Denis Bass

DENIS (Bassline)
As recorded by Blondie
(From the 1978 Album PLASTIC LETTERS)
 
Words and Music by Neil Levenson
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Chris Stein - Bass'
 
 [Intro]
 Q=140
 4/4
 Gtr I
   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
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
D|---------2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1---------|---------2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1----------||
A|-2-2-2-2---------|---------4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2---------|---------4-4-4-4--||
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
 
 
 [Chorus]
   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
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|---------------1-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   W          +W
G|-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------||
D|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|----------|--------||
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-2--------|-(2)----||
E|-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------||
 
 
  [1st & 2nd 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
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D||o-----------------|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4--|
A||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|------------------|
E||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
 
 
                                                        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   E E E E E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
D|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|---------2-2-2-2-|---------4-4-4-4-o||
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-2-2-2-2---------|-2-2-2-2---------o||
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
 
 
                     [Bridge]
  2.
   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
G|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----1-1-4-4-1---|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-----------2-|
E|-----------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
                                      2/4       4/4
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    W
G|-----------------|-----------------|---------|-------------|------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|---------|-------------|------||
A|-----------------|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-|-4--4--4--4--|------||
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------|-------------|-3----||
 
 
  [3rd & 4th 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
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D||o-----------------|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--|
A||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|------------------|
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 E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
D|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|---------3-3-3-3-|---------5-5-5-5-o||
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3---------|-3-3-3-3---------o||
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
 
 
 [Chorus]
   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
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|---------------2-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|---------------2-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   W          +W
G|-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------||
D|---------------2-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|----------|--------||
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-----------------|-3--------|-(3)----||
E|-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------||
 
 
 [Outro]
     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   4x
G||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
D||o---------------2-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|---------------2-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5--o||
A||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|------------------o||
E||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
 
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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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