Bad Girl Bass

BAD GIRL (Bassline)
 
As recorded by ZZ Top
(From the 1983 Album ELIMINATOR)
 
Words and Music by Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill & Frank Beard
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Dusty Hill - Bass'
 
 
 Intro
  Q=160
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    Q  E E   E E Q  Q  E E   H    Q  E E   E E Q  Q  E E   H    Q  E E
|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|-----------0-|-0-----------0-|-----------0-|-0-----------0-|-----------0-|
|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
 
 
  E E Q  Q  E E   H    Q  E E   E E Q  Q  E E   H    E E E E
|---------------|-------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|-------------|---------------|---------------||
|-0-----------0-|-----------0-|-0-----------0-|--------0-3-4--||
|---------------|-------------|---------------|---------------||
 
 
   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----5---3---2-3-|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5---5---5-----|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-4--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
 
 
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----5---3---2-3--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5---5---5------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
 
 
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
 
 
                                               To Coda
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
 
 
  1.
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-4--o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
 
 
                                Guitar Solo
  2.
  Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  E E Q     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|--------------|--------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|--------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-5--5----5----|-5--5--5-5-5--||-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|--------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-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   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
  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 E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-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   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-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   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
                                      Interlude
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    E E Q  Q  E E
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-||-0-----------0-|
|-----------------|-----------------||---------------|
 
 
  H    Q  E E   E E Q  Q  E E   H    Q  E E
|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|-----------0-|-0-----------0-|-----------0-|
|-------------|---------------|-------------|
 
 
                                                 D.S. al Coda
  E E Q  Q  E E   H    Q  E E   E E Q  Q  E E   H    E E E E
|---------------|-------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|-------------|---------------|---------------||
|-0-----------0-|-----------0-|-0-----------0-|--------0-3-4--||
|---------------|-------------|---------------|---------------||
 
 
  &
  E E E E E E E E   E E Q  Q  E E   H    Q  E E   E E Q  Q  E E
|-----------------|---------------|-------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-------------|----------------|
|---------------0-|-0-----------0-|-----------0-|-0-----------0--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|---------------|-------------|----------------|
 
 
  H    Q  E E   E E Q  Q  E E   H    Q  E E   E E Q  Q  E E   W
|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|------||
|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|------||
|-----------0-|-0-----------0-|-----------0-|-0-----------0-|------||
|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|------||
 
 
   Outro
    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  3x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E Q  Q  E E   E E Q  H
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------*|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-----------0-|-0-----------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------*|
 
 
Duration Legend
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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
X