Twisted Sister - I Wanna Rock bass tab
I Wanna Rock
by Twisted Sister
From the album: Stay Hungry
Bass Tablature
transcribed by Joe Vahabzadeh . . . king_v@mindless.com
Completed on: 3/19/97
Please email me for any problems or corrections.
Thanks to Michael Zalot, who transcribed the guitar section of this song,
which I used as a general framework to help me in this.
Lyrics are at the end after the tablature
h.= dotted half note
h = half note
q = quarter note
e.= dotted eigth note
e = eigth note
s = 16th note
R = Rest
\X = slide down (to wherever)
() = indicates note is not struck again, but is continued from previous note.
)| |(
)| |(
)| and |( indicate the beginning and end of a set of measures to be
)| |( repeated, followed by how many times to be played.
Pre-intro: 3/8 measure
|------------|
|------------|
|------------|
|R---R-------|
e q
I wanna
Intro: 8 measures
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|0---0-0-0-0---------------------|
|--------0-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|R---------------3---3-3-3-3-----|----------------0-------3-------|
q q e s s s e. e s s s e. q q
* *
rock! I wanna
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|0---0-0-0-0-----2---------------|
|0-------0-----------------------|------------------------3-------|
|----------------3---3-3-3-3-----|--------------------------------|
q q e s s s e. e s s s e. q q
* *
rock! I want to
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|0---0-0-0-0---------------------|
|0-------0-----------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------3---3-3-3-3-----|----------------0-------3-------|
q q e s s s e. e s s s e. q q
* *
rock! I wanna
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|0---0-0-0-0-----2---------------|
|0-------0-----------------------|------------------------3-------|
|----------------3---3-3-3-3-----|--------------------------------|
q q e s s s e. e s s s e. q q
* *
rock!
Verse 1 and 2: 8 measures
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|0---0-0-0---0-0-----------------|
|0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------3---3-3-3---3-3-|
e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s
* * * * * * * *
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------0-0-----|--------------------------------|
|0-------------------------------|0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-------|
|----------------3-3-------------|----------------------------3---|
h s e. s e. e s s e s s e s s e e
* * * *
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|0---0-0-0---0-0-----------------|
|0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------3---3-3-3---3-3-|
e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s
* * * * * * * *
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------0-0-----|----------------------------0---|
|0-------------------------------|0---0-0-0---0-0-0---------------|
|----------------3-3-------------|--------------------3-----------|
h s e. s e. e s s e s s e q e
* * *
Pre-chorus: 4 measures
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|0-------0-------0-------0-------|
|----------------------------3---|--------------------------------|
|3-------3-------3-------0-------|----------------------------1---|
q q q e e q q q e e
* * * * * *
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------0---------------|
|--------------------------------|--3-----------------------------|
|3-------3-------3-------3-------|R-------R-3-------------R-------|
q q q q s e. s e. e q
* * * * *
Chorus: same as Intro
Bridge: 8 measures
)|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
)|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
)|--------0---------------0-------|--------0-----------------------|
)|R---------------R---------------|R---------------0-------3-------|
q q q q q q q q
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|(
|--------------------------------|----------------2---------------|(
|--------0---------------0-------|--------0---------------3-------|(
|R---------------R---------------|R-------------------------------|( X2
q q q q q q q q
alternately, you might wish to play the A notes above as follows instead:
---------
---------
---------
-5\X-----
q
Solo:
)|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
)|--------------------------------|0---0-0-0-0---------------------|
)|0---0-0-0-0---------------------|--------------------------------|
)|----------------3---3-3-3-3-----|----------------0-------3-------|
e s s s e. e s s s e. e s s s e. q q
* * *
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|(
|--------------------------------|0---0-0-0-0-----2---------------|(
|0---0-0-0-0---------------------|------------------------3-------|(
|----------------3---3-3-3-3-----|--------------------------------|( X2
e s s s e. e s s s e. e s s s e. q q
* * *
Repeat Intro pattern X2 (with chorus lyrics)
Repeat Solo pattern to fade (with lyrics from "Bridge")
