Sun King (ver 3) by The Beatles
SUN KING (Bassline)
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1969 Album ABBEY ROAD)
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Paul McCartney - Bass'
Intro
Q=75
4/4
Gtr I
W Q. E H Q. S S H
|----------|------9-9----|------9-9-9----|
|----------|-------------|---------------|
|----------|-7-----------|-7-------------|
|----------|-------------|---------------|
1st & 2nd Verses
$
Q. E H Q. S S E E a E E Q. E H Q. E Q Q
|------9-9----|------9-9-9----------||------9-9----|------9-9------|
|-------------|-------------------9-||-------------|-----------9---|
|-7-----------|-7----------7-9s11---||-9-----------|-9-------------|
|-------------|---------------------||-------------|---------------|
Q. E H Q. E E E E E +Q. E H Q. E Q Q
|------9-9----|------9---------|-------9-9----|------9-9------|
|-------------|--------6-7-9---|--------------|-----------9---|
|-7-----------|-7------------9-|-(9)----------|-9-------------|
|-------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
To Coda
Q. E H Q. S S E E E E Q. E H Q. S S Q Q
|------9-9----|------9-9-9-------|------9-9----|------9-9-9------|
|-------------|------------6-7-9-|-------------|-------------9---|
|-7-----------|-7----------------|-9-----------|-9---------------|
|-------------|------------------|-------------|-----------------|
Q. E H Q. E Q Q W +H. Q
|------9-9----|--------9-----||----------|--------------||
|-------------|------9----9--||-5--------|-(5)----------||
|-7-----------|-7------------||----------|--------------||
|-------------|--------------||----------|--------------||
Chorus
W H. E E W H E E E E
|----------|-------------|----------|--------------|
|----------|-----------3-|-5--------|-7------------|
|-3--------|-3-----------|----------|------7---4-7-|
|----------|-------------|----------|--------5-----|
W H. Q Q. E Q Q Q. E H
|----------|------------|--------------|-2----2-2----||
|----------|---------2--|-5----5-5--2--|-------------||
|-3--------|-3----------|--------------|-------------||
|----------|------------|--------------|-------------||
Bridge
Q. E +Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E +Q. E Q. E H
|----------------|---------------|----------------|------7------||
|-3----3-(3)-----|---------------|----------------|-------------||
|----------------|-5----5-5----7-|-8----8-(8)-----|-5------5----||
|----------------|---------------|----------------|-------------||
Q. E Q Q H. E E H S S E E E
|--------------|-------------|----------5------||
|--------------|-2-------3-5-|------5s7---7-5--||
|-3----3-3--5--|-------------|-3---------------||
|--------------|-------------|-----------------||
D.S. al Coda &
Q. E Q Q Q. S S Q Q W
|--------------||------9-9-9-----|------*|
|-3----3-3--5--||-------------9--|------*|
|--------------||-7--------------|-7----*|
|--------------||----------------|------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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| - 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
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