TELL ME WHY (Bassline)

As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1964 Album A HARD DAY'S NIGHT)

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


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


 Intro
  Q=150(8=s8)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          Q  E E +H       Q  E E +H
|----------|---------------|---------------|
|----------|---------------|---------------|
|----------|-7-------------|-7-------------|
|----------|------5-(5)----|------5-(5)----|


                                   Chorus
                                $
  Q  E E +H       Q  E E +H         Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|---------------|---------------||--------------|--------------|
|---------------|---------------||o-------------|--------------|
|-7-------------|-7-------------||o-5--4--------|--------------|
|------5-(5)----|------5-(5)----||--------7--5--|-7--5--3--2---|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E +Q   E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------------|
|----5--4-----|----4--7--4--|-5--5--------|-7----------------|
|-0--------7--|-5-----------|-------7--7--|------5-(5)--5----|


                                                To Coda
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-5--4--------|-------------|----5--4--2--|----4--7--4---|
|-------7--5--|-7--5--3--2--|-0-----------|-5------------|


                                 1st - 4th Verses
               1.,2.
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E +Q   Q     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|----------------||-------------|--------------|
|-------------|----------------||-------------|--------------|
|-5--5--------|-7-----------4--||-5--5--5--5--|--------------|
|-------7--7--|------5-(5)-----||-------------|-7--7--7--7---|


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


                               3.
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q   3x Q  E E +E  E E E
|-------------|--------------||------------------||
|-------------|-------------o||------------------||
|-7--7--7--7--|-------------o||-7----5-(5)-3-2---||
|-------------|-5--5--5--5---||----------------5-||


 Bridge
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E
|-------------|----------------|
|-------------|----------------|
|----2--5--2--|----2--5--2-----|
|-3-----------|-3----------3---|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|--------------|
|----4--7--4--|----4--7--4---|-2--2--2--2--|-2-----2------|
|-5-----------|-5----------5-|-------------|----2-----2---|


                                           D.S. al Coda
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q.   E +Q   Q    Q  Q  H
|-------------|-------------|----------------|-------------||
|-------------|-------------|----------------|-------------||
|-7--5--4-----|-------------|-5--------------|-5-----------||
|----------7--|-5--3--2--0--|------7-(7)--7--|-------------||


 Outro
                                                     Q=80
  &
  Q.    E +H       Q.    E +H       Q.    E +H       W
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------*|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------*|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-5----*|
|-7-----7-(7)----|-6-----6-(6)----|-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