YELLOW SUBMARINE (Bassline)

As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1966 Album REVOLVER)

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


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


 1st Verse
  Q=120(8=s8)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          H    +Q   E E   H    +Q   E E   H    +Q   E E
|----------|---------------|---------------|-1----(1)-------|
|----------|---------------|-----------1---|----------------|
|----------|-4----(4)--2---|---------------|-----------2----|
|----------|---------------|-2----(2)------|----------------|


  H    +Q   E E   H    +Q   E E   H    +Q   E E   H    +Q   E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-1----(1)------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------1---|---------------|
|-4----(4)------|-4----(4)--2---|---------------|-----------2---|
|-----------2---|---------------|-2----(2)------|---------------|


                  2nd & 4th Verses
                $
  H    +Q   E E    H    +Q   E E   H    +Q   E E   H    +Q   E E
|---------------||---------------|---------------|-1----(1)------|
|---------------||---------------|-----------1---|---------------|
|-4----(4)------||-4----(4)--2---|---------------|-----------2---|
|-----------2---||---------------|-2----(2)------|---------------|


  H    +Q   E E   H    +Q   E E   H    +Q   E E   H    +Q   E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-1----(1)------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------1---|---------------|
|-4----(4)------|-4----(4)--2---|---------------|-----------2---|
|-----------2---|---------------|-2----(2)------|---------------|


                   Chorus
       |3|
  H    Q E E. S     E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------||o-----------------|-------------6---|-------------6---|
|-4------2-1----||o-----1---4-------|-4-------4-------|-4-------4-------|
|-------------4-||--2-----------6---|-----4-----------|-----4-----------|


  E E E E E S S E S S   E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-4-------4-----------|-4-------4-------|
|-----4-------6-4-----|-----4-------4---|
|-------------------6-|-----------------|


                                 To Coda
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E S E S S E S
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-------------6---|------------------------|
|-4-------4-------|-4-------4---2-1--------|
|-----4-----------|-----6-------------4----|


                   3rd Verse
  1.
  Q.   S S Q  q     H    +Q   E E   H    +Q   E E   H    +Q   E E
|----------------||---------------|---------------|-1----(1)-------|
|----------------||---------------|-----------1---|----------------|
|----------------||-4----(4)--2---|---------------|-----------2----|
|-2------2-2--2--||---------------|-2----(2)------|----------------|


  H    +Q   E E   H    +Q   E E   H    +Q   E E   H    +Q   E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-4----(4)------|-4----(4)--2---|---------------|-----------4---|
|-----------2---|---------------|-2----(2)--2---|-2----(2)------|


                    2.
  H    E. S E. S     Q  E. S Q  Q
|-----------------||---------------||
|----------------o||---------4--4--||
|-4----4---------o||----1--4-------||
|---------7-6--4--||-2-------------||


 Interlude w/Sound Effects
  H    +Q   E E   H    +Q   E E   H    +Q   E E
|---------------|---------------|-1----(1)-------|
|---------------|-----------1---|----------------|
|-4----(4)--2---|---------------|-----------2----|
|---------------|-2----(2)------|----------------|


                                                        |-3--|
  H    +Q   E E   H    +Q   E E   H    +Q   E E   H    +E  E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-1----(1)-1-3-4---|
|---------------|---------------|-----------1---|------------------|
|-4----(4)------|-4----(4)--2---|---------------|------------------|
|-----------2---|---------------|-2----(2)------|------------------|


    D.S. al Coda &
  E E E E E E Q     E E E. S Q  Q      Q  Q  Q  Q
|----------------||----------------||--------------|
|----------------||----------4--4--||o-------------|
|-4---2---1------||-----1--4-------||o----1--4--6--|
|-------------2--||-2--------------||--2-----------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E. S E. S  4x
|-------------|-------------|------------------||
|----------6--|----------6--|-4-----4---------o||
|-4-----4-----|-4-----4-----|----4-----6-4----o||
|----4--------|----4--------|---------------6--||


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