A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (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          1st & 2nd Verses
  Q=145
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H.      Q      Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|------------||--------------|--------------|
|------------||o-------------|--------------|
|-5----------||o-------3--3--|--------------|
|------------||--3--3--------|-3--3--3--3---|


  Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------3--3--|-------------|
|-1--1--1-1-1--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--------|-3--3--3--3--|


                             $
  Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E E E E
|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|--------------|-------------|-3--3--3---3-3-|
|-1--1--1-1-1--|-3--3--3--3--|---------------|


                             1.
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-----------------||
|-------------|-------------|----------------o||
|-5--5--5--5--|-------3--3--|----5-5-5-5-5-5-o||
|-------------|-3--3--------|-3---------------||


                Bridge
  2.,D.S.
  Q  Q  Q  Q     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------||-------------|-------------|
|-------------||-------------|-------------|
|-------------||-2--2--2--2--|-------------|
|-3--3--3--3--||-------------|-0--0--0--0--|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2--|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-3--3--3--3--|-0--0--0--0--|


                              3rd & 4th Verses
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------|
|-3--3--3--3--|-5--5--5--5--||-------3--3--|-------------|
|-------------|-------------||-3--3--------|-3--3--3--3--|


  Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------3--3--|-------------|
|-1--1--1-1-1--|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--------|-3--3--3--3--|


  Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q
|--------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|--------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|
|--------------|-------------|-3--3--3---3-3-|-5--5--5--5--|
|-1--1--1-1-1--|-3--3--3--3--|---------------|-------------|


                                 Guitar Solo
      To Coda
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E E E E E    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E E Q
|-------------|----------------||-------------|--------------|
|-------------|----------------||-------------|--------------|
|-------3--3--|----5-5-5-5-5-5-||-------3--3--|--------------|
|-3--3--------|-3--------------||-3--3--------|-3--3--3-3-3--|


                       |-3-|
  Q  Q  E E Q    Q  Q  Q Q Q   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E E Q
|--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------|
|--------------|-------5-5-5-|-------3--3--|---------------|
|-1--1--1-1-1--|-3--3--------|-3--3--------|-3--3--3-3-3---|


                                 Outro
                 D.S. al Coda  &
                                        |-3-|
  Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  E E E E    Q  Q  Q Q Q   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|--------------|---------------||-------------|-------------|--------------|
|--------------|---------------||-------------|-------------|--------------|
|--------------|-----------0-2-||-------5-5-5-|-------3--3--|-------3--3---|
|-1--1--1--1-1-|-3--3--3-3-----||-3--3--------|-3--3--------|-3--3---------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    W          +W             +W           +W      3x
|-------------|----------|------------||-------------|---------||
|-------------|----------|------------||o------------|--------o||
|-------3--3--|-5--------|-(5)--------||o-(5)--------|-(5)----o||
|-3--3--------|----------|------------||-------------|---------||


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