Schools Out Bass Tab by Alice Cooper

Schools Out bass tab by Alice Cooper (Ver. 2)

Bass Tab

SCHOOL'S OUT
Bass guitar

As recorded by Alice Cooper
(From the 1972 Album SCHOOL'S OUT)

Words and Music by Alice Cooper, Glen Buxton, Michael Bruce, Dennis Dunaway & Neal Smith

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Dennis Dunaway - Bass'


 Intro
  Q=132(8=s8)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          W          W
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|-9----|
|----------|----------|-7----|
|----------|----------|------|

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  +H.      Q    W          +H.      Q
|-------------|----------|-------------|
|-(9)---------|-9--------|-(9)---------|
|-(7)---------|-7--------|-(7)---------|
|-------------|----------|-------------|


  |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-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 E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|


  |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-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 Q.
|-------------------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7---5-7-------5-|-7---5-7---5\---||
|-------------------------|---7-------7-7---|---7------------||


 1st Verse
  e E E E E E E E   e E E E E Q.     e E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----5-7-------5-|-7---5-7--------|-----5-7-------5-|
|-0-7-------7-7---|---7-------7\---|-0-7-------7-7---|


  e E E E E Q.     e E E E E E E E   e E E E E Q.
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-7---5-7--------|-----5-7-------5-|-7---5-7--------|
|---7-------7\---|-0-7-------7-7---|---7-------7\---|


                                     Pre-Chorus
  e E E E E E E E   e E E E E Q.       q   q   q   q     q   q   Q   E  E
|-----------------|----------------||-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|----------------||-10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10---------|
|-----5-7-------5-|-7---5-7--------||-----------------|--------------------|
|-0-7-------7-7---|---7-------7\---||-----------------|-------------10-11--|


                                                   |--3--|
  Q   q   q   q     q   q   q   q      q   q   q   E  E  E
|----------------|-----------------||----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------||----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------||-10--10--10--10-10-10-|
|----11--11--11--|-11--11--11--11--||----------------------|


       |--3--|      |--3--|        |--3--|      |--3--|
   q   E  E  E  q   E  E  E    q   E  E  E  q   E  E  E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|


       |--3--|      |--3--|
   q   E  E  E  q   E  E  E
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10--|
|----------------------------|


       |--3--|      |--3--|        |--3--|      |--3--|
   q   E  E  E  q   E  E  E    q   E  E  E  q   E  E  E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|


       |--3--|      |--3--|
   q   E  E  E  q   E  E  E
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10--|
|----------------------------|


       |--3--|      |--3--|        |--3--|      |--3--|
   q   E  E  E  q   E  E  E    q   E  E  E  q   E  E  E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|


       |--3--|      |--3--|
   q   E  E  E  q   E  E  E
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10--|
|----------------------------|


       |--3--|      |--3--|        |--3--|      |--3--|
   q   E  E  E  q   E  E  E    q   E  E  E  q   E  E  E   Q  a H.
|---------------------------|---------------------------|------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|----6s7-----|
|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|------------|


                                              Bridge
  +Q   a H    +Q      W          +W             Q.    E  Q.    E
|-------------------|----------|------------||----------12----12-|
|-(7)--6s7----(7)\--|-3--------|-(3)--------||-10----10----------|
|-------------------|----------|------------||-------------------|
|-------------------|----------|------------||-------------------|


   Q   E  E  Q   E  E    Q.    E  Q.    E
|-----------12--12-12-|----------12----12-|
|-10--10-10-----------|-10----10----------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|


   Q   E  E  Q   E  E    Q   E  E  Q   E  E
|-----------12--12-12-|-14--14-14-----------|
|-10--10-10-----------|-----------12--12-12-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|


                                                      |--3--|  |--3--|
   Q.    E  Q   E  E    Q.    E  Q   E  E    Q.    E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-14----14-----------|-14----14-----------|-14--------------------------||
|----------12--12-12-|----------12--12-12-|-------12-12-12-12-12-12-12--||
|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------||


   Guitar Solo
                |-3-|               |-3-|
    E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E  3x
||------7-9---9-7-----|-----7-9---9-7------||
||o---9-----------9-7-|---9-----------9-7-o||
||o-7-----------------|-7-----------------o||
||--------------------|--------------------||


              |-3-|               |-3-|
  E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E
|-----7-9---9-7-----|-----7-9---9-7------||
|---9-----------9-7-|---9-----------9-7--||
|-7-----------------|-7------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||


 2nd Verse
  e E E E E E E E   e E E E E Q.     e E E E E E E E   e E E E E Q.
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----5-7-------5-|-7---5-7--------|-----5-7-------5-|-7---5-7--------|
|-0-7-------7-7---|---7-------7\---|-0-7-------7-7---|---7-------7\---|


                                                                   |-3-|
  e E E E E E E E   e E E E E Q.     e E E E E E E E   e E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----5-7-------5-|-7---5-7--------|-----5-7-------5-|-7---5-7-------5-7-||
|-0-7-------7-7---|---7-------7\---|-0-7-------7-7---|---7-------7-7-----||


 Chorus
       |--3--|      |--3--|        |--3--|      |--3--|
   q   E  E  E  q   E  E  E    q   E  E  E  q   E  E  E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|


       |--3--|      |--3--|        |--3--|      |--3--|
   q   E  E  E  q   E  E  E    q   E  E  E  q   E  E  E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|


       |--3--|      |--3--|        |--3--|      |--3--|
   q   E  E  E  q   E  E  E    q   E  E  E  q   E  E  E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|


       |--3--|      |--3--|        |--3--|      |--3--|
   q   E  E  E  q   E  E  E    q   E  E  E  q   E  E  E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|


   W          W          W          +W
|-----------|----------|----------|--------||
|-----------|----------|----------|--------||
|-10--------|-8--------|-3--------|-(3)----||
|-----------|----------|----------|--------||


 Bridge
   Q.    E  Q.    E    Q.    E  Q.    E
|----------12----12-|----------12----12-|
|-10----10----------|-10----10----------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|


   Q   E  E  Q.    E    Q   E  E  Q.    E
|-----------12----12-|-----------12----12-|
|-10--10-10----------|-10--10-10----------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|


   Q.    E  Q.    E    Q.    E  Q.    E    Q.    E  Q.    E    Q.    E Q   Q
|-14----14----------|-14----14----------|-14----14----------|-14----14---------|
|----------12----12-|----------12----12-|----------12----12-|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------12\--|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|


                                  |3|
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  e E   E Q E E Q  e E   Q  E E H
|---------------|---------------|----------------|-------------|
|--------5--5---|--------5--5---|---------5--5---|--------5----|
|-3--3-3--------|-3--3-3--------|-3-3-3-3--------|-3--3-3------|
|-------------3-|-------------3-|--------------3-|-------------|


                                                  |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  Q.   E Q  e E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q.   E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-------------5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------||
|--------7--7---|--------7--7---|--------7------|-------------------------||
|-5----5--------|-5----5--------|-5----5--------|-------------5-5-5-5-8-9-||
|-------------5-|-------------5-|---------------|-------------------------||


   Out-Chorus
         |--3--|      |--3--|        |--3--|      |--3--|
     q   E  E  E  q   E  E  E    q   E  E  E  q   E  E  E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|


       |--3--|      |--3--|        |--3--|      |--3--|
   q   E  E  E  q   E  E  E    q   E  E  E  q   E  E  E    3x
|---------------------------|------------------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10---o||
|---------------------------|------------------------------||


   W          H.      +Q      W          +W
|-----------|---------------|----------|--------*|
|-----------|---------------|----------|--------*|
|-10--------|-8-------(8)\--|-3--------|-(3)----*|
|-----------|---------------|----------|--------*|


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 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
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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