Warren Zevon – Roland The Headless Thompson Gunner (Bass Tab)

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ROLAND THE HEADLESS THOMPSON GUNNERS (Bassline) As recorded by Warren Zevon (From the 1978 Album EXCITYBLE BOY) Words & Music by Warren Zevon & David Lindell Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Leland Sklar - Bass'

 Intro
  Q=80
 4/4
  Gtr I
  S S E E S S E E +Q     E E +E  E Q  Q    H.      E E
|----------------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----0-0-2-4-5-4-(4)--|-2-0-(0)---------|--------------||
|-2-4------------------|---------4-2--0--|-2------------||
|----------------------|-----------------|-----------2--||

   1st - 4th Verses
    $
    $$
    Q.   E H      Q.   E H      H    H      Q  E E H
||--------------|-------------|-----------|-------------|
||o-------------|------4-5----|-5---------|-------------|
||o-2----4-5----|-5-----------|------5----|-5--4-2-0----|
||--------------|-------------|-----------|-------------|

                                     To Coda
                                     To Coda
                                         2/4
  Q.   E H      Q.   E H      H    H      H
|-------------|-------------|-----------|-------|
|-------------|-------------|-5---------|-------|
|-2----4-5----|-5-----------|------5----|-------|
|-------------|------2-3----|-----------|-5-----|

  1.               2.
                           D.S. al Coda &
 4/4
  Q.   E Q.   E     Q.   E S S E E S S     Q.   E Q.   E
|----------------||------------------0--||---------------||
|---------------o||------------0-0-2----||---------------||
|-2------2------o||-2------2-4----------||-2------2------||
|------2------2--||------2--------------||------2------2-||

 Chorus
  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-5----5-3----3-|-2----0----2-4-|-5------5--4-2-|---------------|
|---------------|--------3------|------5--------|-5----5-5------|

  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q    Q  E E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|-------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
|-------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
|-2-----5-----|--------2--4--|-5--4-2--------|-2------2----4--|
|----5-----5--|-3----5-------|--------5----5-|------2---------|

                                         D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
  Q  E E Q.   E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q.   E Q.   E
|---------------|-------------|-------------|----------------||
|---------------|-------------|-------------|----------------||
|-5--4-2--------|-------------|-------------|-2------2-------||
|--------5----5-|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--5--5--|------2------2--||

                       Chorus
  &&
  Q.   E S S E E S S    Q.   E Q.   E   Q  E E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|------------------0-||---------------|---------------|----------------|
|------------0-0-2---||-5-------------|-2-----------4-|-5--------------|
|-2------2-4---------||--------5----5-|----5-4-2------|--------5----5--|
|------2-------------||------3--------|---------------|------3---------|

  Q  E E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q  E E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-2-----------4-|-5-------------|-2-----------4-|-5--------------|
|----5-4-2------|--------5----5-|----5-4-2------|--------5----5--|
|---------------|------3--------|---------------|------3---------|

                           5th Verse
 2/4      4/4
  Q  E E   Q.   E Q.   E    Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  Q
|--------|--------4------||---------------|--------------|
|-2------|------4--------||---------------|--------5-----|
|----5-4-|-2-------------||-2----4-5------|-5---------5--|
|--------|---------------||---------------|--------------|

                                                  2/4       4/4
  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E   E Q.   +H
|---------------|--------------|-----------------|---------|---------------|
|-5-------------|-5------7-----|-----4-----4-7-4-|---4-7-4-|-5-5----(5)----|
|--------5------|--------------|---5---4-5-------|-5-------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------5--|-7---------------|---------|---------------|

  S S S S E E S S S S E E   S S S S E E Q  Q    E E +H.        +W
|-------------------------|-------------------|--------------|--------*|
|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---|-5-5-5-5-5---------|--------------|--------*|
|-------------------------|-------------------|-2-2-(2)------|-(2)----*|
|-------------------------|-----------3-5--5--|--------------|--------*|

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 - 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 ----------- | - 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