Listen To What The Man Said bass tab by Wings

LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID (Bassline)

As recorded by 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
-----------
 | - 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. .. ..
The wonder of it all baby. .. ..