'If I Needed Someone' by Beatles - Guitar Tutorial
Song lyrics:
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The Beatles - If I needed someone from Rubber Soul album.
Released on December the 3rd of 1965.
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Tabbed by:PJVillanueva
This song is a drone kept by the bass guitar while Lennon's rythm
and Harrison's picking change from A to G.
Lennon plays a syncopated rythm in low chords while Harrison,who
uses a capo on the seventh fret, plays a fingerpicking guitar riff
with an alternate A-E bass.
(D-A in the seventh fret capo position)
Be patient.It works and it sounds great.
Chords: A x02220 Remember that rythm guitar is played
G 320033 without a capo.
Em 022000
F#7 242322
Bm x24432
E 022100
Capo on 7th fret
E-----------0-----|----3---2---0-----|
B---3---1-------1-|----------------1-|
G-----2-------2---|------2-------2---|
D-0-------0-------|-0--------0-------|
A-----------------|------------------|
E-----------------|------------------|
................2 times..............
A G
E-------0---2---3-|---2---0---2-----|-------0---2---0-|---2---3---2---0-|
B---3-------------|---------------3-|---3-------------|---------------1-|
G-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2-0-|
D-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-----0-|
A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
If I needed someone to love...
A
E--0--------------|--0--------------|-----------0-----|---3---2---0-----|
B--1--------------|--1--------------|---3---1-------1-|---------------1-|
G--0--------------|--0--------------|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|
D--0--------------|--0--------------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
If I needed someone
G
E-------0---2---3-|---2---0---------|-------0---2---0-|---2---3---2---0-|
B---3-------------|-----------3---3-|---3-------------|---------------1-|
G-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2-0-|
D-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
If I had some more time to spend...
A
E--0--------------|--0--------------|-----------0-----|----3---2---0-----|
B--1--------------|--1--------------|---3---1-------1-|----------------1-|
G--0--------------|--0--------------|-----2-------2---|------2-------2---|
D--0--------------|--0--------------|-0-------0-------|-0--------0-------|
A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
If I needed someone
Em F#7 Bm
E-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0----------------|
B-1---------------|-4---------------|-4---------------|-0----------------|
G-2---------------|-4---------------|-4---------------|-0----------------|
D-2---------------|-4---------------|-4---------------|-2----------------|
A-0---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|-2----------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0----------------|
Had you come some other day...
Em F#7 Bm E
E-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|------------------|
B-1---------------|-4---------------|-0---------------|---2---3---2---0--|
G-2---------------|-4---------------|-0---------------|------------------|
D-2---------------|-4---------------|-2---------------|-----2-------2----|
A-0---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|-0-------0--------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|------------------|
But you see now I'm ...
A G
E-------0---2---3-|---2---0---------|-------0---2---0-|---2---3---2---0--|
B---3-------------|-----------3---3-|---3-------------|---------------1--|
G-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2-0--|
D-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-----0--|
A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Carve your number on my wall...
A
E--0--------------|--0--------------|-----------0-----|----3---2---0-----|
B--1--------------|--1--------------|---3---1---------|----------------1-|
G--0--------------|--0--------------|-----2-------2---|------2-------2---|
D--0--------------|--0--------------|-0-------0-------|-0--------0-------|
A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
If I needed someone
Solo
A G
E---5---3---2---0-|---2---3---22222-|---5---3-3-2---0-|---2---3---2---0--|
B---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---33333-|---3---3-3-3---3-|---3---3---3---1--|
G-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2----|
D-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0--------|
A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Aaaaaaah...
A
E-----0-----------|-------------3---|-----------0-----|----3---2---0-----|
B-----1-----------|-------0---------|---3---1-------1-|----3---3---3---0-|
G-----0-----------|-0-----------0---|-----2-------2---|------2-------2---|
D-----0-----------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|-0--------0-------|
A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Aaaaaaaah...
A G
E-------0---2---3-|---2---0---------|-------0---2---0-|---2---3---2---0--|
B---3-------------|-----------3---3-|---3-------------|---------------1--|
G-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2-0--|
D-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-----0--|
A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
If I had some more time...
A
E--0--------------|--0--------------|-----------0-----|----3---2---0-----|
B--1--------------|--1--------------|---3---1-------1-H-3----------------|
G--0--------------|--0--------------|-----2-------2---|------2-------2---|
D--0--------------|--0--------------|-0-------0-------|-0--------0-------|
A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
If I needed someone
Em F#7 Bm
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0----------------|
B-3---------------|-4---------------|-4---------------|-0----------------|
G-2---------------|-4---------------|-4---------------|-0----------------|
D-2---------------|-4---------------|-4---------------|-2----------------|
A-0---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|-2----------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0----------------|
Had you come some some other day...
Em F#7 Bm E
E-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|------------------|
B-1---------------|-4---------------|-0---------------|---2---3---2---0--|
G-2---------------|-4---------------|-0---------------|------------------|
D-2---------------|-4---------------|-2---------------|-----2-------2----|
A-0---------------|-2---------------|-2---------------|-0-------0--------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|------------------|
But you see now I'm...
A G
E-------0---2---3-|---2---0---2-----|-------0---2---0-|---2---3---2---0--|
B---3-------------|---------------3-|---3-------------|---------------1--|
G-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2-0--|
D-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-----0--1
A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Carve your number on my wall...
A
E--0--------------|--0--------------|-----------0-----|----3---2---0-----|
B--1--------------|--1--------------|---3---1-------1-H-3--------------1-|
G--0--------------|--0--------------|-----2-------2---|------2-------2---|
D--0--------------|--0--------------|-0-------0-------|-0--------0-------|
A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
If I needed someone
E-----------0-----|----3---2---0-----|----------------|
B---3---1-------1-H-3--------------3-|-3--------------|
G-----2-------2---|------2-------2---|-2--------------|
D-0-------0-------|-0--------0-------|-0--------------|
A-----------------|------------------|----------------|
E-----------------|------------------|----------------|
...............2 times...............
| B Bend
| R Release
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
. - play note like a dot in standard notation
^ - ties two notes together
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