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Born To Boogie by T Rex

Born To Boogie tab by T Rex

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BORN TO BOOGIE

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 B E) - 'Marc Bolan - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Marc Bolan - Electric Guitar'


 Intro
 Q=156(8=s8)
 G
 4/4
 Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ dist.)
  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 Q Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
|--0-0-0-0-0-----0-|--0-0-0-0-0-----0-|--0-0-0-0-0-----0-|--0-0-0-0-0-----||
|--0-0-0-0-0-----0-|--0-0-0-0-0-----0-|--0-0-0-0-0-----0-|--0-0-0-0-0-----||
|--0-0-2-0-0-----0-|--0-0-2-0-0-----0-|--0-0-2-0-0-----0-|--0-0-2-0-0-----||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
|
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| Gtr II (El. Gtr. w/ dist & w/ slide)
| H    H     H    H     H    H     H    H
|-/3---------------|-/3---------------|-/3---------------|-/3-------------||
|-/3---------------|-/3---------------|-/3---------------|-/3-------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------||


  1st - 3rd Verses
  $
  G
   Q Q Q E E  E E E E Q Q  E E E E E E E E  H  E E Q
||-----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
||o--------------0-|---0-----------|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-|--------0-----|
||----0--0--0--0-0-|---0---0-0--0--|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-|--------0-----|
||----0--2--0--2---|-------2-0--2--|-0-0-2-0-0-----0-|--------------|
||o----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
||-----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
|
|   H   H    W        W         W
||--/15------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
||o-/15------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
||-----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
||-----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
||o----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
||-----------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|


 C        D         G
 E E Q Q E E  E E E E E E E E  E E Q Q E E  H  Q Q
|-------------2-|---2---3---2-----|---------------|------------|
|---1---------3-|---3---3---3---0-|---0-----------|------------|
|---0----0--2---|---------------0-|---0----0----0-|------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------0--2---|------0--2--|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|------------|


 Em
 Q E E +Q  E E  E E Q E E E E  E E Q Q E E
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-0--0-3-(3)--0-0-|---0-0--3-0---0-|---0----3--0-0-|
|-0--0----------0-|---0-0--0-0---0-|---0----0--0-0-|
|-2--2----------2-|---2-2--2-2---2-|---2----2--2-2-|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|


         1.
         G
 E E Q Q E E  Q E E +Q  E E
|---------------|------------------||
|---0-----------|-----------------o||
|---0---------0-|------------------||
|--------0--2---|------0-(0)--2----||
|---------------|-----------------o||
|---------------|------------------||


          Bridge
 2.,D.S.
         $$
           G
 E E E E E E E E   Q Q Q E E  +E E Q   Q  Q   Q Q Q E E
|-----------------||---------------|--------------------|---------------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||---------------|--------------------|---------------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-------------0-|-(0)-0--------------|-------------0-|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--------0--2---|-------2-----0------|--------0--2---|
|-----------------||-----2---------|-----------------2--|-----2---------|
|-----------------||--3------------|--------------------|--3------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W          H   H     Q  E E +Q  Q   H   H
|-----------------||-/3------------|-/3------/3-(3)-----|-/3------------|
|-----------------||-/3------------|-/3------/3-(3)-----|-/3------------|
|-----------------||---------------|--------------------|---------------|
|-----------------||---------------|--------------------|---------------|
|-----------------||---------------|--------------------|---------------|
|-----------------||---------------|--------------------|---------------|


                                  To Coda
                                  To Coda
            C        D
 +E E Q   Q  Q  Q Q E E E E  E  E E E E E E E  Q  Q E E E E
|--------------------|---------------|-----2---2---2---2-|--------------------|
|--------------------|---------------|-----3---3---3---3-|--------------------|
|-(0)-0--------------|-------0-0-0-0-|-------------------|---------------0----|
|-------2-----0------|----2----------|-------------------|---------0-0-2-0----|
|-----------------2--|-3-------------|-------------------|------2-------------|
|--------------------|---------------|-------------------|--3-----------------|
|
| Q  E E +Q  Q  W        E a Q  E Q  Q   E E Q H
|-/3------/3-(3)-----|---------------|-------------------|----3---------------|
|-/3------/3-(3)-----|---------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|---------------|---2h4---2-0---0---|-/4-----------------|
|--------------------|---------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|---------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|---------------|-------------------|--------------------|


  D.S. al Coda D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda &&
 G         G
 E E E E E E Q   E E Q E E E E
|-------3---2----||------------------||
|-------3---3----||----0----0-----0--||
|---0------------||----0----0-----0--||
|---0---------2--||----0----0-----0--||
|----------------||------------------||
|----------------||------------------||
|
| W         Q  Q H
|----------------||-/3---------------||
|----------------||-/3---------------||
|----------------||------------------||
|----------------||------------------||
|----------------||------------------||
|----------------||------------------||


             Outro
 G            G
  E E Q    Q  E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------||-------------------|
|---------------------0-||---0-0-0-0-0-----0-|
|---0-0---------------0-||---0-0-0-0-0-----0-|
|-------2-------0-------||---0-0-2-0-0-----0-|
|-------------------2---||-------------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------|
|
|  Q  E  E +Q  Q    H    H
|-/15-----/15-(15)------||-/15---------------|
|-/15-----/15-(15)------||-/15---------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------|
|-----------------------||-------------------|


                               C
  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
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-----0-|---0-0-0-0-0-----0-|---0-0-0-0-0-----0-|------------------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-----0-|---0-0-0-0-0-----0-|---0-0-0-0-0-----0-|-5-5-5-5-5-----5--|
|---0-0-2-0-0-----0-|---0-0-2-0-0-----0-|---0-0-2-0-0-----0-|-5-5-5-5-5-----5--|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-----3--|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|
|  H    H      H    H      H    H     H    Q  E E
|-/15---------------|-/15---------------|-/15---------------|------------------|
|-/15---------------|-/15---------------|-/15---------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------------2h=|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|


            G
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|--0--0-0-0-0-----0-|
|-5-5-5-5--5-------5-|--0--0-0-0-0-----0-|
|-5-5-5-5--5-------5-|--0--0-2-0-0-----0-|
|-3-3-3-3--3-------3-|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|
| E E E E +E E E E  +Q  Q  H
|-----------------/3-|-(3)---------------|
|---3-------------/3-|-(3)---------------|
|-4---2-2-(2)-0------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|


           D
  E E E E E E E E  +E Q  E +E E Q
|------------2---2-|-(2)-3---2-(2)------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-3---3-|-(3)-----------3----|
|--0-0-0-0-0-------|-----------------2--|
|--0-0-2-0-0-------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|
| H    H     Q  E E E E Q
|-/3---------------|--------------------|
|-/3---------------|---------------3----|
|------------------|---------2h=4----4--|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|


 C        G
 E Q  E E E Q  E E E E Q  Q   E E E E Q Q  +W
|----------------|---3-------------|---------------|--------*|
|----------------|-------0-0---0---|---------------|--------*|
|-5-5---5---5-5--|-------0-0---0---|-------0----0--|-(0)----*|
|-5-5---5---5-5--|-----------------|-0-2-4------0--|-(0)----*|
|-3-3---3---3-3--|-----------------|---------------|--------*|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------*|
|
| E E E E Q  Q  H    E E E E  E E E E Q Q  +W
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------*|
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------*|
|-2h4------------|-----------------|---------------|--------*|
|-----2-0--------|-----------4-2-0-|---------------|--------*|
|---------2------|-----------------|-2-------------|--------*|
|----------------|-----------------|---3-2-3----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

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