MR. SPACEMAN (Bassline)

As recorded by The Byrds
(From the 1966 Album FIFTH DIMENSION)

Words and Music by Roger McGuinn
Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Chris Hillman - Bass'


   1st & 2nd Verses
    Q=212
    $
   4/4
    Gtr I
    H    H      H    H      H    H      H    H
||-------7----|------7----|------9----|------9----|
||o-5---------|-5---------|-7---------|-7---------|
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
||------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|


  H    H      H    H      H    H      H    H
|-7---------|-7---------|------7----|------7----|
|------7----|------7----|-5---------|-5---------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|


  H    H      H    H      H    H      H    Q  Q
|-----------|-----------|------9----|---------6--|
|-5----5----|-5----5----|-7---------|-7----9-----|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|


                         1.
  H    H      H    H      H    H      Q  Q  Q  Q
|-7---------|-7---------|------7----|--------------||
|------7----|------7----|-5---------|-5--------4--o||
|-----------|-----------|-----------|----5--7-----o||
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------||


                           Chorus
  2.,D.S.
                         $$
  H    H      H    Q  Q     H    H      H    Q  Q
|------7----|------4-----||-7---------|-7----------|
|-5---------|-5-------5--||------7----|------7--4--|
|-----------|------------||-----------|------------|
|-----------|------------||-----------|------------|


  H    H      H    H      H    H      H    Q  Q
|-5---------|-4---------|------9----|------------|
|------5----|------4----|-7---------|-7----9--4--|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|


  H    H      H    Q  Q    H    H      H    Q  Q    H    H
|------7----|------4-----|-7---------|-7-------4--|-5---------|
|-5---------|-5-------5--|------7----|------7-----|------5----|
|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|


                             To Coda                      D.S.
  H    H      H    H      H    Q  Q    H    H      Q  Q  Q  Q
|-4---------|------9----|------------|------7----|-------------||
|------4----|-7---------|-7----7--4--|-5---------|-5--------4--||
|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|----5--7-----||
|-----------|-----------|------------|-----------|-------------||


 Guitar Solo
  H    H      H    H      H    H      H    H
|------7----|------7----|------9----|------9----|
|-5---------|-5---------|-7---------|-7---------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|


  H    H      H    H      H    H      H    H
|-7---------|-7---------|------7----|------7----|
|------7----|------7----|-5---------|-5---------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|


  H    H      H    H      H    H      H    Q  Q
|-----------|-----------|------9----|---------6--|
|-5----5----|-5----5----|-7---------|-7----9-----|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------|


                                   D.S.S. al Coda
  H    H      H    H      H    H      Q  Q  Q  Q
|-7---------|-7---------|------7----|-------------||
|------7----|------7----|-5---------|-5--------4--||
|-----------|-----------|-----------|----5--7-----||
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------||


 Outro
  &
  H    H      H    H      +W           +W
|-----------|-----------|------------|--------*|
|-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