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Rock N Roll Fantasy

Bad Company
Tab
4.7(5)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Gtr I (E A D G B E)

Moderately Q=110 Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Q=H

4/4

Gtr I

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E

|-------------------------|---------------||---------------|------------|
|-------------------------|---------------||o--------------|------------|
|-------------------------|---------------||----9---9-9-9--|------------|
|-0h2-2-2p0---------------|-0h2-2---------||----9---9-9-9--|-0h2tr0p0---|
|-----------2-0h2-2-2p0---|-------0h2p0---||o---7---7-7-7--|------------|
|-----------------------3-|-------------3-||----0---0-0-0--|------------|

Verse 1&2 Q=H

E E E E E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E E E

|----------------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|-9--------------------------|--------9----5-|-------7-------9----|
|-9-0h2tr0p0-----/14\-2\--14-|---9-9-------5-|-------7-------9----|
|-7--------------------------|---7-7-------3-|-------5---5-5-7----|
|-0--------------------------|-------------3-|-------5---5-5-7----|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------------|----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------|------------------------|
|---9-----------5-|------7-------9-|-----9-7-7-9-------5----|
|---9-9-9-------5-|------7-------9-|---9-9-7-7-9-------5----|
|-7---7-7--7--5-3-|--3-3-5---5-5-7-|---7-------7--7-7--3----|
|-7---7----7--5-3-|--3-3-5---5-5-0-|-0------------7-7--3----|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-------------|-----------------|-----------------||----|
|-------------|-----------------|----------------o||----|
|-----5-7-----|----9-9------9-9-|-----------------||----|
|-----5-7---9-|--9-9-9-9----9-9-|-----------------||----|
|-3-3-3-5---7-|--7-7---7--------|--------5-7p5---o||----|
|-3-3-3-5---0-|--0-----0--0-----|----5h7-------0--||----|

Chorus Q=H

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

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

Interlude Q=H

~

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---9b10r==9-7--7\-5-7--7--7-----5h7--9b10r==9-7--7\-5-7-7b9--5-7--7--|
|-0--------------------------5h7--------------------------------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-----5h7---9b10r==9-7---7\-|-/5-7--7--7-----5h7---9b10r==9-7-5-7--7b9--|
|-5h7-----0-----------------|------------5h7-----0----------------------|

Last Verse Q=H

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|------------|----------------------|---------------------|
|------------|----------------------|---------------------|
|------------|----------------------|---------------------|
|------------|----------------------|---------------------|
|-5-7-----7\-|---7--5--7----7----7\-|---3---3----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 E E E E E E E E

|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|---7-5-7---7---7\-|---3---3---5---5-|---7-5-7---7---7\-|---3---3---5---5-|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|

Outro Q=H

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|---------------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-------3--2--0-|-------0--2--|-------3--2S7-7-|--5-5S3-3-2-3-0--|
|-----2-2-------|-----2-------|-----2-2--------|-----------------|
|---2-----------|---2---------|---2------------|-----------------|
|-0-------------|-0-----------|-0--------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-------------|----------------|-----------------|

Free Time Q=H

E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q

|---------------|---------------|--------------*|----|
|-0----3--2h7-7-|--5\--3-2--3-0-|-0------2-----*|----|
|-2--2-2--------|---------------|-2------2-----*|----|
|-2--2----------|---------------|-2------2-----*|----|
|-0-------------|---------------|-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

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