WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Cheap Trick - Surrender Bass | Ver. 1
SURRENDER (Bassline)
As recorded by Cheap Trick
(From the 1978 Album HEAVEN TONIGHT)
Words and Music by Rick Nielson
Gtr I (E A D G)
Intro
Moderately Fast Rock Q=134 1.
4/4
W Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E H
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|----------||o---------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------||o---------------|----------------|--------/13----|
|----------||--6----6-6----6-|-6----6---6---6-|-6--4s6--------|
2.
Q. E +Q Q E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E
|-------15-(15)--------||----------------|-----------------||
|-15-------------15\--o||----------------|-----------------||
|---------------------o||----------------|-----------------||
|----------------------||-6-6---6------6-|-6-6---6---6---6-||
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 Q E E E E E E
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2---2---2-----|-----------------|-----------------|-2----2---2---2--|
|-------------0-1-|-2-2---2---2---2-|-0-0---0---0---0-|-----------------|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-2----2---2-----|----------------|----------------|-2----2---2---2--||
|------------0-1-|-2----2---2---2-|-0----0---0---0-|-----------------||
Pre-Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
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|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2----2---2---2-|-2----2---2-0----|
|-0-0---0---0---0-|-2-2---2---2---2-|----------------|--------------2--|
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|----------------|------------------|---4-------------||
|-------------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|----------------|-2--x-x-2-2-2---2-|-2-----2---2---2-||
|-0-(0)---0---0---0-|-2----2-2-2---2-|------------------|-----------------||
1st & 2nd Chorus
$
Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
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|---------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-2----2-2----2-|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-4----4---4---4-|-2----2-2-2---2-|-0----2---2---2--|
Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q. E E E E E
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-2----2-2----2-|-4----4---4---4-|-2----2-2----2-|-0----0---0---0--|
To Coda
Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|----------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-0----0---0---0-|-0-0---0-0-(0)---0-|-0-0---0---0---(0)-||
Re-Intro
Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
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|---------------|----------------|
|-2----2-2----2-|-2----2---2---2-|
|---------------|----------------|
Q +E a E +Q Q +E E E E +Q Q
|-----------------------16--|-(16)-------16-(16)-------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-/14--(14)s12s14-(14)------|------14-14----------14\--|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
Q E E Q 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
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-2----2-2----2-|-2----2---2-0-2-|-2-2-0-2---2---2-|---2---2---2-0----||
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------2--||
2nd 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 Q E E S S E S S E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-2-2---2---2-----|-----------------|-----------------|-2----2-x-x-2-x-x-2--|
|-------------0-1-|-2-2---2---2---2-|-0-0---0---0---0-|---------------------|
Q 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 E E
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|-2-2---2---0--------||
|-2----2----0-1-|-2-(2)---2---2---2-|-0-0---0---0---0-|-------------2-(1)--||
2nd Pre-Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q S S E S S E S S E Q S S E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2--x-x-2-x-x-2-x-x-2-|-2--x-x-2---2-0----|
|-0-0---0---0---0-|-2-2---2---2---2-|----------------------|----------------2--|
D.S. al Coda
Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q S S E S S E S S E Q S S E E E E E
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|----------------|-----------------|----------------------|-------------------||
|----------------|-----------------|-2--x-x-2-x-x-2-x-x-2-|-2--x-x-2---2-0----||
|-0----0---0---0-|-2-2---2---2---2-|----------------------|----------------2--||
&
Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E S S E S S S S E E E E E
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|---------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-2----2-2----2-|-2----2---2---2-|-2----2-2--2-x-x-|-2-2-0---x-2---2-0---|
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------2-|
Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q +Q
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
|-2----2-2----2-|-2----2---2-0-2-|-2-2-0-2---2---2-|---2---2-/14--(14)\---||
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------------||
3rd Verse
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q S S E S S E S S E
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|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------|
|-3-3---3---------|----------------|----------------|-3--x-x-3-x-x-3-x-x-3-|
|-----------0-1-2-|-3----3---3---0-|-1----1---1---1-|----------------------|
Q. E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------------||
|-3----3---------|----------------|----------------|-3----3-(3)-0-------||
|----------0-1-2-|-3----3---3---3-|-1----1---1---1-|--------------3-(0)-||
3rd Pre-Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1-1---1---1---1-|-3-3---3---3---3-|
Q S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E E E
|----------------------|---5------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-3--x-x-3-x-x-3-x-x-3-|-3---x-x-3-x-x-3-1----|
|----------------------|-------------------3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-x-x-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
|-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3---3---3---3-|---------------------|------------------||
3rd Chorus
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q. E S S E S S E
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|---------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
|-3----3-3----3-|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
|---------------|-5----5-5----5-|-3----3-3-3---3-|-1----1-x-x-1-x-x-1-|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E S S E S S E
|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
|-3----3-3----3-|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|-5----5-5----5-|-3----3-x-x-3-x-x-3-|
E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------||
|---------------------|----------------|---------------|---3-3-3-3-3-3---||
|---------------------|----------------|---------------|---------------0-||
|-1-(1)-(1)-1---1---1-|-1----1---1-1-1-|-1-1--1-0h1--1-|-1---------------||
Out-Chorus
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E S S Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-------------1S|=3----3-3----3-2-|----------------|------------------|
|-3----3-3------|-----------------|-3----3-3-3---3-|------------------|
|---------------|-----------------|----------------|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E Q E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-3----3-3----3-|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|-5----5-5----5-|-3----3-3----3-|-1-1--1---1---1-|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E +E E E E
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|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-3----3-3----3-|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|-5----5-5----5-|-3----3-3----3-|-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E 3x
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||o---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------o||
||o-3----3-3----3-|---------------|---------------|------------------o||
||----------------|-5----5-5----5-|-3----3-3----3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||
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
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