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MATCHBOX (Bassline)
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1964 Album SOMETHING NEW)
Words and Music by Carl Lee Perkins
Arranged by The Beatles
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
Intro
Q=154(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
W H Q E E Q Q E E E E
|----------|-------------|---------------|
|----------|-------------|---------------|
|----------|-------------|----4--7-7-4-7-|
|----------|-----------4s|=5-------------|
1st - 5th Verses
$
Q Q E E E E Q Q Q E E Q Q E E E E
|---------------||---------------|---------------|
|---------------||o--------------|---------------|
|----4--7-0-4-0-||o----4--7--4-7-|----4--7-0-4-7-|
|-5-------------||--5------------|-5-------------|
Q Q E E E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E
|---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|---------------|--------------|----4--7--4-7-|----4--7--4-7--|
|----4--7-0-4-7-|----4--7--4-7-|-5------------|-5-------------|
|-5-------------|-5------------|--------------|---------------|
To Coda
|-3-|
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E a Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E
|--------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------------|------6--9--6---|----4--7--4-7--|
|----4--7--4-7-|----4--7----4-5-|-6s7----------7-|-5-------------|
|-5------------|-5--------5-----|----------------|---------------|
1.,2.
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q 3x
|--------------|--------------||
|--------------|-------------o||
|----4--7--4-5-|-7--5--4-----o||
|-5------------|----------7---||
Guitar Solo
3.
E E Q +E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------||-------------|---------------|
|------------------||-------------|---------------|
|-7-7-7--(7)-5-4---||-------9--8--|-7--5--4-------|
|----------------7-||-5--5--------|----------7----|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|----------4--|-7--5--4-----|----4--5--6--|-7--5--4------|
|----4--7-----|----------7--|-5-----------|----------7---|
|-5-----------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|----6--9--6--|----4--5--6---|
|----4--5--6--|-7--5--4-----|-7-----------|-5------------|
|-5-----------|----------7--|-------------|--------------|
Outro
D.S. al Coda &
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------||--------------|
|-7--5--4-----|-------------||-7-7----------|
|----------8--|-7--5--4--2--||-----4--5--6--|
|-------------|-------------||--------------|
Q=70
E E E E Q Q +W +W
|---------------|------------|--------*|
|---4-6-7----7--|-(7)--------|-(7)----*|
|-7-------------|------------|--------*|
|---------------|------------|--------*|
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
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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