Rebel Yell Billy Idol
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]E E E E [D5]Q [A5]Q [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
|---------------||------------------|-----------------|------------------| |---------------||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]E E E E [D5]E E [A5]E E [E5]E E E E [D5]Q [A5]Q [Bm]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]E E E E [D5]E E [A5]E E [E5]E E E E [D5]Q [A5]Q [Bm]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------------||
Interlude
2.
[E5]q q Q E E [G5]E E E E E E E E [F#5]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]W +W +H. [A5B5]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]E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E [Gmaj7]E E E E E E E E [E5]E E E E [D5]Q [A5]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]
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]E E E E [D5]E E [A5]E E 3x [E5]E E E E [D5]Q [A5]Q [Bm]W
|------------------||-----------------||------| |-----------------o||-----------------||------| |---------5-5-0-0-o||---------4b5-----||------| |-0-0-0-0----------||-0-0-0-0------5--||-7----|
+W +W +H. [A5B5]E E
|------------|------------|--------------*| |------------|------------|--------------*| |------------|------------|--------------*| |-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)------5-7-*|
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
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