POWER TO THE PEOPLE (Bassline)

As recorded by John Lennon
(From the 1975 Album SHAVED FISH)

Words and Music by John Lennon
Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Klaus Voormann - Bass'


 Intro
  Q=112
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx8
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||


   Chorus
    E Q.   E E +S  S E   H    E Q  E   E Q.   E E +S  S E   H    E Q  E
||---------------------|-------------|--------------------|---------------|
||o--------------------|-------------|--------------------|---------------|
||o-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4-|-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4---|
||-------------------6-|-------------|------------------6-|---------------|


  E Q.   E E +S  S E   H    E Q  E   E Q  E E E Q    H    E E S S E
|--------------------|-------------|---------------|----------------||
|--------------------|-------------|---------------|----------------||
|-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4-|-4-4--4-2-2-2--|-4----6-4-6-6-4-||
|------------------6-|-------------|---------------|----------------||


 1st - 3rd Verses
  E E E E E E E E   Q.   E +E  Q  E   E E E E E E E E   Q.   E +E  Q  E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------6-|------------4--6-|---------------6-|------------4--6-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|-6----6-(6)------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|-6----6-(6)------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


                                       Chorus
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  3x E Q.   E E +S  S E   H    E Q  E
|-----------------|------------------||--------------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------o||--------------------|--------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-4-4---o||-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4--|
|-----------------|---------------6--||------------------6-|--------------|


  E Q.   E E +S  S E   H    E Q  E   E Q.   E E +S  S E   H    E Q  E
|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|-------------|
|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|-------------|
|-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4-|-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4-|
|------------------6-|-------------|------------------6-|-------------|


                                   Sax Solo
  E Q  E E E Q    H    E E S S E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------|----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|----------------||-----------------|-----4-4-4-4-6-6--|
|-4-4--4-2-2-2--|-4----6-4-6-6-4-||-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6--------------|
|---------------|----------------||-----------------|------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E S S E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-----4-|
|-----------------|-------------6-6---|


  E E E E E E S S S S   E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-----4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
|-------------6-6-----|-------------------|


                                    Outro
  H    E E +S  S E   H    E Q  E     E Q.   E E +S  S E   H    E Q  E
|------------------|-------------||---------------------|-------------|
|------------------|-------------||o--------------------|-------------|
|-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4-||o-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4-|
|----------------6-|-------------||-------------------6-|-------------|


  E Q.   E E +S  S E   H    E Q  E   E Q.   E E +S  S E
|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|
|-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4-|-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---|
|------------------6-|-------------|------------------6-|


  H    E Q  E   E Q  E E E Q    H    E E S S E   3x
|-------------|---------------|------------------||
|-------------|---------------|-----------------o||
|-4----6-4--4-|-4-4--4-2-2-2--|-4----6-4-6-6-4--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