GLASS ONION (Bassline)

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

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


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



                  1st - 3rd Verses
  Q=120
               $
 4/4
       Gtr I
  H     Q  Q       E E Q   Q  E E   E E E E E E E E
|--------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|------10--7\--||o-7-7-7\-----7---|-3---3---3---5s7-|
|--------------||o--------------7-|-----------x-----|
|--------------||-----------------|-----------------|


  E E Q   E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-7-7-7\----7-7---|-3---3---3-3-5-----|
|---------------7-|-------5-------5---|
|-----------------|-------------------|


  E E Q   E E E E   E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-7-7-7\----7-7---|-5---3---2------|-----------------|-5---3---2------|
|---------------5-|---5-------5----|-3---1---0-------|---5-------5----|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------3---3-|----------------|


                    Chorus
  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
|-----------------||-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------||-3-1-3---3-1-3---|---------------1-3-|-(3)-1-3---3-1-3---|
|-3---1---0-------||---------------5-|-(5)---5---5-------|-----------------5-|
|-----------3-2-1-||-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|


                                         1.
                               To Coda
  +E  E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E   E E Q  E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|---------------1-3-|-(3)-1-3---3-1-3-4-|-5------5---6---o||
|-(5)---5---5-------|-------------------|----------5-----o||
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------||


                   Bridge
  2.
  E E Q  E E E E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-5--------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|--------3---4---||-5-5-5-----5---0-|-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-0-|


  E E E E 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
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5---5-----5----|-5-0-5---0-3---5-|---0-5---0-3---5-|---0-5-0-5-0-5-0-|


                                                     D.S. al Coda
  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 Q  H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------||
|-5-0-5---0-3---5-|-5-0-5-0-5-0-5-0-|-1---1---1---1---|-3-----------||


         Outro
  &
 1/4     4/4
  E E     E E Q  H      W          W          W
|-----||--------------|----------|----------|-------||
|-5---||o-x-----------|----------|----------|------o||
|-----||o-------------|----------|----------|------o||
|-----||--------------|----------|----------|-------||


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