WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS (Bassline)

As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1968 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=113(8=s8)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          W          W
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|


             1st Verse
  W           Q  Q  Q  Q     Q  Q  Q  Q     Q  Q  Q  Q
|----------||-9-----8-----|--------------|-11------------|
|----------||-------------|-11-----------|--------9------|
|----------||-------------|--------9-----|---------------|
|----------||-------------|--------------|---------------|


  Q  E  E E E  E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E  E Q.     Q  Q  Q  Q
|-9----11---9------|-------------|-----------9----|--------------|
|-------------11-9-|-------9-----|------9-11------|-------9------|
|------------------|-7-----------|-9--------------|-9------------|
|------------------|-------------|----------------|--------------|


                    Chorus
  E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----9-------9---||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------||---------7---7---|-----------------|---------7---7----|
|-7-------7-------||-5---5-----------|-7---7---7---7-5-|-5---5---------5--|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   W
|-----------------|-----------------|---9-7---6-------|------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------9-7-|-9----|
|-7---5-----------|---------7-7-----|-7---------------|------|
|---------9---7---|-5---9-------9-7-|-----------------|------|


             2nd Verse
  W           Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E  E  +E   E E  E   Q  Q  E E E E
|----------||-------------|------13-(13)-11-9----|----------------|
|----------||-------9-----|-------------------11-|-------9-9-9----|
|----------||-7-----------|-9--------------------|-9-----------6--|
|----------||-------------|----------------------|----------------|


  Q  E E E  E Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E  E E  E E  E
|------9---------|-------------|------13---11-9----|
|----------11-9--|-------9-----|----------------11-|
|-7--------------|-7-----------|-9-----------------|
|----------------|-------------|-------------------|


                                   Chorus
                                $
  Q  Q  Q.   E   E E E E E E Q      E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|--------------|-----9---9---9--||------------------|------------------|
|-------9------|----------------||o---------7---7---|------------------|
|-9----------6-|-7--------------||o-5---5-5-------6-|-7---7---7---7-4--|
|--------------|----------------||------------------|------------------|


                                             To Coda
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|---------7---7---|-----------------|-7---------------|------------------||
|-5---5---------6-|-7---7---7-7-7-4-|-----4---7---4-7-|-7---7---7---7----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||


 Bridge
  Q.   E +E  E E E   Q.   E +E  E Q    E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  E E
|------6-(6)-4-4---|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----------------6-|-4---------------|-----------------|-7--7--7--7-7--|
|-4----------------|------7-(7)-6-4--|-7---7---5---5-5-|---------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|


  Q.   E +E  E E E   Q.   E +E  E Q    E E E E E E E E
|------6-(6)-4-4---|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------6-|-4---------------|-----------------|
|-4----------------|------7-(7)-6-4--|-7---7---5---5---|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|


                   3rd Verse
  1.
  E E E E E E Q     Q  Q  E E +Q     Q  E E  E E +Q
|----------------||----------------|-----------9-(9)--|
|-7---7---7---7--||-------9-9-(9)--|-4----9-11--------|
|---7---7---7----||-7--------------|------------------|
|----------------||----------------|------------------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E  E E  E Q    Q  Q  E E Q    Q  E E  E E +Q
|-------------|------11-9-------|--------------|-----------9-(9)---|
|-------9-----|-----------11-9--|-------9-9-9--|------9-11---------|
|-9-----------|-7---------------|-7------------|-9-----------------|
|-------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------------|


  Q  Q  E E +Q     E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----9---9---9----||
|-------9-9-(9)--|-----------------o||
|-9--------------|-7-------------7-o||
|----------------|------------------||


                     Outro
 2.
      D.S. al Coda &
  E E E E E E E E     E E E E E E E E   W
|------------------||-----------------|------|
|-7---7---7---7----||-----------------|------|
|---------------4--||-7---7---7---7---|-5----|
|------------------||-----------------|------|


  W          E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   W
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|------*|
|-7--------|-5---5---5---5---|-7---7---7---7---|-9----*|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|------*|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|------*|


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