Imagine bass tab by John Lennon

Bass tabs (Ver. 2)

IMAGINE (Bassline)

As recorded by John Lennon
(From the 1971 Album IMAGINE)

Words and Music by John Lennon

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Klaus Voormann - Bass'


 Intro
 Q=75
 4/4
 Gtr I
 W     W     W     W
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||

 1st Verse
 W     W     W     W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|


 W     W     W     W
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||


 Bridge
 H  H   H  H   W      W
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------||
|-3----2----|-----------|-----------|-------||
|-----------|-5----3----|-----------|-------||
|-----------|-----------|-3/--------|-15----||


 2nd Verse
 W     W     W     W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-3--------|----------|-3--------|------|
|----------|-1--------|----------|-1----|

 W     W     W     W
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|-3--------|----------|-3--------|------||
|----------|-1--------|----------|-1----||


 Bridge
 H  H   H  H   W      W
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------||
|-3----2----|-----------|-----------|-------||
|-----------|-5----3----|-----------|-------||
|-----------|-----------|-3/--------|-15----||


 Chorus
 H  H   H  H   H  H   H  H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|------2----|-----------|------2----|
|-----------|-3---------|-----------|-3---------|
|-1----3----|-----------|-1----3----|-----------|


 H  H   H  H   H  H   W
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------||
|-----------|------2----|-----------|------||
|-----------|-3---------|-----------|-3----||
|-1----3----|-----------|-1----3----|------||


 3rd Verse
 W     W     W     W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|-3--------|----------|-3----|
|-3--------|----------|-3--------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|


 W     W     W     W
|----------|----------|----------|------||
|----------|-3--------|----------|-3----||
|----------|----------|-3--------|------||
|-3--------|----------|----------|------||


 Bridge
 H  H   H  H   W     W
|-----------|-----------|----------|------|
|-3----2----|-----------|----------|------|
|-----------|-5----3----|----------|------|
|-----------|-----------|-3--------|-3----|


 Out-Chorus
 H  H   H  H   H  H   H  H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|------2----|-----------|------2----|
|-----------|-3---------|-----------|-3---------|
|-1----3----|-----------|-1----3----|-----------|


             H.=H
 H  H   H  H   H  H   W
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------*|
|-----------|------2----|-----------|------*|
|-----------|-3---------|-----------|-3----*|
|-1----3----|-----------|-1----3----|------*|


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
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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
-----------
 | - 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



Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us

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