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EXCITABLE BOY (Bassline)
As recorded by Warren Zevon
(From the 1978 Album EXCITABLE BOY)
Words and Music by Warren Zevon & LeRoy Marinell
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Leland Sklar - Bass'
Intro
Q=126
4/4
Gtr I
W E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q Q E E +E E E E
|----------||----------------|---------2-----|-------------------|
|----------||o---------2-----|-------2----2--|-4--4-2-(2)--------|
|----------||o-------2----2--|-0-0-4---------|------------2------|
|----------||--0-0-4---------|---------------|--------------4-0--|
1. 2.
Q E E +Q E E Q E E +Q E E Q. E +E E Q E E E E H
|------------------||-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------o||-----------------|-----------------|---------2----||
|-0--0------------o||-0--0------------|-0----0-(0)------|-------2------||
|------0-(0)--4-2--||------0-(0)--4-2-|------------4-2--|-0-0-4--------||
1st - 4th Verses
$
Q. E E E E E Q. E Q E E Q. E +E E Q Q E E +H
||-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
||o----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
||o----------2-----|-0----0-0--0---|-----------------|-0--0----------|
||--0----0-4---4-0-|-------------4-|-2----0-(0)-2-4--|------0-(0)----|
Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. E +E E E E Q E E +H
|----------------|--------2-------|------------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------2-----|------------------|---------------|
|----------2-----|-0----0-----0---|----------------2-|-0--0----------|
|-0----0-4---4-0-|--------------4-|-2----0-(0)-2-4---|------0-(0)----|
1.,D.S. 2.
To Coda
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|----------------|----------------||---------------||
|----------------|---------------o||---------------||
|-2----2-2----2--|------2------2-o||------2------2-||
|----------------|-0------0-------||-0------0------||
Sax Solo
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E +E E E E E E E E +E E Q
|---------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-2-------------|---------------|------------2-----|-------------------|
|------2--------|-0------0----0-|--------------2---|-0-4-2---------2---|
|--------0--2-4-|------0----0---|-2----0-(0)-----4-|-------0-(0)-0-----|
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E +E E E E E E E E +E E Q
|---------------|---------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-2-------------|---------------|------------2-----|-------------------|
|------2--------|-0------0----0-|--------------2---|-0-4-2---------2---|
|--------0--2-4-|------0----0---|-2----0-(0)-----4-|-------0-(0)-0-----|
D.S. al Coda
E E E E E E E E Q. E Q Q Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|--------2--2--|----4s2-4s7------||
|-------------4-2-|-0----0-------|-0----------2s4--||
Outro
&
Q. E Q Q Q E E E E E E Q. E Q E E
|--------------|----------------||----------------|
|--------------|----------------||o-2-------------|
|--------2--2--|----4s2-4s7-----||o------2--------|
|-0----0-------|-0----------2s4-||---------0--2-4-|
Q. E Q E E Q. E +E E E E E E E E +E E Q Q. E Q E E
|---------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|
|---------------|------------2-----|------------------|-2--------------|
|-0------0----0-|--------------2---|-0-4-2---------2--|------2---------|
|------0----0---|-2----0-(0)-----4-|-------0-(0)-0----|--------0--2-4--|
Q. E Q E E Q. E +E E E E E E E E +E E Q 3x
|---------------|------------------|-------------------||
|---------------|------------2-----|------------------o||
|-0------0----0-|--------------2---|-0-4-2---------2--o||
|------0----0---|-2----0-(0)-----4-|-------0-(0)-0-----||
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