Wings – Venus And Mars - Rock Show (Bass Tab)

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VENUS AND MARS / ROCK SHOW (Bassline) As recorded by Wings (From the 1975 Album VENUS AND MARS) Words and Music by Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
 Venus And Mars - Intro
  Q=82
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx8
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 Verse
 4/4
  Wx10
|---------||
|---------||
|---------||
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 Interlude
 4/4                                  7/8
  H    H      H     H      H    H      H    E. S +E
|-----------|------------|-----------|---------------||
|-----------|------------|-----------|---------------||
|-----------|-------5----|-----------|---------5-(5)-||
|-3----5----|-1/---------|-3----5----|-1----3--------||

 Rockshow - Intro
  Faster Q=130
 4/4
  Gtr I
  E E E E E E E E   +E  E E E Q  Q    E E E E E E E E   +E  E E E Q  Q
|---------------2-|-(2)-------------|---------------2-|-(2)-------------|
|---------2-2-4---|-----------------|---------2-2-4---|-----------------|
|-0-0-3-4---------|-----0-3-4-5--5--|-0-0-3-4---------|-----0-3-4-5--0--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

                           1st & 2nd Verses
  W          +W             Q  E E E E S S E   +E  E E E E E S S E
|----------|------------||-----------------2-|-(2)------------------|
|----------|------------||o--------2-2-2h4---|-----------2-2-2h4-2--|
|-7--------|-(7)--------||o-0--3-4-----------|-----0-3-4------------|
|----------|------------||-------------------|----------------------|

  E E E E E E S S E   +E  E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-----------------2-|-(2)--------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------2-2-2h4---|-----------2-2----|---------------2-|-(2)---------------|
|-0-0-3-4-----------|-----0-3-4--------|-----------2-4---|-------------------|
|-------------------|---------------3--|-0-0-0-0-4-------|-----0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|

  1.
  E E E E E E S S E   +E  E E E E E Q
|-----------------2-|-(2)---------------||
|---------2-2-2h4---|------------------o||
|-0-0-3-4-----------|-----0-3-4-0-0----o||
|-------------------|---------------0---||

 2.
  E E E E E E S S E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-----------------2-|-(2)----------------||
|---------2-2-2h4---|--------------------||
|-0-0-3-4-----------|-----0-3-4-0-0-2-0--||
|-------------------|--------------------||

 Chorus
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E S S E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E S S E
|-----------------|-----------------2-|-----------------|-----------------2--|
|-----------------|---------2-2-2h4---|-----------------|---------2-2-2h4----|
|---5-5-5-5-5-4-2-|-0-0-3-4-----------|---5-5-5-5-5-4-2-|-0-0-3-4------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E +E  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----2-4-(4)-------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-2-|-0-4---------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------2-2-2-|-0h2-2-2-0h2-2-2-|-0h2-2-2-0h2-2-2--|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------2-|-(2)----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------2-4---|---------2----------|
|-0h2-2-2-0h2-2-2-|-0h2-2-2-0h2-2-2-|-0-0-0-3-4-------|-----3-4---0-2-3-4--|

                                  Breakdown
  E E E E Q  Q    E E E E Q  Q     E E E E Q  Q    E E E E Q  Q
|---------------|---------------||---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------||---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------||---------------|----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-----|-5-5-5-5-5-----||-5-5-5-5-5-----|-5-5-5-5-5------|

  E E E E Q  Q    E E E E Q  Q    E E E E Q  Q    E E E E Q  Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-----|-5-5-5-5-5-----|-5-5-5-5-5-----|-5-5-5-5-5------|

  E E E E Q  Q    E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E
|---------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-----|-5-5-5-5-5---6--|-7-7-7-7-7-7----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7--|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   H    H      H    H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------------|---------------5-|-7----5----|-3----2----|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-5-7---|-----------|-----------|

  W          +H     E Q.     Q.   E +Q   Q    +E  Q.   E Q.
|----------|---------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------|---------------|----------------|------------------|
|-0--------|-(0)-----------|-------------5--|-(5)-3------5-----|
|----------|----------3----|-0----3-(3)-----|------------------|

                                      3rd Verse
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    Q  E E E E S S E   +E  E E E E E S S E
|-----------------|-----------------||----------------2-|-(2)------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||--------2-2-2h4---|-----------2-2-2h4-2--|
|-----------------|-----------------||-0--3-4-----------|-----0-3-4------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-0-||------------------|----------------------|

  E E E E E E S S E   +E  E E E E E Q    E E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E E E
|-----------------2-|-(2)--------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|---------2-2-2h4---|-----------2-2----|---------------2-|-(2)---------------|
|-0-0-3-4-----------|-----0-3-4--------|-----------2-4---|-------------------|
|-------------------|---------------3--|-0-0-0-0-4-------|-----0-3-4-0-0-3-4-|

                                          Chorus
  E E E E E E S S E   +E  E E E E E E E    E E Q  Q  E E   E E E E E E S S E
|-----------------2-|-(2)---------------||---------------|-----------------2--|
|---------2-2-2h4---|-------------------||---------------|---------2-2-2h4----|
|-0-0-3-4-----------|-----0-3-4-0-0-2-0-||-5-5-5--5--4-2-|-0-0-3-4------------|
|-------------------|-------------------||---------------|--------------------|

  E E Q  Q  E E   E E E E E E E E   E E Q  Q  E E   E E E E +E  E E E
|---------------|---------------2-|---------------|--------------------|
|---------------|-----------2h4---|---------------|-----2-4-(4)--------|
|---5-5--5--4-2-|-0-0-0-4---------|---5-5--5--4-2-|-0-4----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------2-2-2--|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-0h2-2-2-0h2-2-2-|-0h2-2-2-0h2-2-2-|-0h2-2-2-0h2-2-2-|-0-2-2-0-0-2-0-2--|

                                      Out-Chorus
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E S S E
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------2-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-------------2-||-----------------|---------2-2-2h4---|
|-----------------|---------2-4-4---||-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-2-|-0-0-3-4-----------|
|-----------------|---0-2-4---------||-----------------|-------------------|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  E E
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|---------2-2-4-2-|--------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-2-|-0-0-3-4---------|-5--5--5--4-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|

  E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   +E  E Q  E E E E
|---------------2-|---------------|------------------*|
|-----------2-4---|---------------|------------------*|
|-------3-4-------|-5--5--5-------|--------------3-4-*|
|-5-5-5-----------|---------2-3-5-|-(5)-5-5--5-5-----*|
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