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Wanted Dead Or Alive
Bon Jovi
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WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE (Bassline)
As recorded by Bon Jovi
(From the 1986 Album SLIPPERY WHEN WET)
Words and Music by Jon Bon Jovi & Richie Sambora
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Slowly Q=74
4/4
Gtr I
W W +W W +W
|----------|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|-5--------|-(5)--------|-5--------|-(5)----|
|----------|----------|------------|----------|--------|
W +W W +W
||-----------|------------|----------|---------||
||o----------|------------|----------|--------o||
||o-5--------|-(5)--------|-5--------|-(5)----o||
||-----------|------------|----------|---------||
Verse
Wx8
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
Chorus
Wx6
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-5--------|-(5)----||
|----------|------------|----------|--------||
Verse
Q. E +Q. S S Q. E +Q S S S S
|------------------|-------------------0-|
|------------------|-----------------0---|
|-5----5-(5)---0-2-|-3-----------0h2-----|
|------------------|------3-(3)----------|
Q. E +Q +E. S E E E E +Q. S S
|-------------------|-------------------|
|------5-(5)--(5)-0-|-5-3---------------|
|-3-----------------|-------5-(5)---0-2-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
Q. E +H Q. E +Q. S S Q. E +H E E E E +H
|---------------|------------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|------------------|------5-(5)----|-5-3------------||
|-5----5-(5)----|-3------------5-4-|-3-------------|-------5-(5)----||
|---------------|------3-(3)-------|---------------|----------------||
Chorus
Q. E +H Q. E +H Q. E +H E E E E +H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|-3-------------|---------------|-----3----------|
|-3-------------|------5-(5)----|-3-------------|-3-5---5-(5)----|
|------3-(3)----|---------------|------3-(3)----|----------------|
Q. E +H E E E E +H W +W
|---------------|----------------|----------|--------|
|------5-(5)----|-----3----------|----------|--------|
|-3-------------|-3-5---5-(5)----|-5--------|-(5)----|
|---------------|----------------|----------|--------|
Guitar Solo
W +W Q. E +Q. S S
|----------|------------||-------------------|
|----------|------------||-------------------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------||-5----5-(5)---0-2--|
|----------|------------||-------------------|
Q. E +Q. S S Q S +S +E +H E E E E +Q. S S
|------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|----5b7==(5)r(5)-(5)----|-5-3---------------|
|-3------------5-4-|-3----------------------|-------5-(5)---5-3-|
|------3-(3)-------|------------------------|-------------------|
Q. E +Q. S S E. S S S E +H
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|-5----5-(5)---5-5-|-3--2-1-0----------|
|------------------|----------3-(3)----|
E. S S S E +Q S S S S E E E E +H
|-------------------------|----------------||
|------2-3-5-(5)--5-5-5-5-|-5-3------------||
|-3--3--------------------|-------5-(5)----||
|-------------------------|----------------||
Chorus
Q. E +H Q. E +Q. S S Q. E +H
|---------------|------------------|----------------|
|---------------|-3----------------|------/5-(5)----|
|-3-------------|------5-(5)---0-2-|-3--------------|
|------3-(3)----|------------------|----------------|
Verse
2/4 4/4
H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q. E +Q. S S
|----------------------|-----------------||------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------||------------------|
|------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-5----5-(5)---0-2-|
|----------------------|-----------------||------------------|
Q. E +Q. S S Q. E +H E E E E +Q. S S
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|------------------|---------------|-5-3---------------|
|-3------------0-2-|-3-------------|-------5-(5)---0-2-|
|------3-(3)-------|------3-(3)----|-------------------|
Q. E +Q. S S Q. E +H Q. E +H E E E E +Q. S S
|------------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------||
|------------------|---------------|---------------|-5-3---------------||
|-5----5-(5)---0-2-|-3-------------|-3-------------|-------5-(5)---0-2-||
|------------------|------3-(3)----|------3-(3)----|-------------------||
Chorus
Q. E +H Q. E +H Q. E +H E E E E +H
||----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
||o---------------|-3-------------|------5-(5)----|-----3----------o||
||o-3-------------|------5-(5)----|-3-------------|-3-5---5-(5)----o||
||-------3-(3)----|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
Q. E +H E E E E +H Q S +S E +H
|---------------|----------------|---------------------|
|---------------|-----3----------|----5b7-(5)-5-(5)----|
|-3-------------|-3-5---5-(5)----|-3-------------------|
|------3-(3)----|----------------|---------------------|
E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +Q S S S S
|----------------|----------------|----------------------|
|-----3----------|-----3----------|-----3----------------|
|-3-5---5-(5)----|-3-5------------|-3-5---5-(5)--5-0-0-5-|
|----------------|-------3-(3)----|----------------------|
E E E E +H E E E E +H W
|----------------|----------------|------|
|-----3----------|-----3----------|------|
|-3-5------------|-3-5---5-(5)----|-5----|
|-------3-(3)----|----------------|------|
H.=H Q=50
+W W +W
|------------|----------|---------*|
|------------|----------|---------*|
|-(5)--------|-5--------|-(5)-----*|
|------------|----------|---------*|
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