I'M BAD, I'M NATIONWIDE (Bassline)
As recorded by ZZ Top
(From the 1979 Album DEGUELLO)
Words and Music by Billy F. Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=104
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E a Q a E +E a Q E e E e E E E E E
|---|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|---|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---0h1--0h1-(1)-0h1--2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|---|-----------------|-----------------------|---------------3-|
Verses
Tempo 2 Q=80Tempo 1 Q=104
H Q E E e E E E S S S S E E 4x e E E E S S S S E E
|---------5-3-||-----------------------||-||-----------------------|
|---------3-1-||o-----------------1-3-o||-||o-----------------1-3--|
|-------------||o-3-3---3-3-3-1-------o||-||o-3-3---3-3-3-1--------|
|-------------||----------------3------||-||----------------3------|
1.
e E E E S S S S E E e E E E S S E E E e E E E S S S S E E
|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------1-2-|-3-3---3-3-3-------|-----------------1-3--o||
|-3-3---3-3-3-1-------|-------------0-1-2-|-3-3---3-3-3-1--------o||
|---------------3-----|-------------------|---------------3-------||
Chorus
2.
e E E E S S S S E E e E e E S S E E E +E E e E S S E E E
|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------1-2-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-------|
|-3-3---3-3-3-1-------||-------------0-1---|---------------0-1-2-|
|---------------3-----||-------------------|---------------------|
E E e E S S S S E E +E E e E S S S S E E e E e E s S E E E
|---------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------1---|-------------------1-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3--------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-----3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-1-------|-------------0-1-3--|
|---------------3-----|-----------------3-----|--------------------|
Tempo 2 Q=80
W e E e E S S S S E E H Q E E
|----------|---------------------|---------5-3-||
|----------|-----------------1-3-|---------3-1-||
|----------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-------|-------------||
|-1--------|---------------3-----|-------------||
Verse
Tempo 1 Q=104
e E E E S S S S E E e E E E S S S S E E e E E E S S E E E
||----------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------1-3-|-----------------1-2-|-3-3---3-3-3-------|
||o-3-3---3-3-3-1-------|-3-3---3-3-3-1-------|-------------0-1-2-|
||----------------3-----|---------------3-----|-------------------|
Chorus
1. 2.
e E E E S S S S E E e E E E S S S S E E e E e E S S E E E
|----------------------||---------------------||--------------------|
|-----------------1-3-o||-----------------1-2-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3--|
|-3-3---3-3-3-1-------o||-3-3---3-3-3-1-------||-------------0-1----|
|---------------3------||---------------3-----||--------------------|
+E E e E S S E E E E E e E S S S S E E +E E e E S S S S E E
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-------|-----------------1---|-------------------1-2--|
|---------------0-1-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-----3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-1--------|
|---------------------|---------------3-----|-----------------3------|
e E e E s S E E E W e E e E S S S S E E
|-------------------|----------|---------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|----------|-----------------1-3-|
|-------------0-1-3-|----------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-------|
|-------------------|-1--------|---------------3-----|
Guitar Solo
Tempo 2 Q=80Tempo 1 Q=104
H Q E E e E E E S S S S E E e E E E S S S S E E
|---------5-3-||----------------------|---------------------|
|---------3-1-||o-----------------1-3-|-----------------1-3-|
|-------------||o-3-3---3-3-3-1-------|-3-3---3-3-3-1-------|
|-------------||----------------3-----|---------------3-----|
e E E E S S S S E E E E E E +E E E E 3x e E E E S S S S E E 8x
|---------------------|--------------------||-||------------------------||
|-----------------1-3-|---3---3-(3)-------o||-||o-----------------1-3--o||
|-3-3---3-3-3-1-------|-3-----------0-1-2-o||-||o-3-3---3-3-3-1--------o||
|---------------3-----|--------------------||-||----------------3-------||
e E E E S S S S E E E E E E +H e E e E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------1-3-|---3---3-(3)----|-----------------|
|-3-3---3-3-3-1-------|-3--------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|---------------3-----|----------------|-----------------|
Tempo 2 Q=80
E a Q a E +E a Q E e E E E E E E E H Q E E
|-----------------------|-----------------|---------5-3-||
|-----------------------|-----------------|---------3-1-||
|---0h1--0h1-(1)-0h1--2-|-3-3---3-3-3-3---|-------------||
|-----------------------|---------------3-|-------------||
Verse
Tempo 1 Q=104
e E E E S S S S E E 4x e E E E S S S S E E e E E E S S S S E E
||-----------------------||-||----------------------|----------------------|
||o-----------------1-3-o||-||o-----------------1-3-|-----------------1-2--|
||o-3-3---3-3-3-1-------o||-||o-3-3---3-3-3-1-------|-3-3---3-3-3-1--------|
||----------------3------||-||----------------3-----|---------------3------|
1. 2.
e E E E S S E E E e E E E S S S S E E e E E E S S S S E E
|-------------------|----------------------||----------------------||
|-3-3---3-3-3-------|-----------------1-3-o||-----------------1-2--||
|-------------0-1-2-|-3-3---3-3-3-1-------o||-3-3---3-3-3-1--------||
|-------------------|---------------3------||---------------3------||
Chorus
e E e E S S E E E +E E e E S S E E E E E e E S S S S E E
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-------|-----------------1---|
|-------------0-1---|---------------0-1-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-----3-|
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------3-----|
+E E e E S S S S E E e E e E s S E E E W
|-----------------------|-------------------|------|
|-------------------1-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|------|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-1-------|-------------0-1-3-|------|
|-----------------3-----|-------------------|-1----|
Outro
Tempo 2 Q=80 Tempo 1 Q=104
e E e E S S S S E E H Q E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------|---------5-3-||----------------------------------|
|-----------------1-3-|---------3-1-||----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-------|-------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|---------------3-----|-------------||----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x
|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|-3-1---------------1-------------||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-----3-2-1-0-1-2-3---3-2-1-0-1-2-||-----------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 7x
|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|-3-1---------------1-------------||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-----3-2-1-0-1-2-3---3-2-1-0-1-2-||-----------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 7x
|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|-3-1---------------1-------------||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-----3-2-1-0-1-2-3---3-2-1-0-1-2-||-----------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x
|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|-3-1---------------1-------------||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-----3-2-1-0-1-2-3---3-2-1-0-1-2-||-----------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x
|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|-3-1---------------1-------------||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-----3-2-1-0-1-2-3---3-2-1-0-1-2-||-----------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x
|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|-3-1---------------1-------------||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-----3-2-1-0-1-2-3---3-2-1-0-1-2-||-----------------------------------||
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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
