I Wanna Be Somebody W.A.S.P.
As recorded by W.A.S.P.
(From the 1984 Album W.A.S.P.)
Words and Music by Blackie Lawless
Transcribed by Roadkill
1 3 3[F] 2 x x 3 x [G5]0 0 x x x 0 2[A] 2 2 x x 0 [D/A]0 2 3 2
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr I'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr II'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr. III'
1st Verse
Fast Rock Q=168
[4/4] Gtr I
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PM----------------- |---------|-------------------------||----------------------| |---------|-------------------------||----------------------| |---------|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||-2--------------------| |---------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-2--------------------| |---------|-------------------------||-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |---------|-------------------------||----------------------|
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| Gtr III
|---------|-------------------------||----------------------| |---------|-------------------------||----------------------| |---------|-------------------------||----------------------| |---------|-------------------------||----------------------| |---------|-------------------------||----------------------| |---------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-||----------------------| -----------------------| PM--------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|-0h2-------------------| |-------------------------|-0h2-------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-------------------------|-----------------------|
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|-------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------| PM--------------------| PM----------------- |-------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|-0h2-------------------| |-------------------------|-0h2-------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-------------------------|-----------------------| -----------------------| |-------------------------|-0----| |-------------------------|-3----| |-------------------------|-2----| |-------------------------|-0----| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------| |-------------------------|------| PM--------------------| PM----------------- |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|-2--------------------| |-------------------------|-2--------------------| |-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2-------|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-------------------3-3-3-|----------------------| -----------------------| PM--------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|-0h2--------------------| |-------------------------|-0h2--------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| |-------------------------|------------------------| PM--------------------| PM----------------- |-------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------|-0h2-------------------| |-------------------------|-0h2-------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-------------------------|-----------------------| -----------------------| |-------------------------|-0--0----| |-------------------------|-3--3----| |-------------------------|-2--2----| |-------------------------|-0--0----| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------| |-------------------------|---------|
$
PM--------------------| |-------------------------|------------|-------------|--------| |-------------------------|------------|-----------2-|-(2)----| |-------------x-x-x-------|-5----4---2-|-2-----0---2-|-(2)----| |-------------x-x-x-------|-3----3-----|-3-----0---2-|-(2)----| |-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2-------|------------|----0--x---0-|-(0)----| |-------------------3-3-3-|------------|-------3-----|--------|
[A]Gtr II[F] [G5] [A]
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[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
TP
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------| |-(2)-----------|------------|-------------2-|-(2)----| |-(2)---------0-|-5----4---0-|-2---0---0---2-|-(2)----| |-(2)-----------|-3----3-----|-3--(3)------2-|-(2)----| |-(0)-----------|------------|-------------0-|-(0)----| |---------------|------------|---------------|--------|
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| Gtr III
|---------------|------------|---------------|--------| |--5---3--1-----|------------|---------------|--------| |--6---4--2-----|------------|---------------|--------| |---------------|------------|---------------|--------| |---------------|------------|---------------|--------| |---------------|------------|---------------|--------|
[F]| | | [G5] | [D/A]| |
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
|---------------|------------|-----------------|--------| |-(2)-----------|------------|-----0---------7-|-(7)----| |-(2)---------0-|-5----4---0-|-2---0---(0)---7-|-(7)----| |-(2)-----------|-3----3-----|-3--(3)---0----7-|-(7)----| |-(0)-----------|------------|----------x----0-|-(0)----| |---------------|------------|----------3------|--------|
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|---------------|------------|-----------------|--------| |--5---3--1-----|------------|-----------------|--------| |--6---4--2-----|------------|-----------------|--------| |---------------|------------|-----------------|--------| |---------------|------------|-----------------|--------| |---------------|------------|-----------------|--------|
Chorus
[D/A]|
[/]
PM----| PM----| |----------||---------------------|----------|---------0-| |-7--------||-2---------2---------|-2--------|---------3-| |-7--------||-2---------2---------|-2--------|-2-------2-| |-7--------||-2---------2---------|-2--------|-3-------0-| |----------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--------|-3---------| |----------||---------------------|----------|-1---------| PM----| PM----| |-(0)--------------|-----------------------|----------|---------0--| |-(3)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------|-2--------|---------3--| |-(2)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------|-2--------|-2-------2--| |-(0)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------|-2--------|-3-------0--| |--------3p2p0---0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--------|-3----------| |--------------3---|-----------------------|----------|-1----------| PM----| PM----| |-(0)--------------|-----------------------|------| |-(3)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------|-2----| |-(2)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------|-2----| |-(0)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------|-2----| |--------3p2p0---0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----| |--------------3---|-----------------------|------| PM----| PM----| |---------0-|-(0)--------------|-----------------------| |---------3-|-(3)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------| |-2-------2-|-(2)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------| |-3-------0-|-(0)------------2-|-(2)---------2---------| |-3---------|--------3p2p0---0-|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-1---------|--------------3---|-----------------------|
To Coda
|----------|---------0-|-(0)--------|-------------------------|| |-2--------|---------3-|-(3)--------|-------------------------|| |-2--------|-2-------2-|-(2)--------|-------------------------|| |-2--------|-3-------0-|-(0)--------|-------------------------|| |-0--------|-3---------|------------|-------------------------|| |----------|-1---------|------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-||
2nd Verse
PM----------------------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------| |-2--------------------|-------------------------| |-2--------------------|-------------------------| |-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |----------------------|-------------------------| PM----------------------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-0h2-------------------|--------------------------| |-0h2-------------------|--------------------------| |-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| |-----------------------|--------------------------| PM----------------------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-0h2-------------------|-------------------------| |-0h2-------------------|-------------------------| |-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-----------------------|-------------------------|
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| Gtr III
|-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| PM--------------------| |-0--------|--------------------------| |-3--------|--------------------------| |-2--------|--------------------------| |-0--------|--------------------------| |----------|-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2--------| |----------|-------------------3-3-3--|
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|----------|--------------------------| |----------|--------------------------| |----------|--------------------------| |----------|-7-----5-----4------------| |----------|-5-----3-----2-----5------| |----------|-------------------3------| PM----------------------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------|-------------------------| |-2--------------------|-------------------------| |-2--------------------|-------------------------| |-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |----------------------|-------------------------| PM----------------------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-0h2-------------------|--------------------------| |-0h2-------------------|--------------------------| |-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| |-----------------------|--------------------------| PM----------------------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-0h2-------------------|-------------------------| |-0h2-------------------|-------------------------| |-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-----------------------|-------------------------|
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| Gtr III
|-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
PM--------------------| |-0--0------|--------------------------|| |-3--3------|--------------------------|| |-2--2------|-------------x-x-x--------|| |-0--0------|-------------x-x-x--------|| |-----------|-5-5-5-3-3-3-2-2-2--------|| |-----------|-------------------3-3-3--||
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|-----------|--------------------------|| |-----------|--------------------------|| |-----------|--------------------------|| |-----------|-7-----5-----4------------|| |-----------|-5-----3-----2-----5------|| |-----------|-------------------3------||
Bridge
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|---------2-|-(2)----------||-----------| |---------3-|-(3)----5--5--||-----------| |-2-------2-|-(2)----5--5--||-7----7----| |-3-------0-|-(0)----5--5--||-7----5----| |-3---------|--------3--3--||-5----5----| |-1---------|--------------||-----------| |--------------|------------|--------------|-----------| |------------2-|-(2)--------|-(2)----2--2--|-----------| |-7----0-0-0-2-|-(2)--------|-(2)----2--2--|-7----7----| |-7----0-0-0-2-|-(2)--------|-(2)----2--2--|-7----5----| |-5----x---x-0-|-(0)--------|-(0)----0--0--|-5----5----| |------3---3---|------------|--------------|-----------|
Guitar Solo
|------------|------0------|------------------------------|| |------------|------0------|------------------------------|| |-7----5-4-1-|-(1)---------|-------0h2---0-------------5--|| |-7----3-2-2-|-(2)---------|-0h2h4-----4---4p0h4h7p0h7----|| |-5--------2-|-(2)---------|------------------------------|| |----------0-|-(0)---------|------------------------------|| ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ PM-------------------------- |------------|-----------|----------------------------| |------------|-----------|----------------------------| |----------5-|-----------|----------------------7-7-7-| |-7----7-----|-7----7----|-7-7-7-9-9-9-10-10-10-------| |------------|-----------|----------------------------| |------------|-----------|----------------------------|
-----|
|-------8-----------------------|--------------------| |---------10-(10)--(10)\--------|--------------------| |-9-9-9-------------------[7]b9-|-([7])--5b6-------5-| |-------------------------------|-------------7--0---| |-------------------------------|--------------------| |-------------------------------|--------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|----------------|----------------------|------------17-| |----------------|-5-------8------10----|-(10)----------| |-(5)b6----------|-7b9----10b12---12b14-|-(12)----------| |--------5--7----|----------------------|---------------| |----------------|----------------------|---------------| |----------------|----------------------|---------------| |-(17)-17p15p14h15p14p12h14h15p14p12----12-----------| |------------------------------------14----15p14h15--| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------| |-12h15p13p12h13s10---------------------------------------| |-------------------14p12p11------12p11-11h12p11h14p12p11-| |----------------------------11-x-------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------| |-12p11h14p12p11-12p11h14p12p11-12p11-------------|-----------[7]pb9r===| |-------------------------------------14p12p11----|---------------------| |----------------------------------------------12-|-12\-----------------| |-------------------------------------------------|---------------------| |----------5-----|---------------|-----------------------------------| |----------------|----------8----|-4h5p4---4h5p4---4h5p4-------------| |-(7)b9--------7-|-(7)b9---------|-------7-------7-------7p5-7p5p4h5-| |----------------|---------------|-----------------------------------| |----------------|---------------|-----------------------------------| |----------------|---------------|-----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------|------------|--------| |---------------------------------|------------|------------|--------| |-4---4h5---4h5h7p5p4h5p4-------2-|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----| |---7-----7---------------7p5p4-2-|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----| |-------------------------------0-|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----| |---------------------------------|------------|------------|--------| |------------||----------|---------|-----| |------------||-2--------|---------|-----| |-(2)--------||-2--------|---------|-----| |-(2)--------||-2--------|---------|-----| |-(0)--------||-0--------|---------|-----| |------------||----------|---------|-----| |---------|---------|---------|---------|---------------------------|| |---------|---------|---------|---------|---------------------------|| |---------|---------|---------|---------|---------------------------|| |---------|---------|---------|---------|---------------------------|| |---------|---------|---------|---------|---------------------------|| |---------|---------|---------|---------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|| ||-----------|----------|---------2-| ||o-2--------|-2--------|---------3-| ||--2--------|-2--------|-2-------2-| ||--2--------|-2--------|-3-------0-| ||o-0--------|-0--------|-3---------| ||-----------|----------|-1---------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
PM--|
|-(2)---------------||-2----------------||--------------------| |-(3)------------2-o||-3----------------||o-------------------| |-(2)------------2--||-2----------------||--9--------7--------| |-(0)------------2--||-0----------------||--7--------5--------| |--------3-2-0---0-o||------3-2-0-----0-||o----0-0-0----0-0-0-| |--------------3----||------------3b4---||--------------------| PM--| PM--| PM--|
3x
|------------------||-------------------|-------------*| |-----------------o||-------------------|-------------*| |-5--4--0-2--------||-9--------7--------|-5--4--0-2---*| |-3--3--0-2--------||-7--------5--------|-3--3--0-2---*| |-----------0-0-0-o||----0-0-0----0-0-0-|---------0---*| |------------------||-------------------|-------------*|
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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