While My Guitar Gently Weeps

by The Beatles

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While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles

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Tabbed by: Ed

Email: edward_co@snet.net

Tuning: Standard

This song has kinda difficult bends if you do it the right way.

There is an easier way tabbed with hammer ons and stuff,

and while I haven't tried it, its gotten good feedback.

Make sure you read what I write, it may seem like a lot

but I play the song perfectly, and this is it. The notes explain

exactly how to play the part, as I don't know the symbols

used here very well.

First, the chords for the verses.

                                                1                2

<--------------> <-------------->

  Am     Am/G  D7/F#    F     Am      G      D     E7        C      E7
e|--0--||--0--||--0--||--1--||--0--||--3--||--2--||--0--|   |--0--||--0--|
B|--1--||--1--||--1--||--1--||--1--||--0--||--3--||--0--|   |--1--||--0--|
G|--2--||--2--||--2--||--2--||--2--||--0--||--2--||--1--|   |--0--||--1--|
D|--2--||--2--||--0--||--3--||--2--||--0--||--0--||--0--|   |--2--||--0--|
A|--0--||--0--||--0--||--3--||--0--||--2--||--x--||--2--|   |--3--||--2--|
E|--x--| --3--||--2--||--1--||--x--||--3--||--x--||--0--|   |--x--||--0--|

Piano Intro
         Am             Am/G                D7/F#          F          Am
e|-5--55--55--55--5|5--55--55-55--55-|5--55--55--7--8--|10--8--10--|-12-8--|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|-----10|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|-------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|-------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|-------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|-------|

       G           D             E7
e|-10--7-----|--10--------|-------0--2/4--|
B|--------8--|-----10-----|---------------|
G|-----------|--------11--|-------1--2/4--|
D|-----------|------------|---------------|
A|-----------|------------|---------------|
E|-----------|------------|----0----------|

Am Am/G D7/F# F

I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping

Am G D E7

While my guitar gently weeps

e|----------------------------------------| }Strike the 10---|s while they're

B|-10b-10b-10br10--9-9-9b--------------------------------------| }bent, then return down on the

G|-------------------------7b-7b-------------------------------| }third time. The same goes for

D|-------------------------------------------------------------| }the third nine. Strike it at

A|-------------------------------------------------------------| }a bend and bring it down.

E|-------------------------------------------------------------| }Bend 7s normally.

Am Am/G D7/F# F

I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping

Am G C E7

Still my guitar gently weeps

e|---------5--------------------------------| }Strike the seven and bring

B|-----------8------------------------------| }it dow. Then strike the

G|-7br7 7b-----7br7--5b---------------------| }seven, bring it down, and hit

D|------------------------------------------| }the 5. You bend it a half step

A|------------------------------------------| }to C#. If you listen to the

E|------------------------------------------| }recording, you can hear it.

Bridge Chords

   A      C#m     F#m      F      C#m      Bm      %       E7       %
e|--0--| |--4--| |--2--| |--1--| |--4--| |--2--| |--2--| |--0--|  |--0--|
B|--2--| |--5--| |--2--| |--1--| |--5--| |--3--| |--3--| |--0--|  |--0--|
G|--2--| |--6--| |--2--| |--2--| |--6--| |--4--| |--4--| |--1--|  |--1--|
D|--2--| |--6--| |--3--| |--3--| |--6--| |--4--| |--4--| |--0--|  |--0--|
A|--0--| |--4--| |--3--| |--3--| |--4--| |--2--| |--2--| |--2--|  |--2--|
E|--x--| |--x--| |--2--| |--1--| |--x--| |--x--| |--x--| |--0--|  |--0--|

A C#m F#m F

I don't know why nobody told you

C#m Bm Bm

how to unfold your love

A C#m F#m F

I don't know how someone controlled you

C#m Bm Bm E7 E7

they bought and sold you

VERSE

Am Am/G D7/F# F

I look at the world and I notice it's turning

Am G D E7

While my guitar gently weeps

e|------5-------8b------------------------|
B|----5---/10-------10--------------------|
G|-7b-------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
     Am       Am/G         D7/F#     F
With every mistake we must surely be learning
Am          G          C        E7
Still my guitar gently weeps

SOLO on Verse Chords

Strike the 14      The 15 bend here, you
while bent 1(1/2)  strike again when its
  \/               bent, and bring it down.
                \/
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------13--15b--13---------------------------------------------------|
G|-14b---12b-------------14--12h14b-14b----12h14b-14b----12h14b------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------15--------15b--15b--15b--15r--15--12------15-------------|
B|-15br15p13--15b----15--13-----------------------------15b----15br--13h15b|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

             Strike 14 while bent,
             like before.
              \/
e|-15----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----15br-13--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------14b--12b--14b-14b--------12---------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------12h14----14/12--10-12--10h12-10----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------17----17------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------17----20----20p17--20b-------------------|
G|-------12h14--14/17--17/19--19b------------------------------------------|
D|-12h14-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

A C#m F#m C#m

I don't know how you were diverted

Bm Bm E7 E7

you were perverted too

A C#m F#m C#m

I don't know how you were inverted

Bm Bm E7 E7

no one alerted you

Am Am/G D7/F# F

I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping

Am G D E7

While my guitar gently weeps

Am Am/g D7/F# F

I look at you all

Am G C E7

Still my guitar gently weeps

I don't have any of the solo stuff for the ending, but it just him

jammin with the Beatles. If I get it I'll post it.

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note

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