I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND (Bassline)

As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1963 Album PAST MASTERS VOL. 1)

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


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


 Intro
  Q=136
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E   +Q   E E E E E E
|--------------|------------------|-------------------|
|----------2---|--------------2---|--------------2----|
|--------3---5-|-(5)--5-5-5-3---5-|-(5)--5-5-5-3---5--|
|--------------|------------------|-------------------|


                                        1st Verse
  +E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q.   E
|-------------------|-----------------||---------------|---------------|
|-------------------|-----------------||-5----5----5---|---------------|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||--------5------|-5----5-5----6-|
|-------------------|-----------------||---------------|---------------|


  Q.   E H      Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q.   E
|-------------|----------------|---------------|---------------||
|-------------|----------------|-5----5----5---|---------------||
|-7----7-7----|------------7---|--------5------|-5----5-5----6-||
|-------------|-7----7-7-------|---------------|---------------||


 Chorus
  Q.   E H      Q  Q  Q  Q    Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|-5----5-9----9-|
|-7----7-7----|-------------|-3----3-5----5-|--------7----7-|
|-------------|-7--7--7--7--|---------------|---------------|


                                    2nd, 3rd & 4th Verses
                                 $
  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E E E E E     Q.   E H      Q.   E Q.   E
|---------------|----------------||--------------|---------------|
|--------7----7-|-5----5-----5---||o-5----5-5----|---------------|
|--------5----5-|--------5-5-----||o-------------|-5----5-5----6-|
|-8----8--------|----------------||--------------|---------------|


  Q.   E H      Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E H      Q.   E Q.   E
|-------------|----------------|-------------|---------------||
|-------------|----------------|-5----5-5----|---------------||
|-7----7-7----|------------7---|-------------|-5----5-5----6-||
|-------------|-7----7-7-------|-------------|---------------||


 Chorus
                                              To Coda
  Q.   E H      E E E E E E E E   H    H      H    H
|-------------|-----------------|-----------|-7---------|
|-------------|-----------------|-5----7----|-5----9----|
|-7----7-7----|-----------------|-3----5----|------7----|
|-------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------|-----------|


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


  Q.   E H      Q.   E H      Q.   E H      Q.   E H
|-5----5-5----|-9----9-9----|-7----7-7----|-7----7-7----|
|-5----5-5----|-7----7-7----|-7----7-7----|-5----5-5----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|


  Q.   E E E E E   +Q.   E E E E E   +Q   Q  E E E E
|-5----5-5-------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5----5-5-------|-----------------|-------------2---|
|----------7-3-5-|-(5)---5-5-3-7-5-|-(5)--5--5-3---5-|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


                     1.
  +E  e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e E
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------o||
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---o||
|-------------------|------------------||


                     Outro
  2.
      D.S. al Coda &
  e e e e e e e E     H    H      E E E E E E E E
|------------------||-----------|-----------------|
|------------------||-5----7----|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||-3----5----|-----------------|
|------------------||-----------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|


                |-3-| |-3-|
  Q.   E H      Q Q Q Q Q Q   a W          +W
|-------------|-------------|------------|--------*|
|-5----5-5----|---2-----2---|-4s5--------|-(5)----*|
|-3----3-3----|-3---5-3---5-|------------|--------*|
|-------------|-------------|------------|--------*|


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