GOOD MORNING GOOD MORNING (Bassline)
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1967 Album SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEART'S CLUB BAND)
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
Intro
Q=120
4/4
Gtr I
E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-12-x-x-x-x-x-5---------|-------------5-x-x-5-x-x-|
|------------------5-5-5-|-5-x-x-5-x-x-------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E E +Q +H
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------5-x-x-5-x-x-|-----------------|
|-5-x-x-5-x-x-------------|-5-0-(0)--(0)----|
1st & 3rd Verses
5/4
Q. E +E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
||-----------------------|-------------------|
||o-7------------5---5---|-5---5---5---7-----|
||o------7-(7)-5---5---5-|---5---5---5----7--|
||-----------------------|-------------------|
3/4
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------|
|-7---------------------|--------------|
|---4-5-7-(7)-5---5---5-|---5---5---5--|
|---------------3---3---|-3---3---3----|
Chorus
4/4 5/4 4/4 3/4
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
|-----------------|---------------------||------------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------||------------------|----------------|
|-------------4---|-5---5---5---5---5---||-7-7-7-7-7\-------|---4-5-7-(7)-5--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-7---7-|---5---5---5---5---5-||------------2-4-0-|-5--------------|
2nd Verse
1.
4/4 5/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H E E E E +E E E E E E
|-------------|-----------------|-------------||------------------------|
|-------------|-----------------|-------------||------------------------|
|---5---5---5-|-------4-5-5-5---|-------------||---4-5-7-(7)---5---5----|
|-3---3---3---|-5-5-5---------5-|-5-----------||-5-----------5---3---3--|
3/4 4/4
|3| |3|
E E E E E E Q Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E Q Q E
|-------------------|-2-2-0-----------------|-------------|----------------||
|----------------2--|-------2-(2)-----------|-------------|----------------||
|-5---5---5---0-----|-------------0---5---5-|---5---5---5-|------4-5--5----||
|---3---3---3-------|---------------3---3---|-3---3---3---|-5--5--------3--||
Bridge
|3| |3| |3| |3| |3| |3|
Q Q E Q Q E Q Q E Q Q E Q Q E Q Q E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-----------4-7-|-----------4-7-|-----------4-7-|
|------4-5------|------4-5------|------4-5------|
|-5--5----------|-5--5----------|-5--5----------|
2.
|3| |3|
Q Q E Q Q E E E Q E E E E E E Q H
|---------------|-----------------||-------------||
|-----------4-7-|----------------o||-------------||
|------4-5------|----------------o||-------------||
|-5--5----------|-5------0-3-5-0--||-5-----------||
Guitar Solo
5/4
E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|---4-5-7-(7)----5---5-|---5---5---5----7--|
|-5------------3---3---|-3---3---3---5-----|
Bridge
3/4 4/4
|3| |3|
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 Q Q E Q Q E
|-----------------------|-------------|-------------------||---------------|
|-7-7-5---------5---5---|-5---5---5-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-------||---------------|
|-------7-(7)-----5---5-|---5---5-----|-------------------||------4-5--5---|
|-------------5---------|-------------|-------------5-5-5-||-5--5--------5-|
|3| |3| |3| |3| |3| |3|
Q Q E Q Q E Q Q E Q Q E Q Q E Q Q E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------4-7-|
|------4-5--5---|------4-5--5---|------4-5------|
|-5--5--------5-|-5--5--------5-|-5--5----------|
4th Verse
5/4
E E Q E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|----------------||-----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------||-----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------||---4-5-7-(7)-----5---5-|---5---5---5----7--|
|-5------0-3-5-0-||-5-----------0-3---3---|-3---3---3---5-----|
3/4 4/4 5/4
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------|----------------|---------------------|
|-7-7-5---------5---5---|-5---5---5---|-7--------------|---------------------|
|-------7-(7)-5---5---5-|---5---5---5-|------------4---|-5---5---5---5---5---|
|-----------------------|-------------|----5-5-5-7---5-|---5---5---5---5---5-|
Outro
4/4 3/4 4/4
E S S S S E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E S S E E E S S E E
|---------------------|---------------|-------------||----------------------|
|---------------------|---------------|-------------||o---------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7---------|---4-5-7-(7)---|---5---5---5-||o---------4-5-5-5-5---|
|-------------0-2-4-0-|-5-----------5-|-3---3---3---||--5-5-5-5-----------3-|
Q Q Q E E E S S E E E S S E E Q Q Q E E 3x
|--------------|---------------------|---------------||
|--------------|---------------------|--------------o||
|--------------|---------4-5-5-5-5---|--------------o||
|-5----------3-|-5-5-5-5-----------3-|-5----------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
