Elvis Costello - I dont want to go to chelsea
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(I DON'T WANT TO GO TO) CHELSEA (Bassline)
As recorded by Elvis Costello
(From the 1978 Album THIS YEAR'S MODEL)
Words and Music by Elvis Costello
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bruce Thomas - Bass'
Intro
Q=85
4/4
Gtr I
Wx2 E S S E e S S S S E S S E S S E e S S S S E S S
|------------|---11-8---9-----4-7---9---|---11-8---9-----4-7---9----|
|------------|-9------7-----5-----7---7-|-9------7-----5-----7---7--|
|------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------|--------------------------|---------------------------|
E S S E e S S S S E S S E S S E e S S S S E S S
|---11-8---9-----4-7---9---|---11-8---9-----4-7---9---||
|-9------7-----5-----7---7-|-9------7-----5-----7---7-||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
1st Verse
E S S E e S S S S S S S S
|---11-8---9-----4-7-----9-----|
|-9------7-----5-----7-7---7---|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
E S S E e S S S S S S S S
|---11-8---9-----4-7-----9---|
|-9------7-----5-----7-7---7-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
E S S E e S S S S S S S S E S S E e S S S S E S S
|---11-8---9-----4-7-----9---|---11-8---9-----4-7---9----|
|-9------7-----5-----7-7---7-|-9------7-----5-----7---7--|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
E S S E e S S S S S S S S E S S E e S S S S S S S S
|---11-8---9-----4-7-----9---|---11-8---9-----4-7-----9---|
|-9------7-----5-----7-7---7-|-9------7-----5-----7-7---7-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S E S S
|---11-8-----9-------4-7---6-9--|
|-9------7-7-------5-----7------|
|--------------0----------------|
|-------------------------------|
E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S E S S e e
|---4-7---6-9-------4---6-9-|-----------------------||
|-5-----7-------5-----7-----|-5---5-4---4-----------||
|---------------------------|-------------7---7-5-5-||
|---------------------------|-----------------------||
Chorus
S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S E E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---5-4-----------------3s4-3s4-|---------------------3---|
|-------7-5---------2-5---------|-----2-5---------2-5---5-|
|-------------12\-3-------------|---3-------12\-3---------|
S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------3s4-3s4-|---------------------3s4-3s4-|
|-----2-5---------2-5---------|-----2-5---------2-5---------|
|---3-------12\-3-------------|---3-------12\-3-------------|
S S S S E E e e Q E S S E e S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|---11-8---9-----4-7-----9---|
|----------------------|-9------7-----5-----7-7---7-|
|-----2-5--------------|----------------------------|
|---3-------12\-0-0----|----------------------------|
E S S E e S S S S S S S S
|---11-8---9-----4-7-----9---||
|-9------7-----5-----7-7---7-||
|----------------------------||
|----------------------------||
2nd Verse
E S S E e S S S S S S S S
|---11-8---9-----4-7-----9---|
|-9------7-----5-----7-7---7-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
E S S E e S S S S E S S E S S E e S S S S E S S
|---11-8---9-----4-7---9---|---11-8---9-----4-7---9-----|
|-9------7-----5-----7---7-|-9------7-----5-----7---7---|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
E S S E e S S S S E S S E S S E e S S S S S S S S
|---11-8---9-----4-7---9---|---11-8---9-----4-7-----9---|
|-9------7-----5-----7---7-|-9------7-----5-----7-7---7-|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
E S S E e S S S S S S S S
|---11-8---9-----4-7-----9----|
|-9------7-----5-----7-7---7--|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
E S S E e S S S S E S S E S S E e S S S S E S S
|---11-8---9-----4-7---9---|---11-8---9-----4-7---9---|
|-9------7-----5-----7---7-|-9------7-----5-----7-----|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|---4-7---6-9-----4-7-----6-9--|
|-5-----7-------5-----7-7------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
Chorus
E S S E S S E S S e e S S S S S S E E S S S S S S
|-----------------------||-------------------------------|
|-5---5-4---4-----------||---5-4-----------------3s4-3s4-|
|-------------7---7-5-5-||-------7-5---------2-5---------|
|-----------------------||-------------12\-3-------------|
S S S S E E E S S E E
|-------------------------|
|---------------------3---|
|-----2-5---------2-5---5-|
|---3-------12\-3---------|
S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------3s4-3s4-|---------------------3s4-3s4-|
|-----2-5---------2-5---------|-----2-5---------2-5---------|
|---3-------12\-3-------------|---3-------12\-3-------------|
S S S S E E e e Q E S S E e S S S S E S S E S S E e S S S S E S S
|----------------------|---11-8---9-----4-7---9---|---11-8---9-----4-7---9---|
|----------------------|-9------7-----5-----7---7-|-9------7-----5-----7---7-|
|-----2-5--------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|---3-------12\-0-0----|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E S S E e S S S S S S S S E S S E e S S S S S S S S
|---11-8---9-----4-7-----9---|---11-8---9-----4-7-----9---||
|-9------7-----5-------7---7-|-9------7-----5-------7---7-||
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------------||
3rd Verse
E S S E e S S S S S S S S
|---11-8---9-----4-7-----9---|
|-9------7-----5-----7-7---7-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
E S S E e S S S S E S S E S S E e S S S S E S S
|---11-8---9-----4-7---9---|---11-8---9-----4-7---9-----|
|-9------7-----5-----7---7-|-9------7-----5-----7---7---|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
E S S E e S S S S S S S S
|---11-8---9-----4-7---6-9---|
|-9------7-----5-----7-----7-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
E S S E e S S S S S S S S E S S E e S S S S S S S S
|---11-8---9-----4-7-----9---|---11-8---9-----4-7-----9---|
|-9------7-----5-----7-7---7-|-9------7-----5-----7-7---7-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E S S E e S S S S E S S
|---11-8---9-----4-7---6-9-|
|-9------7-----5-----7-----|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S e e
|---4-----6-9p0---4-----6-9---|-------------------------||
|-5---x-7-------5-----7-----0-|-5---5-4---4-------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------7---7-5-5---||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------||
Chorus
S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S T T E E S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---5-4-----------------3s4-3s4-|-------------------------3s4-3s4-|
|-------7-5---------2-5---------|-----2-5-------------2-5---------|
|-----------5s12\-3-------------|---3-------10s3s12S3-------------|
S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S S S E E E S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------3s4-3s4-|---------------------3s4-3s4-|
|-----2-5---------2-5---------|-----2-5---------2-5---------|
|---3-------12\-3-------------|---3-------12\-3-------------|
Outro
S S S S E E e e Q E S S E e S S S S E S S E S S E e S S S S E S S
|----------------------||---11-8---9-----4-7---9---|---11-8---9-----4-7---9---|
|----------------------||-9------7-----5-----7---7-|-9------7-----5-----7---7-|
|-----2-5--------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|
|---3-------12\-0-0----||--------------------------|--------------------------|
E S S E e S S S S S S S S E S S E e S S S S S S S S
|---11-8---9-----4-7-----9---|---11-8---9-----4-7-----9---|
|-9------7-----5-----7-7---7-|-9------7-----5-----7-7---7-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
S S S S E e S S S S S S S S
|-----11-8---9-----4-7-----9----|
|-9-9------7-----5-----7-7---7--|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
S S S S E e S S S S S S S S
|-----11-8---9-----4-7-----9---|
|-9-9------7-----5-----7-7---7-|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
E S S E e S S S S S S S S E S S E e S S S S S S S S
|---11-8---9-----4-7-----9---|---11-8---9-----4-7-----9----|
|-9------7-----5-----7-7---7-|-9------7-----5-----7-7---7--|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E S S E e S S S S S S S S S S S S E e S S S S S S S S
|---11-8---9-----4-7-----9---|-----11-8---9-----4-7-----9---*|
|-9------7-----5-----7-7---7-|-9-9------7-----5-----7-7---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