Wings – Listen To What The Man Said (Bass Tab)

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LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID (Bassline) As recorded by Paul McCartney & Wings (From the 1975 Album VENUS AND MARS) Words and Music by Paul & Linda McCartney Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
 Intro
  Q=114
 4/4
  Gtr I
  E. S a Q  E. S a Q    E. S a Q  E. S a Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|------4s5-------4s5--|------4s5-------4s5--|
|-3--3------3--3------|-3--3------3--3------|

  E. S a Q  E. S a Q    E. S a Q  E. S a Q
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|------4s5-------4s5--|------4s5-------4s5----|
|-3--3------3--3------|-3--3------3--3--------|

  E. S a Q  E. S a Q    E. S a Q  E. S a Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|------4s5-------4s5--|------4s5-------4s5--|
|-3--3------3--3------|-3--3------3--3------|

  E. S a Q  E. S a Q    E. S a Q  E E e e
|---------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------||
|------4s5-------4s5--|------4s5------2-5---||
|-3--3------3--3------|-3--3------3-5-------||

   1st & 2nd Verses
    Q  Q  Q  E E   Q  Q  E. S E E   Q  E. S E E E E   Q.   E Q  Q
||---------------|----------------|-----------4-----|---------------|
||o--------------|----------------|-------------4-3-|-2----2-2------|
||o-5--5--5--5-4-|-3--3--3--2-3-3-|-2--2--0-2-------|-----------1---|
||---------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------|

  E. S e e E. S Q     E. S Q  E. S E E   E. S Q  E. S Q    E. S Q  e e e e
|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------7-7------7\--|-2--2----2--2---2-|-3--3----3--3----|-3--3----3-2-3-5-|
|-5--5-----5--5-----|------2-------2---|------3-------3--|------3----------|

  E. S a Q  E. S a Q    E. S a Q  E. S a Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|------4s5-------4s5--|------4s5-------4s5--|
|-3--3------3--3------|-3--3------3--3------|

                       1.
  E. S a Q  E. S a Q    E. S a Q  E E e e
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|------4s5-------4s5--|------4s5------2-5---o||
|-3--3------3--3------|-3--3------3-5--------||

                         Chorus
  2.
                      $
  E. S a Q  E. S a Q      Q  Q  Q  E E   Q.   E Q  E E   E. S Q  E. S E E
|---------------------||---------------|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------------||o--------------|---------------|--------------------|
|------4s5-------4s5--||o----3--5--5-5-|-5----5-5--5-5-|------5-------5-5---|
|-3--3------3--3------||--3------------|---------------|-3--3----3--3-------|

  E. S E E a E E E E   Q.   E Q.   E   Q.   E E e e e   E. S E E E. S E E
|--------------------|---------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-5--5-----5s7-5-----|---------------|----------------|-------------------|
|------5-7-------7-5-|-3------3------|-3------3-2-3-5-|------5-5------5-5-|
|--------------------|------3------3-|------3---------|-3--3-----3--3-----|

                                                           Interlude
  E. S E E E E E E   E. S E E E. S E E   E E E E E E E E    Q  E E E. S a E E
|------------------|-------------------|-----------------||-------------------|
|----------5-5-----|-------------------|-5-7-9-7-5-------||--------5--5-------|
|------5-5-----5-7-|------5-5------5-5-|-----------7-5---||----5-5------4s5-5-|
|-3--3-------------|-3--3-----3--3-----|---------------7-||-3-----------------|

                                    To Coda
  E. S a Q  E. S a Q    E. S a Q  E. S a Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|------4s5-------4s5--|------4s5-------4s5--|
|-3--3------3--3------|-3--3------3--3------|

                      Sax Solo
 1.
  E. S a Q  E E e e    Q  Q  E Q  E
|-------------------||---------------|
|-------------------||---------------|
|------4s5------2-5-||-5--5--5-5--4--|
|-3--3------3-5-----||---------------|

  E. S E E E. S E E   E. S Q  E. S E E   Q.   E Q  Q    Q.   E E. S E E
|-------------------|------------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|--------------4-3-|-2----2-2-----|-----------------|
|-3--3-----3--3---3-|-2--2----2--5-----|-----------1--|------7------7---|
|------3-3------3---|------2-----------|--------------|-5------5--5---5-|

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

                     Interlude
  E. S E E E e e e    E. S a Q  E. S a Q
|------------------||-----------------------|
|------------------||-----------------------|
|-3--3---3-3-2-3-5-||------4s5-------4s5----|
|------3-----------||-3--3------3--3--------|

  E. S a Q  E. S a Q    E. S a Q  E. S a Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|------4s5-------4s5--|------4s5-------4s5--|
|-3--3------3--3------|-3--3------3--3------|

                       2.
                              D.S. al Coda
  E. S a Q  E E e e     E. S a Q  E e e e
|--------------------||----------------------||
|-------------------o||----------------------||
|------4s5------2-5-o||------4s5-------------||
|-3--3------3-5------||-3--3------3-3-3-3----||

                      Bridge
  &
  E. S a Q  E E e e    H    Q.   E   +E  Q  E Q  Q    H    E Q  E
|-------------------||-------------|----------------|-------------|
|-------------------||-------------|----------------|-------------|
|------4s5------5-5-||------5------|----------5--5--|------5-5----|
|-3--3------3-3-----||-3---------3-|-(3)-3--3-------|-3---------3-|

  +E  E E E Q  Q    Q.   E E Q  E   +E  E E E Q  Q    Q.   E E Q  E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-------2-3-5--5--|--------5-5----|-------2-3-5--5--|--------5-5----|
|-(3)-3-----------|-3----3------3-|-(3)-3-----------|-3----3------3-|

                   Interlude
                                                              Q=80
  +E  E Q  Q  Q     E. S a Q  E. S a Q    E. S a Q  E. S Q    W
|----------------||---------------------|-------------------|------|
|----------------||---------------------|-------------------|------|
|----------5--5--||------4s5-------4s5--|------4s5-------5--|------|
|-(3)-3-3--------||-3--3------3--3------|-3--3------3--3----|-3----|

                    Outro
  Q=66
  +Q.   E +Q.   E    H.      Q    H.      Q    Q.   E Q  Q
|-----------------||------------|------------|--------------|
|-----------------||------------|------------|--------------|
|-----------------||------------|-7-------7--|-----------5--|
|-(3)---3-(3)---5-||-7-------7--|------------|-7----7-7-----|

  H    Q.   E   Q.   E Q  Q    W          W          +W
|-------------|--------------|----------|----------|--------*|
|-------------|--------------|----------|----------|--------*|
|-7-----------|-----------5--|-7--------|----------|--------*|
|------0----5-|-7----7-7-----|----------|-0--------|-(0)----*|
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 Any time, any day You can hear the people say, But he wont mind, well, I don't know But I say love is kind Soldier boy kisses girl Leaves behind a tragic world But he wont mind, he's in love And he says love is fine Oh -- yes, indeed we know That people will find a way to go No matter what the man said And love is fine for all we know For all we know, our love will grow -- that's what the man said So wont you listen to what the man said He said. .. .. Oh -- yes, indeed we know That people will find a way to go. .. Oh -- yes, indeed we know That people will find a way to go. .. Etc. Etc. The wonder of it all baby. .. .. The wonder of it all baby. .. .. The wonder of it all baby. .. ..