The Beatles - I want to hold your hand
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I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND (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=136
4/4
Gtr I
H E E E E +Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|--------------|------------------|-------------------|
|----------2---|--------------2---|--------------2----|
|--------3---5-|-(5)--5-5-5-3---5-|-(5)--5-5-5-3---5--|
|--------------|------------------|-------------------|
1st Verse
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E
|-------------------|-----------------||---------------|---------------|
|-------------------|-----------------||-5----5----5---|---------------|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||--------5------|-5----5-5----6-|
|-------------------|-----------------||---------------|---------------|
Q. E H Q. E E E E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E
|-------------|----------------|---------------|---------------||
|-------------|----------------|-5----5----5---|---------------||
|-7----7-7----|------------7---|--------5------|-5----5-5----6-||
|-------------|-7----7-7-------|---------------|---------------||
Chorus
Q. E H Q Q Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------|-5----5-9----9-|
|-7----7-7----|-------------|-3----3-5----5-|--------7----7-|
|-------------|-7--7--7--7--|---------------|---------------|
2nd, 3rd & 4th Verses
$
Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E Q. E H Q. E Q. E
|---------------|----------------||--------------|---------------|
|--------7----7-|-5----5-----5---||o-5----5-5----|---------------|
|--------5----5-|--------5-5-----||o-------------|-5----5-5----6-|
|-8----8--------|----------------||--------------|---------------|
Q. E H Q. E E E E E Q. E H Q. E Q. E
|-------------|----------------|-------------|---------------||
|-------------|----------------|-5----5-5----|---------------||
|-7----7-7----|------------7---|-------------|-5----5-5----6-||
|-------------|-7----7-7-------|-------------|---------------||
Chorus
To Coda
Q. E H E E E E E E E E H H H H
|-------------|-----------------|-----------|-7---------|
|-------------|-----------------|-5----7----|-5----9----|
|-7----7-7----|-----------------|-3----5----|------7----|
|-------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------|-----------|
Bridge
H H Q. E E E E E Q. E H Q. E H
|-----------|----------------||-7----7-7----|-7----7-7----|
|-5----7----|-5----5-----5---||-7----7-7----|-5----5-5----|
|-3----5----|--------5-------||-------------|-------------|
|-----------|----------------||-------------|-------------|
Q. E H Q. E H Q. E H Q. E H
|-5----5-5----|-9----9-9----|-7----7-7----|-7----7-7----|
|-5----5-5----|-7----7-7----|-7----7-7----|-5----5-5----|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q. E E E E E +Q. E E E E E +Q Q E E E E
|-5----5-5-------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5----5-5-------|-----------------|-------------2---|
|----------7-3-5-|-(5)---5-5-3-7-5-|-(5)--5--5-3---5-|
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1.
+E e e e e e e e e e e e e e e E
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------o||
|-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---o||
|-------------------|------------------||
Outro
2.
D.S. al Coda &
e e e e e e e E H H E E E E E E E E
|------------------||-----------|-----------------|
|------------------||-5----7----|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||-3----5----|-----------------|
|------------------||-----------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-3-| |-3-|
Q. E H Q Q Q Q Q Q a W +W
|-------------|-------------|------------|--------*|
|-5----5-5----|---2-----2---|-4s5--------|-(5)----*|
|-3----3-3----|-3---5-3---5-|------------|--------*|
|-------------|-------------|------------|--------*|
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