SWEET CHILD O' MINE (Bassline) As recorded by Guns N' Roses (From the 1987 Album APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION) Words and Music by Guns N' Roses Transcribed by Jake Brown Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Untitled' Intro Medium Rock Q=122 4/4 Gtr I Wx7 H Q E E Q. E +Q E E Q E E E E E E |------------|--------------|-------11-(11)--11-12-|-14--16-14-12-11----14-| |------------|--------------|-12-------------------|-----------------12----| |------------|-----------12-|----------------------|-----------------------| |------------|--------------|----------------------|-----------------------| Q. E +Q. E E E E E +E E E E |-------12-(12)------|-10-9----10-(10)-9-------| |-10--------------10-|------10-----------10----| |--------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------|----------------------10-| H.. a E H.. a E |------------------|-12----------------| |------------10S12-|------------10S12--| |-10---------------|-------------------| |------------------|-------------------| E E E E +E E Q H Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E |-12-11----12-(12)-11-----|---------------|---------------|-----------------| |-------12------------12--|-12-------12\--|---------------|--------4-7-4----| |-------------------------|---------------|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5----------| |-------------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------5--| Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. E |---------------|----------------|---------------| |---------------|--------3-2-----|---------------| |-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-----3---|---------------| |---------------|--------------5-|-3----3-3----3-| E E E E E E E E Q. E Q. E E E E E Q Q |-----------------|---------------|---------------|| |-----3-4-5-------|---------------|-4-7-----5--4--|| |-----------2-3-4-|-5----5-5----5-|-------5-------|| |-3-0-------------|---------------|-----5---------|| 1st Verse Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E Q E E Q. E |---------------|---------------|---------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------| |-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5--0-2-|-3----3-3----3-| |---------------|---------------|---------------| Q E E E E E E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E |----------------||---------------|----------------| |----------------||---------------|----------5-----| |-3--3-3-3-3-2-0-||---------------|--------------0-| |----------------||-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3-------| Q. E Q. E E E E E Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E |---------------|---7-----------|---------------|----------------| |---------------|---------5--4--|---------------|----------------| |-5----5-5----5-|-5---0-5-------|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5--0-2--| |---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------| Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q. E Q. E |---------------|-----------------|---------------| |---------------|-----------------|---------------| |-3----3-3----3-|-3---------------|---------------| |---------------|---0-0-1-1-1-2-2-|-3----3-3----3-| Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. S S E E E E E E E E |----------------|-------------5-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-------|| |----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| |----------2-3-4-|-5----5-5--------|-----------------|| |-3----3-3-------|-----------------|-----------0-2-3-|| Q E E +Q E E Q E E +Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E |-----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|| |-----------------|----------------|---------------|--------7-5-4----|| |-0----0-(0)--0-2-|-3----3-(3)---0-|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-------5--|| |-----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|| Q E E +Q E E Q E E +Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E E E Q |-----------------|----------------|---------------|-7-7-7-7-7--------|| |-----------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|| |-0----0-(0)--0-2-|-3----3-(3)---0-|-5----5-5----5-|------------------|| |-----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------0-3\---|| Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E |---------------|----------7-----|---------------|----------5------| |---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------| |-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5-----0-|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3--------| |---------------|----------------|---------------|--------------0--| Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q. E Q. E E E E E Q Q |---------------|-----------------|---------------|---7------------|| |---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------5--4---|| |-3----3-3----3-|-----2---3---4---|-5----5-5----5-|-5-----5--------|| |---------------|-3-3---3---3---3-|---------------|----------------|| 2ND Verse Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E Q E E Q. E |---------------|---------------|---------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------| |-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5--0-2-|-3----3-3----3-| |---------------|---------------|---------------| Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E |----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------| |--------5-3-2---|---------------|---------------|----------------| |-3----3-------3-|---------------|-------------3-|-5----5-5----5--| |----------------|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3------|----------------| E Q. E E E E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E |---7------7---7-|---------------|---------------| |----------------|---------------|---------------| |-5------5---5---|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5--0-2-| |----------------|---------------|---------------| Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q. E Q. E |---------------|-----------------|---------------| |---------------|-----------------|---------------| |-3----3-3----3-|-3---------------|---------------| |---------------|---0-0-1-1-1-2-2-|-3----3-3----3-| E E E E E E E E Q. E Q. S S E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-------------5-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-------|| |---2-3-4-5-------|-----------------|-----------------|| |-----------2-3-4-|-5----5-5--------|-----------------|| |-3---------------|-----------------|-----------0-2-3-|| $ Q E E +Q E E Q E E +Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E |-----------------|----------------|---------------|----------7---7--| |-----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------| |-0----0-(0)--0-2-|-3----3-(3)---0-|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5---5----| |-----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------| To Coda & Q E E +Q E E Q E E +Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|----------------|---------------|-7---7---7---7----|| |-----------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|| |-0----0-(0)--0-2-|-3----3-(3)---0-|-5----5-5----5-|---5---5---5---5--|| |-----------------|----------------|---------------|------------------|| Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E E Q. E E E E |---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---2----3-3-4-4--| |-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5--0-2-|-3----3-3----3-|-3---------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------| Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q. E Q. E E E E E Q Q |---------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------| |---------------|---2-3-4-5-------|---------------|-4-7-----5--4---| |---------------|-----------2-3-4-|-5----5-5----5-|-----5-5--------| |-3----3-3----3-|-3---------------|---------------|----------------| Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E Q |---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------| |-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5--0-2-|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3-2-0---| |---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------| Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E |---------------|-----------------| |---------------|---2-3-4-5-------| |---------------|-----------2-3-4-| |-3----3-3----3-|-3---------------| D.S. al Coda $ Q. E Q. E E S S S S S S S S S S E E |---------------|----------------------------|| |---------------|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|| |-5----5-5----5-|-------------------------5--|| |---------------|-5--------------------------|| & Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q E E +Q E E |---------------|-----------------|-----------------| |---------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-5----5-5----5-|-5---------------|-----------------| |---------------|---0-2-0-3-0-4-0-|-0----0-(0)--0-2-| Q E E +Q E E Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|---------------|---7-----7---7---| |-----------------|---------------|-----------------| |-3----3-(3)--3-0-|-5----5-5----5-|-5---5-5---5---5-| |-----------------|---------------|-----------------| Q E E +Q E E Q E E +Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-3----3-(3)-----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-6---| |-0----0-(0)--0-2-|----------------|-----------------|-----------------| Guitar Solo Q E E +E E E E Q E E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q ||-------------------|------5-(5)-----|------4-(4)-----| ||o------2-(2)-------|----------------|----------------| ||o------------------|-3--3--------3--|-2-----------2--| ||--0--0-------0-2-3-|----------------|----------------| 1.,2.,3. 4. Q E E +E E E E 4x E E E E E E E S S |------2-(2)--------||-------------------| |------------------o||---------------4-5-| |-0----------------o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----| |------------0-3-2--||-------------------| E E E E E E E E Q. E +Q E E |-----------------||------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-5-4-4-||o------2-(2)------| |-----------------||o-----------------| |-----------------||--0-----------0-2-| Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q E E E E E E Q Q 4x |----------------|------2-(2)------|------------------|| |------5-(5)-----|-----------------|-----------------o|| |----------------|-0-----------0-2-|-3-3-3-3-5-------o|| |-3-----------3--|-----------------|------------3-----|| Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q E E E E Q Q 3x ||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|| ||o------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------o|| ||o------------------|-----------------|-0----0-(0)------|-3-3-3-3-5-----o|| ||--0----0-(0)-----2-|-3----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 |-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-5-5------| |-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-------------3-3--| Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q E E E E E E Q Q ||------------------|----------------|------2-(2)------|----------------|| ||o------2-(2)------|------5-(5)-----|-----------------|---------------o|| ||o-----------------|----------------|-0-----------0-2-|-3-3-3-3-5-----o|| ||--0-----------0-2-|-3-----------3--|-----------------|------------3---|| |-3-| |-3-| Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q |-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------| |------2-(2)------|------5-(5)------|------2-(2)-----|-------------| |-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-7-5---------| |-0-----------0-2-|-3-----------3-3-|-0--------------|-----7-6-5-3-| Q. E +E E E E Q. E +Q Q W H H |------------------|----------------|----------|-----------| |------2-(2)-------|------5-(5)-----|----------|-----------| |------------------|----------------|-0--------|-3----5----| |-0----------0-0-2-|-3-----------3--|----------|-----------| W +W +H H W |----------|------------|-------------|------*| |----------|------------|-------------|------*| |----------|------------|-------------|------*| |-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)---------|------*| 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