Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Rock Is My Life And This Is My Song (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
(From the 1974 Album NOT FRAGILE)
Words and Music by Randy Bachman
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'C.F. Turner - Bass'
Intro
Q=114
4/4
Gtr I
W W W W
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|-----------|-7--------|-----------|-7----|
|-/5--------|----------|-/5--------|------|
|-----------|----------|-----------|------|
W W W q Q H
|-----------|----------|-----------|------------||
|-----------|-7--------|-----------|-7----------||
|-/5--------|----------|-/5--------|------------||
|-----------|----------|-----------|------------||
1st & 2nd Verses
W W W W
||------------|----------|-----------|------|
||o-----------|-7--------|-----------|-7----|
||o-/5--------|----------|-/5--------|------|
||------------|----------|-----------|------|
W W W q Q H
|-----------|----------|-----------|------------|
|-----------|-7--------|-----------|-7----------|
|-/5--------|----------|-/5--------|------------|
|-----------|----------|-----------|------------|
W W W W
|-----------|----------|-----------|------|
|-----------|-7--------|-----------|-7----|
|-/5--------|----------|-/5--------|------|
|-----------|----------|-----------|------|
W W W q Q H
|-----------|----------|-----------|------------||
|-----------|-7--------|-----------|-7----------||
|-/5--------|----------|-/5--------|------------||
|-----------|----------|-----------|------------||
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E H E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|---------5-7-7---|-7-5-5--------|---------5-7-7---|-7-5-5--------|
|-3-5-5-----------|--------------|-3-5-5-----------|--------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|----5-7-5----------|
|---------5-7-7---|-7-5-5--------|---------5-7-7---|-/7-------5-7---5--|
|-3-5-5-----------|--------------|-3-5-5-----------|--------------8----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E H E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|---------5-7-7---|-7-5-5--------|---------5-7-7---|-7-5-5--------|
|-3-5-5-----------|--------------|-3-5-5-----------|--------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E H E E E E E E E E W
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|------||
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|------||
|---------5-7-7---|-7-5-5--------|---------5-7-7---|-5----||
|-3-5-5-----------|--------------|-3-5-5-----------|------||
Interlude
W W W W
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|-----------|-7--------|-----------|-7----|
|-/5--------|----------|-/5--------|------|
|-----------|----------|-----------|------|
W W W q Q H
|-----------|----------|-----------|-------------||
|-----------|-7--------|-----------|-7----------o||
|-/5--------|----------|-/5--------|------------o||
|-----------|----------|-----------|-------------||
Guitar Solo
W W W W
||------------|----------|-----------|------|
||o-----------|-7--------|-----------|-7----|
||o-/5--------|----------|-/5--------|------|
||------------|----------|-----------|------|
W W W q Q H
|-----------|----------|-----------|-------------||
|-----------|-7--------|-----------|-7----------o||
|-/5--------|----------|-/5--------|------------o||
|-----------|----------|-----------|-------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E H E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|---------5-7-7---|-7-5-5--------|---------5-7-7---|-7-5-5--------|
|-3-5-5-----------|--------------|-3-5-5-----------|--------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|----5-7-5----------||
|---------5-7-7---|-7-5-5--------|---------5-7-7---|-/7-------5-7---5--||
|-3-5-5-----------|--------------|-3-5-5-----------|--------------8----||
Out-Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E H E E E E E E E E E E E E H
||------------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
||o-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
||o---------5-7-7---|-7-5-5--------|---------5-7-7---|-7-5-5--------|
||--3-5-5-----------|--------------|-3-5-5-----------|--------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|----5-7-5----------o||
|---------5-7-7---|-7-5-5--------|---------5-7-7---|-/7-------5-7---5--o||
|-3-5-5-----------|--------------|-3-5-5-----------|--------------8-----||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