• Song:

    Ill Feel A Whole Lot Better

  • Artist:

    The Byrds

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I'LL FEEL A WHOLE LOT BETTER (Bassline)

As recorded by The Byrds
(From the 1965 Album MR. TAMBOURINE MAN)

Words and Music by Gene Clark
Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Chris Hillman - Bass'


 Intro
  Q=134
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          W          Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|----------|----------|--------------|--------------||
|----------|----------|--------------|--------------||
|----------|----------|--------------|--------------||
|----------|----------|-5----5-5-----|-5----5-5-----||


   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
||---------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
||--5----5-5-----|-5----5-5-----|-5----5-5-----|-5----5-5-----|


  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-7----7-7-----|-7----7-7-----|-9----9-9-----|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-7----7-7------|


  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|-5----5-5-----|---------------|
|-5----5-5-----|-5----5-5-----|--------------|-7----7-7------|


                               1.
  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|-7----7-7-----|-5----5-5-----|
|-5----5-5-----|--------------|--------------|


  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|---------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------o||
|-7----7-7-----|--------------|--------------o||
|--------------|-5----5-5-----|-5----5-5------||


  2.,D.S.
                      To Coda
  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
|-5----5-5-----|------5-------|--------------|---------------||
|--------------|-3------3-----|-5----5-5-----|-5----5-5------||


 Guitar Solo
  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-5----5-5-----|-5----5-5-----|-5----5-5-----|-5----5-5------|


  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-7----7-7-----|-7----7-7-----|-9----9-9-----|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-7----7-7------|


  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|-5----5-5-----|---------------|
|-5----5-5-----|-5----5-5-----|--------------|-7----7-7------|


  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|-7----7-7-----|-5----5-5-----|---------------|
|-5----5-5-----|--------------|--------------|-3----3-3------|


                                 Outro
                 D.S. al Coda &
  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  E E Q  Q      Q  E E Q  Q
|--------------|--------------||---------------|
|--------------|--------------||o--------------|
|--------------|--------------||o--------------|
|-5----5-5-----|-5----5-5-----||--5----5-5-----|


  Q  E E Q  Q   4x W          +W
|---------------||----------|--------*|
|--------------o||----------|--------*|
|--------------o||----------|--------*|
|-3----3-3------||-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
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