Rock N Roll Suicide bass tab by David Bowie

Bass tabs

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: C

Difficulty: Intermediate

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Trevor Bolder - Bass'

 Intro:      1st Verse:   2nd Verse:
 Q=99
 12/8
 Gtr I
  Wx4        Wx8        Wx7
G|----------------||----------------||--------|
D|----------------||----------------||--------|
A|----------------||----------------||--------|
E|----------------||----------------||--------|

              3rd Verse:
  E E E E E E E E E E E E  Q.  q E Q.  E E E
G|-------------------------||----------------------|
D|-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-||------------------0-1-|
A|---3-3-3-3-3-------------||-3----3----3----3-----|
E|-------------------------||---------3------------|


  Q.  q E Q E E E E  Q.  E E E Q.  +E E E
G|----------------------|------/7-5------------7-5----|
D|-2----2----2--2-2-1-2-|-3---------7-5----(5)--------|
A|---------2------------|-----------------------------|
E|----------------------|-----------------------------|


  Q.  +E E E Q.  E E E  Q.  +E E E Q E E E E
G|----------4-5------------|-------------------------|
D|-7----(7)-----5----5-5-4-|-3----(3)---3-5--5-5-5-3-|
A|-------------------------|----------3--------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  Q E E E E Q E E E E  Q.  E E E Q.  E E E
G|--------0-1-2--2-2-2-0-|----------------------------|
D|-2--2-2----------------|-3----3-2-1-0----(0)-2-4----|
A|-----------------------|----------------------------|
E|-----------------------|----------------------------|


           Pre-Chorus:
  Q.  Q.  H.     E E E q E E E E E E E  E E E q E E E E E E a E
G|-------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------|
D|-5-----------------||--------------------/5-6-|-7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7-------|
A|-------------------||-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3------|----------7---------7-7s5-|
E|-------------------||----------3--------------|--------------------------|

                            Chorus:
  E E E q E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E E E E E  Q.  E E E Q.  q E
G|-------------------------|---------------------------||-----------------------|
D|--------------------/5-6-|-7-7-7-7\------7-7-7-7-----||--------4-5-6----6-----|
A|-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3------|------------/7---------7-5-||-4----7-------------4--|
E|----------3--------------|---------------------------||-----------------------|


  Q E E E E Q E E E E  Q E E a E E Q.  +E E E  Q.  E E E Q.  E E E
G|-----------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|
D|------4------------6-7-|-8----8--------------------|--------------------6-7--|
A|-2--2---2-4-6--6-9-----|----8---8s6-4-4----(4)-4-3-|-2----2-4-5-/6----9------|
E|-----------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|


                        Outro:
  Q E E E a E Q E Q E  Q.  Q.  H.     E E E q E E E E E E E
G|------------------------|-------------------||-------------------------|
D|-8----8-8---------------|-------------------||-------------------------|
A|----8-----8s6-4--4-4--4-|-4-----------------||-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-2-3--|
E|------------------------|-------------------||-------------------------|


  E E E E E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|


  E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
E|---------------------------|


  E E E q E E E E E E E  E E E q E E E E E E E
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|------------------------|------------------------|
A|-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-2-3-|-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|------------------------|------------------------|


  E E E E E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-------------------------|--------------------------|
D|-------------------------|--------------------------|
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
E|-------------------------|--------------------------|


  E E E E E E E E E E E E  Q E E E E Q E Q.
G|-------------------------|----------------------|
D|-------------------------|--------1-2-3--3-3----|
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-3-|-4--4-4---------------|
E|-------------------------|----------------------|


  Q E E E E Q.  +E E E  H.   H.
G|-------------------------|---------------*|
D|--------2-3-4----(4)-4-3-|---------------*|
A|-3--3-3------------------|-4-------------*|
E|-------------------------|---------------*|

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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).

| (n) - note tied to previous
| /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
|  s  - legato slide
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