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Birthday Bass

(ver. 3)
Beatles
The Beatles - Birthday


Tuning: Standard
seems to be what I consider accurate, since i've seen paul playing it in the
studio (and the third note is definitely E|9| and not A|4|)


Intro & Verse ("You see it's your birthday..."):
  A
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|------7-9/10-9-7-------7-9/10-9-7-|------7-9/10-9-7-------7-9/10-9-7-|
E|5-5-9------------5-5-9------------|5-5-9------------5-5-9------------|
you may slide up to E|9|

  D                                  A
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|------7-9/10-9-7-------7-9/10-9-7-|----------------------------------|
A|5-5-9------------5-5-9------------|------7-9/10-9-7-------7-9/10-9-8-|
E|----------------------------------|5-5-9------------5-5-9------------|



  E                                     A
G|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|-------9-11/12-11-9--------9-11/12-9-|----------------------------------|
A|7-7-11--------------7-7-11-----------|------7-9/10-9-7-------7-9/10-9-8-|
E|-------------------------------------|5-5-9------------5-5-9------------|




("Yes we're goin' to a Party, Party...")
  E 
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| 2x
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|



("I would like you to dance...")
  C   E   F   F#  G     F   E   D      
G|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|----7-7-8-8-9-9-10-10-8-8-7-7-------|----7-7-8-8-9-9-10-10-8-8-7-7-------|
E|8-8---------------------------10-10-|8-8---------------------------10-10-|

                               \______  ______/
                                      2x


  C   E   F   F#  G     Ab  A   A#   B               B      
G|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|----------------------6-6-7-7-8-8-|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----------------|
A|----7-7-8-8-9-9-10-10-------------|--------------------------------|
E|8-8-------------------------------|----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|




Verse Again...

      
G|--------------------------------|--------------5-7/9-7-5h7p5-------|
D|------5---7----5----------------|------5---7-----------------7-5---|
A|--7--------------7-5------------|--7-------------------------------|
E|5--------------------7-5-3------|5---------------------------------|




("I would like you to dance...")
  C   E   F   F#  G     F   E   D      
G|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|----7-7-8-8-9-9-10-10-8-8-7-7-------|----7-7-8-8-9-9-10-10-8-8-7-7-------|
E|8-8---------------------------10-10-|8-8---------------------------10-10-|

                               \______  ______/
                                      2x


  C   E   F   F#  G     Ab  A   A#   B               B      
G|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|----------------------6-6-7-7-8-8-|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-----------------|
A|----7-7-8-8-9-9-10-10-------------|--------------------------------|
E|8-8-------------------------------|----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|



Verse again....

instead of the last A-part:

A
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|------7-9/10-9---------7-9/10-9---|------7-9/10-9-7------------------|
E|5-5-9------------5--5-9----------5|--5-9------------5----------------|
you may slide up to E|9|                              let ring...


be fast and enjoy
            
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