MOTHER'S LITTLE HELPER (Bassline)

As recorded by The Rolling Stones
(From the 1966 Album AFTERMATH)

Words and Music by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bill Wyman - Bass'


 Intro
  Q=200
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|


  Q  E E Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E a  Q  Q
|--------------|-------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-------------|--------8s10--9--|
|------7s9-----|-7--7-----6--|-7----7----------|
|-----------7--|-------7-----|-----------------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E a  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E a  Q  Q
|-------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------------||
|-------------|--------8s10--9--|-------------|--------8s10--9----||
|-7-----------|-7----7----------|-7-----------|-7----7------------||
|-------7-----|-----------------|-------7-----|-------------------||


   1st - 4th Verses
    $
    $$
    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E a  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E a  Q  Q
||--------------|-----------------|-------------|------------------|
||o-------------|--------8s10--9--|-------------|--------8s10--9---|
||o-7-----------|-7----7----------|-7-----------|-7----7-----------|
||--------7-----|-----------------|-------7-----|------------------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E a  Q  Q     Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|------------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|--------8s10--9\--|-3-----3-----|-4-----4-----|
|-7-----------|-7----7-----------|-------------|-------------|
|-------7-----|------------------|-------------|-------------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-5-----5-----|-5-----5-----|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-3-----2-----|-0-----0-----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|


  W          +W           W          +Q.   E  Q  Q
|----------|------------|----------|----------------|
|----------|------------|----------|-------7s10--9--|
|----------|------------|-5--------|-(5)------------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|----------|----------------|


                                                Interlude
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E a  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q     Q  E E a  Q  Q
|-------------|-----------------|-------------||-------------------|
|-------------|--------8s10--9--|-------------||--------8s10--9----|
|-7-----------|-7----7----------|-7-----------||-7----7------------|
|-------7-----|-----------------|-------7-----||-------------------|


                                               1.
                                      To Coda
                                      To Coda
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E a  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E a  Q  Q
|-------------|-----------------|-------------|--------------------||
|-------------|--------8s10--9--|-------------|--------8s10--9----o||
|-7-----------|-7----7----------|-7-----------|-7----7------------o||
|-------7-----|-----------------|-------7-----|--------------------||


                     Bridge
  2.
  &
  Q  E E a  Q  Q      Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|------------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|
|--------8s10--9\--||-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-7----7-----------||-3-----3-----|-3-----3-----|-5-----5-----|
|------------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-5-----5-----|-5-----5-----|-------------|
|-5-----5-----|-------------|-------------|-3-----3-----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3-----3-----|-5-----5-----|-5-----5-----|-7-----------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------7-----|


                                     D.S. al Coda
                                     D.S. al Coda
  Q  E E a  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E a  Q  Q
|-----------------|-------------|------------------||
|--------8s10--9--|-------------|--------8s10--9---||
|-7----7----------|-7-----------|-7----7-----------||
|-----------------|-------7-----|------------------||


 Outro
  &&
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E Q.     Q  Q  H      +W
|-------------|--------------|------------|--------*|
|-5-----------|-5-----4-5----|-5-----5----|-(5)----*|
|-------5-----|--------------|------------|--------*|
|-------------|--------------|------------|--------*|


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