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THE SLIDER (Bassline) As recorded by T. Rex (From the 1972 Album THE SLIDER) Words and Music by Marc Bolan Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Steve Currie - Bass' Intro Q=84 4/4 Gtr I W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |----------|-----------------|-----------------|| |----------|-----------------|-----------------|| |----------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|| |----------|-----------------|-----------------|| 1st Verse 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| Chorus E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H E E E E +H |-----------------||-----------------|------------------|----------------| |-----------------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------10----------|-----8----------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-----------------|---10-------------|---8------------| |-----------------||-----------------|-8-------7-(7)----|-6-----5-(5)----| 2nd Verse 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 |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------| 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------| |-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------| E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|| |------10----------|-----8----------|-----------------|------------------|| |---10-------------|---8------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|| |-8-------7-(7)----|-6-----5-(5)----|-----------------|------------------|| Interlude 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| Guitar Solo E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H E E E E +H |-----------------||-----------------|------------------|----------------| |-----------------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------10----------|-----8----------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-----------------|---10-------------|---8------------| |-----------------||-----------------|-8-------7-(7)----|-6-----5-(5)----| 3rd Verse 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 |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------| 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------| |-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------------| E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H |------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------| |------10----------|-----8----------|------10----------|-----8----------| |---10-------------|---8------------|---10-------------|---8------------| |-8-------7-(7)----|-6-----5-(5)----|-8-------7-(7)----|-6-----5-(5)----| Outro E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------|----------------||-----------------|------------------| |------10----------|-----8----------||-----------------|------------------| |---10-------------|---8------------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |-8-------7-(7)----|-6-----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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W +W |-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------*| |-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------*| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--------|-(7)----*| |-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------*| 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