Bass tabs
BORN TO BOOGIE (Bassline)
As recorded by T. Rex
(From the 1973 Album TANX)
Words and Music by Marc Bolan
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Steve Currie - Bass'
Intro
Q=156(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-5-5-7-5-5-----5-|-5-5-7-5-5-----5-|-5-5-7-5-5-----5-|-5-5-7-5-5-----5-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
1st - 3rd Verses
$
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q
||---------------|--------------|--------------|-0------------|
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|----4--2--0---|
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
||--3--3--3--3-3-|-3--3--3--3-3-|-3--3--3--3-3-|--------------|
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E
|-------0--2-5-|-------2--4-2-|--------------|--------------|
|----2---------|-0--4---------|--------------|--------------|
|-3------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|-3--3--3--3-3-|-3--3--3--3-3-|
1.
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------o||
|-7--7--7--7-7-|-7--7--7--7-7-|-7--7--7--7-7-|--------------|--------------o||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-3--3--3--3-3-|-3--3--3--3-3--||
Bridge
2.,D.S.
$$
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E
|--------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------||----2--5--2-5-|----2--5--2-5-|----2--5--2-5-|
|-3--3--3--3-3-||-3------------|-3------------|-3------------|
To Coda
To Coda
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E
|--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|--------------|----2-----2--|-0--4--0--4--|---------------|
|----2--5--2-5-|-3-----3-----|-------------|----2--5--2-5--|
|-3------------|-------------|-------------|-3-------------|
Outro
D.S. al CoD.S.S. al Dbl. Coda &&
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------||---------------||--------------||-------------------|
|---------------||---------------||--------------||-------------------|
|----2--5--2-5--||----2--5--2-5--||----2--5--2-5-||-5-5-7-5-5-----5---|
|-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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-7-5-5-----5-|
|-5-5-7-5-5-----5-|-5-5-7-5-5-----5-|-5-5-7-5-5-----5-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-7-5-5-----5-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-7-5-5-----5-|-5-5-7-5-5-----5-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-7-5-5-----5-|
E E E E E E E E E Q. Q Q E E E E Q Q +W
|-----------------|--------------|-------0-------|--------*|
|-----------------|--------------|-0-2-4---------|--------*|
|-----------------|---2----3--4--|---------------|--------*|
|-3-3-5-3-3-----3-|-3------------|------------3--|-(3)----*|
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
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
