Something tab by The Beatles
Guitar tabs
Something originally written by Harrison Intro and signature riff: F Eb G C -|-------------------------------- -|--10--b(13)12--10--11--12--13--- -|-------------------------------- -|-------------------------------- -|-------------------------------- -|-------------------------------- Verse: C Cmaj7 Something in ... C7 F Attracts me like ... D G Something in the ... Am G#+ I don't want to ... C/G D F Eb G C You know I ...(sig riff)
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Verse:
You know I ...
(sig riff, but end with A instead of C)
Middle part:
A C#m F#m
You're asking me ...
A/E D G A G# G F# F E
I don't know ...
A C#m F#m
You stick around ...
A/E D G C
I don't know ...
Guitar solo:
C Cmaj7 C7
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|-------8------------------------------------8--10--8--11/13--13---
-|--7/9-----9--7/9--12b(14)--b(14)12--9--7/9------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
F
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|--b(15)13--b(17)15--13-----------13--13---------------------------
-|------------------------14--/14----------14-------12--12----------
-|---------------------------------------------/14----------14------
-|--------------------------------------------------------------12--
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
D G
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|-------------------11--11--b(16)14--b(16)14--b(16)14--12----------
-|--------------/12-------------------------------------------------
-|--12--14--12------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
Am G#+
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------14--13--12/16--15--14-------------------------------------------
-|--12-------------------------b(9)7--b(9)7--5--b(9)7--b(9)7--b(9)7--5--
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------
C/G D F Eb G C
-|---------------------------10/12--10--8--10--8------------------------------
-|------------------------8-----------------------10--b(13)12--10--11--12--13-
-|--b(9)7--b(9)7--5--7/9------------------------------------------------------
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ending:
F Eb G A F Eb G C
-|-----------------------------------16--15--14-------------------------------
-|--10--b(13)12--10--11--12--14--14--------------10--b(13)12--10--11--12--14--
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Tab Special Notations:
----0---- play the open string ('fret zero')
----5---- play fret five
----5~--- play fret five with vibrato
---5/7--- play fret five, slide up to fret seven
---7\5--- play fret seven, slide down to fret five
--8b(9)-- play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach
the pitch of fret nine
--b(9)8-- play fret eight already bent to the pitch of fret nine,
unbending until it reaches the normal pitch of fret eight
----h7--- hammer-on to fret seven
----p5--- pull-off to fret five
---/7---- slide up to fret 7 (the starting fret of the slide is
undefined, judge by ear)
---15\--- play fret 15, slide down (the ending fret of the slide is
undefined, judge by ear)
---0h3--- play the open string and immediately hammer-on to fret
three
---7p5--- play fret seven and immediately pull-off to fret five
FROM: Stuart Watson
This is the song Something, the version on Anthology 3.
This is in a different key than the famous one on Abbey
Road. This is by George Harrison. Here it is:
INTRO:
(A) (A) (D) (C) (E)
|--------------------|--------------------|----2--5--2--3---4--|
|--------------------|--------------------|----3--------5---5--|
|--------------------|--------------------|----2--------5---4--|
|--------------------|--------------------|--0----------5---6--|
|--------------------|--------------------|-------------3---7--|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
VERSE:
(A) (Amaj7) (A7) (D)
||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-0----------0-------|
||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------4---|
||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
(B) (B7) (E) (F#m) (F#maj7)
(F#m7) (B7) (D) (C)(E)
|--------------------|--0------0-------0--|--------------------|--------------------|---2--5-2--3--4--||
|--------------------|--0------0-------0--|--------------------|--------------------|---3-------5--5--||
|--------------------|--1------2-------4--|--------------------|--------------------|---2-------5--4--||
|--------------------|--2--2/4-4--4/6--6--|--------------------|--------------------|-0---------5--6--||
|--2-----------------|--2------0-------0--|--------------------|--------------------|-----------3--7--||
|--------------------|--0------0-------0--|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------||
VERSE:
(F#) (F#maj7) (F#13) (F#) (B) (E) (F#)
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----3--2--1--0-----|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------4--|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
(F#) (F#maj7) (F#13) (F#) (B) (E) (A)
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----1--0-----------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------4--3--2--|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
CLOSING VERSE:
(A) (Amaj7) (A7) (D)
|--5-----------------|---4----------------|--3-----------------|--------0--2--3--2--|
|--2-----------------|---2----------------|--2-----------------|--------3--3--3--3--|
|--2-----------------|---2----------------|--2-----------------|--------2--2--2--2--|
|--2-----------------|---2----------------|--2-----------------|--------0--0--0--0--|
|--0-----------------|---0----------------|--0-----------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
(B7) (E) (F#m) (F#maj7)
(F#m7) (B7)
|--2-------4-------2--|--0-------0-------0--|--------------------|--------------------|
|--0------------------|--0-------0-------0--|--------------------|--------------------|
|--2--2/4-----4\2-----|--1-------2-------4--|--------------------|--------------------|
|--1------------------|--2--2/4--4--4/6--6--|--------------------|--------------------|
|--2------------------|--2-------0-------0--|--------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--0-------0-------0--|--------------------|--------------------|
(D) (C) (E) (A)
|-----2-5-2---3---4---9---|
|-----3-------5---5---10--|
|-----2-------5---4---9---|
|--0----------5---6---11--|
|-------------3---7---12--|
|-------------------------|
CHORDS:
A- X02220 and X02225 and X-12-11-9-10-9
D- XX0232
C- X35553
E- 022100 and X76454
Amaj7- X02120 and X02224
A7- X02020 and X02223
D- XX0232
B- X24442
B7- X21202
F#- 244322
F#m- 244222
F#maj7- 243222
F#m7- 242222
Something tab
What Is This?
Something by The Beatles guitar tabs playing instructions.This was George Harrison’s first song to be released as a single and it is also his favorite composition. It is from the Abbey Road album from 1969 and the song has been covered by many stars like Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra and Joe Cocker. With these Beatles “Something” guitar tabs you can do your own version.
The original version was over eight minutes long, whiles the song ending up on album and single is less than three. A piano section by John at the end has been edited out as well as a bridge in the middle. The Something guitar tabs below is for the album version. The song is in C major while it changes to A major in the bridge. The song topped the Billboard list in the states while it was a major success in the rest of the world as well.
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