GETTING BETTER (Bassline)
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1967 Album SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND)
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
Intro
Q=123(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
W W W
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
1st Verse
H Q E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|-------------||---------12---12\--|---------12---12\--|
|-------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------3-||-3---3-------------|-3---3-------------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|---------12---12\--|---------12---12\--|---------12---12\--|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-3---3-------------|-3---3-------------|-3---3-------------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E Q.
|---------12---12\--|---------12---12\--|---------9-12\---||
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|-3---3-------------|-3---3-------------|-3---3-----------||
Chorus
E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|---------------|----------------|--------------|
|-10---10---------|-7--10--7------|----------------|--------------|
|----------7--10--|-----------10--|-7---8---10-----|-----7--8-----|
|-----------------|---------------|-------------8--|-10--------7--|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E
|--------------|---------------|----------------|------------------|
|--------------|-7--10--7------|----------------|------------------|
|-------7--10--|-----------10--|-7---8---10-----|------7---8-------|
|-8--8---------|---------------|-------------8--|-10-----------8---|
2nd Verse
|3-| |3-|
H. E Q H. E Q E E E E E E Q
|---------12-12\-|---------12-12\-||---------12---12\--|
|----------------|----------------||-------------------|
|----------------|----------------||-------------------|
|-3--------------|-3--------------||-3---3-------------|
|--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q
|---------12---12\--|---------9-10-12-12\--|---------9-10-12-12\--|
|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-3---3-------------|-3---3----------------|-3---3----------------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|---------12---12\--|---------12---12\--|---------12---12\--|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-3---3-------------|-3---3-------------|-3---3-------------|
Chorus
E E E E E E Q E E E E a E Q. H +E. S +Q H +E. S +Q
|---------9-12-9--||-------------5----|-5----(5)--------|------------------|
|-----------------||---------5s7------|-----------------|-5----(5)---------|
|-----------------||-3---3------------|----------7-(7)--|----------5-(5)---|
|-3---3-----------||------------------|-----------------|------------------|
H E E +Q Q Q H H +E. S +Q H +E. S +Q
|---------------|-------2----|-5----(5)--------|-----------------|
|-3-------------|----2-------|----------2-(2)--|-5----(5)-0-(0)--|
|--------2-(2)--|-3----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Bridge
H +E. S +Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q E E E Q E
|-----------------|-------------|--------------||--------2-5--2-|
|-3----(3)--------|-3--2--3--2--|-3--2--3-3-3--||----2-2--------|
|----------3-(3)--|-------------|--------------||-3-------------|
|-----------------|-------------|--------------||---------------|
H +E. S +Q H +E. S +Q H +E. S +Q Q Q E E +Q
|-5----(5)--------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2-5-(5)--|
|----------2-(2)--|-5----(5)-0-(0)--|-3----(3)-2-(2)--|----2-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
H +E. S +E. S H +E. S +E. S H +E. S +Q W
|-5----(5)---------|------------------|-----------------|------|
|----------2-(2)-3-|-5----(5)-0-(0)-2-|-3----(3)-2-(2)--|------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|------|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|-3----|
3rd Verse
+W +W +W +W
|------------||------------|------------|--------|
|------------||------------|------------|--------|
|------------||------------|------------|--------|
|-(3)--------||-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----|
|--3--| |--3--|
+W E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q
|------------|---------12-12-12-12\--|---------12-12-12-12\--|
|------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-(3)--------|-3---3-----------------|-3---3-----------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q
|---------12-12-12-12\--|---------12-12-12-12\--|---------12-12-12-12\--||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||
|-3---3-----------------|-3---3-----------------|-3---3-----------------||
Chorus
H E Q. H +E E +Q H +E E +Q H +E E +Q
|------2---5---|-5----(5)--------|-----------------|------------------|
|--------------|----------2-(2)--|-5----(5)-0-(0)--|-3----(3)---------|
|-3------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------2-(2)---|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Q Q E E +Q H +E E +Q H +E E +Q H +E E +Q
|-------2--5-(5)--|-5----(5)--------|-----------------|------------------|
|----2------------|----------2-(2)--|-5----(5)-0-(0)--|-3----(3)-2-(2)---|
|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Out-Chorus
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E +E E Q. E +E E +Q
|-------------|-------------||-------2--5-(5)-2-|-5-----5-(5)--------|
|-3--2--3--2--|-3-----------||----2-------------|-------------2-(2)--|
|-------------|-------0--2--||-3----------------|--------------------|
|-------------|----3--------||------------------|--------------------|
H +E E +E E H +E E +Q Q Q E E +Q E E E E +E E +Q
|------------------|-----------------|-------2--5-(5)--|-5--5-0--5-(5)---------|
|-5----(5)-0-(0)-2-|-3----(3)--------|----2------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|----------2-(2)--|-3---------------|---------------7-(7)---|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
H +E E +Q H +E E +E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|------------------|-------------|-------------|
|-5----(5)-0-(0)--|-3----(3)-2-(2)-0-|-3--2--3--2--|-3-----------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------|-------0--2--|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------|----3--------|
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
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
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| - 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
