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I'M BAD, I'M NATIONWIDE (Bassline) As recorded by ZZ Top (From the 1979 Album DEGUELLO) Words and Music by Billy F. Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard' Intro Moderate Rock Q=104 4/4 Gtr I E E E E E E E E E E a Q a E +E a Q E e E e E E E E E |---|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------| |---|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------| |---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---0h1--0h1-(1)-0h1--2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---| |---|-----------------|-----------------------|---------------3-| Verses Tempo 2 Q=80Tempo 1 Q=104 H Q E E e E E E S S S S E E 4x e E E E S S S S E E |---------5-3-||-----------------------||-||-----------------------| |---------3-1-||o-----------------1-3-o||-||o-----------------1-3--| |-------------||o-3-3---3-3-3-1-------o||-||o-3-3---3-3-3-1--------| |-------------||----------------3------||-||----------------3------| 1. e E E E S S S S E E e E E E S S E E E e E E E S S S S E E |---------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|| |-----------------1-2-|-3-3---3-3-3-------|-----------------1-3--o|| |-3-3---3-3-3-1-------|-------------0-1-2-|-3-3---3-3-3-1--------o|| |---------------3-----|-------------------|---------------3-------|| Chorus 2. e E E E S S S S E E e E e E S S E E E +E E e E S S E E E |---------------------||-------------------|---------------------| |-----------------1-2-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-------| |-3-3---3-3-3-1-------||-------------0-1---|---------------0-1-2-| |---------------3-----||-------------------|---------------------| E E e E S S S S E E +E E e E S S S S E E e E e E s S E E E |---------------------|-----------------------|--------------------| |-----------------1---|-------------------1-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3--------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-----3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-1-------|-------------0-1-3--| |---------------3-----|-----------------3-----|--------------------| Tempo 2 Q=80 W e E e E S S S S E E H Q E E |----------|---------------------|---------5-3-|| |----------|-----------------1-3-|---------3-1-|| |----------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-------|-------------|| |-1--------|---------------3-----|-------------|| Verse Tempo 1 Q=104 e E E E S S S S E E e E E E S S S S E E e E E E S S E E E ||----------------------|---------------------|-------------------| ||o-----------------1-3-|-----------------1-2-|-3-3---3-3-3-------| ||o-3-3---3-3-3-1-------|-3-3---3-3-3-1-------|-------------0-1-2-| ||----------------3-----|---------------3-----|-------------------| Chorus 1. 2. e E E E S S S S E E e E E E S S S S E E e E e E S S E E E |----------------------||---------------------||--------------------| |-----------------1-3-o||-----------------1-2-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3--| |-3-3---3-3-3-1-------o||-3-3---3-3-3-1-------||-------------0-1----| |---------------3------||---------------3-----||--------------------| +E E e E S S E E E E E e E S S S S E E +E E e E S S S S E E |---------------------|---------------------|------------------------| |-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-------|-----------------1---|-------------------1-2--| |---------------0-1-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-----3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-1--------| |---------------------|---------------3-----|-----------------3------| e E e E s S E E E W e E e E S S S S E E |-------------------|----------|---------------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|----------|-----------------1-3-| |-------------0-1-3-|----------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-------| |-------------------|-1--------|---------------3-----| Guitar Solo Tempo 2 Q=80Tempo 1 Q=104 H Q E E e E E E S S S S E E e E E E S S S S E E |---------5-3-||----------------------|---------------------| |---------3-1-||o-----------------1-3-|-----------------1-3-| |-------------||o-3-3---3-3-3-1-------|-3-3---3-3-3-1-------| |-------------||----------------3-----|---------------3-----| e E E E S S S S E E E E E E +E E E E 3x e E E E S S S S E E 8x |---------------------|--------------------||-||------------------------|| |-----------------1-3-|---3---3-(3)-------o||-||o-----------------1-3--o|| |-3-3---3-3-3-1-------|-3-----------0-1-2-o||-||o-3-3---3-3-3-1--------o|| |---------------3-----|--------------------||-||----------------3-------|| e E E E S S S S E E E E E E +H e E e E E E E E |---------------------|----------------|-----------------| |-----------------1-3-|---3---3-(3)----|-----------------| |-3-3---3-3-3-1-------|-3--------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |---------------3-----|----------------|-----------------| Tempo 2 Q=80 E a Q a E +E a Q E e E E E E E E E H Q E E |-----------------------|-----------------|---------5-3-|| |-----------------------|-----------------|---------3-1-|| |---0h1--0h1-(1)-0h1--2-|-3-3---3-3-3-3---|-------------|| |-----------------------|---------------3-|-------------|| Verse Tempo 1 Q=104 e E E E S S S S E E 4x e E E E S S S S E E e E E E S S S S E E ||-----------------------||-||----------------------|----------------------| ||o-----------------1-3-o||-||o-----------------1-3-|-----------------1-2--| ||o-3-3---3-3-3-1-------o||-||o-3-3---3-3-3-1-------|-3-3---3-3-3-1--------| ||----------------3------||-||----------------3-----|---------------3------| 1. 2. e E E E S S E E E e E E E S S S S E E e E E E S S S S E E |-------------------|----------------------||----------------------|| |-3-3---3-3-3-------|-----------------1-3-o||-----------------1-2--|| |-------------0-1-2-|-3-3---3-3-3-1-------o||-3-3---3-3-3-1--------|| |-------------------|---------------3------||---------------3------|| Chorus e E e E S S E E E +E E e E S S E E E E E e E S S S S E E |-------------------|---------------------|---------------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-------|-----------------1---| |-------------0-1---|---------------0-1-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-----3-| |-------------------|---------------------|---------------3-----| +E E e E S S S S E E e E e E s S E E E W |-----------------------|-------------------|------| |-------------------1-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|------| |-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-1-------|-------------0-1-3-|------| |-----------------3-----|-------------------|-1----| Outro Tempo 2 Q=80 Tempo 1 Q=104 e E e E S S S S E E H Q E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------|---------5-3-||----------------------------------| |-----------------1-3-|---------3-1-||----------------------------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-------|-------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| |---------------3-----|-------------||----------------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x |---------------------------------||-----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o|| |-3-1---------------1-------------||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o|| |-----3-2-1-0-1-2-3---3-2-1-0-1-2-||-----------------------------------|| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 7x |---------------------------------||-----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o|| |-3-1---------------1-------------||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o|| |-----3-2-1-0-1-2-3---3-2-1-0-1-2-||-----------------------------------|| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 7x |---------------------------------||-----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o|| |-3-1---------------1-------------||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o|| |-----3-2-1-0-1-2-3---3-2-1-0-1-2-||-----------------------------------|| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x |---------------------------------||-----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o|| |-3-1---------------1-------------||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o|| |-----3-2-1-0-1-2-3---3-2-1-0-1-2-||-----------------------------------|| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x |---------------------------------||-----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o|| |-3-1---------------1-------------||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o|| |-----3-2-1-0-1-2-3---3-2-1-0-1-2-||-----------------------------------|| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x |---------------------------------||-----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o|| |-3-1---------------1-------------||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o|| |-----3-2-1-0-1-2-3---3-2-1-0-1-2-||-----------------------------------|| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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