TWISTED SISTER - "i wanna rock" Tablature

I Wanna Rock

by Twisted Sister
From the album: Stay Hungry
Bass Tablature

transcribed by Joe Vahabzadeh . . . king_v@excaliber.net
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")

LYRICS:

Pre-intro/Intro:
I wanna rock!
I wanna rock!
I want to rock!
I wanna rock!

Verse 1:
Turn it down you say, well all I got to say to you
Is time and time again I say no! (No!)
No no, no no, no!
Tell me not to play, well all I got to say that
When you tell me not to play I say no! (No!)
No no, no no, no!

Pre-Chorus 1:
So if you ask me why I like the way I play
There's only one thing I can
Say to you

Chorus:
I wanna rock! (Rock!)
I wanna rock! (Rock!)
I want to rock! (Rock!)
I wanna rock! (Rock!)

Verse 2:
There's a feeling that I get from nothing else
And there ain't nothing in the world that makes me go! (Go!)
Go go, go go, go!
Turn the power up, I've waited for so long
So I can hear my favorite song so let's go! (Go!)
Go go, go go, go!

Pre-Chorus 2:
When it's like this I feel the music shooting through me
There's nothing else that I would
Rather do

Repeat Chorus.

Bridge:
I wanna rock! (Rock!)
Rock! (Rock!)
Rock! (Rock!)
I wanna rock! (Rock!)
Rock! (Rock!)
Rock! (Rock!)
I want to rock! (Rock!)
Rock! (Rock!)
Rock! (Rock!)
I wanna rock! (Rock!)
Rock! (Rock!)
Rock! (Rock!)

Solo is played.

Chorus repeats.

Then the "Bridge" part repeats to fade out.