#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
Author/Artist: W.A.S.P.
Title: I Wanna Be Somebody
Album: W.A.S.P.
Type: Guitar Tablature
Transcribed by: Roadkill
Email: Unknown
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
#- Distributed by the site Chainsaw Charlie - http://wasptabs.planetaclix.pt -#
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
I WANNA BE SOMEBODY
As recorded by W.A.S.P.
(From the 1984 Album W.A.S.P.)
Words and Music by Blackie Lawless
Transcribed by Roadkill
F G5 A D/A
1 3 3 2 x x 3 x 0 0 x x x 0 2 2 2 x x 0 0 2 3 2
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Gtr I'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Gtr II'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Gtr. III'
1st Verse
Fast Rock Q=168
4/4
Gtr I
<
PM-----------------
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
W E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-------------------------||----------------------|
|----------|-------------------------||----------------------|
|----------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||-2--------------------|
|----------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-2--------------------|
|----------|-------------------------||-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|----------|-------------------------||----------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| W E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|----------|-------------------------||----------------------|
|----------|-------------------------||----------------------|
|----------|-------------------------||----------------------|
|----------|-------------------------||----------------------|
|----------|-------------------------||----------------------|
|----------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-||----------------------|
-----------------------| PM--------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |3| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E EE
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-0h2-------------------|
|-------------------------|-0h2-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| W W
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
PM--------------------| PM-----------------
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |3| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E EE
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-0h2-------------------|
|-------------------------|-0h2-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
-----------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-------------------------|-0----|
|-------------------------|-3----|
|-------------------------|-2----|
|-------------------------|-0----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------|
|-------------------------|------|
PM--------------------| PM-----------------
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|-2--------------------|
|-------------------------|-2--------------------|
|-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2-------|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------3-3-3-|----------------------|
-----------------------| PM--------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |3| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E EE
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-0h2--------------------|
|-------------------------|-0h2--------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
PM--------------------| PM-----------------
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |3| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E EE
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-0h2-------------------|
|-------------------------|-0h2-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
-----------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H.
|-------------------------|-0--0-----|
|-------------------------|-3--3-----|
|-------------------------|-2--2-----|
|-------------------------|-0--0-----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------|
|-------------------------|----------|
$
PM--------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E H Q. E Q Q Q. E +W
|-------------------------|-------------|--------------|--------|
|-------------------------|-------------|------------2-|-(2)----|
|-------------x-x-x-------|-5----4----2-|-2-----0----2-|-(2)----|
|-------------x-x-x-------|-3----3------|-3-----0----2-|-(2)----|
|-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2-------|-------------|----0--x----0-|-(0)----|
|-------------------3-3-3-|-------------|-------3------|--------|
AF G5 A
Gtr II
W HHH Q. E +W
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
TP
+H.. EH Q. E Q Q Q. E +W
|----------------|-------------|----------------|--------|
|-(2)------------|-------------|--------------2-|-(2)----|
|-(2)----------0-|-5----4----0-|-2---0---0----2-|-(2)----|
|-(2)------------|-3----3------|-3--(3)-------2-|-(2)----|
|-(0)------------|-------------|--------------0-|-(0)----|
|----------------|-------------|----------------|--------|
|
| Gtr III
| Q Q H W W W
|----------------|-------------|----------------|--------|
|--5----3--1-----|-------------|----------------|--------|
|--6----4--2-----|-------------|----------------|--------|
|----------------|-------------|----------------|--------|
|----------------|-------------|----------------|--------|
|----------------|-------------|----------------|--------|
F G5 D/A
W HHH Q. E +W
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
+H.. EH Q. E Q Q Q. E +W
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|--------|
|-(2)------------|-------------|-----0---------7-|-(7)----|
|-(2)----------0-|-5----4----0-|-2---0---(0)---7-|-(7)----|
|-(2)------------|-3----3------|-3--(3)---0----7-|-(7)----|
|-(0)------------|-------------|----------x----0-|-(0)----|
|----------------|-------------|----------3------|--------|
|
| Q Q H W W W
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|--------|
|--5----3--1-----|-------------|-----------------|--------|
|--6----4--2-----|-------------|-----------------|--------|
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|--------|
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|--------|
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|--------|
Chorus
D/A
E E Q H W W W
|
/
PM----| PM----|
|3| |-3-| |3| |-3-|
E E Q H Q E E E E Q E E E E W H.. E
|-------------||---------------------|----------|-----------0-|
|-7-----------||-2---------2---------|-2--------|-----------3-|
|-7-----------||-2---------2---------|-2--------|-2---------2-|
|-7-----------||-2---------2---------|-2--------|-3---------0-|
|-------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--------|-3-----------|
|-------------||---------------------|----------|-1-----------|
PM----| PM----|
|-3-| |3| |3-| |-3-| |3| |-3-|
+H E E E Q E +Q E E E E Q E E E E W H.. E
|-(0)--------------|-----------------------|----------|-----------0--|
|-(3)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------|-2--------|-----------3--|
|-(2)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------|-2--------|-2---------2--|
|-(0)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------|-2--------|-3---------0--|
|--------3p2p0---0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--------|-3------------|
|--------------3---|-----------------------|----------|-1------------|
PM----| PM----|
|-3-| |3| |3-| |-3-| |3| |-3-|
+H E E E Q E +Q E E E E Q E E E E W
|-(0)--------------|-----------------------|------|
|-(3)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------|-2----|
|-(2)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------|-2----|
|-(0)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------|-2----|
|--------3p2p0---0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----|
|--------------3---|-----------------------|------|
PM----| PM----|
|-3-| |3| |3-| |-3-| |3| |-3-|
H.. E +H E E E Q E +Q E E E E Q E E EE
|-----------0-|-(0)--------------|-----------------------|
|-----------3-|-(3)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------|
|-2---------2-|-(2)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------|
|-3---------0-|-(0)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------|
|-3-----------|--------3p2p0---0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-1-----------|--------------3---|-----------------------|
To Coda
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
W H.. E +W E E E E E E E E E E EE
|----------|-----------0-|-(0)--------|-------------------------||
|-2--------|-----------3-|-(3)--------|-------------------------||
|-2--------|-2---------2-|-(2)--------|-------------------------||
|-2--------|-3---------0-|-(0)--------|-------------------------||
|-0--------|-3-----------|------------|-------------------------||
|----------|-1-----------|------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-||
2nd Verse
PM----------------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E E E E E E EE E E E E E E E E E EE
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-2--------------------|-------------------------|
|-2--------------------|-------------------------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
PM----------------------------------------|
|3| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E EE
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-0h2-------------------|--------------------------|
|-0h2-------------------|--------------------------|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
PM----------------------------------------|
|3| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E EE
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-0h2-------------------|-------------------------|
|-0h2-------------------|-------------------------|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
PM--------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
W E E E E E E E E E E EE
|-0--------|--------------------------|
|-3--------|--------------------------|
|-2--------|--------------------------|
|-0--------|--------------------------|
|----------|-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2--------|
|----------|-------------------3-3-3--|
|
| W Q Q Q Q
|----------|--------------------------|
|----------|--------------------------|
|----------|--------------------------|
|----------|-7-----5-----4------------|
|----------|-5-----3-----2-----5------|
|----------|-------------------3------|
PM----------------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E E E E E E EE E E E E E E E E E EE
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-2--------------------|-------------------------|
|-2--------------------|-------------------------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
PM----------------------------------------|
|3| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E EE
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-0h2-------------------|--------------------------|
|-0h2-------------------|--------------------------|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
PM----------------------------------------|
|3| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E EE
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-0h2-------------------|-------------------------|
|-0h2-------------------|-------------------------|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
PM--------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q H. E E E E E E E E E E EE
|-0--0-------|--------------------------||
|-3--3-------|--------------------------||
|-2--2-------|-------------x-x-x--------||
|-0--0-------|-------------x-x-x--------||
|------------|-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2--------||
|------------|-------------------3-3-3--||
|
| W Q Q Q Q
|------------|--------------------------||
|------------|--------------------------||
|------------|--------------------------||
|------------|-7-----5-----4------------||
|------------|-5-----3-----2-----5------||
|------------|-------------------3------||
Bridge
&
H.. E +H Q Q HH
|-----------2-|-(2)----------||-----------|
|-----------3-|-(3)----5--5--||-----------|
|-2---------2-|-(2)----5--5--||-7----7----|
|-3---------0-|-(0)----5--5--||-7----5----|
|-3-----------|--------3--3--||-5----5----|
|-1-----------|--------------||-----------|
HE E E E +W +H Q Q HH
|--------------|------------|--------------|-----------|
|------------2-|-(2)--------|-(2)----2--2--|-----------|
|-7----0-0-0-2-|-(2)--------|-(2)----2--2--|-7----7----|
|-7----0-0-0-2-|-(2)--------|-(2)----2--2--|-7----5----|
|-5----x---x-0-|-(0)--------|-(0)----0--0--|-5----5----|
|------3---3---|------------|--------------|-----------|
Guitar Solo
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |---5---|
H q q Q +W E E E E E E E E E S S S S S
|------------|------0-------|------------------------------||
|------------|------0-------|------------------------------||
|-7----5-4-1-|-(1)----------|-------0h2---0-------------5--||
|-7----3-2-2-|-(2)----------|-0h2h4-----4---4p0h4h7p0h7----||
|-5--------2-|-(2)----------|------------------------------||
|----------0-|-(0)----------|------------------------------||
Q H.
~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ PM--------------------------
|-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |-3-|
H Q. EHHE E E E E E EEE E EE
|-------------|-----------|----------------------------|
|-------------|-----------|----------------------------|
|-----------5-|-----------|----------------------7-7-7-|
|-7----7------|-7----7----|-7-7-7-9-9-9-10-10-10-------|
|-------------|-----------|----------------------------|
|-------------|-----------|----------------------------|
-----|
|-3-|
E E E E E +Q +E S S +Q Q Q EE
|-------8------------------------|--------------------|
|---------10-(10)--(10)---------|--------------------|
|-9-9-9--------------------[7]b9-|-([7])--5b6-------5-|
|--------------------------------|-------------7--0---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Q Q Q. EH Q. E +H.. E
|------------------|----------------------|-------------17-|
|------------------|-5-------8------10----|-(10)-----------|
|-(5)b6------------|-7b9----10b12---12b14-|-(12)-----------|
|--------5--7------|----------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------------|----------------|
|-----5-----|
+E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-(17)-17p15p14h15p14p12h14h15p14p12----12-----------|
|------------------------------------14----15p14h15--|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-----5-----| |-----6-----| |-----5-----|
S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-12h15p13p12h13s10---------------------------------------|
|-------------------14p12p11------12p11-11h12p11h14p12p11-|
|----------------------------11-x-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5-----| |-----5-----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S E H.. E
|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-12p11h14p12p11-12p11h14p12p11-12p11-------------|------------[7]pb9r===|
|-------------------------------------14p12p11----|----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------12-|-12------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|---5---|
+H Q. E +H H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------5------|---------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------|----------8----|-4h5p4---4h5p4---4h5p4-------------|
|-(7)b9---------7-|-(7)b9---------|-------7-------7-------7p5-7p5p4h5-|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +W +W +W
|---------------------------------|------------|------------|--------|
|---------------------------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-4---4h5---4h5h7p5p4h5p4-------2-|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|---7-----7---------------7p5p4-2-|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|-------------------------------0-|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|---------------------------------|------------|------------|--------|
+W E E Q H W W
|------------||-------------|----------|------|
|------------||-2-----------|----------|------|
|-(2)--------||-2-----------|----------|------|
|-(2)--------||-2-----------|----------|------|
|-(0)--------||-0-----------|----------|------|
|------------||-------------|----------|------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
W W W W E E E E E E E E E E EE
|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------------------------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------------------------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------------------------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------------------------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------------------------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---||
W W H.. E
||-----------|----------|-----------2-|
||o-2--------|-2--------|-----------3-|
||--2--------|-2--------|-2---------2-|
||--2--------|-2--------|-3---------0-|
||o-0--------|-0--------|-3-----------|
||-----------|----------|-1-----------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
PM--|
|-3-| |3| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
+H E E E Q EHE E E Q E Q E E E Q E E E
|-(2)---------------||-2----------------||--------------------|
|-(3)------------2-o||-3----------------||o-------------------|
|-(2)------------2--||-2----------------||--9--------7--------|
|-(0)------------2--||-0----------------||--7--------5--------|
|--------3-2-0---0-o||------3-2-0-----0-||o----0-0-0----0-0-0-|
|--------------3----||------------3b4---||--------------------|
PM--| PM--| PM--|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |3|
Q Q E E E E E 3x Q E E E Q E E E Q Q Q E Q
|------------------||-------------------|--------------*|
|-----------------o||-------------------|--------------*|
|-5--4--0-2--------||-9--------7--------|-5--4--0-2----*|
|-3--3--0-2--------||-7--------5--------|-3--3--0-2----*|
|-----------0-0-0-o||----0-0-0----0-0-0-|---------0----*|
|------------------||-------------------|--------------*|
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
***************************************************************************************
* Generated using Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen - http://powertab.guitarnetwork.org *
***************************************************************************************
