I Wanna Rock

I Wanna Rock

                             by Twisted Sister
                        From the album: Stay Hungry
                              Bass Tablature

          transcribed by Joe Vahabzadeh . . . king_v@mindless.com
                           Completed on: 3/19/97
              Please email me for any problems or corrections.

 Thanks to Michael Zalot, who transcribed the guitar section of this song,
          which I used as a general framework to help me in this.

                 Lyrics are at the end after the tablature

h.= dotted half note
h = half note
q = quarter note
e.= dotted eigth note
e = eigth note
s = 16th note

R = Rest

\X = slide down (to wherever)

() = indicates note is not struck again, but is continued from previous note.

)|       |(
)|       |(
)|  and  |(   indicate the beginning and end of a set of measures to be
)|       |(   repeated, followed by how many times to be played.

Pre-intro: 3/8 measure
 |------------|
 |------------|
 |------------|
 |R---R-------|
  e   q
  I   wanna

Intro: 8 measures
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|0---0-0-0-0---------------------|
 |--------0-----------------------|--------------------------------|
 |R---------------3---3-3-3-3-----|----------------0-------3-------|
  q       q       e   s s s e.     e   s s s e.    q       q
                  *                *
  rock!                                                I   wanna

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|0---0-0-0-0-----2---------------|
 |0-------0-----------------------|------------------------3-------|
 |----------------3---3-3-3-3-----|--------------------------------|
  q       q       e   s s s e.     e   s s s e.    q       q
                  *                *
  rock!                                      I     want    to

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|0---0-0-0-0---------------------|
 |0-------0-----------------------|--------------------------------|
 |----------------3---3-3-3-3-----|----------------0-------3-------|
  q       q       e   s s s e.     e   s s s e.    q       q
                  *                *
  rock!                                                I   wanna

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|0---0-0-0-0-----2---------------|
 |0-------0-----------------------|------------------------3-------|
 |----------------3---3-3-3-3-----|--------------------------------|
  q       q       e   s s s e.     e   s s s e.    q       q
                  *                *
  rock!

Verse 1 and 2:   8 measures
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|0---0-0-0---0-0-----------------|
 |0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|----------------3---3-3-3---3-3-|
  e   s s e   s s e   s s e   s s  e   s s e   s s e   s s e   s s
  *       *       *       *        *       *       *       *

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |------------------------0-0-----|--------------------------------|
 |0-------------------------------|0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-------|
 |----------------3-3-------------|----------------------------3---|
  h               s e.    s e.     e   s s e   s s e   s s e   e
                                   *       *       *       *
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|0---0-0-0---0-0-----------------|
 |0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|----------------3---3-3-3---3-3-|
  e   s s e   s s e   s s e   s s  e   s s e   s s e   s s e   s s
  *       *       *       *        *       *       *       *

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |------------------------0-0-----|----------------------------0---|
 |0-------------------------------|0---0-0-0---0-0-0---------------|
 |----------------3-3-------------|--------------------3-----------|
  h               s e.    s e.     e   s s e   s s e   q       e
                                   *       *       *

Pre-chorus:   4 measures
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|0-------0-------0-------0-------|
 |----------------------------3---|--------------------------------|
 |3-------3-------3-------0-------|----------------------------1---|
  q       q       q       e   e    q       q       q       e   e
  *       *       *                *       *       *

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|----------------0---------------|
 |--------------------------------|--3-----------------------------|
 |3-------3-------3-------3-------|R-------R-3-------------R-------|
  q       q       q       q        s e.    s e.    e       q
  *       *       *       *                        *

Chorus:  same as Intro

Bridge:  8 measures
)|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
)|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
)|--------0---------------0-------|--------0-----------------------|
)|R---------------R---------------|R---------------0-------3-------|
  q       q       q       q        q       q       q       q

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|(
 |--------------------------------|----------------2---------------|(
 |--------0---------------0-------|--------0---------------3-------|(
 |R---------------R---------------|R-------------------------------|( X2
  q       q       q       q        q       q       q       q

alternately, you might wish to play the A notes above as follows instead:
  ---------
  ---------
  ---------
  -5\X-----
   q

Solo:
)|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
)|--------------------------------|0---0-0-0-0---------------------|
)|0---0-0-0-0---------------------|--------------------------------|
)|----------------3---3-3-3-3-----|----------------0-------3-------|
  e   s s s e.    e   s s s e.     e   s s s e.    q       q
  *               *                *

 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|(
 |--------------------------------|0---0-0-0-0-----2---------------|(
 |0---0-0-0-0---------------------|------------------------3-------|(
 |----------------3---3-3-3-3-----|--------------------------------|( X2
  e   s s s e.    e   s s s e.     e   s s s e.    q       q
  *               *                *

Repeat Intro pattern X2  (with chorus lyrics)

Repeat Solo pattern to fade  (with lyrics from "Bridge")