• Song:

    I Wanna Be Somebody

  • Artist:

    Wasp

  • Album:

    Double Live Assasins

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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
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                               I WANNA BE SOMEBODY
                             As recorded by W.A.S.P.
                         (From the 1984 Album W.A.S.P.)

Words and Music by Blackie Lawless
Transcribed by Roadkill

           F                   G5                    A                   D/A
      1 3 3 2 x x          3 x 0 0 x x          x 0 2 2 2 x          x 0 0 2 3 2

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr I'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr II'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr. III'

                                      1st Verse
  Fast Rock Q=168
 4/4
  Gtr I
            <
                                          PM-----------------
|---------|-------------------------||----------------------|
|---------|-------------------------||----------------------|
|---------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||-2--------------------|
|---------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-2--------------------|
|---------|-------------------------||-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------|-------------------------||----------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|---------|-------------------------||----------------------|
|---------|-------------------------||----------------------|
|---------|-------------------------||----------------------|
|---------|-------------------------||----------------------|
|---------|-------------------------||----------------------|
|---------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-||----------------------|


 -----------------------|       PM--------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-0h2-------------------|
|-------------------------|-0h2-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|


  PM--------------------|       PM-----------------
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-0h2-------------------|
|-------------------------|-0h2-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|


 -----------------------|
|-------------------------|-0----|
|-------------------------|-3----|
|-------------------------|-2----|
|-------------------------|-0----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------|
|-------------------------|------|


  PM--------------------|      PM-----------------
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|-2--------------------|
|-------------------------|-2--------------------|
|-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2-------|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------3-3-3-|----------------------|


 -----------------------|       PM--------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-0h2--------------------|
|-------------------------|-0h2--------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-------------------------|------------------------|


  PM--------------------|       PM-----------------
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-0h2-------------------|
|-------------------------|-0h2-------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|


 -----------------------|
|-------------------------|-0--0----|
|-------------------------|-3--3----|
|-------------------------|-2--2----|
|-------------------------|-0--0----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------|
|-------------------------|---------|


                            $
  PM--------------------|
|-------------------------|------------|-------------|--------|
|-------------------------|------------|-----------2-|-(2)----|
|-------------x-x-x-------|-5----4---2-|-2-----0---2-|-(2)----|
|-------------x-x-x-------|-3----3-----|-3-----0---2-|-(2)----|
|-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2-------|------------|----0--x---0-|-(0)----|
|-------------------3-3-3-|------------|-------3-----|--------|


  A               F                    G5  A
  Gtr II
   |              |    |       |       |   |    |
   /              /    /       /       /   /    /

                                       TP
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------|
|-(2)-----------|------------|-------------2-|-(2)----|
|-(2)---------0-|-5----4---0-|-2---0---0---2-|-(2)----|
|-(2)-----------|-3----3-----|-3--(3)------2-|-(2)----|
|-(0)-----------|------------|-------------0-|-(0)----|
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------|
|
| Gtr III
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------|
|--5---3--1-----|------------|---------------|--------|
|--6---4--2-----|------------|---------------|--------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------|


                  F                    G5    D/A
                  |    |       |        |    |    |
                  /    /       /        /    /    /

|---------------|------------|-----------------|--------|
|-(2)-----------|------------|-----0---------7-|-(7)----|
|-(2)---------0-|-5----4---0-|-2---0---(0)---7-|-(7)----|
|-(2)-----------|-3----3-----|-3--(3)---0----7-|-(7)----|
|-(0)-----------|------------|----------x----0-|-(0)----|
|---------------|------------|----------3------|--------|
|
|---------------|------------|-----------------|--------|
|--5---3--1-----|------------|-----------------|--------|
|--6---4--2-----|------------|-----------------|--------|
|---------------|------------|-----------------|--------|
|---------------|------------|-----------------|--------|
|---------------|------------|-----------------|--------|


             Chorus
  D/A
  |
  /

                PM----|   PM----|
|----------||---------------------|----------|---------0-|
|-7--------||-2---------2---------|-2--------|---------3-|
|-7--------||-2---------2---------|-2--------|-2-------2-|
|-7--------||-2---------2---------|-2--------|-3-------0-|
|----------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--------|-3---------|
|----------||---------------------|----------|-1---------|


                         PM----|   PM----|
|-(0)--------------|-----------------------|----------|---------0--|
|-(3)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------|-2--------|---------3--|
|-(2)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------|-2--------|-2-------2--|
|-(0)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------|-2--------|-3-------0--|
|--------3p2p0---0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--------|-3----------|
|--------------3---|-----------------------|----------|-1----------|


                         PM----|   PM----|
|-(0)--------------|-----------------------|------|
|-(3)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------|-2----|
|-(2)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------|-2----|
|-(0)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------|-2----|
|--------3p2p0---0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----|
|--------------3---|-----------------------|------|


                                     PM----|   PM----|
|---------0-|-(0)--------------|-----------------------|
|---------3-|-(3)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------|
|-2-------2-|-(2)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------|
|-3-------0-|-(0)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------|
|-3---------|--------3p2p0---0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-1---------|--------------3---|-----------------------|


To Coda
|----------|---------0-|-(0)--------|-------------------------||
|-2--------|---------3-|-(3)--------|-------------------------||
|-2--------|-2-------2-|-(2)--------|-------------------------||
|-2--------|-3-------0-|-(0)--------|-------------------------||
|-0--------|-3---------|------------|-------------------------||
|----------|-1---------|------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-||


 2nd Verse
     PM----------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-2--------------------|-------------------------|
|-2--------------------|-------------------------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|----------------------|-------------------------|


      PM----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-0h2-------------------|--------------------------|
|-0h2-------------------|--------------------------|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|


      PM----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-0h2-------------------|-------------------------|
|-0h2-------------------|-------------------------|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|


             PM--------------------|
|-0--------|--------------------------|
|-3--------|--------------------------|
|-2--------|--------------------------|
|-0--------|--------------------------|
|----------|-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2--------|
|----------|-------------------3-3-3--|
|
|----------|--------------------------|
|----------|--------------------------|
|----------|--------------------------|
|----------|-7-----5-----4------------|
|----------|-5-----3-----2-----5------|
|----------|-------------------3------|


     PM----------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-2--------------------|-------------------------|
|-2--------------------|-------------------------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|----------------------|-------------------------|


      PM----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-0h2-------------------|--------------------------|
|-0h2-------------------|--------------------------|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|


      PM----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-0h2-------------------|-------------------------|
|-0h2-------------------|-------------------------|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|


                          D.S. al Coda
              PM--------------------|
|-0--0------|--------------------------||
|-3--3------|--------------------------||
|-2--2------|-------------x-x-x--------||
|-0--0------|-------------x-x-x--------||
|-----------|-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2--------||
|-----------|-------------------3-3-3--||
|
|-----------|--------------------------||
|-----------|--------------------------||
|-----------|--------------------------||
|-----------|-7-----5-----4------------||
|-----------|-5-----3-----2-----5------||
|-----------|-------------------3------||


                             Bridge
  &
|---------2-|-(2)----------||-----------|
|---------3-|-(3)----5--5--||-----------|
|-2-------2-|-(2)----5--5--||-7----7----|
|-3-------0-|-(0)----5--5--||-7----5----|
|-3---------|--------3--3--||-5----5----|
|-1---------|--------------||-----------|


|--------------|------------|--------------|-----------|
|------------2-|-(2)--------|-(2)----2--2--|-----------|
|-7----0-0-0-2-|-(2)--------|-(2)----2--2--|-7----7----|
|-7----0-0-0-2-|-(2)--------|-(2)----2--2--|-7----5----|
|-5----x---x-0-|-(0)--------|-(0)----0--0--|-5----5----|
|------3---3---|------------|--------------|-----------|


                            Guitar Solo
|------------|------0------|------------------------------||
|------------|------0------|------------------------------||
|-7----5-4-1-|-(1)---------|-------0h2---0-------------5--||
|-7----3-2-2-|-(2)---------|-0h2h4-----4---4p0h4h7p0h7----||
|-5--------2-|-(2)---------|------------------------------||
|----------0-|-(0)---------|------------------------------||


  ~~~~~~~      ~~~~~~~     PM--------------------------
|------------|-----------|----------------------------|
|------------|-----------|----------------------------|
|----------5-|-----------|----------------------7-7-7-|
|-7----7-----|-7----7----|-7-7-7-9-9-9-10-10-10-------|
|------------|-----------|----------------------------|
|------------|-----------|----------------------------|


 -----|
|-------8-----------------------|--------------------|
|---------10-(10)--(10)\--------|--------------------|
|-9-9-9-------------------[7]b9-|-([7])--5b6-------5-|
|-------------------------------|-------------7--0---|
|-------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------|


                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|----------------|----------------------|------------17-|
|----------------|-5-------8------10----|-(10)----------|
|-(5)b6----------|-7b9----10b12---12b14-|-(12)----------|
|--------5--7----|----------------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------------|---------------|
|----------------|----------------------|---------------|


|-(17)-17p15p14h15p14p12h14h15p14p12----12-----------|
|------------------------------------14----15p14h15--|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|


|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-12h15p13p12h13s10---------------------------------------|
|-------------------14p12p11------12p11-11h12p11h14p12p11-|
|----------------------------11-x-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|


|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|-12p11h14p12p11-12p11h14p12p11-12p11-------------|-----------[7]pb9r===|
|-------------------------------------14p12p11----|---------------------|
|----------------------------------------------12-|-12\-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------|


|----------5-----|---------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------|----------8----|-4h5p4---4h5p4---4h5p4-------------|
|-(7)b9--------7-|-(7)b9---------|-------7-------7-------7p5-7p5p4h5-|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------|---------------|-----------------------------------|


|---------------------------------|------------|------------|--------|
|---------------------------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-4---4h5---4h5h7p5p4h5p4-------2-|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|---7-----7---------------7p5p4-2-|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|-------------------------------0-|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|---------------------------------|------------|------------|--------|


|------------||----------|---------|-----|
|------------||-2--------|---------|-----|
|-(2)--------||-2--------|---------|-----|
|-(2)--------||-2--------|---------|-----|
|-(0)--------||-0--------|---------|-----|
|------------||----------|---------|-----|


|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------------------------||
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------------------------||
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------------------------||
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------------------------||
|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------------------------||
|---------|---------|---------|---------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---||


||-----------|----------|---------2-|
||o-2--------|-2--------|---------3-|
||--2--------|-2--------|-2-------2-|
||--2--------|-2--------|-3-------0-|
||o-0--------|-0--------|-3---------|
||-----------|----------|-1---------|


  1.,2.,3.             4.
                                               PM--|
|-(2)---------------||-2----------------||--------------------|
|-(3)------------2-o||-3----------------||o-------------------|
|-(2)------------2--||-2----------------||--9--------7--------|
|-(0)------------2--||-0----------------||--7--------5--------|
|--------3-2-0---0-o||------3-2-0-----0-||o----0-0-0----0-0-0-|
|--------------3----||------------3b4---||--------------------|


            PM--|        PM--|    PM--|
                   3x
|------------------||-------------------|-------------*|
|-----------------o||-------------------|-------------*|
|-5--4--0-2--------||-9--------7--------|-5--4--0-2---*|
|-3--3--0-2--------||-7--------5--------|-3--3--0-2---*|
|-----------0-0-0-o||----0-0-0----0-0-0-|---------0---*|
|------------------||-------------------|-------------*|


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


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