Bachman-Turner Overdrive – Sledgehammer (Bass Tab)

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SLEDGEHAMMER (Bassline) 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=84
  4/4
  Gtr I
   Wx4            Q.   Q.   +S  E.   Q  E E +H         Wx4
G|------------||-------------------|----------------||--------||
D|------------||o------------------|---------------o||--------||
A|------------||o------------------|---------------o||--------||
E|------------||--5----5----(5)-3--|-0--3-5-(5)-----||--------||

  [1st Verse]
   Wx3          Q   S  S S S S  S S S a S S E
G|------------|----14-11---9------------------|
D|------------|----------------12---9-7h9-7-4-|
A|------------|-------------------------------|
E|------------|-------------------------------|

   Q.   E +H       Q.   E +Q   E E
G|---------------|-------------------|
D|---------------|-------------------|
A|------5-(5)----|------5-(5)--5-7---|
E|-5-------------|-5-----------------|

                                     [Chorus]
   Q.   E +Q   Q    E E E E +Q   Q      Q.   Q.   +S  E.   Q  E E +H
G|----------------|-----------------||-------------------|---------------|
D|----------------|-----------------||o------------------|---------------|
A|------5-(5)-----|-----5-7-(7)--7--||o------------------|---------------|
E|-5--------------|-5-5-------------||--5----5----(5)-3--|-0--3-5-(5)----|

                                         [Guitar Solo]
   Q.   Q.   +S  E.   Q  E E +H             W          W
G|------------------|----------------||-||-----------|------|
D|------------------|---------------o||-||o----------|------|
A|------------------|---------------o||-||o----------|------|
E|-5----5----(5)-3--|-0--3-5-(5)-----||-||-----------|------|

                                          [Chorus]
   Q.   Q.   +S  E.   Q  E E +H             Q.   Q.   +S  E.   Q  E E +H
G|------------------|----------------||-||-------------------|---------------|
D|------------------|---------------o||-||o------------------|---------------|
A|------------------|---------------o||-||o------------------|---------------|
E|-5----5----(5)-3--|-0--3-5-(5)-----||-||--5----5----(5)-3--|-0--3-5-(5)----|

                                                     [2nd Verse]
   Q.   Q.   +S  E.   Q  E E +H         Wx4           Wx3
G|------------------|----------------||------------||--------|
D|------------------|---------------o||------------||--------|
A|------------------|---------------o||------------||--------|
E|-5----5----(5)-3--|-0--3-5-(5)-----||------------||--------|

   Q   S  S S S S  S S S a S S E   Q.   E +H
G|----14-11---9------------------|---------------|
D|----------------12---9-7h9-7-4-|---------------|
A|-------------------------------|------5-(5)----|
E|-------------------------------|-5-------------|

   Q.   E +H       Q.   Q.   Q
G|---------------|----------------|
D|---------------|----------------|
A|------5-(5)----|------5---------|
E|-5-------------|-5--------------|

                      [Chorus]
   E E E E +Q   E E     Q.   Q.   +S  E.   Q  E E +H       Q.   Q.   +S  E.
G|------------------||-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
D|------------------||o------------------|---------------|-------------------|
A|------------------||o------------------|---------------|-------------------|
E|-5-5-3-0-(0)--0-3-||--5----5----(5)-3--|-0--3-5-(5)----|-5----5----(5)-3---|

                       [Guitar Solo]
   Q  E E +H             W          W
G|----------------||-||-----------|----------|
D|---------------o||-||o----------|----------|
A|---------------o||-||o----------|----------|
E|-0--3-5-(5)-----||-||-----------|----------|

   Q.   Q.   +S  E.   Q  E E +H
G|------------------|----------------||
D|------------------|---------------o||
A|------------------|---------------o||
E|-5----5----(5)-3--|-0--3-5-(5)-----||

  [Chorus]
     E E E E Q  +S  E.   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
G||--------------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D||o-------------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
A||o-------------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
E||--5-5-5-5-5--(5)-3--|-0--3-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-0--3-5-5-5-5-5--||

     E S S S S S S E S S E E   E E E S S E E E E
G||--------------------------|-------------------|
D||o-------------------------|-------------------|
A||o-------------------------|-------------------|
E||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-0-0-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|--------------------||
D|-----------------|-------------------o||
A|-----------------|-------------------o||
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-0-0-3-5-5-5-5-5----||

 [Outro]
   Q.   Q.   +S  E.   Q  E E +H
G|------------------|---------------|
D|------------------|---------------|
A|------------------|---------------|
E|-5----5----(5)-3--|-0--3-5-(5)----|

   Q.   Q.   +S  E.   E E E E +H       +W
G|------------------|----------------|--------*|
D|------------------|----------------|--------*|
A|------------------|----------------|--------*|
E|-5----5----(5)-3--|-0-2-3-5-(5)----|-(5)----*|

************************************ Duration Legend W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura; + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; 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. Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration). | (n) - note tied to previous *************************************