YOUR MOTHER SHOULD KNOW (Bassline)
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1967 Album MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR)
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
Intro 1st, 2nd & 4th Verses
Q=120(8=s8)
$
4/4
Gtr I
H Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E H Q E E
|-----------14\-|-------------|------------14\-||------------14\--|
|---------------|-7-----------|-7--------------||o-7--------------|
|---------------|----------7--|----------------||o----------------|
|---------------|-------------|----------------||-----------------|
Chorus
H Q E E H Q E E H. Q H. Q
|-----------14\-|-----------14\-|------------||------------|
|-3-------------|-7-------------|-5----------||-5----------|
|---------------|---------------|------------||------------|
|---------------|---------------|------------||------------|
H H H H H. Q H. Q
|-----------|-----------|------------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|------------|-5----------|
|-3----2----|-0---------|-5----------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|------------|------------|
1. 2.
To Coda
H. E E H H Q Q Q Q
|--------------|------------||--------------|
|--------------|-----------o||-2--4--6--2---|
|-3---------5--|-7---------o||--------------|
|--------------|------7-----||--------------|
2/4 4/4
Q Q H. Q W Q Q Q Q
|-------|------------|----------|-------------|
|-4--6--|-7----------|----------|-3--3--3--3--|
|-------|---------7--|-8--------|-------------|
|-------|------------|----------|-------------|
3rd Verse
|-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E
|-------------|----------------|--------------||---------------|
|-5--5--5--5--|----------------|-2--2--2--2/--||-7--7--7--7----|
|-------------|-3--3--3--3-5-3-|--------------||------------7--|
|-------------|----------------|--------------||---------------|
Chorus
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q E E E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------||---------------|
|-3--3--3--3---|-7--7--7--7---|------------7-||-5--5--5-3-2---|
|------------5-|------------7-|-5--5--5--5---||-------------5-|
|--------------|--------------|--------------||---------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q Q E E
|-------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|-------------|---------------|-----------7-6-|-5--5--5--5---|
|-3--3--2--2--|-0--0--4-7-4---|-5--5--5-5-----|------------7-|
|-------------|-------------5-|---------------|--------------|
|-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E Q Q Q E E
|-------------|--------------|----------------|---------------|
|-------------|-7--7--7--7---|------------7-6-|-5--5--5--5----|
|-3--3--3--5--|------------7-|-5--5--5--5-----|------------5--|
|-------------|--------------|----------------|---------------|
Interlude
2/4 4/4
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H. Q H. Q
|-------------||-------------|-------|------------|-------------|
|-------------||-2--4--6--2--|-4--6--|-7----------|-3-----------|
|-3--3--3--5--||-------------|-------|---------7--|-------------|
|-------------||-------------|-------|------------|-------------|
Q Q H Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E
|------------|--------------|---------------|
|-3--3--3----|-5--5--5--5\--|-----------2---|
|------------|--------------|-3--3--3-5---3-|
|------------|--------------|---------------|
Outro
D.S. al Coda &
Q E E E E Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------||-------------|
|-2--2-0-2-0-2/--||-7--7--------|
|----------------||-------7--7--|
|----------------||-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-------7--6--|-5--5-----5----|---------------5-|-7--7-----7---|
|-5--5--------|-------5-----5-|-3--3--3--5-7----|-------7------|
|-------------|---------------|-----------------|--------------|
Q=50
|-3--|
Q Q Q E E E Q Q Q E E W +W
|-----------------|---------------|----------|--------*|
|-------7----7--6-|-5--5-----5----|----------|--------*|
|-5--5-----5------|-------5-----5-|-3--------|-(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
