Paperback Writer bass tab by The Beatles (Ver. 2)
Bass Tab
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|------------|-----------------------||
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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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