TICKET TO RIDE (Bassline)

As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1965 Album HELP!)

Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand 


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'


 Intro
  Q=125
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          W          Q.   E +H
|----------|----------|---------------|
|----------|----------|---------------|
|----------|----------|-0----0-(0)----|
|----------|----------|---------------|


                   1st - 4th Verses
                $
                $$
  Q.   E +H         Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
|---------------||----------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------||o---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-0----0-(0)----||o-0----0-(0)----|-0----0-(0)----|-0----0-(0)----|
|---------------||----------------|---------------|---------------|


  Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-0----0-(0)----|-0----0-(0)----|-0----0-(0)----|-2----2-(2)----|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|


  Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-4----4-(4)----|---------------|-4----4-(4)----|
|---------------|---------------|-5----5-(5)----|---------------|
|-0----0-(0)----|---------------|---------------|---------------|


  H    +H       Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-5----(5)----|-4----4-(4)----|-2----2-(2)----|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|---------------|


                 1.
      To Coda
  Q.   E +H       Q.   E +H
|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|---------------o||
|-0----0-(0)----|-0----0-(0)----o||
|---------------|----------------||


                 Bridge
  2.,D.S.,D.S.S.
  Q.   E Q  Q     Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E
|--------------||---------------|---------------|----------------|
|--------2-----||---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-0----0----0--||-5--5--------3-|-5--5--------3-|-5--5--------5--|
|--------------||-------5-5-5---|-------5-5-5---|-------5-5-5----|


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


                                        Outro
             D.S.       &
             D.S.
  W          +W            Q  Q  H       Q  Q  Q  Q
|----------|------------||------------||--------------|
|----------|------------||------------||--------------|
|-7--------|-(7)--------||-0----------||----7-----7---|
|----------|------------||------------||-5-----5------|


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


  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------*|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------*|
|----7-----7--|----7-----7--|----7-----7--|----7-----7---*|
|-5-----5-----|-5-----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