YELLOW SUBMARINE (Bassline)
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1966 Album REVOLVER)
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
1st Verse
Q=120(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
W H +Q E E H +Q E E H +Q E E
|----------|---------------|---------------|-1----(1)-------|
|----------|---------------|-----------1---|----------------|
|----------|-4----(4)--2---|---------------|-----------2----|
|----------|---------------|-2----(2)------|----------------|
H +Q E E H +Q E E H +Q E E H +Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-1----(1)------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------1---|---------------|
|-4----(4)------|-4----(4)--2---|---------------|-----------2---|
|-----------2---|---------------|-2----(2)------|---------------|
2nd & 4th Verses
$
H +Q E E H +Q E E H +Q E E H +Q E E
|---------------||---------------|---------------|-1----(1)------|
|---------------||---------------|-----------1---|---------------|
|-4----(4)------||-4----(4)--2---|---------------|-----------2---|
|-----------2---||---------------|-2----(2)------|---------------|
H +Q E E H +Q E E H +Q E E H +Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-1----(1)------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------1---|---------------|
|-4----(4)------|-4----(4)--2---|---------------|-----------2---|
|-----------2---|---------------|-2----(2)------|---------------|
Chorus
|3|
H Q E E. 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
|---------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------||o-----------------|-------------6---|-------------6---|
|-4------2-1----||o-----1---4-------|-4-------4-------|-4-------4-------|
|-------------4-||--2-----------6---|-----4-----------|-----4-----------|
E E E E E S S E S S E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-4-------4-----------|-4-------4-------|
|-----4-------6-4-----|-----4-------4---|
|-------------------6-|-----------------|
To Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E S E S S E S
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-------------6---|------------------------|
|-4-------4-------|-4-------4---2-1--------|
|-----4-----------|-----6-------------4----|
3rd Verse
1.
Q. S S Q q H +Q E E H +Q E E H +Q E E
|----------------||---------------|---------------|-1----(1)-------|
|----------------||---------------|-----------1---|----------------|
|----------------||-4----(4)--2---|---------------|-----------2----|
|-2------2-2--2--||---------------|-2----(2)------|----------------|
H +Q E E H +Q E E H +Q E E H +Q E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-4----(4)------|-4----(4)--2---|---------------|-----------4---|
|-----------2---|---------------|-2----(2)--2---|-2----(2)------|
2.
H E. S E. S Q E. S Q Q
|-----------------||---------------||
|----------------o||---------4--4--||
|-4----4---------o||----1--4-------||
|---------7-6--4--||-2-------------||
Interlude w/Sound Effects
H +Q E E H +Q E E H +Q E E
|---------------|---------------|-1----(1)-------|
|---------------|-----------1---|----------------|
|-4----(4)--2---|---------------|-----------2----|
|---------------|-2----(2)------|----------------|
|-3--|
H +Q E E H +Q E E H +Q E E H +E E E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-1----(1)-1-3-4---|
|---------------|---------------|-----------1---|------------------|
|-4----(4)------|-4----(4)--2---|---------------|------------------|
|-----------2---|---------------|-2----(2)------|------------------|
D.S. al Coda &
E E E E E E Q E E E. S Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------||----------------||--------------|
|----------------||----------4--4--||o-------------|
|-4---2---1------||-----1--4-------||o----1--4--6--|
|-------------2--||-2--------------||--2-----------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E. S E. S 4x
|-------------|-------------|------------------||
|----------6--|----------6--|-4-----4---------o||
|-4-----4-----|-4-----4-----|----4-----6-4----o||
|----4--------|----4--------|---------------6--||
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
