SHE LOVES YOU (Bassline)
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1963 Album PAST MASTERS VOL. 1)
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
Intro
Q=158
4/4
Gtr I
W Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|----------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------||-7----7------5-|-7----7------7-|--------7----7-|
|----------||--------7------|--------7------|-5----5--------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E H Q. E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|--------5----5-|--------5------|-5---------3-|
|--------7------|-3----3--------|-3----3------3-|------5------|
|-5----5------5-|---------------|---------------|-------------|
1st - 3rd Verses
$
H E E E E Q. E q q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q
|--------------||---------------|--------------|--------------|
|-5----------4-||o-5----5----5--|--------------|--------------|
|------5-5-7---||o--------5-----|-7----7-7-----|--------------|
|--------------||---------------|--------------|-7----7-7-----|
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|-5----5-5-----|--------------|--------------|
|-5----5-5-----|--------------|-7----7-7-----|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-7----7-7-----|
Q. E Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E Q q Q. E Q. E
|--------------||----------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------||-5--------------|-5----5----5--|---------------|
|-5----5-5-----||-------------5--|--------5-----|-7----7------7-|
|--------------||------7-(7)-----|--------------|--------7------|
Q. E Q q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q
|--------------|---------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------5------|--------5-----|
|-7----7----7--|-3----3------2-|-3----3----3--|
|--------7-----|---------------|--------------|
1.
Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------||
|--------7------|--------7-----4-o||
|-5----5------4-|-5----5---5-7---o||
|---------------|-----------------||
Chorus
2.,D.S.
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|--------------|--------------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------7-----|--------7-----||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-5----5----4--|-5----5----5--||-7----7------5-|-7----7------7-|--------7----7-|
|--------------|--------------||--------7------|--------7------|-5----5--------|
To Coda
Q. E Q. E Q Q q Q Q. E Q q
|---------------|-------------|--------------|
|---------------|-------------|--------7-----|
|--------7------|-3--3--3-----|-5----5----5--|
|-5----5------5-|-------------|--------------|
D.S. al Coda
Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E
|---------------|-------------------||
|-5----5--------|-5----5-------4----||
|--------5----5-|--------5-5-7------||
|---------------|-------------------||
&
Q. E Q E E Q. E H Q Q q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q E E
|---------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|---------------|
|-5----5----5-4-|-------------|-------------|--------7-----|-5----5----5-4-|
|--------5------|-7----7-7----|-3--3--3-----|-5----5----5--|--------5------|
|---------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|---------------|
Q. E H Q Q q Q W W
|-------------|-------------|----------|------||
|-------------|-------------|----------|------||
|-7----7-7----|-3--3--3-----|-5--------|------||
|-------------|-------------|----------|------||
Outro
Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E Q. E H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
|-5----5------4-|-5----5----5-4-|---------------|-------------|
|--------5--5---|--------7------|-7----7------5-|-7----7------|
|---------------|---------------|--------7------|--------7----|
Q. E Q. E Q Q Q. E W +W
|---------------|--------------|----------|--------*|
|--------5------|-------5------|-5--------|-(5)----*|
|-3----3------2-|-3--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
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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
