GOOD ROCKIN' TONIGHT (Bassline)
As recorded by Elvis Presley
(From the 1976 Album THE SUN SESSIONS)
Words and Music by Roy Brown
Arranged by Elvis Presley
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Black - Bass'
Chorus
Q=168(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
W Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|----------|-------------|-2-----------|--------------|
|----------|-------2--4--|----4--2-----|-------2--4---|
|----------|-0--4--------|----------4--|-0--4---------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-2-----------|--------------|
|-2-----------|-------2--4--|----4--2-----|--------------|
|----4--2-----|-0--4--------|----------2--|-------2--4---|
|----------4--|-------------|-------------|-0--4---------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-2-----------|-------------|-2-----------|--------------|
|----4--2-----|-------2--4--|----4--2-----|-------2--4---|
|----------4--|-0--4--------|----------4--|-0--4---------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-2-----------|--------------|
|-2-----------|-------2--4--|----4--2-----|----4---------|
|----4--2-----|-0--4--------|----------4--|-2-----6--2---|
|----------4--|-------------|-------------|--------------|
1st Verse
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------||-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------||-2-----------|-------------|-2------------|
|-------2--4--||----4--2-----|-------2--4--|----4--2------|
|-0--4--------||----------4--|-0--4--------|----------4---|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|----1--------|-------------|-2-----------|--------------|
|-2-----2-----|-------2--4--|----4--2-----|-------2--4---|
|----------2--|-0--4--------|----------4--|-0--4---------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|----------4--|--------------|
|-2-----------|-------2--4--|-------------|--------------|
|----4--2-----|-0--4--------|-2--4--6-----|-------2--4---|
|----------4--|-------------|-------------|-0--4---------|
Guitar Solo
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------||-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-2-----------||-------------|-2-----------|--------------|
|----4--2-----||-------2--4--|----4--2-----|-------2--4---|
|----------4--||-0--4--------|----------4--|-0--4---------|
$
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-2-----------|--------------|
|-2-----------|-------2--4--|----4--2-----|--------------|
|----4--2-----|-0--4--------|----------4--|-------2--4---|
|----------4--|-------------|-------------|-0--4---------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-2-----------|-------4--6--|-4-----------|--------------|
|----4--2-----|-2--6--------|----6--2-----|-------2--4---|
|----------4--|-------------|----------2--|-0--4---------|
2nd & 3rd Verses
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------||-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-2-----------||-------------|-2-----------|--------------|
|----4--2-----||-------2--4--|----4--2-----|-------2--4---|
|----------4--||-0--4--------|----------4--|-0--4---------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-2-----------|--------------|
|-2-----------|-------2--4--|----4--2-----|--------------|
|----4--2-----|-0--4--------|----------4--|-------2--4---|
|----------4--|-------------|-------------|-0--4---------|
To Coda
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-4-----------|--------------|
|-2-----------|-------4--6--|----6--4-----|--------------|
|----4--2-----|-2--6--------|----------6--|-------2--4---|
|----------4--|-------------|-------------|-0--4---------|
Chorus
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------||-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-2-----------||-------------|-2-----------|--------------|
|----4--2-----||-------2--4--|----4--2-----|-------2--4---|
|----------4--||-0--4--------|----------4--|-0--4---------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-2-----------|--------------|
|-2-----------|-------2--4--|----4--2-----|--------------|
|----4--2-----|-0--4--------|----------4--|-------2--4---|
|----------4--|-------------|-------------|-0--4---------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-2-----------|-------------|-2-----------|--------------|
|----4--2-----|-------2--4--|----4--2-----|-------2--4---|
|----------4--|-0--4--------|----------4--|-0--4---------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-2-----------|-------2--4--|-------4--6--|--------------|
|----4--2-----|-0--4--------|-2--6--------|-------2--4---|
|----------4--|-------------|-------------|-0--4---------|
Guitar Solo
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------||-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-2-----------||-------------|-2-----------|--------------|
|----4--2-----||-------2--4--|----4--2-----|-------2--4---|
|----------4--||-0--4--------|----------4--|-0--4---------|
Outro
D.S. al Coda &
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q q H
|-------------||-------------|------------*|
|-2-----------||----9--8--7--|-6----------*|
|----4--2-----||-------------|------------*|
|----------4--||-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
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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
