Lady Madonna (ver 8) by Beatles
LADY MADONNA (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=115
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4
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$$
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E
||-----------------2-|-----------------2-|
||---------0-0-3s4---|---------0-0-3s4---|
||-0-0-3-4-----------|-0-0-3-4-----------|
||-------------------|-------------------|
To Dbl. Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------||
|---------0-0-2-2-|-3-3-5-5-7-7-7-7--||
|-0-0-3-4---------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------||
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------2-|-----------------2-|-----------------|-----------------||
|---------0-0-3s4---|---------0-0-3s4---|---------0-0-2-2-|-3-3-5-5-7-7-7-7-||
|-0-0-3-4-----------|-0-0-3-4-----------|-0-0-3-4---------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
1st & 2nd Verses
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-3-3-2-2-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-3-3-2-2-----|-------------5-5-|-3-3-2-2---------|-----2-2-3-3-7-7-|
|-------------5-5-|-----------------|---------5-5-3-3-|-5-5-------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H H H H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|-----------||
|-----------------|-5-5-3-3-2-2-----|-----------|-2---------||
|-5-5-3-3-2-2-----|-------------5-5-|-3----2----|-----------||
|-------------5-5-|-----------------|-----------|------0----||
Chorus
$
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E
||------------------2-|-----------------2-|
||o---------0-0-3s4---|---------0-0-3s4---|
||o-0-0-3-4-----------|-0-0-3-4-----------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------||
|---------0-0-2-2-|-3-3-5-5-7-7-7-7--||
|-0-0-3-4---------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------||
1.
To Coda
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------2-|-----------------2-|-----------------|-----------------||
|---------0-0-3s4---|---------0-0-3s4---|---------0-0-2-2-|-3-3-5-5-7-7-7-7-||
|-0-0-3-4-----------|-0-0-3-4-----------|-0-0-3-4---------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Interlude
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-3-3-2-2-----|-----------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-3-3-2-2-----|-------------5-5-|-3-3-2-2-0-0-----|---2-3-5-(5)-7-(7)-3-|
|-------------5-5-|-----------------|-------------3-3-|-5-------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H H H Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|-------------||
|-----------------|-5-5-3-3-2-2-----|-----------|-2----2--2--o||
|-5-5-3-3-2-2-----|-------------5-5-|-3----2----|------------o||
|-------------5-5-|-----------------|-----------|-------------||
2.
D.S. al CodD.S.S. al Dbl. Coda &&
2/4 4/4
E E E E E E E E H E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-3-3-5-5-7-7-7-7-||-2----2-2--2--||-3-3-5-5-|-------------------|
|------------------||--------------||---------|-12-0-0-0-2-2-2-2--|
|------------------||--------------||---------|-------------------|
Q E E +H W E E E E +H
|---------------|----------|----------------*|
|---------------|----------|----------------*|
|-3--2-0-(0)----|----------|-3-3-2-0-(0)----*|
|---------------|----------|----------------*|
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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