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TELEGRAM SAM (Bassline) As recorded by T. Rex (From the 1972 Album THE SLIDER) Words and Music by Marc Bolan Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Steve Currie - Bass' Intro Q=123 4/4 Gtr I W E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |----------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |----------|---7----7-5-----|---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5---| |----------|------------7---|---------------7-|---------------7-| |----------|-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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5---| |---------------7-|---------------7-|---------------7-| |-5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-------------------|| |---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5-----|| |---------------7-|---------------7---|| |-5---------------|-5-----------------|| 1st Verse E E E E E E E E 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---5-7-5-|------------------| |---7-------------|---7---7---7-5---|-----------------|---7-5------------| |-----------------|---------------7-|-5---------------|-----------5-3----| |-5-----0---0-3-0-|-5---------------|-----------------|-5-------------3--| 2nd & 4th 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 |-----------------|-----------------||------------------|-------2---2-0----| |---7-------------|---7---7---7-5---||o---7-------------|-----2---------2--| |-----------------|---------------7-||o-----------------|---4--------------| |-5-----0---0-3-0-|-5---------------||--5-----0---0-3-0-|-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 |---7---7---7-5---|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| |---------------7-|---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5----|| |-5---5-----------|---------------7-|---------------7-|---------------7--|| |-----------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|-5----------------|| 3rd & 5th 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 |-----------------|-------2---2-0---|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-5----------------| |---7-------------|-----2---------2-|-----------------|-----7-5-(5)--------| |-----------------|---4-------------|-5---------------|-------------7-5----| |-5-----0-3-0-3-5-|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------8--| Chorus E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H H Q Q E E E E |-----------------|------------------||-----------|----------------| |---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5----||-----------|----------------| |---------------7-|---------------7\-||-----------|----5-----------| |-5---------------|-5----------------||-1----0----|-3-------3-3-3--| E E E E E E E E H H Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------|---------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------|---------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------|----5----------|------------------| |-0-5---0---0-3-5-|-1----0----|-3-------3-3-3-|-0-5---0---0-3-5--| 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|| |---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5----o|| |---------------7-|---------------7-|---------------7-|---------------7--o|| |-5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|-5-----------------|| 2. E E 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 H |----------------|-----------------|---9-9-9-9-9-----|--------------| |---7--------5---|---7---7---7-5---|-------------5-7-|---7-4--------| |----------5---5-|---------------7-|-----------------|--------------| |-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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| |---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5----|| |---------------7-|---------------7-|---------------7-|---------------7--|| |-5---------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|-5----------------|| 6th Verse E E E E 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 E E |-------2---2-0---|-------2---2-0---|---7---7---5-7-5-|---5-------------| |-----2---------2-|-----2---------2-|-----------------|-----7-5---------| |---4-------------|---4-------------|-5---------------|--------------7--| |-5---------------|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------| 7th Verse 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 |-----------------|-----------------||----------------|------------------| |---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5---||----------------|---7---7---7-5----| |---------------7-|---------------7-||----------------|---------------7--| |-5---------------|-5---------------||-5----3-5-3-3-5-|------------------| 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 |---7-------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| |-------7-----7---|---7---5-----5---|---7---7---7-5---|---7---7---7-5----|| |-5---5-----5---5-|-----------7---7-|---------------7-|---------------7--|| |-----------------|-5---------------|-5---------------|-5----------------|| 8th Verse E E E E E E E E 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---7-5---|------------------| |-------------4---|---7---7---7-5---|---------------7-|---7---7---7-5----| |-----------7---7-|---------------7-|-5---5-----------|---------------7--| |-5---5-5---------|-5---------------|-----------------|-5----------------| Chorus E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H H H H |-----------------|-----------------||-----------|-----------| |---7---5-----5---|---7---7---7-5---||-----------|------5----| |-----------7---7-|---------------7-||-----------|-----------| |-5---------------|-5---------------||-1----0----|-3---------| E E E E E E E E H H H H E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------|-----------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------|------5----|------------------| |-----------------|-----------|-----------|------------------| |-0---0-0---5-5-5-|-1----0----|-3---------|-5-5-5-5---5-5-5--| Outro H H H H E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E |-----------|-----------|-----------------||-----------------| |-----------|------5----|-----------------||---7------7-5----| |-----------|-----------|-----------------||--------------7--| |-1----0----|-3---------|-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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-------------------| |-----------5-5-5-|---7---7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||o---7-4---5---4----| |---7---7---------|-----------------|-----------------||o-------7---7---7--| |-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------||--5----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------| |---7-5-7---------|---5-7-------5-7-| |-----------7-5---|-------7---7-----| |-5-------------8-|-5---------------| E E E E +E E E E 4x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------||-----------------|-----------------*| |---5-7-5-(5)-------o||---7-4---5---4---|---7-5-7---------*| |-------------7-5---o||-------7---7---7-|-----------7-5---*| |-----------------8--||-5---------------|-5-------------8-*| 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