OH! DARLING (Bassline)

As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1969 Album ABBEY ROAD)

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


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



                 1st Verse
  Q=111
 12/8
  Gtr I
  W               Q.   +Q   a E Q.   E E E
|--------------||--------------------------|
|--------------||--------------------------|
|--------------||-----------7h9-7----4-5-6-|
|--------------||-5----(5)-----------------|


  Q.   +Q   a E Q.   a Q  E   Q.   +Q   a  E H    E E
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7----(7)------------------|-9----(9)--9s12-9----0---|
|-----------7h9-7----7h9--7-|-----------------------0-|


  H    +E  a E Q.   a Q  E   H    E E Q.   a  Q.     H    E E H.
|--------------------------|-----------------------|----------------|
|--------------7-----------|-----------------------|----------------|
|-5----(5)-7s9------7s9--5-|------9---7----9h11----|------9---7-----|
|--------------------------|-7------7--------------|-7------7-------|


                                                     2nd - 4th Verses
                                                  $
  E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q.   Q.       H    +E  a E Q.   E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------------||---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-7-7-7-7-6-4-----------||o--------------------------|
|-----------4-5-5-5-5-6-7-|-------------7---------||o-7----(7)-7h9-7----4-5-6--|
|-5-5-5-5-7---------------|-----------------------||--5----(5)-----------------|


  H    +E  a  E Q.   a  E E a  E   H    +E   E  Q.    E E E
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------9h11-9---------9------|-------------11-----------|
|-7----(7)-----------9s11---9s11-|-9----(9)-12-------12s9-7-|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|


  H    +E  a E Q.   a E E a E   H    a E E Q.   Q  a  E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------7--------7-----|--------------------------|
|-5----(5)-7s9------7s9---7s9-|------5s6-9-7----7--9s11--|
|-----------------------------|-7------------------------|


                  To Coda
  H    E E Q.   E a  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
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|----------------------9--|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|------9---7----7-9s11----|-----------4-5-5-5-5-4---|-------------------------||
|-7------7----------------|-5-5-5-5-7-------------7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-8-9-9-7-||


 Bridge
  Q  E Q  E Q  E E E E   Q.   Q  E Q  E  E E E   Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.
|----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|-3----3------------3---|---------------------|
|-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-6-7-|---------3------/3---3-|-0----2----3----4----|
|----------------------|-----------1--1--------|---------------------|


  Q.   S E S E Q  E E E E   Q.   Q.   Q.   a  E Q
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-7-----------------------|---------------------9--|
|------7h9-7h9-7------7-9-|------6----9----9s11----|
|-----------------8-9-----|-7----------------------|


                                                         1.
  Q.   Q.   Q.   a  E Q    E E E E a  Q  E E E E  a  Q    Q.   Q.   H.
|------------------------|------------------------------|------------------||
|---------------------9--|------------------------------|-----------------o||
|------6----9----9s11----|-7-7-7-7-9s11--8-8-8-8-10s12--|-7---------------o||
|-7----------------------|------------------------------|------------------||


                    Outro
  2.
 D.S. al Coda     &
  H.      H.         E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||-------------------------|
|-----------------||-------------------------|
|-7---------------||-----------4-5-5-5-5-6-7-|
|-----------------||-5-5-5-5-7---------------|


                        tempo rubato Q=105
  e E E q  E +H.        +W         +E  +Q.
|---------------------|----------------------*|
|---------------------|----------------------*|
|---------------------|----------------------*|
|-5-----6--5-(5)------|-(5)--------(5)-(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