Bass tabs
TELEGRAM SAM (Bassline)
As recorded by T. Rex
(From the 1972 Album THE SLIDER)
Words and Music by Marc Bolan
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Steve Currie - Bass'
Intro
Q=123
4/4
Gtr I
W E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|---7----7-5-----|---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5---|
|----------|------------7---|---------------7-|---------------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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5---|
|---------------7-|---------------7-|---------------7-|
|-5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------||
|---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5-----||
|---------------7-|---------------7---||
|-5---------------|-5-----------------||
1st Verse
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---5-7-5-|------------------|
|---7-------------|---7---7---7-5---|-----------------|---7-5------------|
|-----------------|---------------7-|-5---------------|-----------5-3----|
|-5-----0---0-3-0-|-5---------------|-----------------|-5-------------3--|
2nd & 4th Verses
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
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|-------2---2-0----|
|---7-------------|---7---7---7-5---||o---7-------------|-----2---------2--|
|-----------------|---------------7-||o-----------------|---4--------------|
|-5-----0---0-3-0-|-5---------------||--5-----0---0-3-0-|-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
|---7---7---7-5---|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|---------------7-|---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5----||
|-5---5-----------|---------------7-|---------------7-|---------------7--||
|-----------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|-5----------------||
3rd & 5th Verses
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
|-----------------|-------2---2-0---|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-5----------------|
|---7-------------|-----2---------2-|-----------------|-----7-5-(5)--------|
|-----------------|---4-------------|-5---------------|-------------7-5----|
|-5-----0-3-0-3-5-|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------8--|
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H H Q Q E E E E
|-----------------|------------------||-----------|----------------|
|---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5----||-----------|----------------|
|---------------7-|---------------7\-||-----------|----5-----------|
|-5---------------|-5----------------||-1----0----|-3-------3-3-3--|
E E E E E E E E H H Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------|----5----------|------------------|
|-0-5---0---0-3-5-|-1----0----|-3-------3-3-3-|-0-5---0---0-3-5--|
1.
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---7-5---|---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5----o||
|---------------7-|---------------7-|---------------7-|---------------7--o||
|-5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|-5-----------------||
2.
E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|----------------|-----------------|---9-9-9-9-9-----|--------------|
|---7--------5---|---7---7---7-5---|-------------5-7-|---7-4--------|
|----------5---5-|---------------7-|-----------------|--------------|
|-5--------------|-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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5----||
|---------------7-|---------------7-|---------------7-|---------------7--||
|-5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|-5----------------||
6th Verse
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 Q E E
|-------2---2-0---|-------2---2-0---|---7---7---5-7-5-|---5-------------|
|-----2---------2-|-----2---------2-|-----------------|-----7-5---------|
|---4-------------|---4-------------|-5---------------|--------------7--|
|-5---------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
7th Verse
E E E 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
|-----------------|-----------------||----------------|------------------|
|---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5---||----------------|---7---7---7-5----|
|---------------7-|---------------7-||----------------|---------------7--|
|-5---------------|-5---------------||-5----3-5-3-3-5-|------------------|
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
|---7-------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-------7-----7---|---7---5-----5---|---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5----||
|-5---5-----5---5-|-----------7---7-|---------------7-|---------------7--||
|-----------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|-5----------------||
8th Verse
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---7-5---|------------------|
|-------------4---|---7---7---7-5---|---------------7-|---7---7---7-5----|
|-----------7---7-|---------------7-|-5---5-----------|---------------7--|
|-5---5-5---------|-5---------------|-----------------|-5----------------|
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H H H H
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------|-----------|
|---7---5-----5---|---7---7---7-5---||-----------|------5----|
|-----------7---7-|---------------7-||-----------|-----------|
|-5---------------|-5---------------||-1----0----|-3---------|
E E E E E E E E H H H H E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------|-----------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------|------5----|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------|-----------|------------------|
|-0---0-0---5-5-5-|-1----0----|-3---------|-5-5-5-5---5-5-5--|
Outro
H H H H E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E
|-----------|-----------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-----------|------5----|-----------------||---7------7-5----|
|-----------|-----------|-----------------||--------------7--|
|-1----0----|-3---------|-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-||-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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-------------------|
|-----------5-5-5-|---7---7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||o---7-4---5---4----|
|---7---7---------|-----------------|-----------------||o-------7---7---7--|
|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------||--5----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|---7-5-7---------|---5-7-------5-7-|
|-----------7-5---|-------7---7-----|
|-5-------------8-|-5---------------|
E E E E +E E E E 4x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------||-----------------|-----------------*|
|---5-7-5-(5)-------o||---7-4---5---4---|---7-5-7---------*|
|-------------7-5---o||-------7---7---7-|-----------7-5---*|
|-----------------8--||-5---------------|-5-------------8-*|
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
