PENNY LANE (Bassline)
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1967 Album MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR)
Words by John Lennon & Paul MCcartney
Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
1st Verse
Q=115(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
|--3--|
H E E E E E +Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q
|-----------16----16-|-(16)--15--13--11--|-9------11--11---|-------------|
|--------16----16----|-------------------|----11---------8-|-9--8--6--4--|
|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------|
H. Q H H H H Q. E +E E Q
|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|
|------------|-6---------|-5---------|-4----4-(4)---4--|
|------------|-----------|-----------|------------4----|
|-7----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|
2nd & 5th Verses
$
Q. E +E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q
|-----------------||-4--3--1-----|------------3-|-4--3--1-----|
|-4----4-(4)---4--||----------4--|-2-----4--4---|----------4--|
|------------4----||-------------|----4---------|-------------|
|-----------------||-------------|--------------|-------------|
H. Q H H H H Q E E Q E E
|-4----------|-----------|-----------|------6--------|
|------------|-6---------|-5---------|-4--4---4--4---|
|------------|-----------|-----------|-------------4-|
|------------|-----------|-----------|---------------|
Chorus
Q Q Q Q Q. E +E E Q Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|-------------||------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-2-----------||o-----------------|------------------|--------------4-6--|
|----2--------||o-----------------|-4----4-(4)---2-4-|-5----5-(5)-7------|
|-------0-----||--5----5-(5)-0-5--|------------5-----|-------------------|
Q. E +E E Q Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|
|-7----7-(7)-7----|------------------|------------------|
|--------------5--|--------------4---|-4----4-(4)-5-7-4-|
|-----------------|-5----5-(5)-7---5-|------------------|
3rd & 4th Verses
To Coda
Q. E +E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E
|-----------------|-------------||-------------|------------3--|
|-----------------|-------------||-9--8--6--4--|-2-----4--4----|
|-5----5-(5)---5--|-4--1--------||-------------|----4----------|
|------------5----|-------2-----||-------------|---------------|
Q Q Q Q W W H. Q
|-4--3--------|----------|----------|------------|
|-------6--4--|-9--------|-6--------|-5----------|
|-------------|----------|----------|------------|
|-------------|----------|----------|------------|
Trumpet Solo
1.
Q. E +E E Q Q. E +E E Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------||-4--3--1------|-------------|
|-4----4-(4)---4--|-4----4-(4)---4--||----------4---|-2-----4--4--|
|------------4----|------------4----||------------6-|----4--------|
|-----------------|-----------------||--------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q E E Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E
|-------------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
|-9--8--6--4--|-9--9---9--9---|-6--6--6--6--|-5--5--5--5---|
|-------------|------9------9-|-------------|------------5-|
|-------------|---------------|-------------|--------------|
2.
D.S. al Coda
Q E E Q Q E E E E Q Q Q. E +E E Q
|--------------|----------------||-----------------||
|-4--4---4--4--|-2-------------o||-4----4-(4)---4--||
|------4-------|---4-2---------o||------------4----||
|--------------|-------4-0------||-----------------||
Outro
&
E E E E Q Q Q. E +E E Q
|----6-3--6-------||------------------|
|-4---------4-----||-9-----9-(9)---9--|
|-----------------||-------------9----|
|-----------------||------------------|
Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. E E E E E E E Q
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|------6--8-9--------|
|-6-----6-6----6----|-7-------7-------|-7--9---------9-7---|
|------------7----7-|-------7-------7-|--------------------|
Q. E E E Q Q. E E E E E Q. E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------8--|
|-----------------|-6-----6-6----6----|-7-----7-7--9-------|
|-7-----7-7--7-7--|------------7----7-|--------------------|
Q=70
H Q Q W W
|--------------|----------|------*|
|-9----9-------|----------|------*|
|---------9\---|-2--------|------*|
|--------------|----------|------*|
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
