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Something

by The Beatles
Tab intermediate Key: G Tuning: E A D G B E
Transpose
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Capo
None
Size
100%
Title: Something
Artist: The Beatles
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Time: 4/4, Tempo: Q=125, Chorus faster Q=135. Beats on eignths are marked "+".
Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes. Use thumb-fretting. Let ring.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
[PreVerse]  
   C        +       +          Bb        D7          G        +       +                   +       +
E|------0-------3------p0----|-1a--------2a--------|-3a------------------------|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|-3a--------1a--------|-0a------------------------|---------------------------|
G|----------0-------0--------|-3a--------2a--------|-0a-------0-------0--------|----------0-------0--------|
D|------2---------------2----|------3---------0----|------0---------------0----|------0---------------0----|
A|-3-------------------------|---------------------|--------------2------------|--------------2------------|
E|--------------3------------|-1a--------2a--------|-3a------------------------|-3-------------------------|
[Verse]
   G       +      +       +             +      +   Gmaj7          +      +                  +      +
E|-3a---3------3------3---3---|-------------3------2a---|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-0a-------------------------|--------------------0a---|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G|-0a------0------0-----------|---------0------0---0a---|---------0------0--------|---------0------0--------|
D|------0-------------0-------|------0-------------0a---|------0-------------0----|------0-------------0----|
A|-------------2--------------|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|
E|-3a-------------------------|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|
   Something   in     the way               she    moves
   G7      +      +             +     +      +      +     C   +      +      +                 +      +
E|------1------1------1----|-1-h3-----5---\--3------3---|----p0---------------------|------------------------|
B|-------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|------------------------|
G|---------0------0--------|----------------------------|------------0------0-------|---------0------0-------|
D|------0-------------0----|-------0-------------0------|---------2-------------2---|------2-------------2---|
A|-------------2-----------|--------------0-------------|-3-------------------------|-3----------------------|
E|-3-----------------------|-3--------------------------|----------------3----------|-------------3----------|
        Attracts      me     like no  other         lover
  A-long!  +      +          A7!     +        +         D       +      +                  +      +
E|-5a---5--5----------5----|-3a----------5/7----------|-2a--p0------------------|-------------------------|
B|-2a---2--2----------2----|-2a----------2------------|-3a----------3-----------|-------------------------|
G|-2a-------------2--------|-2a------2--------0-------|-2a------2------2--------|---------2------2--------|
D|------2-------------2----|------2---------------0---|------0-------------0----|------0-------------0----|
A|-0a----------------------|-0a-----------------------|-0a----------------------|-0-----------------------|
E|-------------0-----------|-------------0------------|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|
   Something in       the    way         she            woos        me
   Em +      +      +                 +      +        Em7 +      +      +      +    Am      +      +
E|-----------0--------------|------------------------|-0----------------0---------|------------------------|
B|-0-h3--p0---------0---3---|------------------------|----3--p0--3----------0-----|------------------------|
G|--------------------------|---------0------0-------|-------------------------2--|---------2------2-------|
D|--------2-------------2---|------2-------------2---|--------0-------------0-----|------2-------------2---|
A|---------------2----------|-------------2----------|---------------2------------|-0----------------------|
E|-0------------------------|-0----------------------|-0--------------------------|-------------0----------|
 I don't want to leave her now                     You know I believe   and how
[PreVerse] ... as above ...
[Verse] ... as above ...
Somewhere in her smile she knows
That I don't need no other lover
Something in her style that shows me
[PreChorus]                 ... as above ...  
   C        +       +          Bb        D7          E        +       +                   +       +
E|------0-------3------p0----|-1a--------2a--------|-4a------------------------|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|-3a--------1a--------|-0a------------------------|---------------------------|
G|----------0-------0--------|-3a--------2a--------|-1a-------1-------1--------|----------1-------1--------|
D|------2---------------2----|------3---------0----|------2---------------2----|------2---------------2----|
A|-3-------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E|--------------3------------|-1a--------2a--------|-0a-----------0------------|-0------------0------------|
[Chorus]      (2x)
   E     +    +             +    +      Emaj7  +    +                +       A         D          +    +
E|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
B|------------------|-------0----2-----|------------------|----------0-----|-2a--------3--|------------2-----|
G|----1--1----1-----|-1--1-------------|-1-----1----1-----|--------1-------|-2a-----2-----|-------2----------|
D|----2----------2--|----2----------2--|----1----------1--|----1--------1--|----2------0--|----0----------0--|
A|----------2-------|----------2-------|----------2-------|--------2-------|-0a-----------|----------0-------|
E|-0----------------|-0----------------|-0----------------|-0--------------|--------0-----|-2----------------|
      You're asking   me will my love    grow                      I don't   know,  oh, I              don't 
      You stick a-    round, now it may  show                      I don't   know,  oh, I              don't 
  /---------------------1st pass----------------------\ /---------------------2nd pass----------------------\
   E        +       +                  +       +         G        +       +                  +       +
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|-0a-----------------------|--------------------------|-0a-----------------------|--------------------------|
G|-1a-------1-------1-------|----------1-------1-------|-0a-------0-------0-------|----------0-------0-------|
D|------2---------------2---|------2---------------2---|------0---------------0---|------0---------------0---|
A|--------------2-----------|--------------2-----------|--------------2-----------|--------------2-----------|
E|-0a-----------------------|-0------------------------|-3a-----------------------|-3------------------------|
   know                                                  know
[Verse] ... as above ...
Somewhere in her smile she knows
That I don't need no other lover
Something in her style that shows me
[ChorusHigh]  (2x)
   E!    +    +             +    +      Dbm!   +    +                +       A!    +     D         +    +
E|----4--4----4-----|-4--4--7----9-----|-4a---------------|--------4h7-----|-9a------5---10-|-----------9----|
B|----5--5----5-----|-5--5--4----------|-5a---------------|--------5-------|-5a-------------|----------------|
G|------------------|-4----------------|-6a----6----6-----|----------------|-6a----6--------|-------9--------|
D|----6----------6--|----6----------0--|----6----------6--|----6--------6--|----7--------0--|----0---------0-|
A|------------------|------------------|----------4-------|--------4-------|----------------|-0-------0------|
E|-4--------4-------|-4--------4-------|-4a---------------|-4--------------|-5a------5------|----------------|
  /---------------------1st pass----------------------\ /---------------------2nd pass----------------------\
   E        +       +                  +       +         G        +       +                  +       +
E|-7a-----------------------|--------------------------|-7a-----------------------|--------------------------|
B|-9a-----------------------|--------------------------|-0a-----------------------|--------------------------|
G|-9a-------9-------9-------|----------9-------9-------|-0a-------0-------0-------|----------0-------0-------|
D|------9---------------9---|------9---------------9---|------0---------------0---|------0---------------0---|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E|-0a-----------0-----------|-0------------0-----------|-7a-----------7-----------|-7------------7-----------|
[Verse] ... as above ...
[Outro] ... as PreVerse above, repeat the first 2 bars ...
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| a Arpeggio: all notes in the chord are played harp-like in one beat in fast sequence
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
| ! marks chords with bar/half-bar shape
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