Bomber Bass

by Motörhead
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Tuning: E A D G
Capo: no capo
Author yob2 [a] 129. Last edit on Dec 2, 2020
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I've always been told Motörhead tuned their guitars half a note down,
but looking at live videos it doesn't seem like Lemmy did. Maybe it
was only fast Eddie who did this. You can use a regular tuning for
the bass, at least I do.
 
I've seen numerous transcripts of this song, but IMHO, they all have the same few notes wrong in the
chorus/end of the solo.
 
Intro (& interlude):
D |----------------|----------------|
G |----------------|----------------|
A |----------------|----------------|
E (6)--------------|4---------------|
 
D |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E |-6-6-6-6-666-6-6|-4-4-4-4-444-4-4|-6-6-6-6-666-6-6|-4-4-4-4-444-4-4|
 
D |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E |-6-6-6-6-666-6-6|-4-4-4-4-444-4-4|-6-6-6-6-666-6-6|-4-4-4-4-444-4-4|
 
Extra four bars (on the original album version there's this one C#
  in it, which they didn't do on later live versions):
D |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A |-6-6-6-6-666-6-6|-4-6-6-6-666-6-6|-4-6-6-6-666-6-6|-4-6-6-6-666-6-6|
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 
 
Verse:
D |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E |-6-6-6-6-666-6-6|-6-6-6-6-666-6-6|-4-4-4-4-444-4-4|-4-4-4-4-444-4-4|  (x2)
 
 
Chorus (in live versions you can see Lemmy play these D# and C# on
   the 11th and 9th fret of the E-string):
D |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4|
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 
Repeat verse and chorus
Those extra four bars again
 
1st Solo:
D |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4|
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 
D |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4|
E |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 
Repeat verse and chorus
"Intro and interlude" but with a different rhythm, you'll figure it out,
  8 'repeats' in total. In the original album version they just repeat
  'Interlude' for more than a minute, but in later live versions it's this
  and the second solo, like this
 
2nd Solo, like chorus (so only four bars):
"Intro and interlude", three-and-a-half repeats in total.
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