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Song: Rocket
Artist: Def Leppard
Album: Hysteria (1987)
Bassist: Rick Savage
Tabbed by LoudLon for BigBassTabs.com
5-String Standard Tuning (EADG)

INTRO (starting w/ drums; triplet 16th feel):
                     (Rest x4)
G |-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------|
B |-r-----------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .

PRE-VERSE (x4)
    .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .
G |-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------|
E |-2-----0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----|
B |-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .

VERSE 1: 
                     (Rest x4)
G |-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------|
B |-r-----------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .

PRE-VERSE (x2):
    .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .
G |-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------|
E |-2-----0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----|
B |-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .

VERSE 2 (Double-time feel, x4):
    .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .
G |-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------|
E |-2-----0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----|
B |-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .

PRE-CHORUS (End double-time feel):
    .     .     .     .     .     .     .             .     .     .     .     .     .     .
G |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A |-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---0-|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---0-|
E |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .   1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .
    .     .     .     .     .     .     .             .     .     .     .     .     .     .
G |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A |-2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2---2-|-2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2---2-|
E |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .   1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .
G |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------|-0-----0-----0-----0---0-0---0-----0-0---0-----0-|
B |-3---3-3-----3-----3---3-3---3-----3-3---3-----3-|-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .   1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .

CHORUS 1:
G |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E |-2---2-r-----------------2-----r-----------------|-2---2-r-----------------5-----------0-----------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .   1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .
G |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------------5-|(5)----------------------------------------------|
E |-2---2-r-----------------2-----r-----------------|-------------------------5-----------0-----------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .   1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .
G |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E |-2---2-r-----------------2-----r-----------------|-2---2-r-----------------5-----------0-----------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .   1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .
G |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------------5-|(5)----------------------------------------------|
E |-2---2-r-----------------2-----r-----------------|-------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .   1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .

PRE-VERSE (x4):
    .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .
G |-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------|
E |-2-----0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----|
B |-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .

VERSE 2 (Double time feel, x4):
    .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .
G |-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------|
E |-2-----0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----|
B |-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .

PRE-CHORUS (End double-time feel):
    .     .     .     .     .     .     .             .     .     .     .     .     .     .
G |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A |-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---0-|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---0-|
E |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .   1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .
    .     .     .     .     .     .     .             .     .     .     .     .     .     .
G |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A |-2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2---2-|-2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2---2-|
E |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .   1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .
G |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------|-0-----0-----0-----0---0-0---0-----0-0---0-----0-|
B |-3-----3-----3-----3---3-3---3-----3-3---3-----3-|-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .   1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .

CHORUS 2:
G |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E |-2---2-r-----------------2-----r-----------------|-2---2-r-----------------5-----------0-----------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .   1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .
G |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------------5-|(5)----------------------------------------------|
E |-2---2-r-----------------2-----r-----------------|-------------------------5-----------0-----------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .   1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .
G |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E |-2---2-r-----------------2-----r-----------------|-2---2-r-----------------5-----------0-----------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .   1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .
G |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------------5-|(5)----------------------------------------------|
E |-2---2-r-----------------2-----r-----------------|-------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .   1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .

INTERLUDE:
                     (Rest x4)
G |-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------|
B |-r-----------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .
(Double-time feel, x4):
    .     .     .     .     .     .     .     .
G |-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------|
E |-2-----0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----|
B |-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .

PRE-CHORUS (End double-time feel):
    .     .     .     .     .     .     .             .     .     .     .     .     .     .
G |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A |-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---0-|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---0-|
E |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .   1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .
    .     .     .     .     .     .     .             .     .     .     .     .     .     .
G |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A |-2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2---2-|-2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2---2-|
E |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .   1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .
G |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------|-0-----0-----0-----0---0-0---0-----0-0---0-----0-|
B |-3-----3-----3-----3---3-3---3-----3-3---3-----3-|-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .   1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .

CHORUS 3:
G |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E |-2---2-r-----------------2-----r-----------------|-2---2-r-----------------5-----------0-----------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .   1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .
G |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------------5-|(5)----------------------------------------------|
E |-2---2-r-----------------2-----r-----------------|-------------------------5-----------0-----------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .   1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .
G |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E |-2---2-r-----------------2-----r-----------------|-2---2-r-----------------5-----------0-----------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .   1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .
    6/4
G |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------------------------------------5-|
E |-2---2-r-----------------2-----r-----------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . . 5 . . & . . 6 . . & . .

FILL:
   3/4
G |-------------------------------------|
D |-------------------7-----6-----------|
A |(5)----4-----------------------------|
E |-------------5-----------------0-----|
B |-------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . .

OUT-CHORUS (Double-time feel):
G |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E |-2---2-------2-----------2---2-------2-----------|-2---2-------2-----------5---5-------0-----------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .   1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .
G |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------------5-|(5)--5-------5-----------------------------------|
E |-2---2-------2-----------2---2-------2-----------|-------------------------5---5-------0---0-------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .   1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .
G |-------------------------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------|
E |-2---2-r-----------------2-----r-----------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------|
    1 . . & . . 2 . . & . . 3 . . & . . 4 . . & . .
LEGEND:
. = staccato (appears above bar)
() = sustained note
/ = slide up
\ = slide down

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