New York Dolls - Subway train
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SUBWAY TRAIN (Bassline)
As recorded by New York Dolls
(From the 1973 Album NEW YORK DOLLS)
Words and Music by David Johansen & Johnny Thunders
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Arthur "Killer" Kane - Bass'
Intro
Q=126
4/4
Gtr I
W H. Q H. Q H. Q
||-----------|-------------|------------|--------------||
||o----------|-------------|------------|-------------o||
||o----------|-/7-------7--|-5-------5--|-5-------5---o||
||--3--------|-------------|------------|--------------||
1st - 3rd Verses
$
H. E E W W H. Q
||--------------|----------|----------|-------------|
||o-------------|----------|----------|-------------|
||o---------5-6-|-7--------|-5--------|-5-------5---|
||--3-----------|----------|----------|-------------|
W W W H. Q
|----------|-----------|----------|------------|
|----------|-----------|----------|------------|
|----------|-/7--------|-5--------|-5-------5--|
|-3--------|-----------|----------|------------|
W W W H. Q
|----------|-----------|----------|------------|
|----------|-----------|----------|------------|
|----------|-/7--------|-5--------|-5-------5--|
|-3--------|-----------|----------|------------|
faster Q=140
W W Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
|----------|-----------|-------------|-----------------||
|----------|-----------|-------------|-----------------||
|----------|-/7--------|-5--5--5--5--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
|-3--------|-----------|-------------|-----------------||
Chorus
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 E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|------------------|
1.
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 Q H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-----------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|--------------||
2.,D.S.
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 E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-----------------|-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 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--|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------|
Guitar Solo
To Coda
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 E E
|------------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||o-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|------------------||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
Outro
1.,2.,3.,4. 5.
D.S. al Coda &
E E E E E E E E 5x E E Q H 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-o||-5-----------||o-----------------|------------------|
|------------------||-------------||--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 6x E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
H.=H
E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E Q E +H +W
|-----------------|--------------|---------------|--------*|
|-----------------|--------------|---------------|--------*|
|-----------------|-5-5-5--5--5--|-5-------------|--------*|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--------------|------5-(5)----|-(5)----*|
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