A Hard Days Night Bass Tab

A Hard Day's Night
The Beatles
Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney; released on single "A Hard Day's 
Night / Things We Said Today" and on album "A Hard Day's Night"

The title song for their first film. A great one :-)

Intro:
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                                                     It's been a

Verse:
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  hard            day's       night,                  and I've been


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  working             like a  dog                    It's been a


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  hard            day's       night,                  I should be


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  sleeping            like a  log                     But when I


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  get home to you,    I  find the things  you do      will make me
                                      that

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  feel            all         right                   You know I

Verse:
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  work            all         day                     to  get you


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  money,              to  buy you things                  And it's


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  worth   just to hear you    say                     you're
      it                                                  gonna

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  give me             every - thing                   So  why on


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  earth   I   moan,   cause   I   get you a - lone    you know I
      should              when

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  feel            O.          K.
                                                  When I'm    home,
Bridge:
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                                  everything  seems   to  be


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  right                                           When I'm    home,


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                                  feeling you hol  -  ding me


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                                                     It's been a
  tight,                      tight,          yeah!
Verse:
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  hard            day's       night,                  and I've been


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  working             like a  dog                    It's been a


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E|3-------3----------------------|3-------3-------3---3---3---3--|
  hard            day's       night,                  I should be


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  sleeping            like a  log                     But when I


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  get home to you,    I  find the things  you do      will make me
                                      that

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  feel            all         right

Verse (half-solo):
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                                                      So  why on


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  earth   I   moan,   cause   I   get you a - lone    you know I
      should              when

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  feel            O.          K.
                                                  When I'm    home,
Bridge:
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                                  everything  seems   to  be


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  right                                           When I'm    home,


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E|3-------3-------3-------3------|0-------0-------0-------0------|
                                  feeling you hol  -  ding me


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                                              Mmm,   it's been a
  tight,                      tight,          yeah!
Verse:
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E|3-------3----------------------|3-------3-------3---3---3---3--|
  hard            day's       night,                  and I've been


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E|1-------1-------1---1---1---2--|3-------3-------3---3---3---3--|
  working             like a  dog                    It's been a


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A|----------------3---3---3---3--|-------------------------------|
E|3-------3----------------------|3-------3-------3---3---3---3--|
  hard            day's       night,                  I should be


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E|1-------1-------1---1---1---1--|3-------3-------3-------3------|
  sleeping            like a  log                     But when I


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A|3-------3-------3---2---3---4--|5-------5-------5---5---5---5--|
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  get home to you,    I  find the things  you do      will make me
                                      that

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E|3-------3----------------------|3-------3----------------------|
  feel            all         right                   You know I

Outro:
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  feel            all         right                   You know I


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  feel            all         right!


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