In The Dark Bass

IN THE DARK (Bassline)
 
As recorded by Billy Squier
(From the 1981 Album DON'T SAY NO)
 
Words and Music by Billy Squier
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Mark Clarke - Bass'
 
 
 Intro
  Q=118                              1.,2.,3.            4.
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    Q  E E     +E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  4x E E E E E E E E
|-------------||--------------------|------------------||-----------------||
|-------------||o-------------------|-----------------o||-----------------||
|-----------7-||o-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
|-------------||--------------------|------------------||---------------8-||
 
 
   1st - 3rd 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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------7--|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------7----|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------5------|
||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8--------|
 
 
  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----9------9--|----9----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7----7-7-----|-7----7-7--7-5-|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|---------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|-----------------|---------------7-|----9------9--|----9------9--||
|-----------------|-------------7---|--------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------5-----|-7----7-7-----|-7----7-7-----||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-------|--------------|--------------||
 
 
 Chorus
  Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  Q  E Q  E
|----7---------|----7---------|----7---------|----7---------|
|---------5--5-|---------5--5-|---------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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------5-5-5---|-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-------8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
 
 
                                     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
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|---------5---5-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-5---5---o||
|-8-8-8-8---5-----|-----------------|-----------5---5--||
 
 
  2.,D.S.
  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---|-----------------|---------5---5---|-----------------|
|-----------5---5-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8---5---5-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
 
 
                             To Coda
  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---5-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-8-8-8-8---5-----|------------------|-----------------||
 
 
 Interlude
  +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
 
 
  +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-------------------|-------------------||
 
 
 Bridge
  +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)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
 
 
  +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)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------||
 
 
 Guitar Solo
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
 
 
                                          D.S. al Coda
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----9-------9---|-----9-------9----||
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|---------------5-|-7-7---7-7-7---7-|-7-7---7-7-7---7--||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|-----------------|------------------||
 
 
  &
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5---|-----------------|---------5-5-5---|
|---------------8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-------8-|
 
 
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   +Q   Q  H
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------*|
|-----------------|---------5-5-5-7-|-(7)----------*|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8---------|--------------*|
 
 
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
X