GET BACK (Bassline)
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1970 Album LET IT BE... NAKED)
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=124
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1st Verse
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
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
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
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E a E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Guitar Solo 1
E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||---7-x-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---7-x-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------|
|-----------------||-0-----------------|-0-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-----------------||-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-5-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------|
|------------5--|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
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
|-----------5-----||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7---7---||---7-7-7---7-7-7-|---7-7-7---7-7-7-|------------------|
|---------------7-||-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E S S 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
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-5s7---7-7-7-|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|
|-----------0-------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-------------3-5-|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
El. Piano Solo
+W +H H E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E
|------------|-------------||-------------------|-----------------|
|------------|-------------||-------------7-5s7-|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-(5)--------|-(5)---------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-0---------------|
|------------|-------------||-------------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E S S E S S
|--------------------|-----------------5s7-|
|--------------------|-----7-7---5s7-------|
|-/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5s7-|-0-0-----0-----0-----|
|--------------------|---------------------|
E E E E E E E S S E E E S S E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|---7-7-7---7-7-5s7-|---7-7-5s7---7---7-|
|-0-------0---------|-0---------0---0---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
2nd Verse
E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------5s7-|---7-7-7---7-7-7-||---7-7-7---7-7-7-|---7-7-7---7-7-7--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5s7-----|-0-------0-------||-0-------0-------|-0-------0--------|
|---------------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---7-7-5s7---7-7--|---7-7-7---7-7-7-|-----7-7---7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0---------0------|-0-------0-------|-0-0-----0-------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------||-------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---7-7-5s7---7-7---||---7-7-7-(7)-7---7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-0---------0-----0-||-0-------------0---|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------------------||-------------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-7-7-7-5s7---7-7-7-|---7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------0-------|-0-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Guitar Solo 2
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------||-------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-7-7-7-7---7-7-5s7-||---7-7-7---7-7-5s7-|---7-7-7---7-7-7--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------0---------||-0-------0---------|-0-------0--------|
|-----------------|-------------------||-------------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E a E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-5h7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-|---7-x-7-7---7-7-7--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------|-----0-----------|-0---------0--------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
Chorus
E E E E E E E S S 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---7-7-7-||---7-7-7---7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5p0-|-0-------0-------||-0-------0-------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E a E E E a E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-7-7-7-5h7-7-7-7p5-7-|---7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7---7--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------------------|-0-----------------|-------------0----|
|-----------------|---------------------|-------------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E +W +W +W
|-----------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-----------------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----*|
|-----------------|------------|------------|--------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
