The Beatles – Please Mr Postman (Bass Tab)

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PLEASE MR. POSTMAN (Bassline) As recorded by The Beatles (From the 1963 Album WITH THE BEATLES) Words and Music by B. Holland & F.C. Gorman Arranged by The Beatles Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
 Intro
  Q=139
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx4
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                    1st & 3rd Verses
  H    E  E  E E     Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E
|----------------||----------------|---------------|----------------|
|--------11-10-9-||o-7----7------6-|-7----7----7-6-|-4----4------2--|
|----------------||o--------7--7---|--------7------|--------4--4----|
|----------------||----------------|---------------|----------------|

  Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E Q  E E
|----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|-4----4---------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------4-0-2-4-|-5----5------4-|-5----5-----4-5-|-7----7------6--|
|----------------|--------5------|--------5-5-----|--------7--7----|

                   2nd & 4th Verses
  Q.   E E E E E    Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E Q  E E
|----------------||---------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------||-7----7------6-|-7----7-----7-6-|-4----4------2--|
|-7----7-----7-9-||--------7--7---|--------7-7-----|--------4--4----|
|--------7-7-----||---------------|----------------|----------------|

  Q.   E H      Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E +E  E Q    Q.   E Q.   E
|-------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-4----4------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|--------4----|-5----5------4-|-5----5-(5)---5--|-7----7------6--|
|-------------|--------5--5---|------------5----|--------7-------|

                   Chorus
                   1.
  Q.   E E E E E    Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q.   E
|----------------||---------------|---------------|----------------|
|--------------6-||-7----7------6-|-7----7----7-6-|-4----4------2--|
|-7----7---7-9---||--------7------|--------7------|--------4-------|
|--------7-------||---------------|---------------|----------------|

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

                    2.
  Q.   E E E E E     Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E
|-----------------||---------------|---------------|----------------|
|--------------6-o||-7----7--------|-7----7----7-6-|-4----4------2--|
|-7----7---7-9---o||--------7----7-|--------7------|--------4--4----|
|--------7--------||---------------|---------------|----------------|

  Q.   E E E E E   Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E E E Q    Q.   E H
|----------------|---------------|---------------|-------------|
|-4----4---------|--------7--7---|--------7------|-------------|
|--------4-0-2-4-|-5----5------4-|-5----5-----5--|-7----7-7----|
|----------------|---------------|----------5----|-------------|

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

                                               1.,2.
  Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E Q  E E   Q.   E Q  Q    Q  Q  H
|--------------|---------------|--------------|------------|
|-4----4----4--|---------------|-----------4--|------------|
|--------4-----|-5----5------4-|-5----5-------|-7----------|
|--------------|--------5--5---|--------5-----|------------|

              3.
  W         3x E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------||-----------------|-----------------*|
|----------o||-----------------|-----------------*|
|----------o||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-*|
|-----------||-----------------|-----------------*|
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