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I'LL CRY INSTEAD (Bassline)
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1964 Album A HARD DAY'S NIGHT)
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
Intro
Q=176(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
W W H Q E E
|----------|----------|--------------|
|----------|----------|--------------|
|----------|----------|-----------5--|
|----------|----------|--------------|
1st, 2nd & 4th Verses
$
H Q E E H Q E E H Q E E H Q E E
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
||o-5-------4---|-5-------4---|-5-------4---|-5-------4----|
||o------5----5-|------5----5-|------5----5-|------5----5--|
||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
H Q E E H Q Q H Q E E H Q Q
|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
|-5-------4---|-5----4-----|-------------|------------|
|------5----5-|---------7--|-5-----------|-5-------5--|
|-------------|------------|------5--8-5-|------5-----|
H H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-----------|-------------|-------------|----------3--|
|-3---------|-3--3--------|-3--3--------|-3--3--5-----|
|------3----|-------3--3--|-------3--3--|-------------|
1.
To Coda
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H H Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-----------|--------------||
|-5--5-----4--|-------7-----|-5---------|-5--------4--o||
|-------5-----|-5--5-----5--|------5----|----5--7-----o||
|-------------|-------------|-----------|--------------||
Bridge
2.
H Q Q H Q. E H Q Q H H H Q Q
|------------||-------------|------------|-----------|------------|
|-5----------||------4------|------4-----|-----------|------------|
|------5--3--||-2---------2-|-2-------2--|------7----|------7--6--|
|------------||-------------|------------|-5---------|-5----------|
H Q. E Q. E H H H H H
|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------||
|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------||
|-5-----------|-5----5------|-7---------|------5----||
|------5----5-|--------5----|------7----|-5---------||
3rd Verse
H Q E E H Q E E H Q E E H Q E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-5-------4---|-5-------4---|-5-------4---|-5-------4---|
|------5----5-|------5----5-|------5----5-|------5----5-|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
H Q E E H Q Q H Q. E H Q Q
|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
|-5-------4---|-5----4-----|-------------|------------|
|------5----5-|---------7--|-5-----------|-5-------5--|
|-------------|------------|------5----5-|------5-----|
H H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E Q Q Q
|-----------|-------------|-5--4---------|--------------|
|-----------|-------------|-------5--3---|--------------|
|-3---------|-3--3--------|------------5-|-5-5-3--------|
|------3----|-------3--3--|--------------|--------6--5--|
H Q Q Q Q Q Q H H Q Q Q Q
|------------|-------------|-----------|-------------||
|------------|-------7-----|-5---------|-5--4--2-----||
|------5-----|-5--5-----5--|------5----|----------5--||
|-3-------3--|-------------|-----------|-------------||
Bridge
H Q. E H Q Q H H H Q Q
|-------------|------------|-----------|------------|
|------4------|------4-----|-----------|------------|
|-2---------2-|-2-------2--|------7----|------7--6--|
|-------------|------------|-5---------|-5----------|
D.S. al Coda
H Q. E Q. E Q Q H Q Q H Q Q
|-------------|--------------|------------|------------||
|-------------|--------------|------------|------------||
|-5-----------|-5----5----5--|-7----------|------5--5--||
|------5----5-|--------5-----|------7--6--|-5----------||
Outro
&
W +W +W
|----------|------------|--------*|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(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