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DON'T BOTHER ME (Bassline)
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1963 Album WITH THE BEATLES)
Words and Music by George Harrison
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
Intro
Q=139
4/4
Gtr I
H H H H E E E E E E E E
|-----------|-----------|------------------|
|-----------|-----------|------------------|
|-5----9----|-7----5----|-7-5-----7-5------|
|-----------|-----------|-------7-------7--|
1st & 2nd Verses
H H Q. E E E E E Q. E Q Q Q. E E E E E
|-----------||------------------|--------------|------7---7-----|
|-----------||o-/9----------7-9-|-7----7----7--|-5----------5-4-|
|-7----7----||o-------9---9-----|--------7-----|----------------|
|-----------||------------------|--------------|----------------|
Q. E E E Q Q. E E E E E Q. E +E E Q Q. E E E Q
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-2----------2--|-/9----------7-9-|-7---------------|---------------|
|------2---2----|-------9---9-----|------7-(7)-7-5--|------5---5-5--|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------------|
Chorus
$
Q Q H Q E E +H Q E E +H
|------------||---------------|---------------|
|------------||---------------|---------------|
|------------||-7----7-(7)----|---------------|
|-3----------||---------------|-5----5-(5)----|
1.
Q E E +H Q. E +Q Q
|---------------||-----------------||
|---------------||----------------o||
|-7----7-(7)----||-7----7-(7)--7--o||
|---------------||-----------------||
Bridge
2.,D.S.
E E E E E E E E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E Q E E E E
|-----------------||---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------------||--------4----4-|---------------|----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-5----5--------|-7----7-5----5-|-7-5----7-5---7-|
|-----------------||---------------|---------------|-----7------7---|
Q Q E E Q H H H Q. E Q Q E E Q
|--------------|-----------|-------------|--------------|
|--------------|-----------|-------------|--------------|
|----7----7----|-5----9----|-7----5----5-|-7--7---------|
|--------------|-----------|-------------|-------7-7----|
H E E E E Q. E +Q Q Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q
|--------------|----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--------------|-9-----------7--|-9----------9--|-7----------5--|
|-7----7---7---|------9-(9)-----|------9---9----|------7---7----|
|--------7-----|----------------|---------------|---------------|
Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q Q. E E E Q
|----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-7----------7\--|------5---5----|------5---5----|---------------|
|------7---7-----|-3----------3--|-3----------3--|-7----------5--|
|----------------|---------------|---------------|------7---7----|
3rd Verse
Q Q H Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E Q Q. E +E E E E
|------------||------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|------------||-9------------7-9-|-7------------7--|-5------------5-4-|
|-7----------||------9-(9)-9-----|------7-(7)-7----|------5-(5)-5-----|
|------------||------------------|-----------------|------------------|
Q. E +E E Q Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E Q Q. E +E E Q
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-9------------7-9-|-7---------------|-5------------4--|
|-7------------7--|------9-(9)-9-----|------7-(7)-7-5--|------5-(5)-5----|
|------7-(7)-7----|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Chorus
To Coda
Q Q H Q E E +H Q E E +H Q E E +H
|------------||---------------|---------------|---------------||
|-5----------||---------------|---------------|---------------||
|------------||-7----7-(7)----|---------------|-7----7-(7)----||
|------------||---------------|-5----5-(5)----|---------------||
Guitar Solo
Q Q H Q Q E E E E Q Q E E Q Q. E +Q E E
|------------||---------------|--------------|-----------------|
|------------||-9--9------7-9-|-7--7------7--|-5-----------5-4-|
|-7----------||-------9-9-----|-------7-7----|------5-(5)------|
|------------||---------------|--------------|-----------------|
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q Q
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-2------------0-2-|-/9-----------7-9-|-7-----------7---|-5-----------4--|
|------2-(2)-2-----|-------9-(9)------|------7-(7)----5-|------5-(5)-----|
|------------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------|
Outro
D.S. al Coda &
Q Q H Q. E +Q Q Q. E +E E E E
|------------||----------------|------------------|
|-5----------||----------------|------------------|
|------------||----------------|-7----7-(7)-7-7---|
|------------||-5----5-(5)--5--|----------------5-|
+Q. E +H Q. E +E E E E
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-7----7-(7)-7-7---|
|-(5)---5-(5)----|----------------5-|
+Q. E E E E E Q Q E E E E +Q. E E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------*|
|---------7-5-----|-----------5-7-|-(7)---5-7-5-4---|------------------*|
|-------------7-5-|-7--7--7-7-----|---------------7-|-7----7-(7)-7-7---*|
|-(5)---5---------|---------------|-----------------|----------------5-*|
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