T. Rex – The Groover (Bass Tab)
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THE GROOVER (Bassline)
As recorded by T. Rex
(From the 1973 Album SOLID GOLD: THE BEST OF T.REX)
Words and Music by Marc Bolan
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Steve Currie - Bass'
Intro
Q=118
4/4
Gtr I
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 E E E E
|-----------------|---5-5-5-5-4-4-4-|-----------------|---5-5-5-5-4-4-4-|
|-7-7-5---7-7-5---|-7---------------|-7-7-5---7-7-5---|-7---------------|
|-------7-------7-|-----------------|-------7-------7-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1st - 3rd Verses
$
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 E E E E
|-----------------|---5-5-5-5-4-4-4-||------------------|------------------|
|-7-7-5---7-7-5---|-7---------------||o-7-7-5---7-7-5---|-7-7-5---7-7-5----|
|-------7-------7-|-----------------||o-------7-------7-|-------7-------7--|
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|------------------|
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 E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7-5---7-7-5---|-7-7-5---7-7-5---|-7-7-5---7-7-5---|-7-7-5---7-7-5----|
|-------7-------7-|-------7-------7-|-------7-------7-|-------7-------7--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Chorus
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 E E E E
|-----------5-5-5-||-----------------|-----------------|---5-5-5-5-4-4-4--|
|-7-7-5---7-------||-----7-------7---|-----7-------4-7-|-7----------------|
|-------7---------||-5-5---5-5-5---5-|-5-5---5-5-5-----|------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-5---7-7-5---|-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|
|-------7-------7-|-5-5---5-5-5---5-|-5-5---5-5-5---5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---4---4-4---4-4-|---4---4-5---4-----|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
1.
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 E E E E
|-----------------|---5-5-5-5-4-4-4-|-----------------|---5-5-5-5-4-4-4---||
|-7-7-5---7-7-5---|-7---------------|-7-7-5---7-7-5---|-7----------------o||
|-------7-------7-|-----------------|-------7-------7-|------------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Bridge
2.,D.S.
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 E E E E
|-----------------|-------5-5-5-5-5-5-||-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7-5---7-7-5-7-|-(7)-7-------------||-----------------|-------------5-7--|
|-------7---------|-------------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-----3-5-7-7------|
|-----------------|-------------------||---------------5-|---5--------------|
To Coda
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 E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------5-7--|-----------------|-------------5-7-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-----3-5-7-7------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-----3-5-7-7-----|
|---------------5-|---5--------------|---------------5-|---5-------------|
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 E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---5-5-5-5-4-4-4--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-|-7-7-5---7-7-5---|-7----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------7-------7-|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Outro
D.S. al Coda &
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---5-5-5-5-4-4-4--||------------------|
|-7-7-5---7-7-5---|-7----------------||o-----------------|
|-------7-------7-|------------------||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|-----------------|------------------||----------------5-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 5x
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-------------5-7-|-----------------|-------------5-7-o||
|-----3-5-7-7-----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-----3-5-7-7-----o||
|---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