Ballroom Blitz Bass

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G
Key:	E
Capo:	no capo
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THE BALLROOM BLITZ (Bassline)
As recorded by The Sweet
(From the 1975 Album DESOLATION BOULEVARD)
 
Words and Music by Nicky Chinn & Mike Chapman
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Steve Priest - Bass'
 
  [Intro]
  Q=216(8=s8)
  4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx17 Drums     H    Q  Q       E E E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E Q     3x
G|-------------|-------------||------------------|---------------------||
D|-------------|-------------||o-----------------|--------------------o||
A|-------------|---------7\--||o---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---7-7-7-(7)-7-7\---o||
E|-------------|-------------||--0---------------|-0-------------------|| 
 
 
                                      [1st & 2nd Verses]
                                      Segno $
   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E Q   Q      q  q  q  q    q  E E E E E E
G|----------------|-----------------||-------------|-----------------|
D|----------------|-----------------||-------------|-----------------|
A|----7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7\------||-------------|-----------------|
E|-0--------------|-------------1/--||-5--5--5--5--|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--|
 
 
   q  q  q  q    q  E E E E q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E Q
G|-------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------------|
D|-------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------------|
A|-------------|---------------|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---7-7-7-(7)-7-7\---|
E|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5-5-5-5-5--|-0---------------|-0------------------|
 
 
   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E Q   Q     q  q  q  q    q  E E E E E E
G|----------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
D|----------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
A|----7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7\------|-------------|-----------------|
E|-0--------------|-------------1/--|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--|
 
 
   q  q  q  q    q  E E E E q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E Q
G|-------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------------|
D|-------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------------|
A|-------------|---------------|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---7-7-7-(7)-7-7\---|
E|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5-5-5-5-5--|-0---------------|-0------------------|
 
 
                                         [Bridge]
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E Q      q  Q  H      Wx7
G|-----------------|-------------------||------------|--------|
D|-----------------|-------------------||------------|--------|
A|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---7-7-7-(7)-7-7\--||------------|--------|
E|-0---------------|-0-----------------||-0----------|--------|
 
 
                            [Pre-Chorus]
                            Segno Segno $$
   W          +H.      Q     q  q  q  q    q  E E +E  E Q
G|----------|-------------||-------------|-------------------|
D|----------|-------------||-------------|-------------------|
A|-7--------|-(7)---------||-------------|-------------------|
E|----------|-------------||-2--2--2--2--|-2--2-2-(2)-2-2/---|
 
 
   q  q  q  q    q  E E +E  E Q     q  q  q  q    q  E E +E  E Q
G|-------------|------------------|-------------|------------------|
D|-------------|------------------|-------------|------------------|
A|-------------|------------------|-------------|------------------|
E|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5/--|-8--8--8--8--|-8--8-8-(8)-8-8---|
 
 
   q  q  q  q    q  q  q  q    q  q  q  q    q  q  q  Q
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
A|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7-------||
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------7\---||
 
 
  [Chorus]
   q  q  q  Q    q  E E +E  E Q    q  q  q  q    q  E E E E Q
G|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
D|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
A|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-7--7-7-7-7-7\---|
E|-2--2--2--2S=|=5--5-5-(5)-5-5S=|=7--7--7--7--|-----------------|
 
 
                                                        To Coda
   q  q  q  Q    q  E E +E  E Q    q  q  q  q    q  E E +Q   Q
G|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
D|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------------|
A|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-7--7-5-(5)--6---|
E|-2--2--2--2S=|=5--5-5-(5)-5-5S=|=7--7--7--7--|-----------------|
 
 
   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E +Q   Q    Q  E E E E E E   E E E E +Q   Q
G|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
D|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
A|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-5-(5)--6--|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-5-(5)--6---|
E|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
 
 
                                      [Interlude]
     To Double Coda
   Q  E E E E E E    E E E E E E Q     q  Q  H      Wx3
G|-----------------|----------------||------------|--------|
D|-----------------|----------------||------------|--------|
A|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-5S=||=7----------|--------|
E|-----------------|----------------||------------|--------|
 
 
                             [Interlude]
         Dal Segno al Coda   Coda &
   W          +H.      Q       Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E Q.
G|----------|--------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D|----------|--------------||o----------------|-----------------|
A|----------|--------------||o-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-5-----|
E|-0--------|-(0)------1/--||-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E +Q   Q   4x E E q  q  q
G|-----------------|------------------||--------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------o||--------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-5-(5)--6--o||-7-7-7--7--7--|
E|-----------------|------------------||--------------|
 
 
                    Dal Segno Segno al Double Coda
   q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   q  q  q  q
G|----------------|-----------------|-------------||
D|----------------|-----------------|-------------||
A|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--7--7--7--||
E|----------------|-----------------|-------------||
 
 
                    [Outro]
  Double Coda &&
   E E E E E Q  E     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E Q.    3x
G|----------------||------------------|-----------------||
D|----------------||o-----------------|----------------o||
A|-7-7-7-7-7-5--6-||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-5----o||
E|----------------||------------------|-----------------||
 
 
   E E E E E Q  E   Q  E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E Q       E E E E E E E E
G|----------------|----------------|-------------------||-------------------|
D|----------------|----------------|-------------------||o------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-5s=6-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7\--||o---7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E|----------------|----------------|-------------------||--0----------------|
 
 
   E E E E +E  E Q    5x     E E E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E Q   11x
G|--------------------||-||------------------|--------------------||
D|-------------------o||-||o-----------------|-------------------o||
A|---7-7-7-(7)-7-7\--o||-||o---7-7-7-x-7-7-7-|-7-7-x-7-(7)-7-7\--o||
E|-0------------------||-||--0---------------|--------------------||
 
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Duration Legend
 
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
 
|  (n)  -  note tied to previous
|   /\  -  slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
|   S   -  shift slide
|   s   -  legato slide
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