20th Century Boy bass tab by T Rex

20TH CENTURY BOY (Bassline)

As recorded by T. Rex
(From the 1973 Album SOLID GOLD)

Words and Music by Marc Bolan

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Steve Currie - Bass'


 Intro
  Q=134
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    Q  E S S   Q  Q  Q  E S S   Q  Q  Q  E S S   Q.   E E Q  E
|---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|--------5----5--|
|-----------7-7-|-7----------7-7-|-7----------7-7-|-7----7---7-----|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

  E E Q  Q  E S S   Q.   E E Q  E   E E Q  Q  E S S   Q.   E E Q  E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-5---5-----------|--------5----5-|-5---5-----------|--------5----5--|
|---7----7----7-7-|-7----7---7----|---7----7----7-7-|-7----7---7-----|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|


                                                       1st - 3rd Verses
                                                    $
  E E Q  Q  E S S   Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E Q  Q.   E     Q  E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-5---5-----------|--------5----5-|-(5)---5-------7-||o-7----7---7---7-|
|---7----7----7-7-|-7----7---7----|-----7----7------||o------------7---|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------||-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E Q  E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   Q.   E E Q  E
|-----------------|----------------|-------6---6-9-0---|----------------|
|---7-5-7---7---7-|---7----7-7-5-7-|-(7)-7---7-------0-|--------5----5--|
|-------------7---|-----7----------|-------------------|-7----7---7-----|
|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|----------------|


  +E  E Q  Q  E S S   Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E Q  Q.   E   Q  E E Q  E E
|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-(5)---5-----------|--------5----5-|-(5)---5-------7-|-7----7----7---|
|-----7----7----7-7-|-7----7---7----|-----7----7------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|


  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 Q  E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|--------5----5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7----7---7-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|


                                                     Chorus
  +E  E Q  Q  E E   Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E Q  Q  Q     Q  E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|----------------||-----------------|
|-(5)---5---------|--------5----5-|-(5)---5--------||-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-----7----7----7-|-7----7---7----|-----7----7-----||-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|----------------||-----------------|


                                  1.
  E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  E E Q    +H     Q  E S S   Q.   E E Q  E
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|--------------|-----------------|--------5----5-|
|-----------------|-7--7--7-7-7--|-(7)---------7-7-|-7----7---7----|
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------|


  +E  E Q  Q  E S S   Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E Q  H
|-------------------|---------------|----------------||
|-(5)---5-------5-5-|--------5----5-|-(5)---5-------o||
|-----7----7--------|-7----7---7----|-----7----7----o||
|-------------------|---------------|----------------||


                 Bridge
  2.,D.S.
  +H     Q  Q     Q  E E Q.   E   +E  E E E E E Q    E E E E Q.   E
|--------------||---------------|------------------|-----------------|
|--------------||---------------|------------------|--------------5--|
|-(7)-------7--||-7--7-7-7----5-|-(5)-7-7-7-7-7-7--|-7-7-7-7-7-------|
|--------------||---------------|------------------|-----------------|


  +E  Q.   E E Q    Q  E E Q.   E   +E  E E E E E Q    E E E E Q.   E
|-----------------|---------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-(5)-------------|---------------|------------------|--------------5--|
|-----7----5------|-7--7-7-7----5-|-(5)-7-7-7-7-7-7--|-7-7-7-7-7-------|
|------------7-5--|---------------|------------------|-----------------|


  +E  Q.   E E E E   Q  E E Q.   E   +E  Q.   +H       Q  E E Q.   E
|------------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-(5)--------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------5--|
|-----7----7-5-----|-7--7-7-7----5-|-(5)-7----(7)----|-7--7-7-7-------|
|--------------7-5-|---------------|-----------------|----------------|


            To Coda
  +E  Q.   E E E E    Q  E E Q.   E   +E  Q.   +H       Q  E E Q.   E
|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-(5)---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------5-|
|-----7----7-5------|-7--7-7-7----5-|-(5)-7----(7)----|-7--7-7-7------|
|--------------7-5--|---------------|-----------------|---------------|


       D.S. al Coda &
  +E  Q.   E E E E     Q  E E Q.   E   +E  Q.   +H       Q  E E Q.   E
|-------------------||---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-(5)---------------||---------------|-----------------|-------------5-|
|-----7----7-5------||-7--7-7-7----5-|-(5)-7----(7)----|-7--7-7-7------|
|--------------7-5--||---------------|-----------------|---------------|


                     Outro
  +E  Q.   E E 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
|------------------||----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-(5)--------------||----------------|-----------------|-----5---5-7-9-7--|
|-----7----7-5-----||----7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7---7----------|
|--------------7-5-||----------------|-----------------|------------------|


  E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---7-9-7-----0---||------------------|-----------------|
|-9-------9-7---0-||o-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   3x
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------o||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--o||
|-----------------|-------------------||


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