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Tuning: E A D G
BAND ON THE RUN (Bassline)
As recorded by Paul McCartney & Wings
(From the 1973 Album BAND ON THE RUN)
Words and Music by Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
Intro
Q=82
4/4
Gtr I
H Q E E W Q. a E a E a E a E a E H. S S E
|---------------|----------|------5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-5h7-|----------------|
|---------------|----------|--------------------------|-5---------5----|
|-----------12\-|-5--------|--------------------------|-------------5--|
|---------------|----------|--------------------------|----------------|
W W Q. E E E E E Q H.
|----------|----------|----------------------|----------|
|----------|----------|------12-12-12-12-12\-|----5-----|
|----------|-5--------|----------------------|----------|
|-3--------|----------|----------------------|-3--------|
PM--|
H E E E E Q. e Q Q a H. E E H Q Q
|---------------|--------------|---------------|------------|
|--------7-7-7\-|-----------4--|-4s5---------7-|------------|
|---------------|-5----5-5-----|---------------|-5----------|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|---------2--|
1st Verse
H. a Q W Q E E E E E E W
|--------------||----------|----/7-7-7-7-7-7-|------|
|--------------||----------|-----------------|-5----|
|--------------||-5--------|-----------------|------|
|-3-------3s5--||----------|-----------------|------|
E E E E E E E E W +Q. E E E E E H. Q
|-------------------|----------|-------7-7-7-7-7-|-------------|
|---/7-7-7-7-7-7-7\-|----------|-----------------|-5-----------|
|-------------------|-5--------|-(5)-------------|-------------|
|-------------------|----------|-----------------|-------------|
H q q H Q Q H. E E H +Q E E
|------------|------------|-------------|-----------------|
|------------|------------|-------------|-----------------|
|------------|-5----5-----|-------------|-5----(5)\-------|
|-3----3--5--|---------2--|-3---------5-|------------2-2--|
Interlude
H. E E H. Q Q. E Q +Q q q S S E e e
|-------------|------------|-----------------||------------------|
|-------------|------------|-----------------||------------------|
|-------------|-5----------|-----------------||---------------3--|
|-3---------5-|---------2--|-3----3-3--(3)\--||-5--5----0-3-5----|
q q E E e E q q Q E E q q E e e e q e S S q e e
|-----------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|
|-5--5------------|------------3-|-5--5----------|------------------|
|---------(0)-0-3-|-5--5-----5---|---------0-0-3-|-5--5---3-5--0-3--|
E e Q E e E e E e Q Q e e E e Q E e E e E e Q E e e e
|----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------------3-|-5-5-----------|--------------3-|-5-5------5-----|
|-5-5------5-5---|-----------0-3-|-5-5------5-5---|------------0-3-|
2nd Verse
q e S S q E S S q e S S q Q a Q E S S E E E E q e S S q E E
|-------------------||----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------||----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------||----------------|-3h5--5---3h5-5-----|---------------3-|
|-5--5---3h5--5---3-||-5--5---3h5--5--|----------------0-3-|-5--5---3h5--5---|
Interlude
Faster Q=129
q E S S E E a E E q E S S q E E q E S S q E E q Q H
|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------||------------|
|------------------5-|-----------------|-----------------||------------|
|-5--5---3h5-5-5s7---|-----------------|-----------------||------------|
|--------------------|-5--5---3h5--0-3-|-5--5---3h5--0-3-||-3----------|
4/4
Q. E +Q Q +Q Q Q E E Q. E +Q Q +Q E E q E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------5-------|
|-----------------|---------------5-|-----------------|------5-7---------|
|-5----5-(5)\--3--|-(3)--3-----/7---|-5----5-(5)\--3--|-(3)--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------3-5--|
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------||
|----------|------------|------------|--------||
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----||
|----------|------------|------------|--------||
3rd & 4th Verses
Q Q Q Q Q q Q E E E E q Q E E E E q Q Q
||---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
||o--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
||o-3------------|--------------|---------------|-3-3-3---------|
||-----------5\--|-1--1-------0-|-1-1-1-----1s3-|-----------3---|
Q q Q Q Q q Q E E Q q Q E E Q q E E E E
|--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------||
|--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------||
|-3--3---------|--------------|---------------|---------2-----||
|----------5\--|-1--1-------0-|-/1--1-----1-3-|-0--0------0-2-||
Pre-Chorus
Q Q E E Q E E E E E E q Q Q Q E E +E E q E E Q
|--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
|----5---------|----------------|-2--2---------|------------------|
|--------------|-3-3-x-x-x-3-3--|-------3--2-0-|-(0)-0-0----------|
|-3-----3-3----|----------------|--------------|------------5-3\--|
Q E E e E a q Q E E E E E E Q. E +E E Q +H. Q
|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------||
|-----------------|------5---------|-------------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-3------3-3-----|-------------------|--------------||
|-1----0-1-1-1s3--|------------3-2-|-1----1-(1)-(0)-1--|-(1)----------||
Chorus
1.
Q q E E E E Q q E E E E Q q E E E E Q e E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-3-------3-----|-3-------3-----|-3-------3-----|-3----3-3-3-----|
|----3------3-5-|----3------3-5-|----3------3-5-|----3-------3-5-|
Q e E E E E E Q e E E E E E Q e E E E E E Q e E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------o||
|-3----3-3-3-----|-3----3-3-3-----|-3----3-3-3-----|-3----3-3-3-----o||
|----3-------3-5-|----3-------3-5-|----3-------3-5-|----3-------3-5--||
Interlude
2.
3/4
Q q E E E E Q +E E +Q H. Q. E +Q Q +Q Q
|---------------||-------------------|---------|--------------|--------------||
|---------------||-------------------|---------|--------------|--------------||
|-3-------3---5-||-7--(7)-/10-(10)\--|-3-------|-7----3-(3)\--|-0--(0)s=15\--||
|----3------3---||-------------------|---------|--------------|--------------||
Guitar Solo
4/4
Q E E Q E E q Q E E Q Q E E +E E Q +W
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|--------||
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|--------||
|---------------|-3-------3-----|-----------------|--------||
|-1--1-1-1--1-3-|-----------3\--|-1--1-1-(1)-0-1--|-(1)----||
Chorus
Q q E E q Q q E E q Q q E E q Q q E E q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-3-------3----|-3-------3----|-3-------3----|-3-------3----|
|----3------3--|----3------3--|----3------3--|----3------3--|
Q q E E q Q q E E q Q q E E q Q q E E q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
|-3-------3----|-3-------3----|-3-------3----|-3-------3----||
|----3------3--|----3------3--|----3------3--|----3------3--||
5th Verse
E E q Q Q E E q Q E E E E q Q E E E E q Q Q
|--------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|--------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|-3-3-3--------|---------------|---------------|-3-3-3--------|
|-----------3--|-1-1-1-------0-|-1-1-1-----1s3-|-----------3--|
E E q Q Q E E q Q E E E E q Q E E E E q E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|-3-3-3---------|---------------|---------------|----------2-----||
|-----------5\--|-1-1-1-------0-|-1-1-1-----1-3-|-0-0-0------0-2-||
Pre-Chorus
Q E E Q E E E E q E E q E E Q E E E E E E Q Q Q
|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---2-2----------|---------------|
|-------------3-|-3-3----3-3----|--------3-3-2-0-|-0-0-----------|
|-3----3-3------|-----3------3--|----------------|--------5--3\--|
Q Q H E Q E +Q Q W W
|------------|----------------|----------|------|
|------------|----------------|----------|------|
|------------|----------------|-3--------|------|
|-1----------|-1-1--1-(1)--3--|----------|------|
Out-Chorus
Q. E +Q Q +H H Q q E E q
|----------------|-------------||---------------|
|----------------|-------------||o--------------|
|----------------|-------------||o-3-------3----|
|-1----3-(3)--5--|-(5)---------||-----3------3--|
1.
Q q E E q Q q E E q E E E E E E E E
|--------------|--------------|------------------||
|--------------|--------------|-----------------o||
|-3-------3----|-3-------3----|-2-3---------0-2-o||
|----3------3--|----3------3--|-----3-2-1-3------||
2.
Q E E E E E E Q. E +Q Q +W
|----------------|----------------|--------*|
|----------------|-2----5-(5)-----|--------*|
|-3----------0-2-|-------------3--|-(3)----*|
|----3-2-1-3-----|----------------|--------*|
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
-----------
| - 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
Stuck inside these four walls
Sent inside forever
Never seeing no one nice again,
Like you, mama
You, mama...
You...
If I ever get out of here
Thought of giving it all away
To a registered charity.
All I need is a pint a day
If I ever get out of here
(if we ever get out of here)
Well, the rain exploded with a mighty crash
As we fell into the sun
And the first one said to the second one there,
"I hope you're having fun."
Band on the run, band on the run
And the jailer man,
And sailor Sam
Were searching everyone
For the band on the run, band on the run.
For the band on the run, band on the run.
Well, the undertaker drew a heavy sigh
Seeing no one else had come
And a bell was ringing in the village square
For the rabbits on the run.
Band on the run, band on the run
And the jailer man,
And sailor Sam
Were searching everyone
For the band on the run, band on the run.
Yeah, the band on the run
The band on the run
Band on the run
Band on the run
Well, the night was falling
As the desert world began to settle down
In the town they're searching for us everywhere
But we never will be found
Band on the run, band on the run
And the county judge, who held a grudge
Will search for ever more.
For the band on the run
Band on the run
Band on the run
Band on the run