BABY YOU'RE A RICH MAN (Bassline)
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1967 Album MAGICAL MYTERY TOUR)
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
Intro
Q=103
4/4
Gtr I
E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|
|-5-----------------------|
|---5-5-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S S E.
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------5-5-5-5-5----|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-----------5\-|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S S S S S S E. E S S E S S E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------5-----5-5-|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-5-5-5-5----|---------------------|
|---------------x-x-----|-----------------------5\-|---------------------|
|-3-x-x-3-x-x-----------|--------------------------|-3-x-x-3-x-x-3-3-3-3-|
1st - 3rd Verses
$
E. S E S S E S S E E E. S E S S E S S E E E. S E S S E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------||----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------||o---------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------||o---------------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E. S E S S E E E E E. S E S S E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E. S E S S E E E E E. S E S S E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E E E E E E E E W E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------|---------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|----------|---------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-3--------|---------------------|------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|----------|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
1.
E E E E E E E S S W
|-------------------|-------||
|-------------------|------o||
|-------------------|-3----o||
|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-|-------||
Chorus
2.,D.S.
W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------||-----------------|---2-5-2---2-5-2-|-----------------|
|-3--------||---2-5-2---2-5-2-|-3-------3-------|---2-5-2---2-5-2-|
|----------||-3-------3-------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E E E E E
|---------5-5-----|-------------------|---------------------|------------------|
|---2-5-2-----7-5-|-------------------|---------------------|------------------|
|-3---------------|-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-2h3-3-3-3-3-|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
To Coda
H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---2-5-2---------|-------------------|
|-3----3-3-2-0-|---2-5-2---2-5-2-|-3-------3-3-2-0-|---2-5-2---2-5-2---|
|--------------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-3-------3---------|
D.S. al Cod&
W E E Q +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------||------------------||------------------|
|----------||------------------||o-----------------|
|-3--------||-3-3-3--(3)-3-2-0-||o---2-5-2---2-5-2-|
|----------||------------------||--3-------3-------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|-----------5-----|-----------------|------------------||
|---2-5-2-----7-5-|-----------------|-----------5-5-5-o||
|-3-------3-------|---2-5-2---2-5-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-------o||
|-----------------|-3-------3-------|------------------||
Duration Legend
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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
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| - 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
