This is my transcription of Paul McCartney's bass line on the Beatles' song "The Word" from the album Rubber Soul (1965).
McCartney's bass lines on this album are fantastic and are light years ahead of what he played on the previous album, Help! That album featured good, solid bass lines. His playing on Rubber Soul can be considered the beginning of his "mature" style of melodic playing. Because every song on this album features a fun and inventive bass line, I'll be posting videos of every song over the course of the next few weeks.
I am playing a 1985 Rickenbacker 4003 through a SansAmp VT Bass Deluxe. My bass is strung with LaBella flatwound strings.
Music and lyrics by John Lennon and Paul McCartney