POWER TO THE PEOPLE (Bassline) As recorded by John Lennon (From the 1975 Album SHAVED FISH) Words and Music by John Lennon Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Klaus Voormann - Bass' Intro Q=112 4/4 Gtr I Wx8 |--------|| |--------|| |--------|| |--------|| Chorus E Q. E E +S S E H E Q E E Q. E E +S S E H E Q E ||---------------------|-------------|--------------------|---------------| ||o--------------------|-------------|--------------------|---------------| ||o-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4-|-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4---| ||-------------------6-|-------------|------------------6-|---------------| E Q. E E +S S E H E Q E E Q E E E Q H E E S S E |--------------------|-------------|---------------|----------------|| |--------------------|-------------|---------------|----------------|| |-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4-|-4-4--4-2-2-2--|-4----6-4-6-6-4-|| |------------------6-|-------------|---------------|----------------|| 1st - 3rd Verses E E E E E E E E Q. E +E Q E E E E E E E E E Q. E +E Q E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |---------------6-|------------4--6-|---------------6-|------------4--6-| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|-6----6-(6)------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|-6----6-(6)------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| Chorus E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x E Q. E E +S S E H E Q E |-----------------|------------------||--------------------|--------------| |-----------------|-----------------o||--------------------|--------------| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-4-4---o||-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4--| |-----------------|---------------6--||------------------6-|--------------| E Q. E E +S S E H E Q E E Q. E E +S S E H E Q E |--------------------|-------------|--------------------|-------------| |--------------------|-------------|--------------------|-------------| |-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4-|-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4-| |------------------6-|-------------|------------------6-|-------------| Sax Solo E Q E E E Q H E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |---------------|----------------||-----------------|------------------| |---------------|----------------||-----------------|-----4-4-4-4-6-6--| |-4-4--4-2-2-2--|-4----6-4-6-6-4-||-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6--------------| |---------------|----------------||-----------------|------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E |-----------------|-------------------| |-----------------|-------------------| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-----4-| |-----------------|-------------6-6---| E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E E E |---------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|-------------------| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-----4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---| |-------------6-6-----|-------------------| Outro H E E +S S E H E Q E E Q. E E +S S E H E Q E |------------------|-------------||---------------------|-------------| |------------------|-------------||o--------------------|-------------| |-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4-||o-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4-| |----------------6-|-------------||-------------------6-|-------------| E Q. E E +S S E H E Q E E Q. E E +S S E |--------------------|-------------|--------------------| |--------------------|-------------|--------------------| |-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4-|-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---| |------------------6-|-------------|------------------6-| H E Q E E Q E E E Q H E E S S E 3x |-------------|---------------|------------------|| |-------------|---------------|-----------------o|| |-4----6-4--4-|-4-4--4-2-2-2--|-4----6-4-6-6-4--o|| |-------------|---------------|------------------|| 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