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BACK IN THE U.S.S.R (Bassline)

As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1968 Double Album WHITE ALBUM)

Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand 


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'


 Intro
  Q=150
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W           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--|
|----------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


                     1st & 2nd Verses
  E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E   E E E E X T. +S  E S S E
|-----------------||------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------||o-7-7-5-5---------|------------------7-------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||o---------7-7-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-7s9--(9)---9p7-5-|
|-----------------||------------------|--------------------------|


  E E E S S X T. +S  E S S E   E E E E X T. +S  E S S E   E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------5-------|------------------7-------|-7-7-5-5---------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-5s7--(7)---7p5-3-|-5-5-5-5-7s9--(9)---9p7-5-|---------7-7-4-4-|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------|


  E E E E X T. +S  E S S E   E E E S S X T. +S  E S S E
|--------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------7-------|--------------------5-------||
|-5-5-5-5-7s9--(9)---9p7-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-5s7--(7)---7p5-3-||
|--------------------------|----------------------------||


 Chorus
  E E E E X T. +S  E S S E
|---------------------------|
|------------------7--------|
|-5-5-5-5-7s9--(9)---9p7-5--|
|---------------------------|


                                                    1.
  E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E Q    E E Q  H
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|----------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-5-----------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|


                                         2.
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E E E     E E Q  H
|-----------------|--------------------||-------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-9-9-------------o||-------------|
|-----------------|-------7-(7)-7-7-7-o||-7-----------|
|-----------------|--------------------||-------------|


             2/4    4/4
  W           H      E. S E. S E. S E. S
|----------||------|---------------------|
|----------||------|---------------------|
|----------||------|---------------------|
|----------||------|-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-|


                        Bridge
  E. S E. S E. S E. S    E E E E E E E E
|---------------------||------------------|
|---------------------||------------------|
|---------------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-||------------------|


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


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


                      Guitar Solo
  E E E E +E  E E E    E E E E E E E E    E E E E X T. +S  E S S E
|-------------------||------------------|--------------------------|
|-7-9-9-------------||-9-9-7-7----------|------------------7-------|
|-------7-(7)-7-7-7-||---------7-7-4-4/-|-5-5-5-5-7s9--(9)---9p7-5-|
|-------------------||------------------|--------------------------|


  E E E E X T. +S  E S S E   E E E E X T. +S  E S S E   E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------|
|------------------5-------|------------------7-------|-9-9-7-7----------|
|-3-3-3-3-5s7--(7)---7p5-3-|-5-5-5-5-7s9--(9)---9p7-5-|---------7-7-4-4/-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------|


  E E E E X T. +S  E S S E
|--------------------------|
|------------------7-------|
|-5-5-5-5-7s9--(9)---9p7-5-|
|--------------------------|


  E E E E X T. +S  E S S E   E E E E X T. +S  E S S E
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------5-------|------------------7-------||
|-3-3-3-3-5s7--(7)---7p5-3-|-5-5-5-5-7s9--(9)---9p7-5-||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||


 Chorus
  E E E S S E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E Q  H
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-----------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|


                                      Bridge
  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
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-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 Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|---------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5--4-4-4--|-3-3-3--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 +E  E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-9-9-------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-------7-(7)-7-7-7-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||


 3rd Verse
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E X T. +S  E S S E   E E E S S X T. +S  E S S E
|-----------------|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-7-7-5-5---------|------------------7-------|--------------------5-------|
|---------7-7-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-7s9--(9)---9p7-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-5s7--(7)---7p5-3-|
|-----------------|--------------------------|----------------------------|


  E E E E X T. +S  E S S E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E X T. +S  E S S E
|--------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|------------------7-------|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|------------------7-------|
|-5-5-5-5-7s9--(9)---9p7-5-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-7s9--(9)---9p7-5-|
|--------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|


  E E E S S X T. +S  E S S E
|----------------------------|
|--------------------5-------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-5s7--(7)---7p5-3-|
|----------------------------|


                             Chorus
  E E E E X T. +S  E S S E    E. S E. S E. S E S S
|--------------------------||-----------------------|
|------------------7-------||-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7--|
|-5-5-5-5-7s9--(9)---9p7-5-||-----------------------|
|--------------------------||-----------------------|


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


                    Outro
  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
|-----------------||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-7-7-5-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|


                                                        >
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------*|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7----*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------*|


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
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