The Beatles - The long and winding road
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THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD (Bassline)
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1970 Album LET IT BE...NAKED)
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
1st Verse
Q=84
4/4
Gtr I
W W E E Q E E +Q Q. E Q Q
|----------|----------|-----------------|--------------|
|----------|----------|-----------------|--------------|
|----------|----------|-----------------|-6------4-----|
|----------|----------|---6-6--6-6-(6)--|--------------|
H. Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H Q Q Q Q
|------------|-------------|------------|--------------|
|------------|-------------|------------|--------------|
|------------|-------------|-3----------|-------1------|
|-4----------|-4-----3-----|------------|-1------------|
Q Q Q E E Q. E Q. E W Q. E Q Q
|-------------------|-----------------|----------|---------------|
|---------/8--/11---|-----------------|----------|---------------|
|-6--/10------------|-11------10------|----------|--------1------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-8--------|-1-------------|
2nd - 4th Verses
$
W W E E Q E Q E Q Q Q Q
|----------||--5--------|---------------|--------------|
|-1--------||o----------|---------------|--------------|
|----------||o----------|---------------|-6-----4------|
|----------||-----------|---6-6--6-6----|--------------|
Q Q H Q Q Q Q W Q Q Q Q
|------------|-------------|----------|--------------|
|------------|-------------|----------|--------------|
|------------|-------------|-3--------|-------1------|
|-4----------|-4-----3-----|----------|-1------------|
To Coda
Q E E E E E E Q Q Q Q H. Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------|---------------|------------|--------------|
|----------8---11---|---------------|------------|--------------|
|-6--/10------------|-11-----10-----|------------|-------1------|
|-------------------|---------------|-8----------|-1------------|
Bridge
1.
H H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------||-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-1---------||-8-----6-----|-5-----------|-8-----6------|
|-----------||-------------|-------8-----|--------------|
|-----------||-------------|----------6--|--------------|
Interlude
2.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q E E Q E E
|--------------||--------------|---------------|
|-5--------8--o||-8--8--6----6-|-5----5----8---|
|-------8-----o||--------------|--------8------|
|--------------||--------------|---------------|
D.S. al Coda
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q
|---------------|----------------||
|-8--8---6--6---|-5--5------8----||
|---------------|--------8-------||
|---------------|----------------||
&
Q Q Q Q H. Q E E Q E E +E E W +W
|-------------|------------|------------------|----------|--------*|
|-------------|-1----------|------------------|----------|--------*|
|-------1-----|------------|------------------|-6--------|-(6)----*|
|-1-----------|------------|---6-6--6-6-(6)---|----------|--------*|
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