JAILBREAK (Bassline)
As recorded by Thin Lizzy
(From the 1976 Album JAILBREAK)

Words and Music by Phil Lynott
Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Phil Lynott - Bass (1/2 step down)'

  [Intro]
  Q=141
  4/4
  Gtr I (1/2 step down: Eb Ab Db Gb)
    W          +W           +W
Gb|----------:------------:--------||
Db|----------:------------:--------||
Ab|----------:------------:--------||
Eb|-0--------:-(0)--------:-(0)----||


                                            [1st Verse]
      E Q  E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E  4x     E Q  E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E   7x
Gb||-----------------|-----------------||-||-----------------|------------------||
Db||o----------------|----------------o||-||o----------------|-----------------o||
Ab||o----------------|----------------o||-||o----------------|-----------------o||
Eb||--5----0---0-2-2-|------0-0-0-2-0--||-||--5----0---0-2-2-|------0-0-0-2-0---||


                                   [Chorus]
    E Q  E E E E E   H.      E E     +H.      E E
Gb|----------------|-------------||---------------|
Db|----------------|-------------||o--------------|
Ab|----------------|---------0-2-||o-(2)----------|
Eb|-5----0---0-2-2-|-------------||-----------0-0-|


    +H.      E E     +H.      E E
Gb|---------------||----------------|
Db|--------------o||----------------|
Ab|----------0-2-o||-(2)------------|
Eb|-(0)-----------||----------0-0---|


    +W           E E E E +E  E Q    +H.      Q
Gb|------------|------------------|-------------||
Db|------------|-----2------------|-------------||
Ab|------------|-0-4--------------|-------------||
Eb|-(0)--------|-------4-(4)-0-2--|-(2)---------||


    [Pre-Verse]                             [2nd Verse]
      E Q  E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E  4x     E Q  E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E   7x
Gb||-----------------|-----------------||-||-----------------|------------------||
Db||o----------------|----------------o||-||o----------------|-----------------o||
Ab||o----------------|----------------o||-||o----------------|-----------------o||
Eb||--5----0---0-2-2-|------0-0-0-2-0--||-||--5----0---0-2-2-|------0-0-0-2-0---||


                                   [Chorus]
    E Q  E E E E E   H.      E E     +H.      E E   +H.      E E   3x
Gb|----------------|-------------||---------------|----------------||
Db|----------------|-------------||o--------------|---------------o||
Ab|----------------|---------0-2-||o-(2)----------|----------0-2--o||
Eb|-5----0---0-2-2-|-------------||-----------0-0-|-(0)------------||


    +H..       E   +H.      E E     H.      E E   +H.      E E
Gb|--------------|--------------||--------------|----------------||
Db|--------------|--------------||o-------------|---------------o||
Ab|-(2)----------|----------0-2-||o-2-----------|----------0-2--o||
Eb|------------0-|-(0)----------||----------0-0-|-(0)------------||


    +H.      E E   +W           E E E E +E  E Q    +H.      Q
Gb|--------------|------------|------------------|--------------||
Db|--------------|------------|-----2------------|--------------||
Ab|-(2)----------|------------|-0-4--------------|--------------||
Eb|----------0-0-|-(0)--------|-------4-(4)-0-2--|-(2)----------||


    [Interlude]
     PM----------------------------|
      E E E E +E  E Q    +H.      E E  3x E E E E +E  E Q    +W
Gb||-------------------|---------------||------------------|--------||
Db||o-----2------------|--------------o||-----2------------|--------||
Ab||o-0-4--------------|--------------o||-0-4--------------|--------||
Eb||--------4-(4)-0-2--|-(2)--------0--||-------4-(4)-0-2--|-(2)----||


    [Bridge]
     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q   4x
Gb||------------------|-----------------||-|
Db||o-------6-----7---|---8-----9------o||-|
Ab||o-7-7-7---7-7---7-|-7---7-7---7----o||-|
Eb||------------------|-------------0---||-|


      E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q
Db||------------------|------------------||
Gb||o-----------------|-----------------o||
Ab||o-0-0-0-4-0-0-5-0-|-0-6-0-0-7-0-0---o||
Eb||------------------|------------------||


    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
Db|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------6--|
Gb|-------6-----7---|---8-----9------|-------6-----7---|---8-----9--------|
Ab|-7-7-7---7-7---7-|-7---7-7---7----|-7-7-7---7-7---7-|-7---7-7---7-7----|
Eb|-----------------|-------------0--|-----------------|------------------|


    E E E E E E E E   W          +H.      Q
Gb|-----7-----8-----|----------|-------------||
Db|-----------------|----------|-------------||
Ab|-7-7---7-7---7-7-|----------|-------------||
Eb|-----------------|-0--------|-(0)---------||


    [Pre-Verse]                             [3rd Verse]
      E Q  E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E  4x     E Q  E E E E E   Q.   E E E E E   7x
Gb||-----------------|-----------------||-||-----------------|------------------||
Db||o----------------|----------------o||-||o----------------|-----------------o||
Ab||o----------------|----------------o||-||o----------------|-----------------o||
Eb||--5----0---0-2-2-|------0-0-0-2-0--||-||--5----0---0-2-2-|------0-0-0-2-0---||


                                   [Out-Chorus]
    E Q  E E E E E   H.      E E     +H.      E E   +H.      E E   3x
Gb|----------------|-------------||---------------|----------------||
Db|----------------|-------------||o--------------|---------------o||
Ab|----------------|---------0-2-||o-(2)----------|----------0-2--o||
Eb|-5----0---0-2-2-|-------------||-----------0-0-|-(0)------------||


    +H..       E   +H.      E E     H.      E E   +H.      E E
Db|--------------|--------------||--------------|----------------||
Gb|--------------|--------------||o-------------|---------------o||
Ab|-(2)----------|----------0-2-||o-2-----------|----------0-2--o||
Eb|------------0-|-(0)----------||----------0-0-|-(0)------------||


    +H.      E E   +W           E E E E +E  E Q    +W
Gb|--------------|------------|------------------|--------*|
Db|--------------|------------|-----2------------|--------*|
Ab|-(2)----------|------------|-0-4--------------|--------*|
Eb|----------0-0-|-(0)--------|-------4-(4)-0-2--|-(2)----*|

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Duration Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura; 
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration). 

|  (n)  -  note tied to previous
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