I Need To Know bass tab by Tom Petty

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
---------------
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