Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Four Wheel Drive (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
(From the 1975 Album FOUR WHEEL DRIVE)
Words and Music by Randy Bachman & Blair Thornton
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'C. F. Turner - Bass'
Intro
Q=176(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
Q E E +E E Q +H H Q E E +E E Q +W +W
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|------------|--------||
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|------------|--------||
|------5-(5)------|-------------|------5-(5)------|------------|--------||
|-5------------3--|-(3)---------|-3------------5--|-(5)--------|-(5)----||
Interlude
$
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||o-------0-(0)-0-----|-------0-(0)-0-----|
||--0-0-3---------3-0-|-0-0-3---------3-0-|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------0-(0)-0-----|-------0-(0)-0-----||
|-0-0-3---------3-0-|-0-0-3---------3-0-||
1st - 3rd Verses
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------0-(0)-0-----|-------0-(0)-0-----|
|-0-0-3---------3-0-|-0-0-3---------3-0-|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------0-(0)-0-----|-------0-(0)-0------|
|-0-0-3---------3-0-|-0-0-3---------3-0--|
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 +Q. E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----5------------|
|-0-0-3-5-(5)-5-3-0-|-0-0-3-5-(5)-5-3-0-|-0-0-3-5-(5)-5-3-0-|-0-0---5-(5)------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------0-(0)-0-----|-------0-(0)-0-----|
|-0-0-3---------3-0-|-0-0-3---------3-0-|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------0-(0)-0-----|-------0-(0)-0------||
|-0-0-3---------3-0-|-0-0-3---------3-0--||
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 +Q. E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----5------------|
|-0-0-3-5-(5)-5-3-0-|-0-0-3-5-(5)-5-3-0-|-0-0-3-5-(5)-5-3-0-|-0-0---5-(5)------|
Chorus
Q E E +E E Q +H H Q E E +E E Q +H H
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|-------------|
|------5-(5)------|-------------|------5-(5)------|-------------|
|-5------------3--|-(3)---------|-3------------5--|-(5)---------|
To Coda
Q E E +E E Q +H H Q E E +E E Q +W +W
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|------------|---------||
|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|------------|--------o||
|------5-(5)------|-------------|------5-(5)------|------------|--------o||
|-5------------3--|-(3)---------|-3------------5--|-(5)--------|-(5)-----||
Guitar Solo 1
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||o-------0-(0)-0-----|-------0-(0)-0-----|
||--0-0-3---------3-0-|-0-0-3---------3-0-|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E 5x
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------0-(0)-0-----|-------0-(0)-0-----o||
|-0-0-3---------3-0-|-0-0-3---------3-0--||
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-0-3-0-5-0-3-0-|-5-0-3-0-5-0-3-0-|-5-0-3-0-5-0-3-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-5-0-3-0-5-0-3-0-|-5-0-3-0-5-0-3-0---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-0-3-0-5-0-3-0-|-5-0-3-0-5-0-3-0-|-5-0-3-0-5-0-3-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|---------------4-|---7---9-9-------||
|-------5---7-----|-----------------||
|-5-7-------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------||
Guitar Solo 2
Q Q H W Q Q H W
|------------|----------|------------|------|
|------------|----------|------------|------|
|-7--7-------|----------|-5--5-------|------|
|------------|----------|------------|------|
Q Q H W Q Q H E E E E E Q.
|------------|----------|------------|-----------------|
|------------|----------|------------|-------5---7\----|
|------------|----------|-5--5-------|-5-7-------------|
|-5--5-------|----------|------------|-----------------|
Q Q H W Q Q H W Q Q H
|------------|----------|------------|----------|------------|
|------------|----------|------------|----------|------------|
|-7--7-------|----------|-5--5-------|----------|------------|
|------------|----------|------------|----------|-5--5-------|
W E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------|-------0-(0)-0-----|-------0-(0)-0-----|
|----------|-0-0-3---------3-0-|-0-0-3---------3-0-|
D.S. al Coda
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------0-(0)-0-----|-------0-(0)-0-------||
|-0-0-3---------3-0-|-0-0-3---------3-0---||
&
Q E E +E E Q +E Q. E Q. Q E E +E E Q +E Q. E Q. 10x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o------5-(5)------|-----------------|------5-(5)------|-----------------o||
||--5------------3--|-(3)-3----3-3----|-3------------5--|-(5)-5----5-5-----||
Outro
1.
Q E E +E E Q +H H Q E E +E E Q
||------------------|-------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
||o------5-(5)------|-------------|------5-(5)------|
||--5------------3--|-(3)---------|-3------------5--|
2.
+H H Q E E +E E Q +W +W
|--------------||-----------------|------------|--------*|
|-------------o||-----------------|------------|--------*|
|-------------o||------5-(5)------|------------|--------*|
|-(5)----------||-3------------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