Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Sledgehammer
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Tuning: E A D G B E
SLEDGEHAMMER (Bassline)
As recorded by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
(From the 1974 Album NOT FRAGILE)
Words and Music by Randy Bachman
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'C.F. Turner - Bass'
[Intro]
Q=84
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4 Q. Q. +S E. Q E E +H Wx4
G|------------||-------------------|----------------||--------||
D|------------||o------------------|---------------o||--------||
A|------------||o------------------|---------------o||--------||
E|------------||--5----5----(5)-3--|-0--3-5-(5)-----||--------||
[1st Verse]
Wx3 Q S S S S S S S S a S S E
G|------------|----14-11---9------------------|
D|------------|----------------12---9-7h9-7-4-|
A|------------|-------------------------------|
E|------------|-------------------------------|
Q. E +H Q. E +Q E E
G|---------------|-------------------|
D|---------------|-------------------|
A|------5-(5)----|------5-(5)--5-7---|
E|-5-------------|-5-----------------|
[Chorus]
Q. E +Q Q E E E E +Q Q Q. Q. +S E. Q E E +H
G|----------------|-----------------||-------------------|---------------|
D|----------------|-----------------||o------------------|---------------|
A|------5-(5)-----|-----5-7-(7)--7--||o------------------|---------------|
E|-5--------------|-5-5-------------||--5----5----(5)-3--|-0--3-5-(5)----|
[Guitar Solo]
Q. Q. +S E. Q E E +H W W
G|------------------|----------------||-||-----------|------|
D|------------------|---------------o||-||o----------|------|
A|------------------|---------------o||-||o----------|------|
E|-5----5----(5)-3--|-0--3-5-(5)-----||-||-----------|------|
[Chorus]
Q. Q. +S E. Q E E +H Q. Q. +S E. Q E E +H
G|------------------|----------------||-||-------------------|---------------|
D|------------------|---------------o||-||o------------------|---------------|
A|------------------|---------------o||-||o------------------|---------------|
E|-5----5----(5)-3--|-0--3-5-(5)-----||-||--5----5----(5)-3--|-0--3-5-(5)----|
[2nd Verse]
Q. Q. +S E. Q E E +H Wx4 Wx3
G|------------------|----------------||------------||--------|
D|------------------|---------------o||------------||--------|
A|------------------|---------------o||------------||--------|
E|-5----5----(5)-3--|-0--3-5-(5)-----||------------||--------|
Q S S S S S S S S a S S E Q. E +H
G|----14-11---9------------------|---------------|
D|----------------12---9-7h9-7-4-|---------------|
A|-------------------------------|------5-(5)----|
E|-------------------------------|-5-------------|
Q. E +H Q. Q. Q
G|---------------|----------------|
D|---------------|----------------|
A|------5-(5)----|------5---------|
E|-5-------------|-5--------------|
[Chorus]
E E E E +Q E E Q. Q. +S E. Q E E +H Q. Q. +S E.
G|------------------||-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
D|------------------||o------------------|---------------|-------------------|
A|------------------||o------------------|---------------|-------------------|
E|-5-5-3-0-(0)--0-3-||--5----5----(5)-3--|-0--3-5-(5)----|-5----5----(5)-3---|
[Guitar Solo]
Q E E +H W W
G|----------------||-||-----------|----------|
D|---------------o||-||o----------|----------|
A|---------------o||-||o----------|----------|
E|-0--3-5-(5)-----||-||-----------|----------|
Q. Q. +S E. Q E E +H
G|------------------|----------------||
D|------------------|---------------o||
A|------------------|---------------o||
E|-5----5----(5)-3--|-0--3-5-(5)-----||
[Chorus]
E E E E Q +S E. Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
G||--------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D||o-------------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
A||o-------------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
E||--5-5-5-5-5--(5)-3--|-0--3-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-0--3-5-5-5-5-5--||
E S S S S S S E S S E E E E E S S E E E E
G||--------------------------|-------------------|
D||o-------------------------|-------------------|
A||o-------------------------|-------------------|
E||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-0-0-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|--------------------||
D|-----------------|-------------------o||
A|-----------------|-------------------o||
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-0-0-3-5-5-5-5-5----||
[Outro]
Q. Q. +S E. Q E E +H
G|------------------|---------------|
D|------------------|---------------|
A|------------------|---------------|
E|-5----5----(5)-3--|-0--3-5-(5)----|
Q. Q. +S E. E E E E +H +W
G|------------------|----------------|--------*|
D|------------------|----------------|--------*|
A|------------------|----------------|--------*|
E|-5----5----(5)-3--|-0-2-3-5-(5)----|-(5)----*|
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Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
| (n) - note tied to previous
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