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LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID (Bassline)
As recorded by Paul McCartney & Wings
(From the 1975 Album VENUS AND MARS)
Words and Music by Paul & Linda McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
Intro
Q=114
4/4
Gtr I
E. S a Q E. S a Q E. S a Q E. S a Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|------4s5-------4s5--|------4s5-------4s5--|
|-3--3------3--3------|-3--3------3--3------|
E. S a Q E. S a Q E. S a Q E. S a Q
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|------4s5-------4s5--|------4s5-------4s5----|
|-3--3------3--3------|-3--3------3--3--------|
E. S a Q E. S a Q E. S a Q E. S a Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|------4s5-------4s5--|------4s5-------4s5--|
|-3--3------3--3------|-3--3------3--3------|
E. S a Q E. S a Q E. S a Q E E e e
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|------4s5-------4s5--|------4s5------2-5---||
|-3--3------3--3------|-3--3------3-5-------||
1st & 2nd Verses
Q Q Q E E Q Q E. S E E Q E. S E E E E Q. E Q Q
||---------------|----------------|-----------4-----|---------------|
||o--------------|----------------|-------------4-3-|-2----2-2------|
||o-5--5--5--5-4-|-3--3--3--2-3-3-|-2--2--0-2-------|-----------1---|
||---------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|
E. S e e E. S Q E. S Q E. S E E E. S Q E. S Q E. S Q e e e e
|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------7-7------7\--|-2--2----2--2---2-|-3--3----3--3----|-3--3----3-2-3-5-|
|-5--5-----5--5-----|------2-------2---|------3-------3--|------3----------|
E. S a Q E. S a Q E. S a Q E. S a Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|------4s5-------4s5--|------4s5-------4s5--|
|-3--3------3--3------|-3--3------3--3------|
1.
E. S a Q E. S a Q E. S a Q E E e e
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|------4s5-------4s5--|------4s5------2-5---o||
|-3--3------3--3------|-3--3------3-5--------||
Chorus
2.
$
E. S a Q E. S a Q Q Q Q E E Q. E Q E E E. S Q E. S E E
|---------------------||---------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------------||o--------------|---------------|--------------------|
|------4s5-------4s5--||o----3--5--5-5-|-5----5-5--5-5-|------5-------5-5---|
|-3--3------3--3------||--3------------|---------------|-3--3----3--3-------|
E. S E E a E E E E Q. E Q. E Q. E E e e e E. S E E E. S E E
|--------------------|---------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-5--5-----5s7-5-----|---------------|----------------|-------------------|
|------5-7-------7-5-|-3------3------|-3------3-2-3-5-|------5-5------5-5-|
|--------------------|------3------3-|------3---------|-3--3-----3--3-----|
Interlude
E. S E E E E E E E. S E E E. S E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E. S a E E
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------||-------------------|
|----------5-5-----|-------------------|-5-7-9-7-5-------||--------5--5-------|
|------5-5-----5-7-|------5-5------5-5-|-----------7-5---||----5-5------4s5-5-|
|-3--3-------------|-3--3-----3--3-----|---------------7-||-3-----------------|
To Coda
E. S a Q E. S a Q E. S a Q E. S a Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|------4s5-------4s5--|------4s5-------4s5--|
|-3--3------3--3------|-3--3------3--3------|
Sax Solo
1.
E. S a Q E E e e Q Q E Q E
|-------------------||---------------|
|-------------------||---------------|
|------4s5------2-5-||-5--5--5-5--4--|
|-3--3------3-5-----||---------------|
E. S E E E. S E E E. S Q E. S E E Q. E Q Q Q. E E. S E E
|-------------------|------------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|--------------4-3-|-2----2-2-----|-----------------|
|-3--3-----3--3---3-|-2--2----2--5-----|-----------1--|------7------7---|
|------3-3------3---|------2-----------|--------------|-5------5--5---5-|
E. S E E E. S E E E. S Q E. S E E
|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|
|-2--2---2-2--2---2-|-3--3----3--3-----|
|------2--------2---|------3-------3-3-|
Interlude
E. S E E E e e e E. S a Q E. S a Q
|------------------||-----------------------|
|------------------||-----------------------|
|-3--3---3-3-2-3-5-||------4s5-------4s5----|
|------3-----------||-3--3------3--3--------|
E. S a Q E. S a Q E. S a Q E. S a Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|------4s5-------4s5--|------4s5-------4s5--|
|-3--3------3--3------|-3--3------3--3------|
2.
D.S. al Coda
E. S a Q E E e e E. S a Q E e e e
|--------------------||----------------------||
|-------------------o||----------------------||
|------4s5------2-5-o||------4s5-------------||
|-3--3------3-5------||-3--3------3-3-3-3----||
Bridge
&
E. S a Q E E e e H Q. E +E Q E Q Q H E Q E
|-------------------||-------------|----------------|-------------|
|-------------------||-------------|----------------|-------------|
|------4s5------5-5-||------5------|----------5--5--|------5-5----|
|-3--3------3-3-----||-3---------3-|-(3)-3--3-------|-3---------3-|
+E E E E Q Q Q. E E Q E +E E E E Q Q Q. E E Q E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-------2-3-5--5--|--------5-5----|-------2-3-5--5--|--------5-5----|
|-(3)-3-----------|-3----3------3-|-(3)-3-----------|-3----3------3-|
Interlude
Q=80
+E E Q Q Q E. S a Q E. S a Q E. S a Q E. S Q W
|----------------||---------------------|-------------------|------|
|----------------||---------------------|-------------------|------|
|----------5--5--||------4s5-------4s5--|------4s5-------5--|------|
|-(3)-3-3--------||-3--3------3--3------|-3--3------3--3----|-3----|
Outro
Q=66
+Q. E +Q. E H. Q H. Q Q. E Q Q
|-----------------||------------|------------|--------------|
|-----------------||------------|------------|--------------|
|-----------------||------------|-7-------7--|-----------5--|
|-(3)---3-(3)---5-||-7-------7--|------------|-7----7-7-----|
H Q. E Q. E Q Q W W +W
|-------------|--------------|----------|----------|--------*|
|-------------|--------------|----------|----------|--------*|
|-7-----------|-----------5--|-7--------|----------|--------*|
|------0----5-|-7----7-7-----|----------|-0--------|-(0)----*|
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
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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
Any time, any day
You can hear the people say,
But he wont mind, well, I don't know
But I say love is kind
Soldier boy kisses girl
Leaves behind a tragic world
But he wont mind, he's in love
And he says love is fine
Oh -- yes, indeed we know
That people will find a way to go
No matter what the man said
And love is fine for all we know
For all we know, our love will grow
-- that's what the man said
So wont you listen to what the man said
He said. .. ..
Oh -- yes, indeed we know
That people will find a way to go. ..
Oh -- yes, indeed we know
That people will find a way to go. ..
Etc. Etc.
The wonder of it all baby. .. ..
The wonder of it all baby. .. ..
Other Versions & Arrangements
- Listen To What The Man Said (Chords)
- Listen To What The Man Said (Tabs)
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