BACK IN THE U.S.S.R (Bassline)
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1968 Double Album WHITE ALBUM)
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
Intro
Q=150
4/4
Gtr I
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
|----------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|----------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
1st & 2nd Verses
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E X T. +S E S S E
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|-----------------||o-7-7-5-5---------|------------------7-------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||o---------7-7-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-7s9--(9)---9p7-5-|
|-----------------||------------------|--------------------------|
E E E S S X T. +S E S S E E E E E X T. +S E S S E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------5-------|------------------7-------|-7-7-5-5---------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-5s7--(7)---7p5-3-|-5-5-5-5-7s9--(9)---9p7-5-|---------7-7-4-4-|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------|
E E E E X T. +S E S S E E E E S S X T. +S E S S E
|--------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------7-------|--------------------5-------||
|-5-5-5-5-7s9--(9)---9p7-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-5s7--(7)---7p5-3-||
|--------------------------|----------------------------||
Chorus
E E E E X T. +S E S S E
|---------------------------|
|------------------7--------|
|-5-5-5-5-7s9--(9)---9p7-5--|
|---------------------------|
1.
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q H
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|----------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|-5-----------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q H
|-----------------|--------------------||-------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-9-9-------------o||-------------|
|-----------------|-------7-(7)-7-7-7-o||-7-----------|
|-----------------|--------------------||-------------|
2/4 4/4
W H E. S E. S E. S E. S
|----------||------|---------------------|
|----------||------|---------------------|
|----------||------|---------------------|
|----------||------|-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-|
Bridge
E. S E. S E. S E. S E E E E E E E E
|---------------------||------------------|
|---------------------||------------------|
|---------------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-||------------------|
E E E E E. S E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|--------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5--4-4-4---|
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-3-3-3--2-2-2--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Guitar Solo
E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E X T. +S E S S E
|-------------------||------------------|--------------------------|
|-7-9-9-------------||-9-9-7-7----------|------------------7-------|
|-------7-(7)-7-7-7-||---------7-7-4-4/-|-5-5-5-5-7s9--(9)---9p7-5-|
|-------------------||------------------|--------------------------|
E E E E X T. +S E S S E E E E E X T. +S E S S E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------|
|------------------5-------|------------------7-------|-9-9-7-7----------|
|-3-3-3-3-5s7--(7)---7p5-3-|-5-5-5-5-7s9--(9)---9p7-5-|---------7-7-4-4/-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------------|
E E E E X T. +S E S S E
|--------------------------|
|------------------7-------|
|-5-5-5-5-7s9--(9)---9p7-5-|
|--------------------------|
E E E E X T. +S E S S E E E E E X T. +S E S S E
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------5-------|------------------7-------||
|-3-3-3-3-5s7--(7)---7p5-3-|-5-5-5-5-7s9--(9)---9p7-5-||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||
Chorus
E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-----------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
Bridge
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 E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|---------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5--4-4-4--|-3-3-3--2-2-2--|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
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 +E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-9-9-------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-------7-(7)-7-7-7-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
3rd Verse
E E E E E E E E E E E E X T. +S E S S E E E E S S X T. +S E S S E
|-----------------|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|-7-7-5-5---------|------------------7-------|--------------------5-------|
|---------7-7-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-7s9--(9)---9p7-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-5s7--(7)---7p5-3-|
|-----------------|--------------------------|----------------------------|
E E E E X T. +S E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E X T. +S E S S E
|--------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|------------------7-------|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|------------------7-------|
|-5-5-5-5-7s9--(9)---9p7-5-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-7s9--(9)---9p7-5-|
|--------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
E E E S S X T. +S E S S E
|----------------------------|
|--------------------5-------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-5s7--(7)---7p5-3-|
|----------------------------|
Chorus
E E E E X T. +S E S S E E. S E. S E. S E S S
|--------------------------||-----------------------|
|------------------7-------||-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7--|
|-5-5-5-5-7s9--(9)---9p7-5-||-----------------------|
|--------------------------||-----------------------|
E. S E. S E. S E S S E. S E. S E. S E S S E E Q H E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|-------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3-3-|-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-|-5-----------|-----------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|-------------|-----------------|
Outro
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 E E E E
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|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-7-7-5-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-----------------||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
>
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------*|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7----*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------*|
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
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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
