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---| 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|-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 ----------- | - 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