Blockbuster Bass

BLOCK BUSTER! (Bassline)
As recorded by The Sweet
(From the 1973 Album THE SWEET)
 
Words and Music by Nicky Chinn & Mike Chapman
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Steve Priest - Bass'
 
 Intro
  Q=136(8=s8)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
 
 
    q  q  q  q    q  q  E E q    q  q  q  q    q  q  E E q
||--------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||
||o-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------o||
||o-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7-7-7--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7-7-7--o||
||--------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||
 
 
 1st Verse
  q  q  q  q    q  q  E E q    q  q  q  q    q  q  E E q
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7-7-7--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7-7-7---|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
 
 
  q  q  q  q    q  q  E E q    q  q  q  q    q  q  E E q
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||
|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7-7-7--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7-7-7---||
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||
 
 
 Interlude
  q  q  q  q    q  q  E E q    q  q  q  q    q  q  E E q
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||
|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7-7-7--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7-7-7---||
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||
 
 
 2nd Verse
  q  q  q  q    q  q  E E q    q  q  q  q    q  q  E E q
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7-7-7--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7-7-7---|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
 
 
  q  q  q  q    q  q  E E q    q  q  q  q    q  q  E E q
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||
|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7-7-7--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7-7-7---||
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||
 
 
 Chorus
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------6-6-|-9-9-6-6-4-4------|
|-------------6-6-|-------------6-6-|-----6-6-9-9-----|-------------6-6--|
|-----6-6-9-9-----|-----6-6-9-9-----|-7-7-------------|------------------|
|-7-7-------------|-7-7-------------|-----------------|------------------|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   W          +W
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------||
|-------------6-6-|-------------6-6-|----------|--------||
|-----6-6-9-9-----|-----6-6-9-9-----|-7--------|-(7)----||
|-7-7-------------|-7-7-------------|----------|--------||
 
 
 3rd Verse
                                        |-3-|
  W          W          W          H    Q Q Q
|----------|----------|----------|------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------9-9-9-|
|----------|----------|----------|------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------------|
 
 
  q  q  q  q    q  q  E E q    q  q  q  q    q  q  E E q
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||
|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7-7-7--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7-7-7---||
|-------------|--------------|-------------|---------------||
 
 
 Chorus
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------6-6-|-9-9-6-6-4-4------|
|-------------6-6-|-------------6-6-|-----6-6-9-9-----|-------------6-6--|
|-----6-6-9-9-----|-----6-6-9-9-----|-7-7-------------|------------------|
|-7-7-------------|-7-7-------------|-----------------|------------------|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   W
|-----------------|-----------------|------||
|-------------6-6-|-------------6-6-|------||
|-----6-6-9-9-----|-----6-6-9-9-----|-7----||
|-7-7-------------|-7-7-------------|------||
 
 
 Breakdown
  |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
 
 
  |-3-| |-3-|         |-3-| |-3-|         |-3-|    |-3-|
  E E E E E E Q  Q    E E E E E E Q  Q    E E E Q  E E E Q
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-------|-7-7-7----7-7-7----|
|-------------7--7--|-------------7--7--|-------7--------7--|
 
 
                            Chorus
  |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  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
|-------------------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------||-------------6-6-|-------------6-6-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-----6-6-9-9-----|-----6-6-9-9-----|
|-------------------------||-7-7-------------|-7-7-------------|
 
 
  W          W          E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------|----------|-------------6-6-|-------------4-4--|
|----------|----------|-----6-6-9-9-----|-----4-4-7-7------|
|----------|----------|-7-7-------------|-5-5--------------|
 
 
                           Outro
  W          +W             q  q  q  q    q  q  E E q   17x
|----------|------------||--------------|----------------||
|----------|------------||o-------------|---------------o||
|-7--------|-(7)--------||o-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7-7-7---o||
|----------|------------||--------------|----------------||
 
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
 
Aah, aah
You better beware, you better take care
You better watch out if you've got long black hair
He'll come from behind, you go out of your mind
You'd better not go, you'd never know what you'll find
 
Aah, aah
You look in his eyes, don't be surprised
If you don't know what's going on behind his disguise
Nobody knows where Buster goes
He'll steal your woman out from under your nose
 
Does anyone know the way, did we hear someone say
We just haven't got a clue what to do
Does anyone know the way, there's got to be a way
To Block Buster!
 
The cops are out, they're running about
Don't know if they'll ever be able to Block Buster out
He's gotta be cought, he's gotta be taught
Cause he's more evil than anyone here ever thought
 
Does anyone know the way did we hear someone say
We just haven't got a clue - ow!
Does anyone know the way, there's got to be a way
To Block Buster!
 
Does anyone know the way did we hear someone say
We just haven't got a clue what to do
Does anyone know the way, there's got to be a way
To Block Buster!
 
Aah, aah, aah, aah
Buster, Buster, to Block Buster!
Buster, Buster, to Block Buster!
Buster, Buster, to Block Buster!...
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