TIME BOMB (Bassline)
As recorded by Rancid
(From the 1995 Album AND OUT CAME THE WOLVES)
Words and Music by Tim Armstrong, Lars Frederksen and Matt Freeman
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'
Intro
Fast Ska Q=165
4/4
Gtr I
Q. E +Q q E E q q Q Q. E +Q q
|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|----------------|--------------|----------------|
|-2----2-(2)--2--|--------------|-2----2-(2)--2--|
|----------------|---0-0--0-----|----------------|
Verse
E E q q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E
|--------------||--------------|---------------|
|---2-2--2-----||o-------0--4--|-2--4--2-0---0-|
|--------------||o-2--4--------|-----------4---|
|--------------||--------------|---------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q
|-------------|--------------|-------------|
|-------0-----|--------------|-------0--4--|
|-2--4-----4--|----------0-4-|-2--4--------|
|-------------|-0--2--4------|-------------|
Q Q E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------|-------------|-------------||
|-2--4--2-0---0-|-------0-----|-------------||
|-----------4---|-2--4-----4--|----------2--||
|---------------|-------------|-0--2--4-----||
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---------2-2---2-|-0-0-----0-0-1-1-|-2--5-5-4-4-2-2-|
|-0-0-4-4-----4---|-----4-4---------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0----0-0---2-|---------2-2---2-|-0-0-----0-0-1-1-|
|-----4------4---|-0-0-4-4-----4---|-----4-4---------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-2-2-5-5-4-4-2-2-|-0-0-----0--0-2-o||-----------------|
|-----------------|-----4-4--------o||-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Guitar Solo
E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E
|----------------||-------------|---------------|
|----------------||-------0--4--|-2--4--2-0---0-|
|----------------||-2--4--------|-----------4---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-------------|---------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q
|-------------|--------------|-------------|
|-------0-----|--------------|-------0--4--|
|-2--4-----4--|----------0-4-|-2--4--------|
|-------------|-0--2--4------|-------------|
Q Q E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------|-------------|-------------||
|-2--4--2-0---0-|-------0-----|-------------||
|-----------4---|-2--4-----4--|----------2--||
|---------------|-------------|-0--2--4-----||
Organ Solo
Q E E Q Q E E Q Q Q Q E E Q E E
|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-----------2--|---0----0--1--|-2--2-2-0--0-0-|
|-0----0-4-----|-----4--------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|
Q E E E E E E Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------|--------------|-------------|
|------2-4-2---2-|-----------2--|-0-----0--1--|
|-4--4-------4---|-0----0-4-----|----4--------|
|----------------|--------------|-------------|
Verse
W H. Q Q Q Q Q
|----------|-------------||-------------|
|-2--------|-0-----------||-------0--4--|
|----------|---------5--||-2--4--------|
|----------|-------------||-------------|
Q Q E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E
|---------------|-------------|--------------|
|-2--4--2-0---0-|-------0-----|--------------|
|-----------4---|-2--4-----4--|----------0-4-|
|---------------|-------------|-0--2--4------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|-------0--4--|-2--4--2-0---0-|-------0-----|
|-2--4--------|-----------4---|-2--4-----4--|
|-------------|---------------|-------------|
Chorus
Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------||---------2-2---2-|-0-0-----0-0-1-1-|
|----------2--||-0-0-4-4-----4---|-----4-4---------|
|-0--2--4-----||-----------------|-----------------|
Q E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-2--5-5-4-4-2-2-|-0-0----0-0---2-|---------2-2---2-|
|----------------|-----4------4---|-0-0-4-4-----4---|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-0-0-----0-0-1-1-|-2-2-5-5-4-4-2-2-|-0-0-----0--0-2-|
|-----4-4---------|-----------------|-----4-4--------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|----------------|
||o---------2-2---2-|-0-0-----0-0-1-1-|-2--5-5-4-4-2-2-|
||o-0-0-4-4-----4---|-----4-4---------|----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|----------------|
Outro
E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0----0-0---2-o||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----4------4---o||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
W W Q Q H
|----------|----------|------------*|
|----------|----------|------------*|
|----------|----------|------------*|
|-5--------|-5--------|-5----------*|
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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
