SWEET CHILD O' MINE (Bassline)
As recorded by Guns N' Roses
(From the 1987 Album APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION)
Words and Music by W. Axl Rose, Slash, Izzy Stradlin', Duff McKagan and Steven Adler

 

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Drop - 1/2 A Step'


 Intro
  Moderate Rock Q=122
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx7          H    Q  E  E    Q.    E  +Q    E  E
|------------|--------------|-------11-(11)--11-12-|
|------------|--------------|-12-------------------|
|------------|-----------12-|----------------------|
|------------|--------------|----------------------|


   Q   E  E  E  E  E  E    Q.    E  +Q.    E
|-14--16-14-12S11----14-|-------12-(12)--------|
|-----------------12----|-10--------------10---|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|


   E E  E  E  +E  E  E  E    H     +Q.    a  E
|-10-9----10-(10)-9-------|--------------------|
|------10-----------10----|--------------10s12-|
|----------------------12-|-10----(10)---------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|


   H     +Q.    a  E    E  E  E  E  +E   E  Q
|-12----(12)---------|-12-11----12-(12)-11-----|
|--------------10s12-|-------12------------12--|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|


   H    Q   Q     Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E Q.   E
|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|-12-------12\--|---------------|--------4-7-4---|---------------|
|---------------|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5---------|-3----3-3----3-|
|---------------|---------------|--------------5-|---------------|


  Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E Q.   E   E E E E E E E E
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|--------3-2-----|---------------|-----3-4-5-------|
|-3----3-----3---|---------------|-----------2-3-4-|
|--------------5-|-3----3-3----3-|-3-0-------------|


  Q.   E Q.   E   E E E E Q  Q
|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|-4-7-----5--4--||
|-5----5-5----5-|-------5-------||
|---------------|-----5---------||


 Verse
  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5--0-2-|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3-3-2-0-|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|


  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E Q.   E   E E E E Q  Q
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---7-----------|
|---------------|----------5-----|---------------|---------5--4--|
|---------------|--------------0-|-5----5-5----5-|-5---0-5-------|
|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3-------|---------------|---------------|


  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q.   E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5--0-2-|-3----3-3----3-|-3---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---0-0-0-1-1-2-2-|


  Q  E E Q.   E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E Q.   S S   E E E E E E Q
|---------------|----------------|-------------5-6-|-7-7-7-7-7--------||
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|---------------|----------2-3-4-|-5----5-5--------|------------------||
|-3--3-3-3----3-|-3----3-3-------|-----------------|-----------0-5\---||


 Chorus
  Q  E E +Q   E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|---------------|--------7-5-4---|
|-0----0-(0)--0-2-|-3----3-(3)-3-3-0-|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-------5-|
|-----------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|


  Q  E E +Q   E E   Q  E E +H       Q.   E Q.   S S   E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|---------------|-------------5-6-|-7-7-7-7-7--------||
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-0----0-(0)--0-2-|-3----3-(3)----|-5----5-5--------|------------------||
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------0-3\---||


 Interlude
  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E Q.   E   E Q  E E E E E
|---------------|----------7-----|---------------|---5------5-----|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5-----0-|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3-------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|--------------0-|


  Q.   E Q.   E   E E E E E E E E   Q.   E Q.   E   E E E E Q  Q
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---7-----------||
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------5--4--||
|---------------|-----2---3---4---|-5----5-5----5-|-5-----5-------||
|-3----3-3----3-|-3-3---3---3---3-|---------------|---------------||


 Verse
  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------5-3-2---|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5--0-2-|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-------3-|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|


  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q.   E   E Q.   E E E E
|---------------|--------------|---------------|---7------7---7-|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|-----------3--|-5----5-5----5-|-5------5---5---|
|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3-----|---------------|----------------|


  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q.   E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5--0-2-|-3----3-3----3-|-3---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---0-0-0-1-1-2-2-|


  Q  E E Q.   E   E E E E E E E E   Q.   E Q.   S S   E E E E E E Q
|---------------|-----------------|-------------5-6-|-7-7-7-7-7--------||
|---------------|---2-3-4-5-------|-----------------|------------------||
|---------------|-----------2-3-4-|-5----5-5--------|------------------||
|-3--3-3-3----3-|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------0-5\---||


 Chorus
  Q  E E +Q   E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|---------------|----------7---7-|
|-----------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-0----0-(0)--0-2-|-3----3-(3)-3-3-0-|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5---5---|
|-----------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|


  Q  E E +Q   E E   Q  E E +H       Q.   E Q.   E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|-7---7---7---7---||
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
|-0----0-(0)--0-2-|-3----3-(3)----|-5----5-5----5-|---5---5---5---5-||
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||


 Interlude
  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q.   E   E Q.   E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---2----3-3-4-4-|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5--0-2-|-3----3-3----3-|-3--------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|


  Q.   E Q.   E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---2-3-4-5-------|
|---------------|-----------2-3-4-|
|-3----3-3----3-|-3---------------|


  Q.   E Q.   E   E S S S S S S S S S S E E
|---------------|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
|---------------|-------------------------7--||
|-5----5-5----5-|----------------------------||
|---------------|-5--------------------------||


 Chorus
  Q  E E +Q   E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q.   E Q.   E   E Q  E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|---------------|---7--7-7-5-4---|
|-0----0-(0)--0-2-|-3----3-(3)-3-3-0-|-5----5-5----5-|-5------------5-|
|-----------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|


  Q  E E +Q   E E   Q  E E +H       Q.   E Q.   E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-0----0-(0)--0-2-|-3----3-(3)----|-5----5-5----5-|-5---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|---0-2-0-2-0-4-0-|


  Q  E E +Q   E E   Q  E E +Q   E E   Q.   E Q.   E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|---7-----7---7---|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-0----0-(0)--0-2-|-3----3-(3)--3-0-|-5----5-5----5-|-5---5-5---5---5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|


  Q  E E +Q   E E   Q  E E +Q.   E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-0----0-(0)--0-2-|-3----3-(3)-----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-6--||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||


   Guitar Solo
    Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   Q
||-------------------|------5-(5)-----|------4-(4)-----|
||o------2-(2)-------|----------------|----------------|
||o------------------|-3--3--------3--|-2-----------2--|
||--0--0-------0-2-3-|----------------|----------------|


  1.,2.,3.             4.
  Q  E E +E  E E E     E E E E E E E S S   E E E E E E E E
|------2-(2)--------||-------------------|------------------||
|------------------o||---------------4-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-5-4-4--||
|-0----------------o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|------------------||
|------------0-2-3--||-------------------|------------------||


    Q.   E +Q   E E   Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   E E   E E E E Q  Q    4x
||------------------|----------------|------2-(2)------|-----------------||
||o------2-(2)------|------5-(5)-----|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-----------------|----------------|-0-----------0-2-|-3-3-3-3-5------o||
||--0-----------0-2-|-3-----------3--|-----------------|------------3----||


   Outro
    Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E Q    Q  E E +E  E Q    E E E E Q  Q
||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o------------------|-----------------|-0----0-(0)------|---3-3-3-5------o||
||--0----0-(0)-----2-|-3----3-(3)------|-----------------|------------3----||


  Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E Q    Q  E E +E  E Q    E E E E Q  Q
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-0----0-(0)------|---3-3-3-5-----|
|-0----0-(0)-----2-|-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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-------------3-3-|


  Q.   E +Q   E E   Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   E E   E E E E Q  Q
|-----------------|----------------|------2-(2)------|---------------|
|------2-(2)------|------5-(5)-----|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-0-----------0-2-|-3-3-3-3-5-----|
|-0-----------0-2-|-3-----------3--|-----------------|------------3--|


  Q.   E +Q   E E   Q.   E +Q   Q    Q.   E +Q   E E   E E E E Q  Q
|-----------------|----------------|------2-(2)------|---------------|
|------2-(2)------|------5-(5)-----|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-0-----------0-2-|-3-3-3-3-5-----|
|-0-----------0-2-|-3-----------3--|-----------------|------------3--|


                                                       |-3-| |-3-|
  Q.   E +Q   E E   Q.   E +Q   E E   Q.   E +Q   Q    Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|------2-(2)-----|-------------|
|------2-(2)------|------5-(5)------|----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0--------------|-7-5---------|
|-0-----------0-2-|-3-----------3-3-|----------------|-----7-6-5-3-|


  Q.   E +E  E E E   Q.   E +Q   Q    W          H    H
|------------------|----------------|----------|-----------|
|------2-(2)-------|------5-(5)-----|----------|-----------|
|------------------|----------------|-0--------|-3----5----|
|-0----------0-0-2-|-3-----------3--|----------|-----------|


  W          +W           +H     H      W
|----------|------------|-------------|------*|
|----------|------------|-------------|------*|
|----------|------------|-------------|------*|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)---------|------*|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


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