Beatles

Beatles - Birthday Bass guitar tab

Song: Birthday

Artist: Beatles, The

Album: White Album, The (Disc 2); track 01

Tabbed By: Tsunoyukami

Tuning: Standard

I'm quite positive this tab is 100% correct. I asked a teacher at my school (who is in a

cover band) how he plays the bridge, so I'm quite sure that is how Paul plays it too.

Intro

A A A A

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

D|--------5-4-----|--------5-4-----|--------5-4-----|--------5-4-----|

A|----4-7-------7-|----4-7-------7-|----4-7-------7-|----4-7-------7-|

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

D D A A

G|--------5-4-----|--------5-4-----|----------------|----------------|

D|----4-7-------7-|----4-7-------7-|--------5-4-----|--------5-4-----|

A|5-5-------------|5-5-------------|----4-7-------7-|----4-7-------7-|

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

E E A A

G|--------7-6-----|--------7-6-----|----------------|----------------|

D|----6-9-------9-|----6-9-------9-|--------5-4-----|--------5-4-----|

A|7-7-------------|7-7-------------|----4-7-------7-|----4-7-------7-|

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

Verse

A A A A

You say it's ... It's my birth...

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

D|--------5-4-----|--------5-4-----|--------5-4-----|--------5-4-----|

A|----4-7-------7-|----4-7-------7-|----4-7-------7-|----4-7-------7-|

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

D D A A

They say it's... We're gonna have...

G|--------5-4-----|--------5-4-----|----------------|----------------|

D|----4-7-------7-|----4-7-------7-|--------5-4-----|--------5-4-----|

A|5-5-------------|5-5-------------|----4-7-------7-|----4-7-------7-|

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

E E A A

I'm glad it's... Happy Birthday...

G|--------7-6-----|--------7-6-----|----------------|----------------|

D|----6-9-------9-|----6-9-------9-|--------5-4-----|--------5-4-----|

A|7-7-------------|7-7-------------|----4-7-------7-|----4-7-------7-|

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

Break

G|----------------| repeat this rest several times as

D|----------------| you hear one through eight counted

A|----------------|

E|----------------|

E

G|----------------| repeat this bar while

D|----------------| 'Yes we're goin to a party

A|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| party' is sung

E|----------------|

C E F F# G F E D

G|----------------|------------------| play this through

D|----2-2-3-3-4-4-|5-5-3-3-2-2-------| 'I would like you to dance (Birthday)

A|3-3-------------|------------5-5---| Take a cha-cha-cha chance (Birthday)

E|----------------|------------------|

Verse 2 (no lyrics)

A A A A

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

D|--------5-4-----|--------5-4-----|--------5-4-----|--------5-4-----|

A|----4-7-------7-|----4-7-------7-|----4-7-------7-|----4-7-------7-|

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

D D A A

G|--------5-4-----|--------5-4-----|----------------|----------------|

D|----4-7-------7-|----4-7-------7-|--------5-4-----|--------5-4-----|

A|5-5-------------|5-5-------------|----4-7-------7-|----4-7-------7-|

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

E E A A

G|--------7-6-----|--------7-6-----|----------------|----------------|

D|----6-9-------9-|----6-9-------9-|--------5-4-----|--------5-4-----|

A|7-7-------------|7-7-------------|----4-7-------7-|----4-7-------7-|

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

Bridge

G|------------------------------------5-7/97-(7)-5--------|

D|7---5-7---5---------------7---5-7-----------------7-5---|

A|--7---------7-5-3-0---------7---------------------------|

E|--------------------3-----------------------------------|

I couldn't tab the timing out, so you have to listen to the song. Also, the 7 in the

is an optional note, and you can bend instead of sliding if you want.

Then it repeats this:

C E F F# G F E D

G|----------------|------------------| play this through

D|----2-2-3-3-4-4-|5-5-3-3-2-2-------| 'I would like you to dance (Birthday)

A|3-3-------------|------------5-5---| Take a cha-cha-cha chance (Birthday)

E|----------------|------------------|

Verse 3

A A A A

You say it's ... It's my birth...

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

D|--------5-4-----|--------5-4-----|--------5-4-----|--------5-4-----|

A|----4-7-------7-|----4-7-------7-|----4-7-------7-|----4-7-------7-|

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

D D A A

They say it's... We're gonna have...

G|--------5-4-----|--------5-4-----|----------------|----------------|

D|----4-7-------7-|----4-7-------7-|--------5-4-----|--------5-4-----|

A|5-5-------------|5-5-------------|----4-7-------7-|----4-7-------7-|

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

E E A A

I'm glad it's... Happy Birthday...

G|--------7-6-----|--------7-6-----|----------------|----------------|

D|----6-9-------9-|----6-9-------9-|--------5-4-----|--------5-4-----|

A|7-7-------------|7-7-------------|----4-7-------7-|----4-7-------7-|

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

Outro

A A A A

G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

D|--------5-4-----|--------5-4-----|--------5-4-----|----------------|

A|----4-7-------7-|----4-7-------7-|----4-7-------7-|----------------|

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

let ring

I'm pretty sure about all that, except for the # of times you play the last bit of the

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