Paperback Writer bass tab by The Beatles

Bass tabs (Ver. 2)

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)

Key: G

Difficulty: Intermediate

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'

 Intro:
 Q=157
 4/4
 Gtr I
 Wx7     H   S S S S Q
G|------------|------12-12-12-12-12\--||
D|------------|-----------------------||
A|------------|-----------------------||
E|------------|-----------------------||

 1st Verse:
  Q Q +E E E E  +Q  Q E E E E  q Q +E E E E  +Q  Q E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-5--5--(5)---3-5-|-(5)--5----------|---------------5-|-(5)--5--------3-|
A|-----------5-----|---------0-2s3-5-|-----------0-5---|-----------3-5---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-3--3--(3)-------|---------5-------|


  q Q +E E E E  +Q  Q E E Q  Q Q +E E E E  +Q  Q a E E E E
G|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-5--5--(5)---3-5-|-(5)--5----3-5--|-5--5--(5)---3-5-|-(5)--5------5-----|
A|-----------5-----|---------5------|-----------5-----|---------5h7---7s5-|
E|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|


  Q Q E E E E  +Q  Q E E E E  q H.    W
G|---------------|-----------------|------------|------||
D|---------------|-----------------|-5--5-------|------||
A|-3--3----0-2-3-|-(3)--3----0-2---|------------|------||
E|-------3-------|---------3-------|------------|------||


 2nd Verse:
  a Q a Q E E E E  +Q  Q E Q E  q Q +E E E E  +Q  Q E E Q
G|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D|-3h5--3h5------3-5-|-(5)--5---------|-5--5--(5)---3-5-|-(5)--5----3-5----|
A|-----------5-5-----|-----------3s=5-|-----------5-----|---------5--------|
E|-------------------|---------5------|-----------------|------------------|


  a Q a Q +E E E E  +Q  Q a E E a E E
G|---------------------|---------------------|
D|-3h5--3h5--(5)---3-5-|-(5)--5------5-----5-|
A|---------------5-----|---------5h7---5h7---|
E|---------------------|---------------------|

  +Q  Q +E E E E  Q Q a E E E E
G|-------------------|------------------|
D|-(5)--5--(5)-------|-5--5------5------|
A|---------------3-5-|-------5h7---7s5--|
E|-------------5-----|------------------|


  Q Q +E E E E  +Q  Q E E E E  q H.    +W
G|-----------------|-----------------|------------|--------||
D|-----------------|-----------------|-5--5-------|-(5)----||
A|-3--3--(3)---1-3-|-(3)--3----1-3---|------------|--------||
E|-----------3-----|---------3-------|------------|--------||


 Chorus:
  Wx7     H   S S S S E E
G|------------|------12-12-12-12-12-12-||
D|------------|------------------------||
A|------------|------------------------||
E|------------|------------------------||


 3rd Verse:
  Q Q +E E E E  +Q  Q E E E E  Q Q +E E E E  +Q  Q E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-5--5--(5)---3-5-|-(5)--5----------|---------------5-|-(5)--5--------3-|
A|-----------5-----|---------0-2s3-5-|-----------0-5---|-----------3-5---|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-3--3--(3)-------|---------5-------|


  q Q +E E E E  +Q  E E Q Q  Q Q +E E E E  +Q  Q a E E E E
G|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
D|-5--5--(5)---3-5-|-(5)------------|-5--5--(5)---3-5-|-(5)--5------5-----|
A|-----------5-----|------0-2s3--5--|-----------5-----|---------5h7---7s5-|
E|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|


  Q Q E E E E  +Q  Q E E E E  Q H.    +W
G|---------------|-----------------|------------|--------||
D|---------------|-----------------|-5--5-------|-(5)----||
A|-3--3----0-2-3-|-(3)--3----0-2---|------------|--------||
E|-------3-------|---------3-------|------------|--------||


 4th Verse:
  a Q Q E E E E  +E E E E E E E E  +E E Q E E E E  +E E E E +E E E E
G|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|---------------------|
D|-3h5--5--5-5-5-3-|-(3)h5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)h5-5--5-5-5-5-|-(5)-5-3h5-(5)-5-3h5-|
A|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|---------------------|
E|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|---------------------|


  Q E E E E E E  +E E E E E E E E  +E E E E +E E E E  +E E E E E E Q
G|----------------|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
D|-5--5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)h5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-(3)h5-5-3-(3)h5-5-3-|-(3)h5-5-5-5-5-5\--|
A|----------------|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
E|----------------|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|


  Q Q E E E E  +E E Q E E E E  q H.    +W
G|---------------|------------------|------------|--------||
D|---------------|------------------|-5--5-------|-(5)----||
A|-3--3----0-2-3-|-(3)-3-3----0-3---|------------|--------||
E|-------3-------|----------3-------|------------|--------||


 Chorus:
                      |--3--|
  Wx7      a E a Q  a E a Q  E E E
G|------------|-10h12-10h12--10h12-10h12--10-12-10-||
D|------------|------------------------------------||
A|------------|------------------------------------||
E|------------|------------------------------------||


 Interlude:
  Q Q E E E E  +Q  Q E E E E  Q Q E E E E  Q Q E E E E
G|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
D|-5--5------3-5-|-(5)--5--------0-|-5--5------3-5-|-5--5----------|
A|-------5-5-----|---------0-2-3---|-------0-5-----|-------0-2-3-5-|
E|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|


  Q Q +E E E E  +Q  Q E E E E  Q Q +E E E E  +Q  Q E E E E
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D|-5--5--(5)---3-5-|-(5)--5----------|---------------5-|-(5)--5--------3-||
A|-----------5-----|---------0-2-3-5-|-----------0-5---|-----------5-----||
E|-----------------|-----------------|-3--3--(3)-------|---------5-------||


 Outro:
   Q Q +E E E E  +E E E E +E E Q  Q Q +E E E E  +Q  Q a Q Q  x2
G||------------------|--------------------|-----------------|------------------||
D||o-5--5--(5)---3-5-|-(5)---3-5-(5)---3--|-5--5--(5)---3-5-|-(5)--5-------5--o||
A||o-----------5-----|-----5---------5----|-----------5-----|---------5h7-----o||
E||------------------|--------------------|-----------------|------------------||

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Duration 🏷Legend

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; a - acciaccatura;
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted;
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.
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration).

| (n) - note tied to previous
|  h  - hammer-on
|  s  - legato slide
|  \  - slide out of (to "nowhere")
| |-3-| - triplet
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