THE IMPRESSION THAT I GET (Bassline)
As recorded by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
(From the 1997 Album LET'S FACE IT)
Words and Music by Dicky Barret and Joe Gittleman
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'
Intro
Fast Rock Q=180
4/4
Gtr I
Wx3 H Q E E +W
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|------------|-------------|--------|
|------------|-------------|--------|
|------------|-----------0-|-(0)----|
+W +W +H. Q
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|------------|------------|---------------||
|------------|------------|----------12--||
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)-----------||
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----6-9-(9)-------|-----------6-7-6---|-------6-9-(9)-------|
|---7-----------6-9-|-(9)---6-7-------0-|-(0)-7-----------6-9-|
|-------------7-----|-----9-------------|---------------7-----|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------6-7-6-7-|-----6-9-(9)-------|-----------6-7-6---|
|-(9)---6-7---------|---7-----------6-9-|-(9)---6-7-------0-|
|-----9-------------|-------------7-----|-----9-------------|
Verse
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------||--------------------|
|-------6-9-(9)-------|-----------6-7-6-7-||o-----6-9-(9)-------|
|-(0)-7-----------6-9-|-(9)---6-7---------||o---7-----------6-9-|
|---------------7-----|-----9-------------||--------------7-----|
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-----------6-7-6---|-------6-9-(9)-------|-----------6-7-6-7-|
|-(9)---6-7-------0-|-(0)-7-----------6-9-|-(9)---6-7---------|
|-----9-------------|---------------7-----|-----9-------------|
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----6-9-(9)-------|-----------6-7-6---|-------6-9-(9)-------|
|---7-----------6-9-|-(9)---6-7-------0-|-(0)-7-----------6-9-|
|-------------7-----|-----9-------------|---------------7-----|
Pre-Chorus
+E E E E E E Q Q E E +E E Q +E E a Q +E E Q
|-------------------||-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------6-7-6--||-----------------|-------5h7--(7)-5------|
|-(9)---6-7---------||-----------------|------------------7---|
|-----9-------------||-2--2-2-(2)-2-5--|-(5)-5-----------------|
Chorus
Q E E +E E Q +E E Q +E E E E Q E E E E E E
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|-----------------|--------------------||----------------|
|-----------------|--------------------||-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-2--2-2-(2)-2-5--|-(5)-5-5--(5)-5-5-5-||----------------|
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
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|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|----------------|-----------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
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|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
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|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|
1.
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-----------------|----------------|---------6-7-6-7-||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5---------||
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----6-9-(9)-------|-----------6-7-6---|-------6-9-(9)-------|
|---7-----------6-9-|-(9)---6-7-------0-|-(0)-7-----------6-9-|
|-------------7-----|-----9-------------|---------------7-----|
+E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------6-7-6-7-|-----6-9-(9)-------|-----------6-7-6---|
|-(9)---6-7---------|---7-----------6-9-|-(9)---6-7-------0-|
|-----9-------------|-------------7-----|-----9-------------|
2.
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|--------------------||-----------------||
|-------6-9-(9)-------|-----------6-7-6-7-o||-----------------||
|-(0)-7-----------6-9-|-(9)---6-7---------o||-----------------||
|---------------7-----|-----9--------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-||
Interlude
Q E E E E Q +E E a E E E E Q Q E E E E Q
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|---------------|-------5h7-7-7-5-----|----------------|
|---------------|-----------------7--|----------------|
|-2--2-2-2-2-5--|-(5)-5---------------|-2--2-2-2-2-5---|
+Q Q E E Q Q E E E E Q E Q E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|----------------||
|------7--7-7-7--|---------------|---7--7-7-5-----||
|-----------------|---------------|------------7---||
|-(5)-------------|-2--2-2-2-2-5--|-5------------0-||
Verse
+W +W +W
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|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
+W +W +W
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|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
Chorus
+H H W Q E E E E E E
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|-------------|----------||----------------|
|-------------|----------||-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-(0)---------|----------||----------------|
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-|----------------|-----------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
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|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-----------------|----------------|---------6-7-6-7-||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5---------||
Interlude
E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
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||o-----6-9-(9)-------|-----------6-7-6---|-------6-9-(9)-------|
||o---7-----------6-9-|-(9)---6-7-------0-|-(0)-7-----------6-9-|
||--------------7-----|-----9-------------|---------------7-----|
+E E E E E E E E 4x E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E
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|-----------6-7-6-7-o||-----6-9-(9)-------|-----------6-7-6---|
|-(9)---6-7---------o||---7-----------6-9-|-(9)---6-7-------0-|
|-----9--------------||-------------7-----|-----9-------------|
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|----------|---9-9-9---9-9-9-|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---4-4-4---4-4-4-|---4-4-4---4-4-4-|
|---7-7-7---7-7---|-----------------|-----------------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|----7-7----7-7-|
|----5-5----5-5-|----5-5----5-5-|---------------|
Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----7-7----7-7-|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-|---7-7-7---7-7-7-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-----------------|-----------------|------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------|
|---4-4-4---4-4-4-|---4-4-4---4-4-4-|-0----|
|-----------------|-----------------|------|
Q Q H W W
|------------|----------|------*|
|------------|----------|------*|
|-0----------|----------|------*|
|------------|----------|------*|
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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
