DAY TRIPPER (Bassline)
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1965 Album PAST MASTERS VOL. 2)
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
Intro
Q=132
E
4/4
Gtr I
W W Q. E E E E E +Q E E +E E E E
|----------|----------|--------------9-7-|-(7)----11-(11)---7-9--|
|----------|----------|------------9-----|------9---------9------|
|----------|----------|-7----10-11-------|-----------------------|
|----------|----------|------------------|-----------------------|
Q. E E E E E +Q E E +E E E E
|--------------9-7-|-(7)----11-(11)---7-9-|
|------------9-----|------9---------9-----|
|-7----10-11-------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
Q. E E E E E +Q E E +E E E E
|--------------9-7-|-(7)----11-(11)---7-9--|
|------------9-----|------9---------9------|
|-7----10-11-------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
$
Q. E E E E E +Q E E +E E E E
|--------------9-7-|-(7)----11-(11)---7-9-|
|------------9-----|------9---------9-----|
|-7----10-11-------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
1st - 3rd Verses
Q. E E E E E +Q E E +E E E E
||---------------9-7-|-(7)----11-(11)---7-9--|
||o------------9-----|------9---------9------|
||o-7----10-11-------|-----------------------|
||-------------------|-----------------------|
Q. E E E E E +Q E E +E E E E
|--------------9-7-|-(7)----11-(11)---7-9-|
|------------9-----|------9---------9-----|
|-7----10-11-------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
A7
Q. E E E E E +Q E E +E E E E
|----------------|---------------------|
|------------7-5-|-(5)----9-(9)---5-7--|
|----------7-----|------7-------7------|
|-5----8-9-------|---------------------|
E
Q. E E E E E +Q E E +E E E E
|--------------9-7-|-(7)----11-(11)---7-9-||
|------------9-----|------9---------9-----||
|-7----10-11-------|----------------------||
|------------------|----------------------||
Chorus
F#7
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------9-----11-|---------9-----11--|
|----8-11----13----|----8-11----13-----|
|-9----------------|-9-----------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
A7 G#7
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------9-----11-|---------9-----11-|---------------|----------------|
|----8-11----13----|----8-11----13----|--------5----7-|--------4----6--|
|-9----------------|-9----------------|----4-7----9---|----3-6----8----|
|------------------|------------------|-5-------------|-4--------------|
Interlude
1.
To Coda
C#7 B7 E
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q. E E E E E
|----------------|--------------||--------------9-7-|
|----------------|--------------||------------9-----|
|----8--11-11----|----6--9-9----||-7----10-11-------|
|-9-----------9--|-7---------7--||------------------|
+Q E E +E E E E Q. E E E E E +Q E E +E E E E
|-(7)----11-(11)---7-9-|--------------9-7-|-(7)----11-(11)---7-9--||
|------9---------9-----|------------9-----|------9---------9-----o||
|----------------------|-7----10-11-------|----------------------o||
|----------------------|------------------|-----------------------||
Guitar Solo
2.
B7
Q E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------||-------------|-------------|
|----------------||-------------|-------------|
|------6-9-9-6---||-------------|-------------|
|-7--7---------7-||-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q.
|-------------|-------------|---------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|----------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|----------------|
|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|-7-7----7-7----|-7-7----7-7-----|
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-7-7-7--7-7-7--|-7-7-7--7-7-7--|-7-7-7--7-7-7--|-7-7-7--7-7-7---|
Interlude
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q. E E E E E
|---------------|---------------||--------------9-7-|
|---------------|---------------||------------9-----|
|---------------|---------------||-7----10-11-------|
|-7-7-7--7-7-7--|-7-7-7--7-7-7--||------------------|
D.S. al Coda
E
+Q E E +E E E E Q. E E E E E +Q E E +E E E E
|-(7)----11-(11)---7-9-|--------------9-7-|-(7)----11-(11)---7-9--||
|------9---------9-----|------------9-----|------9---------9------||
|----------------------|-7----10-11-------|-----------------------||
|----------------------|------------------|-----------------------||
Outro
&
B7 E
Q Q E E Q Q H Q W
|--------------||------------|------|
|--------------||------------|------|
|----6--9-9-6--||-7----------|------|
|-7------------||------------|------|
Q. E E E E E +Q E E +E E E E
|--------------9-7-|-(7)----11-(11)---7-9-|
|------------9-----|------9---------9-----|
|-7----10-11-------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
Q. E E E E E +Q E E +E E E E
|--------------9-7-|-(7)----11-(11)---7-9--|
|------------9-----|------9---------9------|
|-7----10-11-------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
Q. E E E E E +Q E E +E E E E Q. E E E E E
|--------------9-7-|-(7)----11-(11)---7-9-||---------------9-7-|
|------------9-----|------9---------9-----||o------------9-----|
|-7----10-11-------|----------------------||o-7----10-11-------|
|------------------|----------------------||-------------------|
+Q E E +E E E E Q. E E E E E +Q E E +E E E E 4x
|-(7)----11-(11)---7-9-|--------------9-7-|-(7)----11-(11)---7-9--||
|------9---------9-----|------------9-----|------9---------9-----o||
|----------------------|-7----10-11-------|----------------------o||
|----------------------|------------------|-----------------------||
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
