The Beatles - Things we said today
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THINGS WE SAID TODAY (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 1st, 2nd & 4th Verses
Q=134
$
4/4
Gtr I
W H E Q E H H Q. E H
|----------|-------------|-----------||--------------|
|----------|-7-----------|-7---------||o-7----7------|
|----------|------7-7--7-|------7----||o--------7----|
|----------|-------------|-----------||--------------|
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-7----7----5--|-7----7----5--|-7----7----5--|-7----7----5--|
|--------7-----|--------7-----|--------7-----|--------7-----|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
Chorus
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q. E
|--------------|--------------|--------------||---------------|
|-7----7----5--|-7----7----5--|-7----7----5--||---------------|
|--------7-----|--------7-----|--------7-----||-3----3-3----3-|
|--------------|--------------|--------------||---------------|
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|-3----3-3----3-|---------------|---------------|
|-3----3-3--3--|---------------|-1----1-1----1-|-0----0--------|
|--------------|---------------|---------------|--------0----3-|
1.
To Coda
Q. E Q Q H Q Q Q. E H Q. E H
|--------------|------------|-------------|--------------||
|-----------5--|-7----------|-7----7-7----|-7----7-7----o||
|--------7-----|------7--7--|-------------|-------------o||
|-5----5-------|------------|-------------|--------------||
Bridge
2.
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|---------------||---------------|
|---------------||---------------|
|---------------||---------------|
|-5----5-5----5-||-5----5-5----5-|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-5----5-5----5-|---------------|-7----7-7----7-|
|---------------|-7----7-7----7-|---------------|
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|--------------|--------------|---------------|---------------||
|--------------|------4-7--4--|-9----9------9-|-8----8-8----8-||
|------4-7--4--|-5------------|--------9------|---------------||
|-5------------|--------------|---------------|---------------||
3rd Verse
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-7----7----5--|-7----7----5--|-7----7----5--|-7----7-------|
|--------7-----|--------7-----|--------7-----|--------7--7--|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
|-7----7-------|-7----7----5--|-7----7-------|-7----7----5--||
|--------7--7--|--------7-----|--------7--7--|--------7-----||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
Chorus
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|--------------|-3----3-3----3-|---------------|
|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3--3--|---------------|-1----1-1----1-|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q H Q Q Q. E Q. E
|---------------|--------------|------------|---------------||
|---------------|-----------5--|-7----------|---------------||
|-0----0--------|--------7-----|------7--7--|---------------||
|--------0----3-|-5----5-------|------------|-5----5-5----5-||
Bridge
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q. E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|------4-7--4--|--------4-----|---------------|
|------4-7--4--|-5------------|------6----6--|-7----7-7----7-|
|-5------------|--------------|-7------------|---------------|
D.S. al Coda
Q. E Q Q Q. E Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|--------------|--------------|---------------|-----------------||
|--------------|------4-7--4--|-9----9------9-|-8----8-8----8---||
|------4-7--4--|-5------------|--------9------|-----------------||
|-5------------|--------------|---------------|-----------------||
Outro
&
H Q. E H H H H H H H H
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------*|
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------*|
|------7----7-|------7----|------7----|------7----|------7----*|
|-5-----------|-5---------|-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