20th Century Boy bass tab by T Rex

20TH CENTURY BOY (Bassline)

As recorded by T. Rex
(From the 1973 Album SOLID GOLD)

Words and Music by Marc Bolan

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Steve Currie - Bass'


 Intro
 Q=134
 4/4
 Gtr I
 H  Q E S S  Q Q Q E S S  Q Q Q E S S  Q.  E E Q E
|---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|--------5----5--|
|-----------7-7-|-7----------7-7-|-7----------7-7-|-7----7---7-----|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

 E E Q Q E S S  Q.  E E Q E  E E Q Q E S S  Q.  E E Q E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-5---5-----------|--------5----5-|-5---5-----------|--------5----5--|
|---7----7----7-7-|-7----7---7----|---7----7----7-7-|-7----7---7-----|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|


                            1st - 3rd Verses
                          $
 E E Q Q E S S  Q.  E E Q E  +E E Q Q.  E   Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-5---5-----------|--------5----5-|-(5)---5-------7-||o-7----7---7---7-|
|---7----7----7-7-|-7----7---7----|-----7----7------||o------------7---|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------||-----------------|


 E E E E E E E E  E E Q E E E E  +E E E E E E E E  Q.  E E Q E
|-----------------|----------------|-------6---6-9-0---|----------------|
|---7-5-7---7---7-|---7----7-7-5-7-|-(7)-7---7-------0-|--------5----5--|
|-------------7---|-----7----------|-------------------|-7----7---7-----|
|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|----------------|


 +E E Q Q E S S  Q.  E E Q E  +E E Q Q.  E  Q E E Q E E
|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-(5)---5-----------|--------5----5-|-(5)---5-------7-|-7----7----7---|
|-----7----7----7-7-|-7----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  Q.  E E Q E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|--------5----5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7----7---7-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|


                           Chorus
 +E E Q Q E E  Q.  E E Q E  +E E Q Q Q   Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|----------------||-----------------|
|-(5)---5---------|--------5----5-|-(5)---5--------||-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-----7----7----7-|-7----7---7----|-----7----7-----||-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|----------------||-----------------|


                 1.
 E E E E E E E E  Q Q E E Q  +H   Q E S S  Q.  E E Q E
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|--------------|-----------------|--------5----5-|
|-----------------|-7--7--7-7-7--|-(7)---------7-7-|-7----7---7----|
|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|---------------|


 +E E Q Q E S S  Q.  E E Q E  +E E Q H
|-------------------|---------------|----------------||
|-(5)---5-------5-5-|--------5----5-|-(5)---5-------o||
|-----7----7--------|-7----7---7----|-----7----7----o||
|-------------------|---------------|----------------||


         Bridge
 2.,D.S.
 +H   Q Q   Q E E Q.  E  +E E E E E E Q  E E E E Q.  E
|--------------||---------------|------------------|-----------------|
|--------------||---------------|------------------|--------------5--|
|-(7)-------7--||-7--7-7-7----5-|-(5)-7-7-7-7-7-7--|-7-7-7-7-7-------|
|--------------||---------------|------------------|-----------------|


 +E Q.  E E Q  Q E E Q.  E  +E E E E E E Q  E E E E Q.  E
|-----------------|---------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-(5)-------------|---------------|------------------|--------------5--|
|-----7----5------|-7--7-7-7----5-|-(5)-7-7-7-7-7-7--|-7-7-7-7-7-------|
|------------7-5--|---------------|------------------|-----------------|


 +E Q.  E E E E  Q E E Q.  E  +E Q.  +H    Q E E Q.  E
|------------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-(5)--------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------5--|
|-----7----7-5-----|-7--7-7-7----5-|-(5)-7----(7)----|-7--7-7-7-------|
|--------------7-5-|---------------|-----------------|----------------|


      To Coda
 +E Q.  E E E E  Q E E Q.  E  +E Q.  +H    Q E E Q.  E
|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-(5)---------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------5-|
|-----7----7-5------|-7--7-7-7----5-|-(5)-7----(7)----|-7--7-7-7------|
|--------------7-5--|---------------|-----------------|---------------|


    D.S. al Coda &
 +E Q.  E E E E   Q E E Q.  E  +E Q.  +H    Q E E Q.  E
|-------------------||---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-(5)---------------||---------------|-----------------|-------------5-|
|-----7----7-5------||-7--7-7-7----5-|-(5)-7----(7)----|-7--7-7-7------|
|--------------7-5--||---------------|-----------------|---------------|


           Outro
 +E Q.  E E E E  Q E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|------------------||----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-(5)--------------||----------------|-----------------|-----5---5-7-9-7--|
|-----7----7-5-----||----7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7---7----------|
|--------------7-5-||----------------|-----------------|------------------|


 E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|---7-9-7-----0---||------------------|-----------------|
|-9-------9-7---0-||o-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|


 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  3x
|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|------------------o||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--o||
|-----------------|-------------------||


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