WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS (Bassline)
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1968 Album SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND)
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
Intro
Q=113(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
W W W
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|------|
1st Verse
W Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------||-9-----8-----|--------------|-11------------|
|----------||-------------|-11-----------|--------9------|
|----------||-------------|--------9-----|---------------|
|----------||-------------|--------------|---------------|
Q E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q E E E Q. Q Q Q Q
|-9----11---9------|-------------|-----------9----|--------------|
|-------------11-9-|-------9-----|------9-11------|-------9------|
|------------------|-7-----------|-9--------------|-9------------|
|------------------|-------------|----------------|--------------|
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
|-----9-------9---||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------||---------7---7---|-----------------|---------7---7----|
|-7-------7-------||-5---5-----------|-7---7---7---7-5-|-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 W
|-----------------|-----------------|---9-7---6-------|------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------9-7-|-9----|
|-7---5-----------|---------7-7-----|-7---------------|------|
|---------9---7---|-5---9-------9-7-|-----------------|------|
2nd Verse
W Q Q Q Q Q E E +E E E E Q Q E E E E
|----------||-------------|------13-(13)-11-9----|----------------|
|----------||-------9-----|-------------------11-|-------9-9-9----|
|----------||-7-----------|-9--------------------|-9-----------6--|
|----------||-------------|----------------------|----------------|
Q E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E
|------9---------|-------------|------13---11-9----|
|----------11-9--|-------9-----|----------------11-|
|-7--------------|-7-----------|-9-----------------|
|----------------|-------------|-------------------|
Chorus
$
Q Q Q. E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------|-----9---9---9--||------------------|------------------|
|-------9------|----------------||o---------7---7---|------------------|
|-9----------6-|-7--------------||o-5---5-5-------6-|-7---7---7---7-4--|
|--------------|----------------||------------------|------------------|
To Coda
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---------------|------------------||
|-5---5---------6-|-7---7---7-7-7-4-|-----4---7---4-7-|-7---7---7---7----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
Bridge
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E Q E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E
|------6-(6)-4-4---|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|----------------6-|-4---------------|-----------------|-7--7--7--7-7--|
|-4----------------|------7-(7)-6-4--|-7---7---5---5-5-|---------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E Q E E E E E E E E
|------6-(6)-4-4---|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------6-|-4---------------|-----------------|
|-4----------------|------7-(7)-6-4--|-7---7---5---5---|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
3rd Verse
1.
E E E E E E Q Q Q E E +Q Q E E E E +Q
|----------------||----------------|-----------9-(9)--|
|-7---7---7---7--||-------9-9-(9)--|-4----9-11--------|
|---7---7---7----||-7--------------|------------------|
|----------------||----------------|------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q E E E E Q Q Q E E Q Q E E E E +Q
|-------------|------11-9-------|--------------|-----------9-(9)---|
|-------9-----|-----------11-9--|-------9-9-9--|------9-11---------|
|-9-----------|-7---------------|-7------------|-9-----------------|
|-------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------------|
Q Q E E +Q E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----9---9---9----||
|-------9-9-(9)--|-----------------o||
|-9--------------|-7-------------7-o||
|----------------|------------------||
Outro
2.
D.S. al Coda &
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|------------------||-----------------|------|
|-7---7---7---7----||-----------------|------|
|---------------4--||-7---7---7---7---|-5----|
|------------------||-----------------|------|
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|------*|
|-7--------|-5---5---5---5---|-7---7---7---7---|-9----*|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|------*|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|------*|
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
