The Beatles - What youre doing
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WHAT YOU'RE DOING (Bassline)
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1964 Album BEATLES FOR SALE)
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
Intro
Q=122
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4 Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------|------------7-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-7-|------------7-5-|
|------------|-5--5-5-5-5-----|----------------|-5--5-5-5-5-----|
|------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
1st & 2nd Verses
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------||-----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-7-||o------------7-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-7-|------------7-5--||
|----------------||o-5--5-5-5-5-----|----------------|-5--5-5-5-5------||
|----------------||-----------------|----------------|-----------------||
Chorus
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|-4--4-4-4-4----|----------------|-----------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-7-7-|------------7--|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-7-7--|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
Bridge
1. 2.
$
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------||----------------||-4--4-4-----4-4--|
|------------7-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-7-7-o||-5--5-5-5-5-7-7-||--------4-4------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-----|----------------o||----------------||-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------||----------------||-----------------|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|-4--4-4-----4---|----------------|-----------------|
|-5--5-5-----5-5-|--------4-4---7-|----------------|-----------------|
|--------5-5-----|----------------|-7--7-7---------|-7--7-7-----7-7--|
|----------------|----------------|--------7-7-7-7-|--------7-7------|
3rd & 4th Verses
W +H. Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------|-------------||----------------|-----------------|
|-7--------|-(7)------7--||------------9-7-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-7--|
|----------|-------------||-5--5-5-5-5-----|-----------------|
|----------|-------------||----------------|-----------------|
Chorus
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------||-4--4-4-4-4-----|-----------------|
|------------7-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-7-||------------7-7-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-5--5-5-5-5-----|----------------||----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------||----------------|-----------------|
Guitar Solo
To Coda
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------|----------------||----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7--|------------7-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-7-||------------7-5-|
|------------------|-5--5-5-5-5-----|----------------||-5--5-5-5-5-----|
|------------------|----------------|----------------||----------------|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-4--4-4-4-4------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-7-|------------7-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-7-|------------7-7--|
|----------------|-5--5-5-5-5-----|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
D.S. al Coda
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|--------7-7-6-6-|-5--5-5-----5-7--||
|----------------|----------------|-5--5-5---------|--------5-5------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
Out-Chorus
&
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------------7-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-7-|------------7-5-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-----|----------------|-5--5-5-5-5-----|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-7-|------------7-5-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-7-|
|----------------|-5--5-5-5-5-----|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
W +W Q. E Q Q Q Q +E E E E
|----------|------------|--------------|------------------|
|----------|------------|-7----7-7--7--|-7--7--(7)-7-5----|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|--------------|---------------7--|
|----------|------------|--------------|------------------|
Outro
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
||o--------------4-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-7-|--------------4-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-7-o||
||o-5--5-5-5-5-5---|----------------|-5--5-5-5-5-5---|----------------o||
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
Duration Legend
---------------
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
-----------
| - 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