The Beach Boys – Wendy (Bass Tab)

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WENDY (Bassline) As recorded by The Beach Boys (From the 1964 Album ALL SUMMER LONG) Words and Music by Mike Love & Brian Wilson Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Ray Pohlman - Bass'

 Intro
  Q=134
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-5--------|----------|-5--------|------|
|----------|-3--------|----------|-6----|

  W          W          W
|----------|----------|------||
|----------|-3--------|-5----||
|----------|----------|------||
|----------|----------|------||

   1st - 3rd Verses
    $
    Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3--|
||o-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|

  Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E
|------------------|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|----------------|------------------|
|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|------------------|----------------|-7--7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|
|------------------|------------------|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|----------------|------------------|

  Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|
|------------------|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|------------------|------------------|
|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|------------------|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

                                       1.
                              To Coda
  Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  Q  E    Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E
|------------------|------5-(5)-5--5--|------------------|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3--||
|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-5--5-------------|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|------------------o||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------o||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||

                                        Organ Solo
  2.
  Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E    Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E
|------------------|------------------||------------------|------------------|
|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|------------------||------------------|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
|------------------|-6--6-6-(6)-6-6-6-||-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|------------------|
|------------------|------------------||------------------|------------------|

  Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E
|------------------|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|------------------|
|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|------------------|------------------|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

                          D.S. al Coda &
  Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E     Q  E E +E  E E E
|------------------|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5--||------------------|
|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-------------------||-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|
|------------------|-------------------||------------------|
|------------------|-------------------||------------------|

  q  Q  H      W          W
|------------|----------|------||
|-3----------|-3--------|-5----||
|------------|----------|------||
|------------|----------|------||

   Outro
    Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E
||-------------------|------------------|
||o-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
||o------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|

  Q  E E +E  E E E   Q  E E +E  E E E   4x
|------------------|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3---||
|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-------------------o||
|------------------|-------------------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