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Mind Games by John Lennon

Mind Games tab by John Lennon

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MIND GAMES

As recorded by John Lennon
(From the 1973 Album MIND GAMES)

Words and Music by John Lennon

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'John Lennon - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Ken Ascher - Mellotron'


 Intro
 Q=74
 N.C.
 4/4
 Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ slide)
  a H   Q  Q   a H   Q  Q   a H   Q  Q   a H   Q  Q
|-10s12-----3S==5--|-10s12-----3S==5--|-10s12-----3S==5--|-10s12-----3S==5---||
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| Gtr II (Mellotron arr. for Gtr.)
|   H   Q  Q    H   Q  Q    H   Q  Q    H   Q  Q
|----12------------|----12------------|----12------------|----12-------------||
|--------------10--|--------------10--|--------------10--|--------------10---||
|----------12------|----------12------|----------12------|----------12-------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||


  Chorus
  N.C.
   a H   Q  Q   a H   Q  Q
||--10s12-----3S==5--|-10s12-----3S==5--|
||o------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|
|
|    H   Q  Q    H   Q  Q
||-----12------------|----12------------|
||o--------------10--|--------------10--|
||-----------12------|----------12------|
||-------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|


  a H   Q  Q   a H   Q  Q  4x
|-10s12-----3S==5--|-10s12-----3S==5----||
|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|--------------------||
|
|   H   Q  Q    H   Q  Q  4x
|----12------------|----12--------------||
|--------------10--|--------------10---o||
|----------12------|----------12--------||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|--------------------||


  1st & 2nd Verses
   C/E    D/F#      G/D
  E S S E E E S S E E  E S S E E E S S E E  E S S E E E S S E E
||----8-8---8---10-10---10-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|-----7-7---7---7-7---7-|
||o---8-8---8---10-10---10-|---8-8---8---8-8---8-|-----8-8---8---8-8---8-|
||----9-9---9---11-11---11-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|-----7-7---7---7-7---7-|
||-------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
||o------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
||-------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|
|  H     H       W           +H     H
||--3---------2------------|---------------------|-------------7---------|
||o-5---------3------------|-0-------------------|-(0)---------8---------|
||--5---------2------------|-0-------------------|-(0)---------7---------|
||-------------------------|-0-------------------|-(0)-------------------|
||o------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
||-------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|


  D/F#            C/E    D/F#      G/D
 E S S E E E S S E E  E S S E E E S S E E  E S S E E E S S E E
|---10-10---10---10-10---10-|---8-8---8---10-10---10-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|
|---10-10---10---10-10---10-|---8-8---8---10-10---10-|---8-8---8---8-8---8-|
|---11-11---11---11-11---11-|---9-9---9---11-11---11-|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|
|---------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
|
| W              H     H       H     H
|-2-------------------------|-3---------2------------|-----------7---------|
|-3-------------------------|-5---------3------------|-8---------6---------|
|-2-------------------------|-5---------2------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|---------------------|


             D/F#
 E S S E E E S S E E  E S S E E E S S E E
|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---10-10---10---10-10---10-||
|---8-8---8---8-8---8-|---10-10---10---10-10---10-||
|---7-7---7---7-7---7-|---11-11---11---11-11---11-||
|---------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------------||
|
| W           W
|-3-------------------|-5-------------------------||
|-3-------------------|-7-------------------------||
|-4-------------------|-7-------------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------------||


 Chorus
 N.C.
  a H   Q  Q   a H   Q  Q   a H   Q  Q
|-10s12-----3S==5--|-10s12-----3S==5--|-10s12-----3S==5--|
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|   H   Q  Q    H   Q  Q    H   Q  Q
|----12------------|----12------------|----12------------|
|--------------10--|--------------10--|--------------10--|
|----------12------|----------12------|----------12------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|


  a H   Q  Q   a H   Q  Q   a H   Q  Q
|-10s12-----3S==5--|-10s12-----3S==5--|-10s12-----3S==5--|
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|
|   H   Q  Q    H   Q  Q    H   Q  Q
|----12------------|----12------------|----12------------|
|--------------10--|--------------10--|--------------10--|
|----------12------|----------12------|----------12------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|


  a H   Q  Q   a H   Q  Q   a H   Q  Q
|-10s12-----3S==5--|-10s12-----3S==5--|-10s12-----3S==5--|
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|
|   H   Q  Q    H   Q  Q    H   Q  Q
|----12------------|----12------------|----12------------|
|--------------10--|--------------10--|--------------10--|
|----------12------|----------12------|----------12------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|


  a H   Q  Q   a H   Q  Q   a H   Q  Q
|-10s12-----3S==5--|-10s12-----3S==5--|-10s12-----3S==5---||
|------------------|------------------|------------------o||
|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
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|------------------|------------------|------------------o||
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|
|   H   Q  Q    H   Q  Q    H   Q  Q
|----12------------|----12------------|----12-------------||
|--------------10--|--------------10--|--------------10--o||
|----------12------|----------12------|----------12-------||
|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------o||
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  Outro
  N.C.
   a H   Q  Q   a H   Q  Q
||--10s12-----3S==5--|-10s12-----3S==5--|
||o------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|
|
|    H   Q  Q    H   Q  Q
||-----12------------|----12------------|
||o--------------10--|--------------10--|
||-----------12------|----------12------|
||-------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|


  a H   Q  Q   a H   Q  Q  4x
|-10s12-----3S==5--|-10s12-----3S==5----||
|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|--------------------||
|
|   H   Q  Q    H   Q  Q  4x
|----12------------|----12--------------||
|--------------10--|--------------10---o||
|----------12------|----------12--------||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|-------------------o||
|------------------|--------------------||


Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
 h  - hammer-on
 p  - pull-off
 b  - bend
 pb - pre-bend
 r  - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s  - legato slide
 S  - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~  - vibrato
 tr - trill
 T  - tap
 TP - trem. picking
 PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n - tremolo bar down
 n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =  - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x  - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o  - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc 🏷Legend
-----------
 | - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
 : - bar (freetime)
 $ - Segno
 & - Coda

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