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Author/Artist: W.A.S.P.
Title: I Wanna Be Somebody
Album: W.A.S.P.
Type: Bass Tablature
Transcribed by: Roadkill
Email: Unknown
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I WANNA BE SOMEBODY (Bassline)
As recorded by W.A.S.P.
(From the 1984 Album W.A.S.P.)
Words and Music by Blackie Lawless
Transcribed by Roadkill
Bass Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb)
Fast Rock Q=168(8=s8)
4/4
Bass Gtr I
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
W E E E E E E E E E Q
|----------|---------------------------------||
|----------|---------------------------------||
|----------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--||
|----------|---------------------------------||
$
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-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
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3h5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q Q Q Q
|---------------------|----------------|-------------|
|---------------------|----------------|-------------|
|---------------------|-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5--3--2-----|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------|----------3--|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-3h5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-3h5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--3--2-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|----------1--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-5-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-5-|
+E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-12--12--12--12--|-----------------|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/-|------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3---|---------------------------|
Chorus
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E Q H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H Q. E
|-------------||----------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------||o---------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-5-----------||o---------------------|-------------------|-----------5--|
|-------------||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-1----1-------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
To Coda D.S. al Coda &
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
+E E E E E E E E E E a W +H. Q E E E E E Q Q
|------------------------||------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------------o||------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-3p2p0-----o||-5-5--------|-(5)------/12--|-5-5-5-5-5-3--3--||
|-------------------3-5--||------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-5-5-5-5-|-3h5-5-5-5-5---------|
|-----------------------|-------------3-3-3-5-|
+E E E E E E Q Q Q a Q a Q
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|-12--12--10h12--10h12----|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5/--|--------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E a E E Q E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-3h5-5-5-5-5-|-3h5-5-5--------7-|
|-----------------------|-----------1-0-----|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H
|-------------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------|-------------||
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-----------||
|-------------------------|-------------||
Guitar Solo
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------------o||
|---------------5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-3p2p0-------o||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|-------------------3-5----||
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
+Q q q q q q q q q q q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------------------||
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------------------||
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------------------||
|-(5)--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--10--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q q q q q q q q q q q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------|-------------|---------------|---------------------------||
||o-------------|-------------|---------------|--------------------------o||
||o-------------|-------------|---------------|--------------------------o||
||--5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--10--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3---||
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
1.,2.,3.
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------o||
|-----------------5-|-(5)-5-5-5-5-3p2p0------o||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|-------------------3-5---||
4.
|-3-|
E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-3-2-0----|-----------------|
|---------------3--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-------------------|-----------------|-------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-4-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5/----|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--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
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-12-10-12-10-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------*|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------*|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-12-(12)---*|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------*|
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
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