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BORN TO BOOGIE

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 B E) - 'Marc Bolan - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Marc Bolan - Electric Guitar'


 Intro
  Q=156(8=s8)
  Chord diagramG+G
 4/4
  Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ dist.)
   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q  Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
|--0-0-0-0-0-----0-|--0-0-0-0-0-----0-|--0-0-0-0-0-----0-|--0-0-0-0-0-----||
|--0-0-0-0-0-----0-|--0-0-0-0-0-----0-|--0-0-0-0-0-----0-|--0-0-0-0-0-----||
|--0-0-2-0-0-----0-|--0-0-2-0-0-----0-|--0-0-2-0-0-----0-|--0-0-2-0-0-----||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
|
| Gtr II (El. Gtr. w/ dist & w/ slide)
|  H       H          H       H          H       H          H       H
|-/3---------------|-/3---------------|-/3---------------|-/3-------------||
|-/3---------------|-/3---------------|-/3---------------|-/3-------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||


   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    Chord diagramG+G
      Q  Q  Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q  Q    Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE   H    Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q
||-----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
||o--------------0-|---0-----------|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-|--------0-----|
||----0--0--0--0-0-|---0---0-0--0--|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-|--------0-----|
||----0--2--0--2---|-------2-0--2--|-0-0-2-0-0-----0-|--------------|
||o----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
||-----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
|
|     H     H        W               W                 W
||--/15------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
||o-/15------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
||-----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
||-----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
||o----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
||-----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
  Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramD MajorD                 Chord diagramG+G
  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q  Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q  Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE   H    Q  Q
|-------------2-|---2---3---2-----|---------------|------------|
|---1---------3-|---3---3---3---0-|---0-----------|------------|
|---0----0--2---|---------------0-|---0----0----0-|------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------0--2---|------0--2--|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------|


  Chord diagramE minorEm
  Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +Q   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q  Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-0--0-3-(3)--0-0-|---0-0--3-0---0-|---0----3--0-0-|
|-0--0----------0-|---0-0--0-0---0-|---0----0--0-0-|
|-2--2----------2-|---2-2--2-2---2-|---2----2--2-2-|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|


                 1.
                  Chord diagramG+G
  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q  Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE   Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +Q   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE
|---------------|------------------||
|---0-----------|-----------------o||
|---0---------0-|------------------||
|--------0--2---|------0-(0)--2----||
|---------------|-----------------o||
|---------------|------------------||


                    Bridge
  2.,D.S.
                  $$
                     Chord diagramG+G
  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE     Q  Q  Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE   +Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Q     Q   Q     Q  Q  Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE
|-----------------||---------------|--------------------|---------------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||---------------|--------------------|---------------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-------------0-|-(0)-0--------------|-------------0-|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--------0--2---|-------2-----0------|--------0--2---|
|-----------------||-----2---------|-----------------2--|-----2---------|
|-----------------||--3------------|--------------------|--3------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W                   H     H         Q    Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE +Q   Q     H     H
|-----------------||-/3------------|-/3------/3-(3)-----|-/3------------|
|-----------------||-/3------------|-/3------/3-(3)-----|-/3------------|
|-----------------||---------------|--------------------|---------------|
|-----------------||---------------|--------------------|---------------|
|-----------------||---------------|--------------------|---------------|
|-----------------||---------------|--------------------|---------------|


                                                                    To Coda
                                                                    To Coda
                       Chord diagramC majorC               Chord diagramD MajorD
  +Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Q     Q   Q    Q  Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE    Q   Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE
|--------------------|---------------|-----2---2---2---2-|--------------------|
|--------------------|---------------|-----3---3---3---3-|--------------------|
|-(0)-0--------------|-------0-0-0-0-|-------------------|---------------0----|
|-------2-----0------|----2----------|-------------------|---------0-0-2-0----|
|-----------------2--|-3-------------|-------------------|------2-------------|
|--------------------|---------------|-------------------|--3-----------------|
|
|  Q    Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE +Q   Q    W               Chord diagramE MajorE a Q   Chord diagramE MajorE Q   Q      Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q  H
|-/3------/3-(3)-----|---------------|-------------------|----3---------------|
|-/3------/3-(3)-----|---------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|---------------|---2h4---2-0---0---|-/4-----------------|
|--------------------|---------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|---------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|---------------|-------------------|--------------------|


    D.S. al Coda D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda &&
  Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramG+G
  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q      Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE
|-------3---2----||------------------||
|-------3---3----||----0----0-----0--||
|---0------------||----0----0-----0--||
|---0---------2--||----0----0-----0--||
|----------------||------------------||
|----------------||------------------||
|
| W                  Q   Q  H
|----------------||-/3---------------||
|----------------||-/3---------------||
|----------------||------------------||
|----------------||------------------||
|----------------||------------------||
|----------------||------------------||


                          Outro
  Chord diagramG+G                        Chord diagramG+G
    Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q       Q   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE      Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE
|-----------------------||-------------------|
|---------------------0-||---0-0-0-0-0-----0-|
|---0-0---------------0-||---0-0-0-0-0-----0-|
|-------2-------0-------||---0-0-2-0-0-----0-|
|-------------------2---||-------------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------|
|
|   Q   Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramE MajorE  +Q   Q        H       H
|-/15-----/15-(15)------||-/15---------------|
|-/15-----/15-(15)------||-/15---------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------|


                                                              Chord diagramC majorC
    Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-----0-|---0-0-0-0-0-----0-|---0-0-0-0-0-----0-|------------------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-----0-|---0-0-0-0-0-----0-|---0-0-0-0-0-----0-|-5-5-5-5-5-----5--|
|---0-0-2-0-0-----0-|---0-0-2-0-0-----0-|---0-0-2-0-0-----0-|-5-5-5-5-5-----5--|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-----3--|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|
|   H       H           H       H           H       H         H       Q   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE
|-/15---------------|-/15---------------|-/15---------------|------------------|
|-/15---------------|-/15---------------|-/15---------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------2h=|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|


                       Chord diagramG+G
  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|--0--0-0-0-0-----0-|
|-5-5-5-5--5-------5-|--0--0-0-0-0-----0-|
|-5-5-5-5--5-------5-|--0--0-2-0-0-----0-|
|-3-3-3-3--3-------3-|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|
| Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE +Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE   +Q    Q   H
|-----------------/3-|-(3)---------------|
|---3-------------/3-|-(3)---------------|
|-4---2-2-(2)-0------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|


                     Chord diagramD MajorD
   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE   +Chord diagramE MajorE  Q   Chord diagramE MajorE +Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Q
|------------2---2-|-(2)-3---2-(2)------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-3---3-|-(3)-----------3----|
|--0-0-0-0-0-------|-----------------2--|
|--0-0-2-0-0-------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|
|  H       H          Q    Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE  Chord diagramE MajorE Q
|-/3---------------|--------------------|
|-/3---------------|---------------3----|
|------------------|---------2h=4----4--|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|


  Chord diagramC majorC                Chord diagramG+G
  Chord diagramE MajorE Q   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q    Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q   Q     Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q  Q    +W
|----------------|---3-------------|---------------|--------*|
|----------------|-------0-0---0---|---------------|--------*|
|-5-5---5---5-5--|-------0-0---0---|-------0----0--|-(0)----*|
|-5-5---5---5-5--|-----------------|-0-2-4------0--|-(0)----*|
|-3-3---3---3-3--|-----------------|---------------|--------*|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------*|
|
| Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q   Q    H       Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramE MajorE Q  Q    +W
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------*|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------*|
|-2h4------------|-----------------|---------------|--------*|
|-----2-0--------|-----------4-2-0-|---------------|--------*|
|---------2------|-----------------|-2-------------|--------*|
|----------------|-----------------|---3-2-3----3--|-(3)----*|


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; Chord diagramE MajorE - 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

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