CAN'T BUY ME LOVE (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)'
Pre-Verse
Fast shuffle Q=173(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
W Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|----------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|----------|-7--7--7--7--|-------------|-7--7--7--7---|
|----------|-------------|-5--5--5--5--|--------------|
1st - 4th Verses
$
$$
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------||--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-5--5--5--5--||o-------------|
|-------------|-5--5--5--5--|-------------||o-3--3--------|
|-5--5--5--5--|-------------|-------------||--------3--3--|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-3--3--------|
|-3--3--------|-3--3--------|-3--3-----3--|-------3--3--|
|-------3--3--|-------3--3--|-------3-----|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3--3-----3--|-------------|-------------|-5--5-----5--|
|-------3-----|-3--3--------|-3--3-----3--|-------5-----|
|-------------|-------3--3--|-------3-----|-------------|
1. 2.
To Coda
To Coda
Q Q H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------|-------------|--------------||-------------||
|-3----------|-3--3--3--3--|-------------o||-------------||
|------------|-------------|-3--3--------o||-3--3--3--3--||
|------------|-------------|-------3--3---||-------------||
Chorus
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-2--2--2--2--|-------------|-------------|-------------|-2--2--2--2--|
|-------------|-0--0--0--0--|-3--3-----1--|-3--3-----3--|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------------|
D.S. al Coda &
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------||-------------|-------------||
|-------------|-0--0--0--0--|-------------||-------------|-------------||
|-0--0--0--0--|-------------|-------------||-3--3--------|-3--------1--||
|-------------|-------------|-3--3--3--3--||-------3--3--|----3--3-----||
Guitar Solo
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3--3-----1--|-3--3-----1--|-3--3--------|-3--5--6--7--|
|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3--3--|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-8--8--------|-8--8-----8--|----------1--|-3--3-----3--|
|-------8--8--|-------8-----|-8--8--3-----|-------3-----|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-5--5-----5--|-3--3-----3--|-------------|-------------||
|-------5-----|-------3-----|-3--3--------|-3--3-----3--||
|-------------|-------------|-------3--3--|-------3-----||
Chorus
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-7--7-----7--|-------7-----|-3--3--------|-3--3-----3--|
|-------7-----|-5--5-----5--|-------3--3--|-------3-----|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-7--7-----7--|-------7-----|-5--5--5--5--|-------------||
|-------7-----|-5--5-----5--|-------------|-3--3--3--3--||
Outro
&&
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3--3-----3--||-7--7-----7--|-------7-----|-7--7-----7--|-------7-----|
|-------3-----||-------7-----|-5--5-----5--|-------7-----|-5--5-----5--|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------*|
|-------------|-5--5--5--5--|-------------|------*|
|-5--5--5--5--|-------------|-3--3--------|-3----*|
|-------------|-------------|-------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
