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PUMP IT UP (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 1
Q=142
4/4
Gtr I
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 E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----1---2-1-----|-----------------|-----1---2-1-----|------------------|
|------------0-1-|-----------------|-------------0-1-|------------------|
|-2--------------|-2-2-0-2---0-2-0-|-2---------------|-2-2-0-2---0-2-0--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-----1---2-1-----|-----------------|----1---2-1-----|-----------------||
|-------------0-1-|-----------------|------------0-1-|-----------------||
|-2---------------|-2-2-0-2---0-2-0-|-2--------------|-2-2-4-4-5-5-6-6-||
Intro 2
Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E Q
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|-7--7--7-6-5-7-|-(7)--7--7-6-5--|-7--7--7-6-5-7-|-(7)--7--7-6-5--||
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-----6---7-6-----|-----------------|-----6---7-6-----|-----------6-7----|
||o-------------5-6-|-----------------|-------------5-6-|------------------|
||--7---------------|-7-7-5-7---5-7-5-|-7---------------|-7-7-5-7-------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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----6---7-6-----|-----------------|-----6---7-6-----|-----------------||
|-------------5-6-|-----------------|-------------5-6-|-------------5-6-||
|-7---------------|-7-7-5-7---5-7-5-|-7---------------|-7-7-5-7---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
|-----------9---9-|---9-7---7---7-9-|-----------9---9-|-------------7-9-||
|---------6---6---|-6-----9---9-----|---------6---6---|-6-6-7-7-9-9-----||
|-7-7-7-----------|-----------------|-7-7-7-----------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Interlude
Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E Q
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|-7--7--7-6-5-7-|-(7)--7--7-6-5--|-7--7--7-6-5-7-|-(7)--7--7-6-5--||
2nd Verse
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----6---7-6-----|-----------------|-----6---7-6-----|-----------------|
|-------------5-6-|-----------------|-------------5-6-|-----------------|
|-7---------------|-7-7-5-7---5-7-5-|-7---------------|-7-7-5-7---5-7-5-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------9---9-|---9-7---7---7-9-|
|-----6---7-6-----|-----------------||---------6---6---|-6-----9---9-----|
|-------------5-6-|-------------5-6-||-7-7-7-----------|-----------------|
|-7---------------|-7-7-5-7---7-----||-----------------|-----------------|
Interlude
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E Q
|-----------9---9-|---9-7---7---7-8-||---------------|----------------|
|---------6---6---|-6-----9---9-----||---------------|----------------|
|-7-7-7-----------|-----------------||---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-7--7--7-6-5-7-|-(7)--7--7-6-5--|
Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E Q
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|-7--7--7-6-5-7-|-(7)--7--7-6-5--|-7--7--7-6-5-7-|-(7)--7--7-6-5--|
Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E Q W +W
|---------------|-----------------|----------|--------|
|---------------|-----------------|----------|--------|
|---------------|-------------7\--|----------|--------|
|-7--7--7-6-5-7-|-(7)--7--7-7-----|-0--------|-(0)----|
+W +W Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E Q
|------------|------------|---------------|----------------|
|------------|------------|---------------|----------------|
|------------|------------|---------------|----------------|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-7--7--7-6-5-7-|-(7)--7--7-6-5--|
Bridge
2.
Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------||-||-----6---7-6-----|------------------|
|---------------|----------------o||-||-------------5-6-|------------------|
|---------------|----------------o||-||-7---------------|-7-7-5-7-----5-6--|
|-7--7--7-6-5-7-|-(7)--7--7-6-5---||-||-----------------|-----------7------|
4th Verse
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----6---7-6-----|----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------5-6-|----------------||-----6---7-6-----|-----------------|
|-7---------------|-7-7-5-7--------||-------------5-6-|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------5-6-||-7---------------|-7-7-5-7---5-7-5-|
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
|-----------------|-----------------||------------9---9-|---9-7---7---7-9-|
|-----6---7-6-----|-----------------||o---------6---6---|-6-----9---9-----|
|-------------5-6-|---------5---5-6-||o-7-7-7-----------|-----------------|
|-7---------------|-7-7-5-7---7-----||------------------|-----------------|
Interlude
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E Q
|-----------9---9-|---9-7---7--9\--||---------------|----------------|
|---------6---6---|-6-----9--------||---------------|----------------|
|-7-7-7-----------|----------------||---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------||-7--7--7-6-5-7-|-(7)--7--7-6-5--|
1. 2.
Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------|------------------||---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|-----------------o||---------------|-------------------||
|---------------|---------5-5-5-6-o||---------------|-------4-4-5-5-6-6-||
|-7--7--7-6-5-7-|-(7)--7-----------||-7--7--7-6-5-7-|-(7)-7-------------||
Chorus
E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q
|----------9---9-|-----7---7---7-9-|----------9---9-|-------7---7-9--||
|--------6---6---|-8-9---9---9-----|--------6---6---|-6-7-9---9------||
|-7-7-7----------|-----------------|-7-7-7----------|----------------||
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------||
Outro
Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E
||----------------|----------------|----------------|
||o---------------|----------------|----------------|
||o---------------|----------------|----------------|
||--7--7--7-6-5-7-|-(7)--7--7-6-5--|-7--7--7-6-5-7--|
+Q Q E E Q 3x Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E Q
|-----------------||---------------|----------------*|
|----------------o||---------------|----------------*|
|----------------o||---------------|----------------*|
|-(7)--7--7-6-5---||-7--7--7-6-5-7-|-(7)--7--7-6-5--*|
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