YOU CAN'T KILL ROCK AND ROLL (Bassline)
As recorded by Ozzy Osbourne
(From the 1981 Album DIARY OF A MADMAN)
Words and Music by Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads and Bob Daisley
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Tuned Down 1/2 Step'
Intro
Half Time Q=63
4/4
Gtr I
W W W
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|-7--------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|-7--------|----------|-7----|
Q Q H W Q Q H
|------------|----------|------------|
|-7----------|----------|-7--7-------|
|----7-------|----------|------------|
|-------5----|-7--------|-------5----|
1st And 2nd Verses
W Q Q H W
|----------|-14------------||-------|
|----------|-----14--------||o------|
|----------|---------12----||o------|
|-7--------|---------------||--7----|
Q. E H W H H
|-------------|----------|-----------|
|-7-----------|----------|-7---------|
|------7------|----------|-----------|
|--------5----|-7--------|------5----|
W Q Q H W
|----------|----9-------|------|
|----------|-7-----7----|------|
|----------|------------|------|
|-7--------|------------|-7----|
Pre-Chorus
|-3-|
E E E Q Q +S S E E S S E S S E. S E. S E. S Q S S E S S E
|-----------------------||---------------------------|----------------------|
|-7--------7--(7)S11----||---5-5-5------------7--(7)-|-------------9-9------|
|---7----------------9-||----------------(7)--------|-----------------9----|
|-----5-5---------------||-3-------2s3-5-------------|-7--7-7--7-7-------5-|
Chorus
Double Time Q=126
$
E. S E S S Q Q S S a S S S S a S S Q S S S S Q Q E Q E
|------------------|--------------------------------||--------------|
|----5-5--------7--|-----7h9-9-9---7h9--------------||--------------|
|------------------|-------------9-----9--------5-4-||-------0-5--7-|
|-3------2s3-5-----|-7-7-----------------7--0-2-----||-7--7---------|
+Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E
|------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-(7)--7------4---|-2--2--0-------|-------------5-4-|
|----------0-2---2-|---------4---5-|-(5)--5--0-2-----|
Q Q E Q E +Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|--------------|------------------|---------------|
|--------------|------------------|---------------|
|-------0-5--7-|-(7)--7------4---|-2--2--0-------|
|-7--7---------|----------0-2---2-|---------4---5-|
+Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E +Q q E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-------------2---|----7----------|-------------2---|
|-----------4---4-|-5--5--5-------|---------2-4---4-|
|-(5)--5--5-------|---------2---5-|-(5)--5----------|
Q Q E E E E +Q q E E E E Q Q +E Q.
|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|----7----------|-----------------|----------------|
|-5--5--5-------|---------7-5-4-5-|----------------|
|---------2---5-|-(5)--5----------|-7--7--(7)-7----|
1.
To Coda
~~~~~~~
Q. E H Q Q +E Q. W
|-------------|-----------------|------|
|------7------|----/5--(5)-4----|------|
|-------------|-----------------|------|
|-5------5----|-----------------|-2----|
Half Time Q=63
W E. T T q E. T T S E S E. T T e S S E. T T S E S
|----------||------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------||--------9---------9-----|--------7------------7-----|
|----------||----7h9-------6h9-------|----4h7-----7----4h7---7---|
|-2--------||-7---------7--------7-7-|-5------------5----------5-|
E. T T e S S E. T T S E S
|---------------------------|
|--------9------------9-----|
|----6h9----------6h9---9---|
|-7----------7-7----------0-|
2.
E. T T e S S E. T T Q S S S S Q S S S S E E
|-------------------------||------------------------|
|--------7------------7--o||------------------------|
|----4h7-----7----4h7----o||------------------------|
|-5------------5----------||-0-2-2-0-2--2-0-2-4-5-0-|
Guitar Solo
S S S S Q S S S S E E S S S S Q S S S S E E
|------------------------||-------------------------|
|------------------------||o------------------------|
|--------------------5-7-||o------------------------|
|-0-2-2-0-2--2-0-2-4-----||--0-2-2-0-2--2-0-2-4-5-0-|
S S S S Q S S S S E E 3x
|--------------------------||
|-------------------------o||
|--------------------5-7--o||
|-0-2-2-0-2--2-0-2-4-------||
2/4
Q. E Q.. S E. S +E E H E. S +E E H +H
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------|
|-7----7-5-----5s|=7--7-(7)-7-5----|-7--7-(7)-7-5----|-(5)----|
4/4
~~
S E T T E. S E. T T S E S
|----------------------------|
|---------9-----------9----9-|
|-----6h9----9----6h9---10---|
|-7-7----------7-------------|
~~~
a E. S E. S E. S E. S E. T T E. S E. T T S E.
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-9s11--9-7----------7----|--------9-----------9-----|
|------------9---------7-|----7h9----9----6h9-------|
|---------------5--5------|-7-----------7--------7---|
E. T T E S S E S T T S S S S
|------------------------------|
|--------7-------------7-------|
|----6h7-----------4-7---7-----|
|-5----------5-5-----------5-5-|
3rd Verse
E. T T q E. T T S E S E. T T e S S E. T T S E S
||-------------------------|---------------------------|
||o--------9---------9-----|--------7------------7-----|
||o----7h9-------6h9-------|----4h7-----7----4h7---7---|
||--7---------7--------7-7-|-5------------5----------5-|
Pre-Chorus
E. T T e S S E. T T S E S E. T T e S S E. T T Q Q S S E S S S S Q
|---------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|
|--------9------------9-----|--------7------------7--o||----5-4-5---7---5-7---|
|----6h9----------6h9---9---|----4h7-----7----4h7----o||--------------7-------|
|-7----------7-7----------0-|-5------------5----------||-3--------5-----------|
E S S E S S T T S S S T T T T a S S E S S S S E a E S S Q
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------9-----7-9-9-9-9-----7-9-------|---5-5-5-4-5-----7-7-7---|
|-----------------------7-9-----7h9---|-------------------------|
|-7-7-7---7-7-----------------------7-|-3-----------3s5---------|
D.S. al Coda &
S S S S S S S S Q S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----9-----9-9-9-9----------||---------4-4-4-4-|-----------------|
|-------------------------5-4-||-----------------|-------------5-4-|
|-7-7---7-7-----------0-2-----||-2-2-2-2---------|-2-2-2-2-0-2-----|
Q Q E Q E +Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|--------------|------------------|---------------|
|--------------|------------------|---------------|
|-------0-5--7-|-(7)--7------4---|-2--2--0-------|
|-7--7---------|----------0-2---2-|---------4---5-|
+Q Q E E E E Q Q E Q E +Q Q E E E E
|-----------------|--------------|------------------|
|-----------------|--------------|------------------|
|-------------5-4-|-------0-5--7-|-(7)--7------4---|
|-(5)--5--0-2-----|-7--7---------|----------0-2---2-|
Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------------|-------------2---|----7----------|
|-2--2--0-------|-----------4---4-|-5--5--5-------|
|---------4---5-|-(5)--5--5-------|---------2---5-|
+Q q E E E E Q Q E E E E +Q q E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-------------2---|----7----------|-----------------|
|---------2-4---4-|-5--5--5-------|---------7-5-4-5-|
|-(5)--5----------|---------2---5-|-(5)--5----------|
~~~~~~~
Q Q +E Q. Q. E H Q Q +E Q.
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|----------------|------7------|----/5--(5)-4----|
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-7--7--(7)-7----|-5------5----|-----------------|
Outro
Half Time Q=63
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S T T E. S E. T T S E S
|-----------------|-----------------||----------------------------|
|---------4-4-2-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||---------9-----------9----9-|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----6h9---------7h9---10---|
|-2-2-2-2---------|-----------------||-7----------7-7-------------|
~~~
a E. S E. S E. T T S S S S E. T T E. S E S T T S E S
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-9s11--9-7------------7-------|--------9------------9------|
|------------9----7-7---x-7-7-|----7h9----------6h9---10-x-|
|---------------5--------------|-7---------7-7--------------|
E. T T E. S E S T T S S S S
|-----------------------14---------|
|--------7--------12h14----14------|
|----4h7----7-----------------12-0-|
|-5-----------5--------------------|
E. T T E. S E. T T S E. E. T T E. S E. T T S S E 9x
||----------------------------|---------------------------||
||o--------9-----------9------|--------7-----------7-----o||
||o----6h9----9----6h9---9b10-|----4h7----7----4h7---7---o||
||--7-----------7-------------|-5-----------5-------------||
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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
