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GIRL (Bassline)
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1965 Album RUBBER SOUL)
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
1st & 2nd Verses
Q=102
$
4/4
Gtr I
Q Q Q Q Q.. S Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--------------|----------------|-------------|
||o-------5-----|----------5-----|-3--------3--|
||o-3-----------|-3------3----3--|-------3-----|
||--------------|----------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------0-----|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-1-----------|-------5-----|-------5-----|-3----------|
|-------------|-3-----------|-3-----------|-------3----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
Chorus
To Coda
Q Q Q.. S Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------||-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-------5--------||-------------|-------------|---------------|
|-3------------3-||-6-----5-----|-3-----------|-6-----5-------|
|----------------||-------------|-------6-----|---------------|
Bridge
1. 2.
Q Q Q Q Q.. S Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------||---------------||-------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------o||---------------||-3--3--3--3--|-------------|-3--3--3--3-|
|-3-----------o||-3-----3-------||-------------|-3--3--3--3--|------------|
|-------6------||---------6-----||-------------|-------------|------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-------------|-3--3--3--3--|-------------|-3--3--3--3-|
|-3--3--3--3--|-------------|-3--3--3--3--|------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
Chorus
Q Q Q Q E. S Q E. S Q E. S Q E. S Q
|-1--1--1--1--||-------------------|------------------|
|-------------||-------------------|------------------|
|-------------||-6---6----5---5----|-3---3------------|
|-------------||-------------------|----------6---6---|
Interlude
D.S. al Coda &
E. S Q E. S Q E. S Q E. S Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------||-------------||-------------|------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-------------||-------5-----|-------5----|
|-6--6----5--5----|-3--3------------||-3-----1-----||-3-----------|-3----------|
|-----------------|---------6--6----||-------------||-------------|------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
|-3-----------|-1-----3-----|-------5-----|-------5----|
|-------3-----|-------------|-3-----------|-3----------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------|
Outro
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 5x
|-------------|-------------||--------------|-------------||
|-3-----------|-------------||o-------------|------------o||
|-------3-----|-3-----3-----||o-6--6--5--5--|-3--3-------o||
|-------------|-------------||--------------|-------6--6--||
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