Bee Gees – How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (Bass Tab)

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As recorded by Bee Gees (From the 1971 Album TRAFALGAR) Words and Music by Barry Gibb & Robin Gibb Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Maurice Gibb - Bass'

 Intro
  Q=70(8=s8)
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          H    Q  E E   W          W
|----------|-------------|----------|------||
|----------|-------------|----------|------||
|----------|-------------|----------|------||
|----------|---------4-2-|-0--------|------||

 Verses 1 & 2
    W          W          W
||-----------|----------|------|
||o----------|----------|------|
||o----------|----------|------|
||-----------|----------|------|

  W          Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E
|----------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|----------|--------6----3-|-4----4-4--4---|--------4----1--|
|----------|-4----4----4---|-------------4-|-2----2----2----|

                             Chorus
  Q.   E Q  E E   W           Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q
|---------------|----------||--------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------||--------------|---------------|
|-2----2-2----1-|-2--------||-----------2--|-----------2---|
|-----------2---|----------||-0----0-0-----|-0----0-0------|

                            |-3-|
  Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  E E E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-4----4--------|-4---------4-2---|---------------|---------------|
|--------4----4-|--------4------4-|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-5------7------|-5------7------|

            |-3-|
  Q.   E Q  E E E   Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  Q    E Q  E H
|-----------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
|-----------------|--------------|--------------|-------------|
|-------------4-6-|-7----7-7--7--|-7----7-7--7--|-------------|
|-5------7--7-----|--------------|--------------|-0-0--0-0----|

  Q.   E Q  E E   H    Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E
|---------------|-------------|---------------|----------------|
|-------------3-|-4-----------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|------4----4-|---------------|----------------|
|-2----2-2------|-------------|-5------7------|-5------7-------|

                   1.                            2.
            |-3-|
  Q.   E Q  E E E   Q.   E H      Q.   E H        H    E E Q
|-----------------|-------------|--------------||-------------||
|-----------------|-------------|-------------o||-------------||
|-------------4-6-|-7----7-7----|-7----7-7----o||------7-7----||
|-5------7--7-----|-------------|--------------||-------------||

Outro |-3--|

  Q   E E  E Q  E E   Q  E E Q  E E   Q.   E Q.   E
|-8-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|----11-9-----------|---------------|---------------|
|---------11--------|---------------|--------4----4-|
|------------0--0-0-|-0--0-0----0-1-|-2----2--------|

  Q.   E E E Q    Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
|--------4-4-4--|---------------|---------------|-------------|
|-2----2--------|-5------7------|-5------7------|-5------7----|

                            H.=H
  +Q   Q  H      W          W          W
|--------------|----------|----------|------*|
|--------------|----------|----------|------*|
|--------------|----------|----------|-7----*|
|-(7)----------|----------|----------|------*|

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