SWEET CHILD O' MINE (Bassline)
As recorded by Guns N' Roses
(From the 1987 Album APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION)
Words and Music by Guns N' Roses
Transcribed by Jake Brown
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Medium Rock Q=122
4/4
Gtr I
Wx7 H Q E E Q. E +Q E E Q E E E E E E
|------------|--------------|-------11-(11)--11-12-|-14--16-14-12-11----14-|
|------------|--------------|-12-------------------|-----------------12----|
|------------|-----------12-|----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------|--------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
Q. E +Q. E E E E E +E E E E
|-------12-(12)------|-10-9----10-(10)-9-------|
|-10--------------10-|------10-----------10----|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------10-|
H.. a E H.. a E
|------------------|-12----------------|
|------------10S12-|------------10S12--|
|-10---------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
E E E E +E E Q H Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E
|-12-11----12-(12)-11-----|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-------12------------12--|-12-------12\--|---------------|--------4-7-4----|
|-------------------------|---------------|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5----------|
|-------------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------5--|
Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. E
|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------------|--------3-2-----|---------------|
|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-----3---|---------------|
|---------------|--------------5-|-3----3-3----3-|
E E E E E E E E Q. E Q. E E E E E Q Q
|-----------------|---------------|---------------||
|-----3-4-5-------|---------------|-4-7-----5--4--||
|-----------2-3-4-|-5----5-5----5-|-------5-------||
|-3-0-------------|---------------|-----5---------||
1st Verse
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E Q E E Q. E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5--0-2-|-3----3-3----3-|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Q E E E E E E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E
|----------------||---------------|----------------|
|----------------||---------------|----------5-----|
|-3--3-3-3-3-2-0-||---------------|--------------0-|
|----------------||-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3-------|
Q. E Q. E E E E E Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E
|---------------|---7-----------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------5--4--|---------------|----------------|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5---0-5-------|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5--0-2--|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q. E Q. E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-3----3-3----3-|-3---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---0-0-1-1-1-2-2-|-3----3-3----3-|
Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. S S E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-------------5-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-------||
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|----------2-3-4-|-5----5-5--------|-----------------||
|-3----3-3-------|-----------------|-----------0-2-3-||
Q E E +Q E E Q E E +Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|--------7-5-4----||
|-0----0-(0)--0-2-|-3----3-(3)---0-|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-------5--||
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------||
Q E E +Q E E Q E E +Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|-7-7-7-7-7--------||
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|------------------||
|-0----0-(0)--0-2-|-3----3-(3)---0-|-5----5-5----5-|------------------||
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------0-3\---||
Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E
|---------------|----------7-----|---------------|----------5------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5-----0-|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3--------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|--------------0--|
Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q. E Q. E E E E E Q Q
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---7------------||
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------5--4---||
|-3----3-3----3-|-----2---3---4---|-5----5-5----5-|-5-----5--------||
|---------------|-3-3---3---3---3-|---------------|----------------||
2ND Verse
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E Q E E Q. E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5--0-2-|-3----3-3----3-|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|--------5-3-2---|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-3----3-------3-|---------------|-------------3-|-5----5-5----5--|
|----------------|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3------|----------------|
E Q. E E E E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E
|---7------7---7-|---------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-5------5---5---|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5--0-2-|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|
Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q. E Q. E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-3----3-3----3-|-3---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---0-0-1-1-1-2-2-|-3----3-3----3-|
E E E E E E E E Q. E Q. S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------5-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-------||
|---2-3-4-5-------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------2-3-4-|-5----5-5--------|-----------------||
|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------0-2-3-||
$
Q E E +Q E E Q E E +Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|----------7---7--|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-0----0-(0)--0-2-|-3----3-(3)---0-|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5---5----|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
To Coda
&
Q E E +Q E E Q E E +Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|-7---7---7---7----||
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|------------------||
|-0----0-(0)--0-2-|-3----3-(3)---0-|-5----5-5----5-|---5---5---5---5--||
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|------------------||
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E E Q. E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---2----3-3-4-4--|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5--0-2-|-3----3-3----3-|-3---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q. E Q. E E E E E Q Q
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---2-3-4-5-------|---------------|-4-7-----5--4---|
|---------------|-----------2-3-4-|-5----5-5----5-|-----5-5--------|
|-3----3-3----3-|-3---------------|---------------|----------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5--0-2-|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3-2-0---|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---2-3-4-5-------|
|---------------|-----------2-3-4-|
|-3----3-3----3-|-3---------------|
D.S. al Coda
$
Q. E Q. E E S S S S S S S S S S E E
|---------------|----------------------------||
|---------------|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
|-5----5-5----5-|-------------------------5--||
|---------------|-5--------------------------||
&
Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q E E +Q E E
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---0-2-0-3-0-4-0-|-0----0-(0)--0-2-|
Q E E +Q E E Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|---7-----7---7---|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-3----3-(3)--3-0-|-5----5-5----5-|-5---5-5---5---5-|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
Q E E +Q E E Q E E +Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-3----3-(3)-----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-6---|
|-0----0-(0)--0-2-|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Guitar Solo
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q
||-------------------|------5-(5)-----|------4-(4)-----|
||o------2-(2)-------|----------------|----------------|
||o------------------|-3--3--------3--|-2-----------2--|
||--0--0-------0-2-3-|----------------|----------------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
Q E E +E E E E 4x E E E E E E E S S
|------2-(2)--------||-------------------|
|------------------o||---------------4-5-|
|-0----------------o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
|------------0-3-2--||-------------------|
E E E E E E E E Q. E +Q E E
|-----------------||------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-5-4-4-||o------2-(2)------|
|-----------------||o-----------------|
|-----------------||--0-----------0-2-|
Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q E E E E E E Q Q 4x
|----------------|------2-(2)------|------------------||
|------5-(5)-----|-----------------|-----------------o||
|----------------|-0-----------0-2-|-3-3-3-3-5-------o||
|-3-----------3--|-----------------|------------3-----||
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q E E E E Q Q 3x
||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
||o------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------o||
||o------------------|-----------------|-0----0-(0)------|-3-3-3-3-5-----o||
||--0----0-(0)-----2-|-3----3-(3)------|-----------------|------------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
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-5-5------|
|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-------------3-3--|
Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q E E E E E E Q Q
||------------------|----------------|------2-(2)------|----------------||
||o------2-(2)------|------5-(5)-----|-----------------|---------------o||
||o-----------------|----------------|-0-----------0-2-|-3-3-3-3-5-----o||
||--0-----------0-2-|-3-----------3--|-----------------|------------3---||
|-3-| |-3-|
Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------|
|------2-(2)------|------5-(5)------|------2-(2)-----|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-7-5---------|
|-0-----------0-2-|-3-----------3-3-|-0--------------|-----7-6-5-3-|
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +Q Q W H H
|------------------|----------------|----------|-----------|
|------2-(2)-------|------5-(5)-----|----------|-----------|
|------------------|----------------|-0--------|-3----5----|
|-0----------0-0-2-|-3-----------3--|----------|-----------|
W +W +H H W
|----------|------------|-------------|------*|
|----------|------------|-------------|------*|
|----------|------------|-------------|------*|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)---------|------*|
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
Artist: Guns N Roses
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