HELP ME, RHONDA (Bassline)

As recorded by The Beach Boys
(From the 1965 Album SUMMER DAYS (AND SUMMER NIGHTS!!))

Words and Music by Brian Wilson & Mike Love
Transcribed by Slowhand

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Carol Kaye - Bass'

 1st Verse
  Q=144(8=s8)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|----------|------3---------|----------------|
|----------|----3---6-3---3-|------3---------|
|----------|-4----------6---|----3---6-----3-|
|----------|----------------|-4--------4-6---|


  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|------3---------|------3---------|------3---------|----------------|
|----3---6-3---3-|----3---6-3---3-|----3---6-3---3-|------3---------|
|-4----------6---|-4----------6---|-4----------6---|----3---6-----3-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-4--------4-6---|


                                    Pre-Chorus
                                  $
  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E    Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  Q
|------3---------|------3---------||--------------|-------------|
|----3---6-3---3-|----3---6-3---3-||--------------|-------------|
|-4----------6---|-4----------6---||-1--1--1--1---|-1--1--1--1--|
|----------------|----------------||------------1-|-------------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|
|-4--4--4--4--|--------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-6--6--6--6-5-|-4--4--4--4--|-6--6--6--6--|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|-------------|


                               Chorus
                             $$
  E E Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q     Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E
|--------------|-------------||--------------|--------------|
|--------------|-------------||--------------|--------------|
|-3h4-4--3--4--|-6--4--3--4--||--------------|--------------|
|--------------|-------------||-4--4--4--6-4-|-4--4--4--6-4-|


  Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-4--4--4------|-4--4--4--4-4-|--------------|--------------|
|----------6-4-|--------------|-4--4--4--6-4-|-4--4--4--6-4-|


  Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|------------3-|-4--4--4------|-4--4--4--4---|
|-4--4--4------|-4--4--4--6---|----------4-6-|------------4-|
|----------6-4-|--------------|--------------|--------------|


                                           To Dbl. Coda
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E E E E   E E Q  H
|-------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|-------------|-4--4--4--4--|-6--6--6-6-6-6-|-------------|
|-6--6--6--6--|-------------|---------------|-4-----------|


                                     2nd Verse
          To Coda
  Q  E E E E E E    Q  E E E E E E    Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|------3----------|------3---------||------3---------|-----------------|
|----3---6-3---3--|----3---6-3---3-||----3---6-3---3-|------3----------|
|-4----------6----|-4----------6---||-4----------6---|----3---6-----3--|
|-----------------|----------------||----------------|-4--------4-6----|


  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|------3---------|------3---------|------3---------|----------------|
|----3---6-3---3-|----3---6-3---3-|----3---6-3---3-|------3---------|
|-4----------6---|-4----------6---|-4----------6---|----3---6-----3-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-4--------4-6---|


                                                       Interlude
                      D.S. al Coda &
                                                                 |-3-|
  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E     Q  E E E E E E    Q  Q  Q  E E E
|------3---------|------3----------||------3---------||----------------|
|----3---6-3---3-|----3---6-3---3--||----3---6-3---3-||----------------|
|-4----------6---|-4----------6----||-4----------6---||-4--4--4------3-|
|----------------|-----------------||----------------||----------4-6---|


           |-3-|            |-3-|            |-3-|            |-3-|
  Q  Q  Q  E E E   Q  Q  Q  E E E   Q  Q  Q  E E E   Q  Q  Q  E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|--------------3-|-4--4--4------3--|
|-4--4--4------3-|-4--4--4------3-|-4--4--4--4-6---|----------4-6----|
|----------4-6---|----------4-6---|----------------|-----------------|


           |-3-|            |-3-|            |-3-|
  Q  Q  Q  E E E   Q  Q  Q  E E E   Q  Q  Q  E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
|-4--4--4--4-3---|----------------|----------------|---------------|
|--------------6-|-4--4--4------3-|-4--4--4------4-|-6--6--6--6----|
|----------------|----------4-6---|----------4-6---|---------------|


                                            Outro
                      D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda &&
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q     Q  E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------||------3---------|
|-4--4--4--4--|-------------|-------------||----3---6-3---3-|
|-------------|-------------|-------------||-4----------6---|
|-------------|-4--4--4--4--|-4--4--4--4--||----------------|


  Q  E E E E E E     Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
|------3---------||-------3---------|------3----------||
|----3---6-3---3-||o----3---6-3---3-|----3---6-3---3-o||
|-4----------6---||o-4----------6---|-4----------6---o||
|----------------||-----------------|-----------------||


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