WHEN I'M SIXTY FOUR (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
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
Intro
Q=134(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3-----------|-3-----------|-------------|
|-------3-----|-------3-----|-1-----3-----|
1st & 2nd Verses
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------||--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------||o-------------|
|-3-----3-----|-3-----------|-3-----------||o-3-----------|
|----3--------|-------3-----|-------3-----||--------3-----|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3-----------|-3-----------|-------5-----|-------5-----|
|-------3-----|-------3-----|-3-----------|-3-----------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|------------|-------------|
|-------5-----|----0--1--2--|-3----------|-3-----------|
|-3-----------|-3-----------|------------|-------3-----|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3-----------|-3-----------|-------3-----|-------------|
|-------3-----|-------3-----|-1-----------|-1-----1-----|
Bridge
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------||-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------||-------------|
|-------0-----|-5-----------|----3-----3--||-0--0--0--0--|
|-3-----------|-------3-----|-------3-----||-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-0--0--0--0--|-------------|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|
|-------------|-3--3--3--3--|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q H +Q. E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|
|-------------|-2----(2)-----|-2-2-2-2-2--2--|-------------|
|-0--0--0--0--|--------------|---------------|-0--0--0--0--|
|-------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--2--|-3--3--3--3--|
|-0--0--0--0--|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E +Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------------||
|-5--5--5--5--|-------------|-------------|--------0-3-(3)--o||
|-------------|-3--3--3--3--|-------------|------2----------o||
|-------------|-------------|-3-----3--3--|----3-------------||
3rd Verse
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3-----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|
|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------5-----|-------5-----|-------5-----|----0--1--2--|
|-3-----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3-----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|
|----------3--|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------3-----|-------------|-------0-----|-5-----------|
|-1-----------|-1-----1-----|-3-----------|-------3-----|
Outro
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q q q q Q
|-------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------*|
|-------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------*|
|-3-----3-----||-3-----------|-3-----------|-------------|-3-----3-----*|
|----3--------||-------3-----|-------3-----|-1-----3-----|----3--------*|
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
