----3--6--3--|----3--6--3--|-6-----------|-6------------|
E|-4-----------|-4-----------|-------------|--------------|


  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
D|----5--6--6--|-8--6--5--5--|----5--8--5--|----5--8--5---|
A|-8-----------|-------------|-8-----------|-6------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|


               3rd & 4th verses:
  Q Q Q Q  Q Q H    Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q
G|-------------|------------||-------------|--------------|
D|----5--8--5--|------------||-------------|--------------|
A|-8-----------|-6----------||----5--8--8--|----5--8--8---|
E|-------------|------------||-6-----------|-6------------|


  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
D|----5--8--8--|----5--8--8--|-------------|--------------|
A|-6-----------|-6-----------|-------3--6--|-------3--6---|
E|-------------|-------------|-4--4--------|-4--4---------|


                       Outro:
        1.       2.
  Q Q Q Q  Q Q H    Q Q H    Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q
G|-------------|-------------||------------||-------------|---------------|
D|-------------|------------o||------------||----5--8--5--|----5--8--5----|
A|-------5--8--|------------o||------------||-6-----------|-6-------------|
E|-6--6--------|-6-----------||-6----------||-------------|---------------|


  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
D|----5--8--5--|----5--8--5--|-------------|--------------|
A|-6-----------|-6-----------|----3--6--3--|----3--6--3---|
E|-------------|-------------|-4-----------|-4------------|


  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
D|----5--8--5--|----5--8--5--|----5--6--6--|-8--6--5--5---|
A|-6-----------|-6-----------|-8-----------|--------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|


  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q E E E E Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------*|
D|----5--8--5--|----5--8--5--|----5--8--5--|----------------*|
A|-8-----------|-6-----------|-8-----------|-6--6-6-6-------*|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------------*|

Lyrics:
Just let me hear some of that rock and roll music
Any old way you choose it
It's got a backbeat, you can't lose it
Any old time you use it
It's gotta be rock and roll music
If you wanna dance with me
If you wanna dance with me

I have no kick against modern jazz
Unless they try to play it too darn fast
And change the beauty of the melody
Until they sound just like a symphony

That's why I go for that rock and roll music
Any old way you choose it
It's got a backbeat, you can't lose it
Any old time you use it
It's gotta be rock and roll music
If you want to dance with me
If you want to dance with me

I took my loved one over cross the tracks
So she can hear my man a-wail a sax
I must admit they have a rockin' band
Man, they were blowin' like a hurricane

That's why I go for that rock and roll music
Any old way you choose it
It's got a backbeat, you can't lose it
Any old time you use it
It's gotta be rock and roll music
If you wanna dance with me
If you wanna dance with me

Way down South they gave a jubilee
The jokey folks, they had a jamboree
They're drinkin' homebrew from a wooden cup
The folks dancin' got all shook up

And started playin' that rock and roll music
Any old way you choose it
It's got a backbeat, you can't lose it
Any old time you use it
It's gotta be rock and roll music
If you wanna dance with me
If you wanna dance with me

Don't care to hear 'em play a tango
I'm in the mood to dig a mambo
It's way too early for a congo
So keep a-rockin' that piano

So I can hear some of that rock and roll music
Any old way you choose it
It's got a backbeat, you can't lose it
Any old time you use it
It's gotta be rock and roll music
If you wanna dance with me
If you wanna dance with me

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Duration 🏷Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
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