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HELLO GOODBYE (Bassline)

As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1967 Album MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR)

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


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



   1st & 2nd Verses
    Q=100
   4/4
    Gtr I
    W          W          W
||-----------|----------|------|
||o-3--------|----------|-5----|
||o----------|-3--------|------|
||-----------|----------|------|


  E E E E E E 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
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-7-5-3-2-0-------|-----------------|----------------|---------------2-|
|-----------3-2-0-|---5---5---5---5-|----3-5-7-5-3-0-|---5---5---0-2---|
|-----------------|-3---7---3---7---|-5--------------|-3---7---3-------|


                      Chorus
                    $
            2/4       4/4
  W          +H        Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-0--------|-(0)----||-------------|-------------|--------------|
|----------|--------||-------------|-------------|--------------|
|----------|--------||-3--3--2--2--|-0--0--------|--------------|
|----------|--------||-------------|-------3--3--|-1--1--4--4---|


                                           1.
                                  To Coda
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------5--||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------5-7---o||
|-3--3--2--2--|-0--0--------|-------1--1--|-3--3-5-7-------o||
|-------------|-------3--3--|-1--1--------|-----------------||


                   Bridge
  2.
  Q  E E E E E E    W          W
|----------------||----------|------|
|--------2-----2-||-3--------|------|
|-3--3-5---3-5---||----------|-3----|
|----------------||----------|------|


  W          E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-5--------|-7-5-3-2-0-------|---------------0-||
|----------|-----------3-2-0-|---5---5---0-2---||
|----------|-----------------|-3---7---3-------||


                                                             3rd Verse
                                                2/4          4/4
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   W          +Q    Q      Q  Q  Q  Q
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|------12\--||--------------|
|-----------------|-----0-----------|-5--------|-(5)-------||--------------|
|-0-0-3-5-7-5-3-0-|---2---2---0-2-3-|----------|-----------||--------------|
|-----------------|-3-------3-------|----------|-----------||-8--8--7--7---|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-3--3--2--2--|-0--0--------|
|-5--5--3--3--|-1--1--4--4--|-------------|-------3--3--|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E E E E E   W          W
|-------------|--------------5-|----------|------||
|-------------|----------5-7---|-3--------|------||
|-------1--1--|-3--3-5-7-------|----------|-3----||
|-1--1--------|----------------|----------|------||


 Chorus
  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
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5--------|-7-5-3-2-0-------|---------------0-|-----------------|
|----------|-----------3-2-0-|---5---5---0-2---|-0-3-5-7-5-3-2-0-|
|----------|-----------------|-3---7---3-------|-----------------|


                                       D.S. al Coda
                              2/4
  E E E E E E E E   W          +E   S  S  S  S  E
|-----------------|-0--------|-(0)-12-12-12-12-12\--||
|---------------0-|----------|----------------------||
|---5---5---0-2---|----------|----------------------||
|-3---7---3-------|----------|----------------------||


 Out-Chorus
  &
 4/4
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3--3--2--2--|-0--0--------|-------------|
|-------------|-------3--3--|-1--1--4--4--|


  H.=H
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E  E E E E   W          +W
|-----------------|------------------|----------|--------|
|---6---4---5---5-|---4---4\---3---3-|----------|--------|
|-----------------|------------------|-3--------|-(3)----|
|-4---4---3---3---|-2---2----1---1---|----------|--------|


    Q=100
    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q   6x
||--------------|--------------||
||o-------------|-------------o||
||o-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--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
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