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THE CONTINUING STORY OF BUNGALOW BILL
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1968 Album THE BEATLES (WHITE ALBUM))
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
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
x 3 2C 0 1 0 3 2 0G 0 0 3 1 3 Fm3 1 1 1 x 0 2A 2 2 0
0 2 2E 1 0 0 x x Dm0 2 3 1 x 0 Am2 2 1 0 1 3 3F 2 1 1
G(type 2) C/G G(type 3)
3 5 5 4 3 3 x x x 0 1 0 x x x 0 0 3
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'George Harrison - Nylon String Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'John Lennon - Acoustic Guitar'
Intro (Freetime)
Q=6Q=90 Q=105 Q=110 Q=113 Q=112 Q=105
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
|----6----|
Q Q 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
|----^0----0-1-0-------------|---------------------------------|
|----^0--4-------3-1-0-3-1-0-|---------------------------------|
|----^0----------------------|-2-0-----------------------------|
|----^2----------------------|-----3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-----------|
|----^4----------------------|-----------------------3-2-3-2-0-|
|-0--------------------------|---------------------------------|
Chorus
Q=80 Q=20 Q=107
CGtr II G
W E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
Gtr I
S S E E E E E Q W
|---------------0--||------------------|
|-------------0----||o-----------------|
|-----------0------||------------------|
|---------4--------||------------------|
|-------2----------||o-----------------|
|-3-1-0------------||------------------|
C Fm C Fm G
2/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
Q=73
A E A Dm A Dm E
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
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W W W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
1st - 3rd Verses
Q=70
Am C F G(type 2) Am C
E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I
H H H Q Q H H
|------------------|----------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------|----------13-------|
|------------------|----------10-------12-------|-14----------------|
|-7-------10-------|-10-------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|----------------------------|-------------------|
Q=40 Q=106
F G(type 2) Am G Am Fm
E E E E S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E H W
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H Q Q H H H H W 3x
|-13-------13-------15-------|-12-------15-------|-17-------20----|-------||
|----------------------------|-------------------|----------------|------o||
|----------------------------|-------------------|----------------|-------||
|----------------------------|-------------------|----------------|-------||
|----------------------------|-------------------|----------------|------o||
|----------------------------|-------------------|----------------|-------||
Chorus
C G C Fm C Fm G
2/4
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
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W W W
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
A E A Dm A Dm E
4/4 2/4
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
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W W W 4x
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------||
Outro
Q=107(8=s8)
C C/GG G(type 3)
4/4
Q Q Q Q W W
| | | |
/ / / /
W W W
|-------------|----------|------|
|-------------|----------|------|
|-------------|----------|------|
|-------------|----------|------|
|-------------|----------|------|
|-------------|----------|------|
N.C.
Gtr I Q Q Q Q +Q H Q +Q Q Q Q +H. Q |-------------|-----------1--|-(1)--0--------|-------------*| |----------1--|-(1)--3-------|---------1-----|-------------*| |-------2-----|--------------|------------0--|-(0)---------*| |----3--------|--------------|---------------|-------------*| |-------------|--------------|---------------|-------------*| |-------------|--------------|---------------|-------------*|