TWO OF US (Bassline)
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1970 Album LET IT BE)
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'George Harrison - Bass'
Intro & Interlude
Q=109
4/4
Gtr I
W W E E Q S S S S S S S S
||-----------|----------|-------12--------12--------------|
||o----------|----------|-----------12s14------------12---|
||o----------|----------|-10-10----------------12s14------|
||-----------|----------|---------------------------------|
$
$$
E E Q S S S S S S S S
|-------12-------------------12---||
|-----------------12---12s14------||
|-10-10-----12s14-----------------||
|---------------------------------||
1st - 4th Verses
E E Q S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S S S
|-------12-------------------12---|-------12-------------------12----|
|-----------------12---12s14------|-----------------12---12s14-------|
|-10-10-----12s14-----------------|-10-10-----12s14------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
2/4 4/4
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q Q E E Q S S S S S S S S
|-------12--|-----------------|--------------|-----12-------------------12---|
|-----------|-10-9-10--9-7-9--|-7-5-7--5--7--|-5-5-----------12---12s14------|
|-10-10-----|-----------------|--------------|---------12s14-----------------|
|-----------|-----------------|--------------|-------------------------------|
2/4
E E Q S S S S S S S S E E Q
|-------12-------------------12---|-------12--||
|-----------------12---12s14------|-----------||
|-10-10-----12s14-----------------|-10-10-----||
|---------------------------------|-----------||
Chorus
4/4
E E Q E E Q E E Q Q Q
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-15-14-15--14-12-14--|-12-10-12--10--12--|
|---------------------|-------------------|
3/4
Q E E E E Q Q S S S S Q E E E E Q Q S S S S
|---------------|---------------12---|---------------|---------------12---|
|--------9---10-|-12--12--12s14------|--------9---10-|-12--12--12s14------|
|-10--10--------|--------------------|-10--10--------|--------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|---------------|--------------------|
1.
To Coda
2/4 4/4
Q E E E E Q E E W
|----------------|------------|--------||
|----------------|-10--10-12--|-------o||
|-10--10-12---14-|------------|-10----o||
|----------------|------------|--------||
Bridge
2.,D.S.
W +W Q. E E E E E
|-----------|-------------||----------------------|
|-----------|-------------||----------------12-15-|
|-10--------|-(10)--------||-13----12-13-15-------|
|-----------|-------------||----------------------|
H E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------12-14-|-------------------10----|
|------12-15-------|-------------10-12----12-|
|------------------|-10-10-12-13-------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------12----|-------------------12-16-|
|-------------12-14----14-|----------10-12-14-------|
|-12-12-12-12-------------|-12-12-12----------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Outro
D.S. &
D.S.
4/4
E E E E Q E E W +W
|-14-14-12---------------||-----------|---------|
|----------14-12--14-12--||-----------|---------|
|------------------------||-----------|---------|
|------------------------||-15--------|-(15)----|
Wx2 E E Q S S S S S S S S
|------------|-------12-------------------12---|
|------------|-----------------12---12s14------|
|------------|-10-10-----12s14-----------------|
|------------|---------------------------------|
E E Q S S S S S S S S
|-------12-------------------12----|
|-----------------12---12s14-------|
|-10-10-----12s14------------------|
|----------------------------------|
E E Q S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S +S S S S
||-----------------------------12---|-------12----------------------------|
||o-------10--------12---12s14------|-----------------12-14-(14)-12-------|
||o-10-10-----12s14-----------------|-10-10-----12s14---------------14-12-|
||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E
|-------12--------------|-------12---------------||
|-----------14s12-------|-----------14s12-------o||
|-10-10-----------14-12-|-10-10-----------14-12-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
