John Lennon – Power To The People (Bass Tab)

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POWER TO THE PEOPLE (Bassline) As recorded by John Lennon (From the 1975 Album SHAVED FISH) Words and Music by John Lennon Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Klaus Voormann - Bass'
 Intro
  Q=112
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx8
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   Chorus
    E Q.   E E +S  S E   H    E Q  E   E Q.   E E +S  S E   H    E Q  E
||---------------------|-------------|--------------------|---------------|
||o--------------------|-------------|--------------------|---------------|
||o-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4-|-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4---|
||-------------------6-|-------------|------------------6-|---------------|

  E Q.   E E +S  S E   H    E Q  E   E Q  E E E Q    H    E E S S E
|--------------------|-------------|---------------|----------------||
|--------------------|-------------|---------------|----------------||
|-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4-|-4-4--4-2-2-2--|-4----6-4-6-6-4-||
|------------------6-|-------------|---------------|----------------||

 1st - 3rd Verses
  E E E E E E E E   Q.   E +E  Q  E   E E E E E E E E   Q.   E +E  Q  E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------6-|------------4--6-|---------------6-|------------4--6-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|-6----6-(6)------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|-6----6-(6)------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

                                       Chorus
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  3x E Q.   E E +S  S E   H    E Q  E
|-----------------|------------------||--------------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------o||--------------------|--------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-4-4---o||-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4--|
|-----------------|---------------6--||------------------6-|--------------|

  E Q.   E E +S  S E   H    E Q  E   E Q.   E E +S  S E   H    E Q  E
|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|-------------|
|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|-------------|
|-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4-|-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4-|
|------------------6-|-------------|------------------6-|-------------|

                                   Sax Solo
  E Q  E E E Q    H    E E S S E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---------------|----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|---------------|----------------||-----------------|-----4-4-4-4-6-6--|
|-4-4--4-2-2-2--|-4----6-4-6-6-4-||-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6--------------|
|---------------|----------------||-----------------|------------------|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E S S E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-----4-|
|-----------------|-------------6-6---|

  E E E E E E S S S S   E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-----4-4-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
|-------------6-6-----|-------------------|

                                    Outro
  H    E E +S  S E   H    E Q  E     E Q.   E E +S  S E   H    E Q  E
|------------------|-------------||---------------------|-------------|
|------------------|-------------||o--------------------|-------------|
|-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4-||o-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4-|
|----------------6-|-------------||-------------------6-|-------------|

  E Q.   E E +S  S E   H    E Q  E   E Q.   E E +S  S E
|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-------------|--------------------|
|-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---|-4----6-4--4-|-4-4----6-4-(4)-4---|
|------------------6-|-------------|------------------6-|

  H    E Q  E   E Q  E E E Q    H    E E S S E   3x
|-------------|---------------|------------------||
|-------------|---------------|-----------------o||
|-4----6-4--4-|-4-4--4-2-2-2--|-4----6-4-6-6-4--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