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THE WORD (Bassline)
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1965 Album RUBBER SOUL)
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
Intro
Q=104
4/4
Gtr I
W E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S
|----------|---------------------|----------------------||
|----------|---------------------|----------------------||
|----------|-5-5---5-3-------3-4-|-5-5---5-3-------3-4--||
|----------|-----------5-5-------|-----------5-5--------||
1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Verses
$
E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||o-5-5---5-3-------3-4-|-5-5---5-3-------3-4-|-5-5---5-3-------3-4-|
||------------5-5-------|-----------5-5-------|-----------5-5-------|
E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------3-|-5-5---5-3---------3-|-5-5---5-3----------|
|-5-5---5-3-------5---|-----------5-5---5---|-----------5-5-3----|
|-----------5-5-------|---------------------|-----------------5--|
E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E E E E E E +Q Q E E E E +Q Q
|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|-------7-(7)-----|-------5-(5)------|
|-5-5---5-3---------3-|-5-5---5-3-----3---|---4-7-----------|---2-5------------|
|-----------5-5---5---|-----------5-5---5-|-5---------------|-3----------------|
Bridge
To Coda
Q E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E +Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------------|--------------------||-------------|--------------|
|--------------------|--------------------||-------------|--------------|
|-5----5-3---------3-|-5-5---5-3----------||-5--5--5--5--|-3--3--3--3---|
|----------5-5---5---|-----------5-5-(5)--||-------------|--------------|
1.,2.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q S S E
|-------------|--------------5--||
|-3--3--3--3--|-5--5--5--5s7---o||
|-------------|----------------o||
|-------------|-----------------||
Interlude
3.
D.S. al Coda &
Q Q Q S S E E E E S S E E +E E Q Q Q Q
|--------------5-||---------------------||-------------|
|-5--5--5--5-7---||---------------------||-------------|
|----------------||-5-5---5-3-----------||-5--5--5--5--|
|----------------||-----------5-5-(5)-5-||-------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q S S S S S S S S Q E. S E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-----------5-------5---|-----------------|
|-------------|-3--3--3--3--|-5--5--5s7-----5s7-----|-----------------|
|-3--3--3--3--|-------------|-----------------------|-5--5--3-----3-5-|
|-------------|-------------|-----------------------|---------5-5-----|
Outro
Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|---------------4-|-5--5--3-----3-5-|
|-5--5--3-----3-5-||-5--5--3-----3-5-|-5--5--3---3-5---|---------5-5-----|
|---------5-5-----||---------5-5-----|---------5-------|-----------------|
Q E E S S S S S S S S e e e e e e e e E E E S S E E E E
|------------5-----------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-5--5-3-5s7---7s5-3-----|-----------------|--------------------|
|--------------------5---|-5-5-5-3-----3-5-|-5-5---5-3-----3----|
|------------------------|---------5-5-----|-----------5-5---5--|
E E E E +Q Q E E E E +Q Q Q E. S E E E E Q E. S Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-------7-(7)-----|-------5-(5)-----|-----------------|---------------|
|---4-7-----------|---2-5-----------|-5--5--3-----3-4-|-5--5--3-------|
|-5---------------|-3---------------|---------5-5-----|---------5--5--|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-3--3--3--3--|-5--5--5--5--|
|-5--5--5--5--|-3--3--3--3--|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------4-|
|-5--5--3-----3-5-|-5--5--3-----3-5-|-5--5--3-----3-5-|-5--5--3---3-5---|
|---------5-5-----|---------5-5-----|---------5-5-----|---------5-------|
Q E. S E E E E Q E E S S S S S S S S e e e e e e e e
|-----------------|------------5-----------|-----------------|
|-5--5--3-----3-5-|-5--5-3-5s7---7s5-3-----|-----------------|
|---------5-5-----|--------------------5---|-5-5-5-3-----3-5-|
|-----------------|------------------------|---------5-5-----|
E E E S S E E E E E E E E +Q Q E E E E +Q Q Q E. S E E E S S
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------7-(7)-----|-------5-(5)-----|-------------------|
|-5-5---5-3-----3---|---4-7-----------|---2-5-----------|-5--5--3-0-0-3-4-5-|
|-----------5-5---5-|-5---------------|-3---------------|-------------------|
+E. S +E S S +E. S +E. S +E. S +E. S +E. S +E. S +E. S +E. S +E. S +E. S
|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------3-|
|-(5)-5-(5)-3-0-(0)-0-(0)-5-|-(5)-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-(5)-3-|-(3)-3-(3)-3-(3)-3-(3)---|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
+E. S +E. S +E. S +E. S +E. S +E. S +E. S +E. S
|-------------------------|---------------------------*|
|-(3)-3-(3)-3-(3)-3-(3)-5-|-(5)-5-(5)-5-(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
----------------
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