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OCTOPUS'S GARDEN (Bassline)
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1969 Album ABBEY ROAD)
Words and Music by Ringo Starr
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
Intro
Q=96
4/4
Gtr I
H E E E E H S S E E E q q q q
|--------------|----------------|-------------|
|--------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------7---|--------7---4-6-|-7-----4-----|
|--------7-----|----------7-----|----7-----4--|
1st - 3rd Verses
$
q q E E E E q q q q q q q q q q q E E
|---------------||--------------|-------------|---------------|
|---------------||o-------------|-------------|---------------|
|----7----4-6---||o-7-----7--6--|-4-----4--2--|----7-----7----|
|-5-----7-----7-||-----7--------|----4--------|-5-----5----5--|
|---6---|
E E E E E E E S S S S q q q q q q q q q q Q E E
|-----------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-----------------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------6-------6-|-7-----7--6--|-4-----4--2--|----7-----7---|
|-7-7-7-7-7-9---7-7h9---|----7--------|----4--------|-5-----5----5-|
Pre-Chorus
E E E E E E S S E W +H Q Q W
|-------------------||----------|--------------|------|
|-------------------||----------|--------------|------|
|-----------6-----6-||----------|--------------|------|
|-7-7-7-7-9---7-9---||-9--------|-(9)----9--7--|-5----|
Chorus
To Coda
E E E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q E E
|--------------------||----9--------|----6--------|----------------|
|--------------------||-------------|-------------|----7-----------|
|--------------------||-7-----7--6--|-4-----4--2--|-------------6--|
|-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-9-11-||-------------|-------------|-5----5-7--9----|
1. 2.
Q Q Q S S E Q Q E S S S S S S
|----9--9--9--------||-------/9-9-9-9-7-6---||
|------------11-11-o||--------------------9-||
|-7----------------o||-7--------------------||
|-------------------||----7-----------------||
Guitar Solo
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-7-7----7-7----|-4-4----4-4----|-----------------|
|-----7------7--|-----4------4--|-5-5----5-5---5--|
|---------------|---------------|-----5------5----|
E E Q S S S S Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E S S S S
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------|
|------------6------|-7-7----7-7----|-4-4----4-4----|---------------------|
|-7-7----7-9-----7--|-----7------7--|-----4------4--|-5-5----7-7---5-4----|
|-----7-------------|---------------|---------------|-----5------7-----7--|
D.S. al Coda &
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q E E Q E E
|------------------||--------------|-------------|---------------|
|------------------||--------------|-------------|---------------|
|---------------6--||----7-------6-|-7-----------|------7----6-9-|
|-5-5-5-5-7-7-9----||-5-----7--9---|----7--9--7--|-5--9---7------|
Outro
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q +H +E Q E
|-----------------|-------------||--------------|------------------*|
|-----------------|-------------||--------------|------------------*|
|-----------------|----4-----6--||-7-------6-7--|-(7)----(7)-------*|
|-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-|-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