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REBEL YELL (Bassline)
As recorded by Billy Idol
(From the 1983 Album REBEL YELL - EXPANDED EDITION)
Words and Music by Billy Idol, Steve Stevens
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro
Fast Rock Q=168
G5
4/4
Gtr I
Wx3 H Q E E E E E E E E E E
|------------|-------------||------------------||
|------------|-------------||o-----------------||
|------------|-------------||o-----------------||
|------------|---------0-2-||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
1. 2.
F#5 E5 D5 A5
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||------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||---------5-5------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-0-0-0-0-----5-5--|
Bm
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-5-5-4-4-0-0--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------|
Verse
Bm
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-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1.
D5 Gmaj7 E5 D5 A5
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||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|---------5-5-0-0--o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-----------||
Chorus
2.
E5 D5 A5 Bm
E E E E Q Q 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-----||o-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0----5--||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
D5 Gmaj7
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
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---9-9-9-9--------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------10-9-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3---|------------------|
|-7----------------|-----------------|---------------5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
1. 2.
E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 Bm
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E
|------------------||---------------||-----------------|
|-----------------o||---------------||-----------------|
|---------5-5-0-0-o||---------5-----||-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0----------||-0-0-0-0----5--||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
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---|
Bm
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
|-------------------||------------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-7-----------------||o-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---10-9-7--------0-||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|------------------|
|----------10-9-7---||------------------|-----------------|------------------|
D5 Gmaj7
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
|-7-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---9-7-------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------9-(9)-7-5-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
Chorus
1. 2.
E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 Bm
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E
|------------------||----------------||------------------|
|-----------------o||----------------||o-----------------|
|---------5-5-0-0-o||---------5\-----||o-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0----------||-0-0-0-0-----5--||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
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---|
D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---9-9-9-9--------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------10-9-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-7----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1.
Gmaj7 E5 D5 A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------|---------5-5-0-0---o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0------------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/billy_idol/rebel_yell_btab.html ]
Interlude
2.
E5 G5 F#5
q q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------||------------------|-----------------|
|--------------||o-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------||o-----------------|-----------------|
|-0--0-----0-2-||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----||
G5 F#5 E5 D5 A5
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------5-5------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-----5-5--|
Bm A5B5
W +W +H. E E Q q Q q
|----------|------------|--------------|------------||
|----------|------------|--------------|------------||
|----------|------------|--------------|------------||
|-7--------|-(7)--------|-(7)------5-7-|----7-----7-||
Guitar Solo
Bm
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
D5 Gmaj7 E5 D5 A5
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3---|-----------------|---------5-5-0-0--|
|-----------------|---------------5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0----------|
Bm
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
D5 Gmaj7 E5 D5 A5
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 Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3---|-----------------|---------5----||
|-----------------|---------------5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0----5-||
Bridge Verse
N.C. N.C.
Wx8 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------||------------------|-----------------|
|------------||o-----------------|-----------------|
|------------||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|------------||------------------|-----------------|
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---|
|-----------------|-------------------|
1.,2.,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 3x
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------5-5-0-0--o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-----------||
Out-Chorus
4.
E5 D5 A5 Bm
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E E E E Q Q 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-----||o-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0----5--||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
D5 Gmaj7
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
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---9-9-9-9--------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------10-9-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3---|------------------|
|-7----------------|-----------------|---------------5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
1.,2.,3. 4.
E5 D5 A5 E5 D5 A5 Bm
E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E Q Q W
|------------------||-----------------||------|
|-----------------o||-----------------||------|
|---------5-5-0-0-o||---------4b5-----||------|
|-0-0-0-0----------||-0-0-0-0------5--||-7----|
A5B5
+W +W +H. E E
|------------|------------|--------------*|
|------------|------------|--------------*|
|------------|------------|--------------*|
|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)------5-7-*|
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
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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
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| - 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
