LOVELY RITA (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
Guitar I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
Intro
Q=96
4/4
Gtr I
W W W
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
Pre-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
|----------||---7---10---7---10-|---5---8---5---8-|------------------|
|----------||-8---8----8---8----|-6---6---6---6---|---5---8-----5-6--|
|----------||-------------------|-----------------|-6---6---6-6------|
|----------||-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
Chorus
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||--------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||----------6---|-----------------|---1-1---3-1-0----|
|-----------------||-6--6--4----6-|-6-6-6-4---3-5---|-3-----3-------3--|
|-----------------||--------------|---------6-----6-|------------------|
1st & 2nd Verses
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
|-----------3-0---||------------------|-----------------|-----0-1-3-3-3-3--|
|-----0-3-------3-||o-1-----------1---|-----------------|-1-1--------------|
|-1-1-----1-------||o---4-3-1---3---3-|-4-2-1-----1-4---|------------------|
|-----------------||----------4-------|-------4-2-----6-|------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----1-----------|-----0-1-3-------|------------------||
|-1-----------1---|---3---3-4-1-----|-1-1-------3---3-|-1-1-----3-3------||
|---4-3-1---3---3-|-4-----------4-1-|-------------1---|-----3-3-----1-1--||
|---------4-------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
Chorus
1.
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
|-----------------|-----0-1-3---3---|-----------------|---------3-3-3----|
|---8---8---6-----|-----------3---3-|---0-1---3-1-0---|-----0-3-------3--|
|-6---6---4-----6-|-3-3-------------|-3-----3-------3-|-1-1--------------|
|-------------4---|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Piano Solo
E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E W E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|----------||------------------|
|--------------3-|---------------3-|----------||-------8---6------|
|-1-1-1-1-1--1---|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|-1--------||-6-6-6---4-----6--|
|----------------|-----------------|----------||-------------4----|
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----||
|---5-5-6-8-6-----|---0-1---3-1-0---|---3---3---3---3-o||
|-6-----------8-5-|-3-----3-------3-|-1---1---1-------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
Interlude
2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------3-3-3---|-1-1-1---1-1-1---|-------3---3---3-|
|---0-3---------3-|-------1-------1-|-1-1-1---1---1---|
|-1-----5---------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---7---10---7---10-|---5---8---5---8-|------------------|
|-----------------|-8---8----8---8----|-6---6---6---6---|---5---8-----5-6--|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-6---6---6-6------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
Outro
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||-------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||-6-----11\---6-----|
|-----------------||---6-----------6---|
|-----------------||-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-6-----11\---6-----|-6-----11\---6------|
|---6-----------6---|---6-----------6----|
|-------------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-6-----11\---6-----|-6-----11\---6-----|
|---6-----------6---|---6-----------6---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-6-----11\---6-----|-6-----11\---6------|
|---6-----------6---|---6-----------6----|
|-------------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E E E H H
|-------------------|---------------4-----|-----------4---8-7-|-6---------*|
|-6-----11\---6-----|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---6-4-|-6-6-6-6-6---6-----|-----------*|
|---6-----------6---|---------------------|-------------------|-----------*|
|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------*|
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
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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
