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Song
ARTIST: The Ramones
TITLE: Blitzkrieg Bop
TRANSCRIBED BY: Hardly Ramone (Me)
TUNING: Standard Tuning
This is actually a really fun Ramones song for bass players. It starts on the top
string and slowly makes it's way down to the bottom string as you get to the chorus.
It's not a "melodic" bass line, but you get to move around the neck and play a lot
of different notes at various octaves. "INSTRUMENTAL 2" is also very fun to play.
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INSTRUMENTAL 1:
E B E B
G|--9-----9-----------------|--9--9--9-----------------| D|--------------9--9--9--9--|-----------9-----9--9--9--| A|--------------------------|--------------------------| E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D A D A
G|--7-----7-----------------|--7--7--7-----------------| D|--------------7--7--7--7--|-----------7-----7--7--7--| A|--------------------------|--------------------------| E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
C G C G
G|--5-----5-----------------|--5--5--5-----------------| D|--------------5--5--5--5--|-----------5-----5--5--5--| A|--------------------------|--------------------------| E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
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INSTRUMENTAL 2:
Ab A Ab A Ab A E D
G|--------------------------|--------------------------| D|--6--7--7--7--6--7--7--7--|--6--7--7--7--------------| A|--------------------------|--------------7-----5-----| E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
Ab A Ab A Ab A E D
G|--------------------------|--------------------------| D|--6--7--7--7--6--7--7--7--|--6--7--7--7--------------| A|--------------------------|--------------7-----5-----| E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
Ab A Ab A Ab A E D
G|--------------------------|--------------------------| D|--6--7--7--7--6--7--7--7--|--6--7--7--7--------------| A|--------------------------|--------------7-----5-----| E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
Ab A Ab A Ab A E D
G|--------------------------|--------------------------| D|--6--7--7--7--6--7--7--7--|--6--7--7--7--------------| A|--------------------------|--------------7-----5-----| E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
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CHORUS:
E B E
G|--------------------------|--------------------------| D|--------------------------|--------------------------| A|--7-----7--7--7--7--7--7--|-----------7-----7--7--7--| E|--------------------------|--7-----7-----------------|
Hey daddy-o I don't
D A D
G|--------------------------|--------------------------| D|--------------------------|--------------------------| A|--5-----5--5--5--5--5--5--|-----------5-----5--5--5--| E|--------------------------|--5-----5-----------------|
wanna go dooooooooooown to the base
E B E
G|--------------------------|--------------------------| D|--------------------------|--------------------------| A|--7-----7--7--7--7--7--7--|-----------7-----7--7--7--| E|--------------------------|--7-----7-----------------|
There's somethin
D A D
G|--------------------------|--------------------------| D|--------------------------|--------------------------| A|--5-----5--5--5--5--5--5--|-----------5-----5--5--5--| E|--------------------------|--5-----5-----------------|
down there I don't
E B E
G|--------------------------|--------------------------| D|--------------------------|--------------------------| A|--7-----7--7--7--7--7--7--|-----------7-----7--7--7--| E|--------------------------|--7-----7-----------------|
wanna go Hey,
D A D
G|--------------------------|--------------------------| D|--------------------------|--------------------------| A|--5-----5--5--5--5--5--5--|-----------5-----5--5--5--| E|--------------------------|--5-----5-----------------|
Romeo There's somethin
E B E
G|--------------------------|--------------------------| D|--------------------------|--------------------------| A|--7-----7--7--7--7--7--7--|-----------7-----7--7--7--| E|--------------------------|--7-----7-----------------|
down there I don't
D A D
G|--------------------------|--------------------------| D|--------------------------|--------------------------| A|--5-----5--5--5--5--5--5--|-----------5-----5--5--5--| E|--------------------------|--5-----5-----------------|
wanna go dooooooooooown to the base
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INSTRUMENTAL 3:
A F G
G|--------------------------|--------------------------| D|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--3-----5-----| A|--------------------------|--------------------------| E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A F G
G|--------------------------|--------------------------| D|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--3-----5-----| A|--------------------------|--------------------------| E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A F G
G|--------------------------|--------------------------| D|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--3-----5-----| A|--------------------------|--------------------------| E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A F G
G|--------------------------|--------------------------| D|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|--7--7--7--7--3-----5-----| A|--------------------------|--------------------------| E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
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After that, you play the entire thing two more times, and the then you go into the
extremely brief OUTRO, which goes likes this:
E B E B
G|--9-----9-----------------|--9--9--9-----------------| D|--------------9--9--9--9--|-----------9--------------| A|--------------------------|--------------------------| E|--------------------------|--------------------------|
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