COME TOGETHER (Bassline)
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 2000 Album THE BEATLES 1)
Words and Music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=84
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E +Q Q E E S S E +E E Q E E S S E +Q Q
|---------10-(10)-------|-----------10-(10)--------|-----------10-(10)-------|
|------------------12--|---------------------12--|--------------------12--|
|-5-5-/12---------------|-5-5-10h12----------------|-5-5-10h12---------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E E S S E +E E Q
|-----------10-(10)--------|
|---------------------12--|
|-5-5-10h12----------------|
|--------------------------|
Verse
E E E E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q
||----------10-(10)--------|---------10-(10)---------|
||o-------------------12--|-------------------12---|
||o-5-5-/12----------------|-5-5-/12-----------------|
||-------------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q
|---------10-(10)--------|---------10-(10)--------|----------------------|
|-------------------12--|-------------------12--|-------10-(10)--------|
|-5-5-/12----------------|-5-5-/12----------------|-0-0-------------12--|
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
1.
E E E E +E E Q W +E E Q H
|----------------------|----------|---------------|
|-------10-(10)--------|----------|---------------|
|-0-0-------------12--|----------|---------------|
|----------------------|-3--------|-(3)-----------|
E E S S E +Q Q E E S S E +E E Q E E S S E +Q Q
|-----------10-(10)-------|-----------10-(10)--------|-----------10-(10)-------|
|--------------------12--|---------------------12--|--------------------12--|
|-5-5-10h12---------------|-5-5-10h12----------------|-5-5-10h12---------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
2.
E E S S E +E E Q H. Q W
|-----------10-(10)---------||------------|------||
|---------------------12--o||------------|------||
|-5-5-10h12----------------o||------------|------||
|---------------------------||-3----------|------||
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E S S E +Q Q
|-----------------|----------------|-----------10-(10)--------|
|-----------------|----------------|--------------------12---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|---------0------|-5-5-10h12----------------|
|-----------------|-3-3-3-3--------|--------------------------|
E E S S E +E E Q E E S S E +Q Q
|-----------10-(10)--------|-----------10-(10)-------|
|---------------------12--|--------------------12--|
|-5-5-10h12----------------|-5-5-10h12---------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E E S S E +E a E a E E
|-----------10-(10)-10h12-10h12-10--||
|-----------------------------------||
|-5-5-10h12-------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
Verse
E E E E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q
|---------10-(10)--------|---------10-(10)--------|---------10-(10)--------|
|-------------------12--|-------------------12--|-------------------12--|
|-5-5-/12----------------|-5-5-/12----------------|-5-5-/12----------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E E E E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q
|---------10-(10)--------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------12--|-------10-(10)--------|-------10-(10)--------|
|-5-5-/12----------------|-0-0-------------12--|-0-0-------------12--|
|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
Chorus
H. Q W E E E E E E E E
|------------|----------||-----------------|
|------------|----------||-----------------|
|------------|----------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|
|-3----------|----------||-----------------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E +Q Q E E S S E +Q S E.
|----------------|---------10-(10)-------|-----------10-(10)--10h12---|
|----------------|------------------12--|----------------------------|
|---------0------|-5-5-/12---------------|-5-5-10h12------------------|
|-3-3-3-3--------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
Keyboard Solo 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
||------------------|------------------||-||------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-||o-----------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||-||o-----------------|
||------------------|------------------||-||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q Q E E E S S S S S S Q
|------------------||---------10-(10)-------|---------10h12p10h12-10h12-10--||
|-----------------o||------------------12--|-------------------------------||
|-----------------o||-5-5-/12---------------|-5-5-/12-----------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||-----------------------|-------------------------------||
Verse
E E E E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q
|---------10-(10)--------|---------10-(10)--------|---------10-(10)--------|
|-------------------12--|-------------------12--|-------------------12--|
|-5-5-/12----------------|-5-5-/12----------------|-5-5-/12----------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E E E E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q
|---------10-(10)--------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------12--|-------10-(10)--------|-------10-(10)--------|
|-5-5-/12----------------|-0-0-------------12--|-0-0-------------12--|
|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
Chorus
H. Q W E E E E E E E E
|------------|----------||-----------------|
|------------|----------||-----------------|
|------------|----------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|
|-3----------|----------||-----------------|
E E E E E E Q E E S S E +Q Q E E S S E +E E Q
|----------------|-----------10-(10)-------|-----------10-(10)--------|
|----------------|--------------------12--|---------------------12--|
|---------0------|-5-5-10h12---------------|-5-5-10h12----------------|
|-3-3-3-3--------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
Outro
E E S S E +Q Q E E S S E +Q S S E E E E E E E E E
|-----------10-(10)-------|-----------10-(10)--12-10-12-||-----------------|
|--------------------12--|------------------------------||-----------------|
|-5-5-10h12---------------|-5-5-10h12--------------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------------------|------------------------------||-----------------|
a E E E E E E a E a E a E E E E E E a E a E a E E E E E E a E a E 10x
|-----------------------||------------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
|-4h5-5-5-5-5-5-4h5-4h5-||o-4h5-5-5-5-5-5-4h5-4h5-|-4h5-5-5-5-5-5-4h5-4h5-o||
|-----------------------||------------------------|------------------------||
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Duration Legend
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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
