I LOVE ROCK 'N ROLL (Bassline)
As recorded by Joan Jett
(From the 1997 Album FIT TO BE TIED: GREAT HITS BY JOAN JETT & THE BLACKHEARTS [ECD])
Words and Music by Alan Merrill and Jake Hooker

 

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'


 Intro
  Moderate Rock Q=100
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E Q
|----------|---------------|---------------|
|----------|---------------|---------------|
|----------|-7-7----7-7----|---------------|
|----------|---------------|-0-0----7-7----|


                 3/4          4/4
  E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E   E E Q  H
|---------------|------------|-------------|
|---------------|------------|-------------|
|-7-7----7-7----|------------|-7-7---------|
|---------------|-5-5----7-0-|-------------|


                       1st and 2nd Verses
  E E Q  S S E S E.     E E Q  H      E E Q  S S E S E.
|-------------------||--------------|-------------------|
|-------------------||o-------------|-------------------|
|-7-7----7-5--------||o-------------|-7-7----7-5--------|
|------------7-5-3--||--0-0---------|------------7-5-3--|


  E E Q  H      E E Q  S S E S E.   E E Q  E E Q
|-------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------------|----------------|
|-------------|-7-7----7-5--------|----------------|
|-0-0---------|------------7-5-3--|-5-5----7-7-----|


 2/4      4/4
  E E Q    W          +W
|--------|----------|--------|
|--------|----------|--------|
|-7-7----|----------|--------|
|--------|-5--------|-(5)----|


  W          W          E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------|-----------------||
|----------|----------|-----------------||
|----------|----------|-----------------||
|----------|----------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||


 Chorus
  E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-7-7----7-7----|---------------|-7-7----7-7----|
|---------------|-5-5----7-7----|---------------|


 3/4          4/4
  E E Q  E E   E E Q  H      E E Q  S S E S E.
|------------|-------------|--------------------||
|------------|-------------|-------------------o||
|------------|-7-7---------|-7-7----7-5--------o||
|-5-5----7-0-|-------------|------------7-5-3---||


 Guitar Solo
  E E Q  H      E E Q  S S E S E.   E E Q  H
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-------------|-7-7----7-5--------|-------------|
|-0-0---------|------------7-5-3--|-0-0---------|


                                     2/4
  E E Q  S S E S E.   E E Q  E E Q    E E Q
|-------------------|---------------|--------|
|-------------------|---------------|--------|
|-7-7----7-5--------|---------------|-7-7----|
|------------7-5-3--|-5-5----7-7----|--------|


 4/4
  W          +W           Wx3
|----------|------------|--------||
|----------|------------|--------||
|----------|------------|--------||
|-5--------|-(5)--------|--------||


 Chorus
                4/4
  Wx4            E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E Q
|------------||----------------|---------------|
|------------||o---------------|---------------|
|------------||o-7-7----7-7----|---------------|
|------------||----------------|-5-5----7-7----|


                 1.,2.,3.
                 3/4
  E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E
|---------------|-------------||
|---------------|------------o||
|-7-7----7-7----|------------o||
|---------------|-5-5----7-0--||


  4.
 3/4          4/4
  E E Q  E E   Q  Q  H
|------------|------------*|
|------------|------------*|
|------------|------------*|
|-5-5----7---|-0----------*|




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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