Bass tabs
I NEED TO KNOW (Bassline)
As recorded by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
(From the 1978 Album YOU'RE GONNA GET IT!)
Words and Music by Tom Petty
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Ron Blair - Bass'
Pre-Verse
Q=154
4/4
Gtr I
W Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q
|----------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|----------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|----------|-7------7-7-7--|-7------7-7-7--|-7------7-7-7--|-5------5-5-5----|
|----------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|-7------7-7-7--|-7------7-7-7--|-7------7-7-7--|-5------5-5-5--||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
1st & 2nd Verses
W +H Q Q Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q
||-----------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
||o----------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
||o-5--------|-(5)----5--5--|-7------7-7-7--|-5------5-5-5---|
||-----------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
W +H Q Q Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q
|----------|--------------|---------------|---------------||
|----------|--------------|---------------|---------------||
|-5--------|-(5)----5--5--|-7------7-7-7--|-5------5-5-5--||
|----------|--------------|---------------|---------------||
Chorus
$
H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-7------7-7---|-5------5-5---|-3------3-3---|-5------5-5---|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
H E E E E H E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
|--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
|-7------7-7---|-5------5-5---|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|-3-3-3--3-3-3--|-3-3-3--3-3-3--|
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-5-5-5--5-5-5--|-5-5-5--5-5-5--|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|-3-3-3--3-3-3--|-3-3-3--3-3-3--|
To Coda
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-5-5-5--5-5-5--|-5-5-5--5-5-5--|-7------7-7-7--|-5------5-5-5--|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
1. 2.
Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q
|---------------|----------------||---------------||
|---------------|---------------o||---------------||
|-7------7-7-7--|-5------5-5-5--o||-5------5-5-5--||
|---------------|----------------||---------------||
Guitar Solo
H E E Q H E E Q H E E Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-7----7-7-7--|
|-5----5-5-5--|-5----5-5-5--|-------------|
H E E Q H E E Q H E E Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-7----7-7-7--|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-5----5-5-5--|-5----5-5-5--|
D.S. al Coda
H E E Q H E E Q H E E Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-7----7-7-7--|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|-7----7-7-7--|-7----7-7-7--||
Outro
&
H E E Q H E E Q H E E Q H E E Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-7----7-7-7--|-5----5-5-5--|-7----7-7-7--|-5----5-5-5--|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
H E E Q H E E Q E E E E E E E E q Q H
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|------------*|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|------------*|
|-7----7-7-7--|-5----5-5-5--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7----------*|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------|------------*|
Duration 🏷Legend
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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
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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
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
