Thin Lizzy - Jailbreak
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Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb
JAILBREAK (Bassline)
As recorded by Thin Lizzy
(From the 1976 Album JAILBREAK)
Words and Music by Phil Lynott
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Phil Lynott - Bass (1/2 step down)'
[Intro]
Q=141
4/4
Gtr I (1/2 step down: Eb Ab Db Gb)
W +W +W
Gb|----------:------------:--------||
Db|----------:------------:--------||
Ab|----------:------------:--------||
Eb|-0--------:-(0)--------:-(0)----||
[1st Verse]
E Q E E E E E Q. E E E E E 4x E Q E E E E E Q. E E E E E 7x
Gb||-----------------|-----------------||-||-----------------|------------------||
Db||o----------------|----------------o||-||o----------------|-----------------o||
Ab||o----------------|----------------o||-||o----------------|-----------------o||
Eb||--5----0---0-2-2-|------0-0-0-2-0--||-||--5----0---0-2-2-|------0-0-0-2-0---||
[Chorus]
E Q E E E E E H. E E +H. E E
Gb|----------------|-------------||---------------|
Db|----------------|-------------||o--------------|
Ab|----------------|---------0-2-||o-(2)----------|
Eb|-5----0---0-2-2-|-------------||-----------0-0-|
+H. E E +H. E E
Gb|---------------||----------------|
Db|--------------o||----------------|
Ab|----------0-2-o||-(2)------------|
Eb|-(0)-----------||----------0-0---|
+W E E E E +E E Q +H. Q
Gb|------------|------------------|-------------||
Db|------------|-----2------------|-------------||
Ab|------------|-0-4--------------|-------------||
Eb|-(0)--------|-------4-(4)-0-2--|-(2)---------||
[Pre-Verse] [2nd Verse]
E Q E E E E E Q. E E E E E 4x E Q E E E E E Q. E E E E E 7x
Gb||-----------------|-----------------||-||-----------------|------------------||
Db||o----------------|----------------o||-||o----------------|-----------------o||
Ab||o----------------|----------------o||-||o----------------|-----------------o||
Eb||--5----0---0-2-2-|------0-0-0-2-0--||-||--5----0---0-2-2-|------0-0-0-2-0---||
[Chorus]
E Q E E E E E H. E E +H. E E +H. E E 3x
Gb|----------------|-------------||---------------|----------------||
Db|----------------|-------------||o--------------|---------------o||
Ab|----------------|---------0-2-||o-(2)----------|----------0-2--o||
Eb|-5----0---0-2-2-|-------------||-----------0-0-|-(0)------------||
+H.. E +H. E E H. E E +H. E E
Gb|--------------|--------------||--------------|----------------||
Db|--------------|--------------||o-------------|---------------o||
Ab|-(2)----------|----------0-2-||o-2-----------|----------0-2--o||
Eb|------------0-|-(0)----------||----------0-0-|-(0)------------||
+H. E E +W E E E E +E E Q +H. Q
Gb|--------------|------------|------------------|--------------||
Db|--------------|------------|-----2------------|--------------||
Ab|-(2)----------|------------|-0-4--------------|--------------||
Eb|----------0-0-|-(0)--------|-------4-(4)-0-2--|-(2)----------||
[Interlude]
PM----------------------------|
E E E E +E E Q +H. E E 3x E E E E +E E Q +W
Gb||-------------------|---------------||------------------|--------||
Db||o-----2------------|--------------o||-----2------------|--------||
Ab||o-0-4--------------|--------------o||-0-4--------------|--------||
Eb||--------4-(4)-0-2--|-(2)--------0--||-------4-(4)-0-2--|-(2)----||
[Bridge]
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 4x
Gb||------------------|-----------------||-|
Db||o-------6-----7---|---8-----9------o||-|
Ab||o-7-7-7---7-7---7-|-7---7-7---7----o||-|
Eb||------------------|-------------0---||-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
Db||------------------|------------------||
Gb||o-----------------|-----------------o||
Ab||o-0-0-0-4-0-0-5-0-|-0-6-0-0-7-0-0---o||
Eb||------------------|------------------||
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 E E
Db|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------6--|
Gb|-------6-----7---|---8-----9------|-------6-----7---|---8-----9--------|
Ab|-7-7-7---7-7---7-|-7---7-7---7----|-7-7-7---7-7---7-|-7---7-7---7-7----|
Eb|-----------------|-------------0--|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E W +H. Q
Gb|-----7-----8-----|----------|-------------||
Db|-----------------|----------|-------------||
Ab|-7-7---7-7---7-7-|----------|-------------||
Eb|-----------------|-0--------|-(0)---------||
[Pre-Verse] [3rd Verse]
E Q E E E E E Q. E E E E E 4x E Q E E E E E Q. E E E E E 7x
Gb||-----------------|-----------------||-||-----------------|------------------||
Db||o----------------|----------------o||-||o----------------|-----------------o||
Ab||o----------------|----------------o||-||o----------------|-----------------o||
Eb||--5----0---0-2-2-|------0-0-0-2-0--||-||--5----0---0-2-2-|------0-0-0-2-0---||
[Out-Chorus]
E Q E E E E E H. E E +H. E E +H. E E 3x
Gb|----------------|-------------||---------------|----------------||
Db|----------------|-------------||o--------------|---------------o||
Ab|----------------|---------0-2-||o-(2)----------|----------0-2--o||
Eb|-5----0---0-2-2-|-------------||-----------0-0-|-(0)------------||
+H.. E +H. E E H. E E +H. E E
Db|--------------|--------------||--------------|----------------||
Gb|--------------|--------------||o-------------|---------------o||
Ab|-(2)----------|----------0-2-||o-2-----------|----------0-2--o||
Eb|------------0-|-(0)----------||----------0-0-|-(0)------------||
+H. E E +W E E E E +E E Q +W
Gb|--------------|------------|------------------|--------*|
Db|--------------|------------|-----2------------|--------*|
Ab|-(2)----------|------------|-0-4--------------|--------*|
Eb|----------0-0-|-(0)--------|-------4-(4)-0-2--|-(2)----*|
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Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).
| (n) - note tied to previous
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