The Beatles - We can work it out
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WE CAN WORK IT OUT (Bassline)
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1965 Album PAST MASTERS VOL.2)
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
1st Verse
Q=108
4/4
Gtr I
H E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E E +E E
|-7-------7----|----7-----7---7----|-5--5----5-----7--(7)---|
|--------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|-5----5-(5)---|-5-(5)---(5)-(5)---|-3-(3)--(3)s5-(5)-(5)-0-|
|--------------|-------------------|------------------------|
H E Q E H E Q. E Q E Q q E. S E E E. S E E
|-7-----7---7-----|-7----7-7----|-5--5----5--7--7--|--------------------|
|-----------------|-------------|------------------|-5--5-5-------------|
|-5----(5)-(5)--0-|-5----5-5----|-3-(3)--(3)-5--5--|----------5--5-5----|
|-----------------|-------------|------------------|--------------------|
2nd, 3rd & 4th Verses
$
E. S E E E. S E E H E Q. H E Q. E Q. E Q E
|-------------------||--7----7-7----|-7----7-7----|-5-5----7-7-----|
|-5--5-5---7--7-7---||o-------------|-------------|----------------|
|-------------------||o-5----5-5----|-5----5-5----|-3-3----5-5-----|
|-------------------||--------------|-------------|-------------5--|
To Coda
H E Q E H E E +Q E Q E E E q q q q q
|-7-----7---7-----|-7----7-7-(7)--|-5--5----5--7-7-7--|--------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-------------------|-5--5---------|
|-5----(5)-(5)----|-5----5-5-(5)--|-3-(3)--(3)-5-5-5--|-------5--5---|
|---------------5-|---------------|-------------------|--------------|
Bridge
E E E E q q E E +Q E Q E Q. E E Q E Q Q E Q E
|---------------||-11-11-(11)---------|---------------|---------------|
|-5-5-5---7--7--||--9--9--(9)---------|-9----9-7-7--7-|-5--5-------5--|
|---------------||-------------9-9--9-|---------------|-------5-5-----|
|---------------||--------------------|---------------|---------------|
Q Q E Q. H H H H q q E E E E
|--------------|-----------|-----------|----------------|
|-4--4---------|-----------|-----------|-9--9------7-8--|
|-------4-4----|-2----0----|-----------|-------9-9------|
|--------------|-----------|-3----2----|----------------|
q q Q Q Q Q E Q E q q Q Q H H
|-------------|--------------|-------------|-----------|
|-9--9--7--7--|-5--5-------5-|-4--4-----4--|-----------|
|-------------|-------5-5----|-------4-----|-2----0----|
|-------------|--------------|-------------|-----------|
1. 2.
D.S. al Coda &
H H H H E. S E E q q
|------------||-----------||----------------|
|-----------o||-----------||-5--5-5---------|
|-----------o||-----------||----------5--5--|
|-3----2-----||-3----2----||----------------|
Outro
E. S E E E. S E E H H W +W
|-------------------||-7----7----|-7--------|-(7)----*|
|-5--5-5---7--7-7---||-----------|----------|--------*|
|-------------------||-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