GET IT ON (BANG GONG)
by T. REX
(Marc Bolan)
Here is the guitar & bass for the first 6 measures of a verse:
& |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
e---|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
[B-]--|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
[G-]--|----------------------2-|---2--3-----2--3--------|----------------------2-|
[D]-2-|---2--3-----2--3------2-|---2--3-----2--3------2-|---2--3-----2--3------2-|
[A]-2-|---2--3--2--2--3------0-|0--0--0--0--0--0--0---2-|---2--3-----2--3------0-|
[E]-0-|0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|----------------------0-|0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
| | | |
& |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
[G-]--|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
[D-]--|----------------------7-|---7--7--7--7--7--7-----|----------------------7-|
[A]-7-|---7--7--7--7--7--7-----|----------------------7-|---7--------7-----------|
[E-]--|------------------------|------------------------|------9--------9--------|
& |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
e |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
[B] |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
[G] |---2--3-----2--3--------|------------------------|------------------------|
[D] |---2--3-----2--3------2-|---2--3-----2--3------2-|---2--3-----2--3------2-|
[A] |0--0--0--0--0--0--0---2-|---2--3-----2--3------2-|---2--3-----2--3------2-|
[E] |----------------------0-|0--0--0--0--0--0--0---0-|0--0--0--0--0--0--0---0-|
| | | |
|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
[G] |------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
[D] |---7--7--7--7--7--7-----|------------------------|------------------------|
[A] |----------------------7-|---7--------7---------7-|---7--------7---------7-|
[E] |------------------------|------9--------9--------|------9--------9--------|
Here is the bass & guitar for the first 4 measures of the chorus:
& |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
e---|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
[B-]--|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
[G-]--|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
[D]-5-|---5--7-----5--7------7-|---7--9-----7--9------2-|---2--3-----2--3------2-|
[A]-5-|---5--7-----5--7------7-|---7--9-----7--9------2-|---2--3-----2--3------2-|
[E]-3-|---3--3-----3--3------5-|---5--5-----5--5------0-|0--0--0--0--0--0--0---0-|
| | | |
& |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
[G-]--|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
[D-]--|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
[A-]--|---------5--7--5--------|---------7--9--7------7-|---7--------7---------7-|
[E]-3-|---3--7-----------7---5-|---5--9-----------9-----|------9--------9--------|
|1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
e |------------------------|
[B] |------------------------|
[G] |------------------------|
[D] |---2--3-----2--3------5-|
[A] |---2--3-----2--3------5-|
[E] |0--0--0--0--0--0--0---3-|
| |
& |1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
[G] |------------------------|
[D] |------------------------|
[A] |---7--------7-----------|
[E] |------9--------9------3-|
Get It On (Bang Gong)/Marc Bolan
[Intro:]
[4 measures guitar & bass only]
[4 measures all instruments]
[Verse 1:]
Well, you're dirty and sweet,
Clad in black, don't look back,
And I love you.
You're dirty and sweet, oh yeah.
Well you're slim and you're weak,
You've got the teeth of the Hydra upon you.
You're dirty, sweet, and you're my girl.
[Chorus:]
Get it on,
Bang a gong,
Get it on.
Get it on,
Bang a gong,
Get it on.
[Verse 2:]
Well you're built like a car,
You've got a hub cap diamond star halo.
You're built like a car, oh yeah.
Well, you're an untamed youth,
That's the truth, with your cloak full of eagles.
You're dirty, sweet, and you're my girl.
[Chorus:]
Get it on,
Bang a gong,
Get it on.
Get it on,
Bang a gong,
Get it on.
[Verse 3:]
Well you're windy and wild,
You've got the blues in your shoes and your stockings.
You're windy and wild, oh yeah.
Well, you're built like a car,
You've got a hub cap diamond star halo.
You're dirty, sweet, and you're my girl.
[Chorus:]
Get it on,
Bang a gong,
Get it on.
Get it on,
Bang a gong,
Get it on.
[REPEAT INTRO:]
[4 measures guitar & bass only]
[4 measures all instruments]
[VERSE 4:]
You're dirty and sweet,
Clad in black, don't look back,
And I love you.
You're dirty and sweet, oh yeah.
Well, you dance when you walk,
So lets dance, take a chance, understand me.
You're dirty, sweet, and you're my girl.
[OUTRO:]
Get it on, |
Bang a gong, |- repeat three times
Get it on. |
[4 measures guitar & bass only]
[4 measures all instruments]
Get it on, |
Bang a gong, |- repeat four times
Get it on. |
(Take me...and meanwhile...I'm still...?)
[FADE OUT]
Here's a summary of the basic chord cycles:
Measure 1 2 3 4 5 6
Intro
Verse
Chorus
Outro
etc.
Transcribed 1995 by John Crooks