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REVOLUTION (Bassline)
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1968 Album PAST MASTERS VOL. 2)
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney (Bass)'
Intro
Q=120(8=s8)
4/4
Gtr I
W W W H Q E E
|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------2--|
1st, 2nd & 3rd Verses
$
2/4 4/4
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E
||---------------|--------------|-------|--------------|----------------|
||o--------------|--------------|-------|--------------|----6--9--11-9--|
||o----6--9--6-9-|----6--9--6-9-|----6--|----6--9--6-9-|-7--------------|
||--7------------|-7------------|-7-----|-7------------|----------------|
2/4
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------|
|----6--9--6-9-|----6--9--6-9-|----6--9--6-9-|----6--9--6-9-|----6---|
|-7------------|-7------------|-7------------|-7------------|-7------|
4/4
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
|----6--9--6-9-|----6--9--6-9-|--------------|---------------||
|-7------------|-7------------|-9--7--6--9\--|-------4----4--||
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-2--6-----6----||
Pre-Chorus
2/4 4/4
Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H E E +E E +Q Q Q Q
|------------|------------|------------|-----------|--------------|
|------------|------------|------------|-----------|--------------|
|------------|------------|------------|-----------|--------------|
|-4----------|-2----------|-4----------|-5-7-(7)-4-|-(4)--4--4--4-|
Chorus
Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------||-----------------|-2---2---2-------|-----------------|
|--------------||-2---2---2---2---|---2---2-------1-|-2---2---2---2---|
|-2--2--2--2-2-||---2---2---2---2-|-----------4-5---|---2---2---2---2-|
Interlude
1.
To Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||------|
|-2---2---2-------|-----------------|-2---2---2-------||------|
|---2---2-------1-|-2---2---2---2---|---2---2-------1-||------|
|-----------4-5---|---2---2---2---2-|-----------4-5---||-2----|
2.
+Q. E E Q E H H H E Q.
|-----------------||-----------|-------------||
|----------------o||-----------|-------------||
|----------------o||-----------|-------------||
|-(2)---2-2-2--6--||-2---------|--------2/---||
2/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2-----|
|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---|
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---|-4---4---4---4---|-4---4---4---4----|
|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D.S. al Coda &
E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H. +H. Q
|---------------|--------------||------------|-------------||
|-4---4------x--|----x-----x\--||------------|-------------||
|---4---4-x-----|-x-----x------||------------|-------------||
|---------------|--------------||-2--2-------|-(2)------2--||
Out-Chorus
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|----6--9--6-9-|--------------|--------------|
|----6--9--6-9-|-7------------|----6--9--6-9-|-7------------|
|-7------------|--------------|-7------------|----4--7--9-7-|
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q E E E E E E E E +H
|--------------|--------------|---------------|----------------*|
|--------------|--------------|---------------|----------------*|
|----6--9--6-9-|-7------------|-------------1-|-2-1-3-2-(2)----*|
|-7------------|----4--7--9-7-|-2--2--2-4-5---|----------------*|
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