What are some easy Beatles songs?

[Johnny Tsunami]

Hi all I'm just looking for some easy and fun songs that I can as a change of pace from what I usually play. Thanks in advance

 

[Trayster2]

Come Together is super easy & addictive to play!

 

[BAce]

Let It Be is fairly straightforward too...

 

[edmidlifecrisis]

Birthday....really fun to play.

 

[PlayTheBass]

+1 on Come Together. And for one off the beaten Beatle path, check out Don't Let Me Down. Great slides and fluid lines, and the angular bridge is pretty sweet.

 

[Treadstone71]

Lady Madonna is an easy, repetitive pattern. I really enjoy playing along with an old rough studio track I found on YouTube where it's just Paul and Ringo on piano and drums respectively, no bassline.

If you're interested I can go find the bookmark when I get home.

 

[phoenixjmw]

Help! Easy and fun

 

[stratovani]

The early Beatles stuff is real easy to play. Love Me Do, Please Please Me, She Loves You, and so on. And if you play a hollowbody violin bass like a Hofner, you can even nail the Macca vibe!

 

[Biggbass]

The entire library is easy. Just pick your favorites.

 

[kev b]

"All My Loving" has an interesting walking bass line that is not too tricky.

For a bit of a workout, try "I Saw Her Standing There" - pretty straightforward in structure but needs accuracy to play full speed nonetheless.

 

[bassinplace]

If you're talking about transcribing, Taxman is pretty easy. I seem to remember Got To Get You Into My Life being pretty straightforward. Dear Prudence is pretty easy for the most part except for a bit at the end where he gets a bit wacky. Any of the early stuff and probably most of the stuff on Let It Be, I would imagine as well. Seeing as the point of that album was to get 'back to basics'.

 

[edmidlifecrisis]

If you are playing guitar the easiest Beatles song is Rocky Raccoon.

 

[Stevorebob]

Easiest has to be Get Back. Pretty much two notes. Not a bass players dream, but it's easy.

 

[MazingerZ]

"Help" is also kinda easy

 

[atomicdog]

Hey Bulldog is a basic minor blues scale (I think), anyway, it's a super easy riff

 

[basslifter]

I don't know if you would consider it easy,but if you play guitar or bass, you are required to learn Daytripper.

 

[FunkHead]

I love Helen Wheels. Pretty easy but awesome groove.

 

[Flyingfrets]

I don't know if you would consider it easy,but if you play guitar or bass, you are required to learn Daytripper.

I play in a Beatles cover band - always loved Day Tripper, but it drives me absolutely bananas when I hear some dork grinding out the "E" lick in the open position. Tried pointing out that it's correctly played 1 octave up on a bass, but I usually get, "yeah, well I can't play it like that and nobody notices anyway." Believe me, they DO.

 

[Stinsok]

Back in the USSR!

 

[MazingerZ]

On the other side of the equation, some beatles songs are also difficult for us bass players: think - Something, While my guitar gently weeps, day tripper (kinda tricky to master);