Joe Cocker - With a little help from my friends
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WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS (Bassline)
As recorded by Joe Cocker
(From the 1969 Album WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS)
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Arranged by Joe Cocker & Denny Cordell
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Chris Stainton - Bass'
Intro 1
Q=72
6/8
Gtr I
W W H.
|--------|--------|-------|
|--------|--------|-7-----|
|--------|--------|-------|
|--------|--------|-------|
<
H. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-7-------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|---------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
Intro 2
H. Q. E E E Q. +E E E Q. E E E
|---------|------------|--------------|------------|
|---------|------7-5---|-7----(7)-----|------------|
|---------|----------7-|----------7-4-|--------4-7-|
|-5-------|-5----------|--------------|-5----5-----|
H. Q. E E E Q. +E S S E Q. +E E E
|---------|------------|----------------|--------------|
|-7-------|-7----7-5---|-7----(7)-4-5-7-|--------------|
|---------|----------7-|----------------|----------4-7-|
|---------|------------|----------------|-5----(5)-----|
Q. E E E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q E Q. Q E Q E
|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
|-5----4-----|------7----|-7----7----|-7----7----|-7----7----||
|--------7-4-|----7----7-|----7----7-|----7------|----7----7-||
|------------|-5---------|-----------|-----------|-----------||
1st Verse
Q. Q. Q. E E E Q. Q +S S Q +S S E E E
|-----------|------4-6-7-|---------------|------------4-6-|
|-7----6----|-4----------|---------------|-7--(7)---7-----|
|-----------|------------|-7----7--(7)-7-|--------7-------|
|-----------|------------|---------------|----------------|
Q. Q. Q. E E E Q. Q E E. E S E E E
|-----------|------4-6-7-|-----------|--------------||
|-7----6----|-4----------|---------6-|-7--7---------||
|-----------|------------|-7----7----|------7-----7-||
|-----------|------------|-----------|--------5-5---||
Chorus
Q. E. S E Q. E E E Q. E. S E Q +S S S E E S
|-------------|------------|-------------|------------------|
|-5----4------|------------|-5----4------|------------------|
|---------7-5-|--------4-7-|---------7-5-|------------------|
|-------------|-5----5-----|-------------|-5--(5)-0-5-5-5-5-|
Q. E. S E Q +S S E E E Q. E. S E Q. +Q E
|-------------|----------------|-------------|-------------||
|-5----4------|----------------|-5----4----4-|-------------||
|---------7-5-|------------4-7-|---------7---|-----------7-||
|-------------|-5--(5)-5-5-----|-------------|-5----(5)----||
2nd Verse
Q. E. S E Q. E E E Q. E. S E Q. Q E
|-----------9-|--------6-7-|-------------|-----------|
|-7----6--9---|------9-----|-----------6-|-7----7----|
|-------------|-9----------|-7----7--9---|---------7-|
|-------------|------------|-------------|-----------|
Q. E. S E Q. E. S E Q. E. S E Q S S Q.
|-------------|---------6-7-|-------------|-------------||
|-7----6--7-9-|------9------|-----------6-|-7----7------||
|-------------|-9-----------|-7----7--9---|----7--------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------5----||
Chorus
Q. E. S E Q. E E E Q. E. S E Q. E E E
|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
|-5----4------|------------|-5----4------|------------|
|---------7-5-|--------4-7-|---------7-5-|--------4-7-|
|-------------|-5----5-----|-------------|-5----5-----|
Q. E. S E Q. E E E Q. S S S S E Q. E E E E Q E E E
|---------4---|------------|----------------|------------|------------||
|-5----4----7-|------------|-5----4-------4-|------------|------------||
|-------------|--------4-7-|--------7-5-7---|------------|--------4-7-||
|-------------|-5----5-----|----------------|-5----5-5-5-|-5----5-----||
Bridge
Q. +Q S S Q. E E E e Q Q. Q. E E E
|---------------|------------|-----------|------------|
|-4----(4)------|-4----4-----|-----------|------------|
|-----------7-4-|--------7-4-|-----------|--------4-7-|
|---------------|------------|-5---------|------5-----|
Q. +Q S S Q. E E E Q +S S Q +S S Q +S S Q E
|---------------|------------|-------------------|---------------|
|-4----(4)------|-4----4-----|-------------------|---------------|
|-----------7-4-|--------7-4-|-7--(7)---7--(7)---|-7--(7)---7----|
|---------------|------------|--------7--------7-|--------7----7-|
Q E Q E S S S S S S E S S S S e Q Q.
|-----------|-----------------------|-----------||
|-----------|-----------------------|-----------||
|-7----7----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7---------||
|----7----7-|-----------------------|-----------||
Chorus
Q. E. S E Q. E E E Q. E. S E Q. E S S S S
|-------------|------------|-------------|----------------|
|-5----4----4-|------------|-5----4------|----------------|
|---------7---|------------|---------7-5-|----------4-5-7-|
|-------------|-5----5-5-5-|-------------|-5----5-5-------|
Q. E. S E Q. E E E Q. E. S E Q. +Q E
|-------------|------------|-------------|-------------||
|-5----4----4-|------------|-5----4----4-|-7----(7)----||
|---------7---|--------4-7-|---------7---|-----------7-||
|-------------|-5----5-----|-------------|-------------||
3rd Verse
Q. E. S E Q. E. S E Q. Q E Q. +E a E E
|-----------9-|---------6-7-|-----------|----------9h11-9-|
|-7----6--9---|------9------|-----------|-7----(7)--------|
|-------------|-9-----------|-7----7--7-|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------------|
Q. E. S E Q. E. S E Q. E E E E. S E Q E
|-------------|---------6-7-|------------|-------------||
|-7----6--7-6-|------9------|----------6-|-7-----------||
|-------------|-9-----------|-7----7-9---|----5-7------||
|-------------|-------------|------------|--------5--5-||
Chorus
Q. E. S E Q. E E E Q. E. S E Q. S S S S S S
|-------------|------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-5----4------|------------|-5----4------|--------------4----|
|---------7-5-|--------4-7-|---------7-5-|--------4-5-7---7--|
|-------------|-5----5-----|-------------|-5----5------------|
Q. E. S E Q. E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
|-------------|------------|------------|-------------|------------||
|-5----4------|------------|-5----4-----|-------------|------------||
|---------7-5-|--------4-7-|--------7-5-|-------------|--------4-7-||
|-------------|-5----5-----|------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5----5-----||
Bridge
Q. +Q S S Q. E. S E e Q Q. Q. E E E
|---------------|-------------|-----------|------------|
|-4----(4)------|-4----4--4-4-|-----------|------------|
|-----------7-4-|-------------|-----------|--------4-7-|
|---------------|-------------|-5---------|------5-----|
Q. +Q S S S E. S S E E E Q. Q. Q E S S S S S S
|---------------|----------------|-----------|------------------|
|-4----(4)------|-4----4---4-----|-----------|------------------|
|-----------7-4-|--------7---7-4-|-7----7----|-7----7---7---7---|
|---------------|---5------------|-----------|----7---7---7---7-|
Q. E E E S E S E S E S E e Q Q.
|------------|-----------------|-----------||
|------------|-----------------|-----------||
|-7----7-7---|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7---------||
|----------7-|-----------------|-----------||
Out-Chorus
Q. E. S E E Q E E E Q. E. S E Q E E E E
|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
|-5----4------|------------|-5----4------|------------|
|---------7-5-|--------4-7-|---------7-5-|--------4-7-|
|-------------|-5-5--5-----|-------------|-5--5-5-----|
Q. E. S E E Q E E E E. S E S S E E Q. E E E
|-------------|------------|------4---------|------------|
|-5----4------|------------|-5--7---4-----7-|------------|
|---------7-5-|--------4-7-|----------7-5---|--------4-7-|
|-------------|-5-5--5-----|----------------|-5----5-----|
E. S E S S E E Q. S S S S S S
|------4---------|------------------|
|-5--7---4-----4-|------------7-----|
|----------7-5---|--------7-7---7-7-|
|----------------|-5----5-----------|
E. S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-7----7---7---7---7---|-7-7---7---7-7-7---7---|
|----7---7---7---7---7-|-----7---7-------7---7-|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|---7-7---7---7-7-7---7---|-7-7---7---7-7-7---7---|-7---7---7---7---7---7----|
|-------7---7-------7---7-|-----7---7-------7---7-|---7---7---7---7---7---7--|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---7---7---|
|---7---7---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7---7---7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---|-7---7---7---7---7---7-----|
|---7---7---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-----4-----4-------------|-------------------------*|
|-7---7---7---7---7---7---|-5-7---5-7---4-----4-5-7-|-------------------4-5-7-*|
|---7---7---7---7---7---7-|---------------7-5-------|-4-----------4-5-7-------*|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---7-5-0-5-7-------------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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