Born To Boogie bass tab by T Rex

BORN TO BOOGIE (Bassline)

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

Words and Music by Marc Bolan

Transcribed by Slowhand


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


 Intro
 Q=156(8=s8)
 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-5-5-7-5-5-----5-|-5-5-7-5-5-----5-|-5-5-7-5-5-----5-|-5-5-7-5-5-----5-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||

  1st - 3rd Verses
  $
  Q Q Q E E  Q Q Q E E  Q Q Q E E  Q Q Q Q
||---------------|--------------|--------------|-0------------|
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|----4--2--0---|
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
||--3--3--3--3-3-|-3--3--3--3-3-|-3--3--3--3-3-|--------------|


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


                               1.
 Q Q Q E E  Q Q Q E E  Q Q Q E E  Q Q Q E E  Q Q Q E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------o||
|-7--7--7--7-7-|-7--7--7--7-7-|-7--7--7--7-7-|--------------|--------------o||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-3--3--3--3-3-|-3--3--3--3-3--||


         Bridge
 2.,D.S.
        $$
 Q Q Q E E  Q Q Q E E  Q Q Q E E  Q Q Q E E
|--------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------||--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------||----2--5--2-5-|----2--5--2-5-|----2--5--2-5-|
|-3--3--3--3-3-||-3------------|-3------------|-3------------|


                          To Coda
                          To Coda
 Q Q Q E E  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q E E
|--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|--------------|----2-----2--|-0--4--0--4--|---------------|
|----2--5--2-5-|-3-----3-----|-------------|----2--5--2-5--|
|-3------------|-------------|-------------|-3-------------|


                          Outro
  D.S. al CoD.S.S. al Dbl. Coda &&
 Q Q Q E E   Q Q Q E E   Q Q Q E E  E E E E E E E E
|---------------||---------------||--------------||-------------------|
|---------------||---------------||--------------||-------------------|
|----2--5--2-5--||----2--5--2-5--||----2--5--2-5-||-5-5-7-5-5-----5---|
|-3-------------||-3-------------||-3------------||-------------------|


 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-7-5-5-----5-|
|-5-5-7-5-5-----5-|-5-5-7-5-5-----5-|-5-5-7-5-5-----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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-7-5-5-----5-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-7-5-5-----5-|-5-5-7-5-5-----5-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-7-5-5-----5-|


 E E E E E E E E  E Q.  Q Q  E E E E Q Q  +W
|-----------------|--------------|-------0-------|--------*|
|-----------------|--------------|-0-2-4---------|--------*|
|-----------------|---2----3--4--|---------------|--------*|
|-3-3-5-3-3-----3-|-3------------|------------3--|-(3)----*|


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