John Lennon – Mind Games (Bass Tab)

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MIND GAMES (Bassline) As recorded by John Lennon (From the 1973 Album MIND GAMES) Words and Music by John Lennon Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Gordon Edwards - Bass'

 Intro
  Q=74
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    H      H    H      H    H      H    H
|-5----4----|-2----0----|-----------|-----------||
|-----------|-----------|-3----2----|-0---------||
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------3----||
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------||

   Chorus
    H    H      H    H      H    H      H    H     4x
||--5----4----|-2----0----|-----------|------------||
||o-----------|-----------|-3----2----|-0---------o||
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|------3----o||
||------------|-----------|-----------|------------||

   1st & 2nd Verses
    E E E E E S S E E   Q  S S E E S S E E
||----5---5-----------|--------------------|
||o-----5-------------|--------5---------3-|
||o-------------5---5-|------5-------------|
||----------------5---|--------------3-3---|

  Q  S S E E S S S S E   E. S E E Q  S S E
|----------------------|--------------------|
|--------2-----5-5-----|--------------------|
|------------5-----2-5-|--------5----5-5-3--|
|------0---------------|----5-5-------------|

  E E E E E S S E E   Q   S  S  E E S S E E
|---5-------------7-|----------16-----------|
|-----5-------7-7---|----12-12--------5-5-3-|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|

  Q  E E E S S E E   E S S Q  E S S E E
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------5-5---|--------------------||
|------7---------5-|-----5--------5-5-3-||
|------------------|--------------------||

 Chorus
  Q  +S  S S S Q  Q    Q  E S S Q  S S S S
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-3--(3)-3-5-3-2--2--|---------------------|
|--------------------|-5----5-5-3----3-5-3-|

  Q  +E. S Q  E E    Q  S  S  S S Q  E  E
|------------------|----9-10-11-------------|
|------------------|-0----------0-----------|
|---------------x\-|--------------3---------|
|-1--(1)-1-1-------|-------------------10---|

  S S E +E. S Q  E S S   Q.   S S Q  E S S
|---5------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------5S|=7----7-6-5------4-|
|-3---3-(3)-3-2--------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|

  Q.   S S Q.   S S   Q.   S S Q  +S  S E
|-------------------|------2---------------|
|-3----5-3-2----2-1-|-0------0-------------|
|-------------------|----------3--(3)-3----|
|-------------------|-------------------3--|

  E E +E  S S E Q  E   Q.   S S Q.   E
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-(3)-5-3-2-2--1-|-0----0-0------3-|
|--------------------|----------3------|

  Q.   S S Q.   S S   Q.   S S Q.   E
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-3----5-3-2----2-1-|-0----------------o||
|-------------------|------5-4-3-------o||
|-------------------|---------------3---||

   Outro
    S S S S S S E Q  E E   E S S E E E S S E E
||----5-5-5-----5--------|---------2-----------|
||o---------5-5----------|-----2-2-----------5-|
||o--------------------2-|---------------3-3---|
||-------------------0---|---------------------|

  E S S E E E S S E E   E S S E E Q  E E
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------3-----------|---------0----0---|
|-----3-3-----------0-|-----0-0--------3-|
|---------------0-0---|------------------|

  E S S E E E S S E E   E S S E E E S S E E
|-----0-0-5-----------|---------2-----------|
|-------------------2-|-----2-2-------------|
|---------------2-2---|-------------------3-|
|---------------------|---------------3-3---|

  E S S E E E S S E E   E S S E E Q  E E
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------3---------2-|---------0----0-----o||
|-----3-3-------0-0---|-----0-0--------3---o||
|---------------------|---------------------||

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