ADDICTED TO THAT RUSH (Bassline)
As recorded by Mr. Big
(From the 1989 Album MR. BIG)
Words and Music by Sheehan Gilbert Torpey
(E A D G)
Intro
Fast Rock Q=220
4/4
Gtr I
Wx5
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
W W +W +W
|----------|-/14tr12--------|-(14tr12)--------|-(14tr12)----|
|----------|----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|----------|----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|----------|----------------|-----------------|-------------|
+W +W +W +W
|-(14tr12)--------|-(14tr12)--------|-(14tr12)--------|-(14tr12)----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
W W W W
|-12--------|----------|----------|------|
|------------|----------|----------|------|
|------------|----------|----------|------|
|------------|----------|----------|------|
Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
T T T T
|--3--| |-3--| |--3--| |-3--|
W E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------|-----------------------------------|
|----------|-13p10-12p10-7h10-13p10-12p10-7h10-|
|----------|-----------------------------------|
|----------|-----------------------------------|
T T T T
|--3--| |-3--| |--3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------------|
|-13p10-12p10-7h10-13p10-12p10-7h10--|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T
|-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 Q E E E
|-12p9-11p9-6h9-12p9-11p9-6h9-|-12p9-11p9-6h9-12/--8s9h12-|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
T T T T T
|-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
|-14p12p9----------------------------|-12p9h12-14p12p9-14p12h14-17p14p12-|
|---------13p12p10-12p10h12-13p12p10-|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
T T T T T ~~
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-17p14h17-20p17p14-20p17h19p17-14h17-|-20p17h19-17p14h17-20----||
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------||
Pre-Verse
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-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 Q E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5h7p5----5---------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-3p0-4p0-5p0-5p0-|-------7------12---||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|--------------------||
1st Verse
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
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 Q E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------5---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------5h7---7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5----------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-3-5-x-5-x-5-5--|-3-5-5-3-3-5-3-5-||
Pre-Chorus
W W E E E E +E E Q E E Q E E Q
|----------|----------|------------------|---------------|
|-5--------|-7--------|------------------|---------------|
|-3--------|-5--------|------------------|---------------|
|----------|----------|-3-5---5-(5)-3-5--|-x-x-5--x-x-5--|
W H H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|----------|------/14----|-14---14---14---------|-14---14---------14--|
|-5--------|-7------------|----------------------|---------------------|
|-3--------|-5----/12----|----------------12-12-|-----------12-12-----|
|----------|--------------|----------------------|---------------------|
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-3--------|-5--------|-8--------|-7----|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
W H H
|----------|--------------||
|----------|--------------||
|-8--------|-10-----------||
|----------|-------10----||
Chorus
E E Q H H E E Q H H E E E E E E Q
|-------------|-------------|-----------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|---7p5----------|
|-0-----------|------0------|------0s===|=7-----7p0------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|----------------|
W Q Q Q Q W H Q Q
|----------|--------------|----------|--------------|
|----------|--------------|----------|--------------|
|----------|----12s=0-----|----------|---------12--|
|----------|--------------|----------|--------------|
Pre-Verse
Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q
|---------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-5--x-5-x-5-5--|-x-0-3-5-x-0-3-5-|-5-5-x-5-x-5-5--|-x-x-5--x-x-5--|
Q. E +H Q. E +H
|---------------|---------------||
|-5-------------|---------------||
|-3----7-(7)----|---------------||
|------5-(5)----|-3----0-(0)----||
2nd Verse
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
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 Q E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------5---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------5h7---7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5----------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------5-|
|-----------------|---------x-5-7---|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5---------|
E E E E Q E E E E E E E E Q
|-----5-------12----|-----------------------||
|-5-7---7s14-----14-|-10----12-10-------10--||
|-------------------|----12-------12-10-----||
|-------------------|-----------------------||
Pre-Chorus
$
$$
W W E E E E +E E Q E E Q E E Q
|----------|----------|------------------|---------------|
|-5--------|-7--------|------------------|---------------|
|-3--------|-5--------|------------------|---------------|
|----------|----------|-3-5---5-(5)-3-5--|-x-x-5--x-x-5--|
W H Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|----------|------------/14--|-14---14---14---------|-14---14---------14--|
|-5--------|-7----------------|----------------------|---------------------|
|-3--------|-5----/12--------|----------------12-12-|-----------12-12-----|
|----------|------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-3--------|-5--------|-8--------|-7----|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
To Coda
To Coda
W H H
|----------|--------------||
|----------|--------------||
|-8--------|-10-----------||
|----------|-------10----||
Chorus
E E Q H H E E Q H H E E E E E E Q
|-------------|-------------|-----------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|---7p5----------|
|-0-----------|------0------|------0s===|=7-----7p0------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|----------------|
W Q Q Q Q W H H
|----------|--------------|----------|-------------|
|----------|--------------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----12s=0-----|----------|------12----|
|----------|--------------|----------|-------------|
E E Q H H E E Q H Q Q E E E E Q Q
|-------------|-------------|------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|------------|---7p5---------|
|-0-----------|------0------|---------0s=|=7-----7p0-----|
|-------------|-------------|------------|---------------|
W E Q. E E Q W Q H Q
|----------|----------------|----------|-------------||
|----------|----------------|----------|-------------||
|----------|---12---0------|----------|-------------||
|----------|----------------|----------|-2s=17s===2--||
Guitar Solo
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-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 E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2/----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
T T T T T T T T
|--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
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-15p12-14p12p9h12-15p12-14p12p9h12-|-15p12-14p12p9h12-15p12-14p12p9h12-|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
T T T T T T T T
|--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
|-14p11-13p11p8h11-14p11-13p11p8h11-|-14p11-13p11p8h11-14p11-13p11p8h11-|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
T T T T
|-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
|-7p6h7-------9p7h9--------|-11p9h11---------12p11h12----------|
|-------9p7p5-------11p9p7-|---------12p11p9----------14p12p11-|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
T T T T
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-14p12h14----------16p14h16----------|-18p16p14----------14----||
|----------16p14p12----------17p16p14-|----------17p16p14-------||
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------||
Bridge
&
W +W +W W
|----------|------------|------------|------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|------|
|----------|------------|------------|------|
~~
a Q. a Q. a Q W
|-10s12----10s12----10s12s=|=14--------|
|--------------------------|-----------|
|--------------------------|-----------|
|--------------------------|-----------|
|--3---|
E E +E +H. +H H
|------------------------|----------------|
|-0-12-(12)-(12)b14------|-(12)-----------|
|------------------------|---------12----|
|------------------------|----------------|
E E Q H W W W
|-------------|----------|----------|------|
|-------------|----------|----------|------|
|-0-----------|----------|----------|------|
|-------------|----------|----------|------|
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-3-|
W W W Q E E Q E E E
|----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------0s12--0-3-0--|
|----------|----------|----------|--------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E S S E
|---------------------|-------------5-7p5---|
|-7p5h7-5h7p5-4h5-5-4h|=5-5-4h5-5h7-------7s|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E H.
|---7------9-------10-|-------14tr12----|
|-9---9s10---10s12----|-12s14-----------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
E E Q H W W W
|-------------|----------|----------|------|
|-------------|----------|----------|------|
|-0-----------|----------|----------|------|
|-------------|----------|----------|------|
|--3--|
W H Q E E E E E E E E E E E +W
|----------|------------------|-----------------------|----------|
|----------|------------------|--------------------10-|-(10)/----|
|----------|---------12-12-12-|-12-12-12-12---12------|----------|
|----------|------------------|-----------------------|----------|
E E Q H W W H Q Q
|---------------|----------|----------|-------------|
|---------------|----------|----------|-------------|
|-12-----------|----------|----------|---------0/--|
|---------------|----------|----------|-------------|
Q. Q. Q +E Q. Q. E
|-12b14---12b14---12b14--|-(12)-12b14---12b14---12b14-|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
+Q Q. Q. W
|-(12)--12b14---12b14---|---------||
|-----------------------|---------||
|-----------------------|-12-----||
|-----------------------|---------||
Out-Chorus
&&
E E E E +E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E Q E E Q
|------------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5--|-5-5-5--5-5-5--|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5--|-5-5-5--5-5-5--|
E E E E +E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|-----5---5---5h7-|
|------------------|---------------|---------------5p3-|-5h7---7---7-----|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5--|-5-5-5--5-5-5--|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-----|-----------------|
|-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
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-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
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|--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
|-------------------------------------|-------------------12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------12--|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------|
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
|-----------------|---5h7---5-------|-----------------|---5h7---5-------|
|-5h7---5h7---5h7-|-----------7-3h5-|-5h7---5h7---5h7-|-----------7-3h5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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
|-5h7---5h7---5h7-|---5h7---5h7---5h|=7---5h7---5h7---|-5h7---5h7---5h7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Outro
TP TP TP
W W +W +W
|----------|----------|------------|--------||
|-2--------|----------|------------|--------||
|-0--------|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----||
|----------|----------|------------|--------||
|-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
|-------------------5h7p5-|-------9p7h9-10p9h10-12h14p12-|
|-------------5---5-------|-9p7h9------------------------|
|-0h3p0-5h7p5---7---------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W +H.. E
|-12--------|-(12)--------12-|
|-----------|-----------------|
|-----------|-----------------|
|-----------|-----------------|
|-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
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------5h7p5-|-------------------5h7p5-|
|-0h3p0-5h7p5-0h3p0-------|-0h3p0-5h7p5-0h3p0-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--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 Q
|-14p12h14-12p9h12-9p6h9-------|----------------------|
|------------------------9p7h9-|-7p5h7-------------2--|
|------------------------------|-------7p5h7-0h3p0-0--|
|------------------------------|----------------------|
TP
W Q Q H
|----------|------------||
|-2--------|-2--2-------||
|-0--------|-0--0-------||
|----------|------------||
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|----------|------*|
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