I Dont Want To Spoil The Party (ver 2) by The Beatles
I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL THE PARTY (Bassline)
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1964 Album BEATLES FOR SALE)
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
Intro
Q=189
4/4
Gtr I
Wx6 H H H H
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|------------|-5---------|-5---------||
|------------|------5----|------5----||
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1st - 4th Verses
$
$$
H H H H H H
||------------|-----------|-----------|
||o-5---------|-5---------|-5---------|
||o------5----|------5----|------5----|
||------------|-----------|-----------|
H H H H H H H H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-5---------|-5---------|-5---------|-----------|
|------5----|------5----|------5----|-5---------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------5----|
Chorus
H H H Q Q H H H H
|-----------||------------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------||------------|-9---------|-7---------|
|-5---------||-7-------7--|------9----|------7----|
|------5----||------7-----|-----------|-----------|
To Coda
To Coda
H Q Q H H H Q Q H H
|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|------7-----|-5---------|-3-------3--|-5---------|
|-5-------5--|------5----|------3-----|------5----|
|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
Bridge
1. 2.
H Q Q H Q Q H H H Q Q H H
|-------------||------------||------------|------------|-----------|
|-5-------5--o||-5-------4--||o-5---------|-5-------5--|-----------|
|------5-----o||------5-----||o------5----|------5-----|-7---------|
|-------------||------------||------------|------------|------7----|
1. 2.
D.S. al Coda
H H H H H Q Q H Q Q
|-----------|-----------|-------------||------------||
|-----------|-----------|---------4--o||---------4--||
|------7----|-3----3----|-5----7-----o||-5----7-----||
|-5---------|-----------|-------------||------------||
Guitar Solo
&
Q Q Q Q H H H Q Q H H
|-------------||-----------|------------|-----------|
|-5--------4--||-5---------|-5-------4--|-5---------|
|----5--7-----||------5----|------5-----|------5----|
|-------------||-----------|------------|-----------|
Q Q Q Q H H Q Q Q Q H H
|-------------|-----------|-------------|-----------|
|-5--------4--|-5---------|-5--5--4-----|-----------|
|----5--7-----|------5----|----------7--|-5---------|
|-------------|-----------|-------------|------5----|
H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q
|------------|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|-9-------9--|-7-------7--|
|-5-------5--|-7-------7--|------9-----|------7-----|
|------5-----|------7-----|------------|------------|
Q Q Q Q H H H Q Q H H
|-------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|-------------|-5---------|-3-------3--|-5---------|
|-5--3--2-----|------5----|------3-----|------5----|
|----------5--|-----------|------------|-----------|
Bridge
Q Q Q Q H H H Q Q H H
|-------------||------------|------------|-----------|
|-5--------4--||o-5---------|-5-------5--|-----------|
|----5--7-----||o------5----|------5-----|-7---------|
|-------------||------------|------------|------7----|
1. 2.
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
H H H H H Q Q H Q Q
|-----------|-----------|-------------||------------||
|-----------|-----------|---------4--o||---------4--||
|------7----|-3----3----|-5----7-----o||-5----7-----||
|-5---------|-----------|-------------||------------||
Outro
&&
Q Q Q Q H H H Q Q H H
|-------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|-5--------4--|-5---------|-5-------5--|-----------|
|----5--7-----|------5----|------5-----|-5---------|
|-------------|-----------|------------|------5----|
H Q Q H H H Q Q W +W
|------------|-----------|------------|----------|--------*|
|------------|-----------|------------|-5--------|-(5)----*|
|-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
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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
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