Bass tablature for "Im Bad Im Nationwide" by "Zz Top"

Artist: Zz Top
Piece: Im Bad Im Nationwide
Instrument: Bass
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I'M BAD, I'M NATIONWIDE (Bassline)
As recorded by ZZ Top
(From the 1979 Album DEGUELLO)


 Words and Music by Billy F. Gibbons, Dusty Hill and Frank Beard

 

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'


 Intro
  Moderate Rock Q=104
 4/4
  Gtr I
  E   E E E E E E E E   E a Q  a E +E  a Q  E   e E e E E E E E
|---|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|---|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---0h1--0h1-(1)-0h1--2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|---|-----------------|-----------------------|---------------3-|


                                             Verses
  Tempo 2 Q=80Tempo 1 Q=104
  H    Q  E E     e E E E S S S S E E  4x     e E E E S S S S E E
|---------5-3-||-----------------------||-||-----------------------|
|---------3-1-||o-----------------1-3-o||-||o-----------------1-3--|
|-------------||o-3-3---3-3-3-1-------o||-||o-3-3---3-3-3-1--------|
|-------------||----------------3------||-||----------------3------|


                                            1.
  e E E E S S S S E E   e E E E S S E E E   e E E E S S S S E E
|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------1-2-|-3-3---3-3-3-------|-----------------1-3--o||
|-3-3---3-3-3-1-------|-------------0-1-2-|-3-3---3-3-3-1--------o||
|---------------3-----|-------------------|---------------3-------||


                        Chorus
  2.
  e E E E S S S S E E    e E e E S S E E E   +E  E e E S S E E E
|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------1-2-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-------|
|-3-3---3-3-3-1-------||-------------0-1---|---------------0-1-2-|
|---------------3-----||-------------------|---------------------|


  E E e E S S S S E E   +E  E e E S S S S E E   e E e E s S E E E
|---------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------1---|-------------------1-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3--------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-----3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-1-------|-------------0-1-3--|
|---------------3-----|-----------------3-----|--------------------|


                                   Tempo 2 Q=80
  W          e E e E S S S S E E   H    Q  E E
|----------|---------------------|---------5-3-||
|----------|-----------------1-3-|---------3-1-||
|----------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-------|-------------||
|-1--------|---------------3-----|-------------||


   Verse
    Tempo 1 Q=104
    e E E E S S S S E E   e E E E S S S S E E   e E E E S S E E E
||----------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------1-3-|-----------------1-2-|-3-3---3-3-3-------|
||o-3-3---3-3-3-1-------|-3-3---3-3-3-1-------|-------------0-1-2-|
||----------------3-----|---------------3-----|-------------------|


                                                Chorus
  1.                      2.
  e E E E S S S S E E     e E E E S S S S E E    e E e E S S E E E
|----------------------||---------------------||--------------------|
|-----------------1-3-o||-----------------1-2-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3--|
|-3-3---3-3-3-1-------o||-3-3---3-3-3-1-------||-------------0-1----|
|---------------3------||---------------3-----||--------------------|


  +E  E e E S S E E E   E E e E S S S S E E   +E  E e E S S S S E E
|---------------------|---------------------|------------------------|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-------|-----------------1---|-------------------1-2--|
|---------------0-1-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-----3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-1--------|
|---------------------|---------------3-----|-----------------3------|


  e E e E s S E E E   W          e E e E S S S S E E
|-------------------|----------|---------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|----------|-----------------1-3-|
|-------------0-1-3-|----------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-------|
|-------------------|-1--------|---------------3-----|


                 Guitar Solo
  Tempo 2 Q=80Tempo 1 Q=104
  H    Q  E E     e E E E S S S S E E   e E E E S S S S E E
|---------5-3-||----------------------|---------------------|
|---------3-1-||o-----------------1-3-|-----------------1-3-|
|-------------||o-3-3---3-3-3-1-------|-3-3---3-3-3-1-------|
|-------------||----------------3-----|---------------3-----|


  e E E E S S S S E E   E E E E +E  E E E  3x     e E E E S S S S E E   8x
|---------------------|--------------------||-||------------------------||
|-----------------1-3-|---3---3-(3)-------o||-||o-----------------1-3--o||
|-3-3---3-3-3-1-------|-3-----------0-1-2-o||-||o-3-3---3-3-3-1--------o||
|---------------3-----|--------------------||-||----------------3-------||


  e E E E S S S S E E   E E E E +H       e E e E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------1-3-|---3---3-(3)----|-----------------|
|-3-3---3-3-3-1-------|-3--------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|---------------3-----|----------------|-----------------|


                                          Tempo 2 Q=80
  E a Q  a E +E  a Q  E   e E E E E E E E   H    Q  E E
|-----------------------|-----------------|---------5-3-||
|-----------------------|-----------------|---------3-1-||
|---0h1--0h1-(1)-0h1--2-|-3-3---3-3-3-3---|-------------||
|-----------------------|---------------3-|-------------||


                               Verse
    Tempo 1 Q=104
    e E E E S S S S E E  4x     e E E E S S S S E E   e E E E S S S S E E
||-----------------------||-||----------------------|----------------------|
||o-----------------1-3-o||-||o-----------------1-3-|-----------------1-2--|
||o-3-3---3-3-3-1-------o||-||o-3-3---3-3-3-1-------|-3-3---3-3-3-1--------|
||----------------3------||-||----------------3-----|---------------3------|


                      1.                      2.
  e E E E S S E E E   e E E E S S S S E E     e E E E S S S S E E
|-------------------|----------------------||----------------------||
|-3-3---3-3-3-------|-----------------1-3-o||-----------------1-2--||
|-------------0-1-2-|-3-3---3-3-3-1-------o||-3-3---3-3-3-1--------||
|-------------------|---------------3------||---------------3------||


 Chorus
  e E e E S S E E E   +E  E e E S S E E E   E E e E S S S S E E
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----3-|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-------|-----------------1---|
|-------------0-1---|---------------0-1-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-----3-|
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------3-----|


  +E  E e E S S S S E E   e E e E s S E E E   W
|-----------------------|-------------------|------|
|-------------------1-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-------|------|
|-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-1-------|-------------0-1-3-|------|
|-----------------3-----|-------------------|-1----|


                                      Outro
                      Tempo 2 Q=80  Tempo 1 Q=104
  e E e E S S S S E E   H    Q  E E    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------|---------5-3-||----------------------------------|
|-----------------1-3-|---------3-1-||----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-------|-------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|---------------3-----|-------------||----------------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S     S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  3x
|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|-3-1---------------1-------------||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-----3-2-1-0-1-2-3---3-2-1-0-1-2-||-----------------------------------||


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S     S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  7x
|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|-3-1---------------1-------------||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-----3-2-1-0-1-2-3---3-2-1-0-1-2-||-----------------------------------||


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S     S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  7x
|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|-3-1---------------1-------------||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-----3-2-1-0-1-2-3---3-2-1-0-1-2-||-----------------------------------||


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S     S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  3x
|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|-3-1---------------1-------------||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-----3-2-1-0-1-2-3---3-2-1-0-1-2-||-----------------------------------||


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S     S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  3x
|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|-3-1---------------1-------------||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-----3-2-1-0-1-2-3---3-2-1-0-1-2-||-----------------------------------||


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S     S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  3x
|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|-3-1---------------1-------------||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-----3-2-1-0-1-2-3---3-2-1-0-1-2-||-----------------------------------||




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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

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