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                I'm the Greatest - Ringo Starr
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Ringo Starr
I'm the Greatest (1973)
(Lennon)

From: "Ringo"

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CHORDS

         e-B-G-D-A-E
B7       2-4-2-4-2-x
Em       0-0-0-2-x-x
Em/D     0-0-0-0-x-x
C#m7b5   0-0-0-2-4-x 

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TAB PARTS

[riff]
  C                D7
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|--5-5---5-5-----|----------------|
A|--3-3---3-3-----|5-0---3---5-035-|
E|----------------|----------------|

[chromatic lick]
 [E]
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|2-1-0-----------|
A|------4-3-2-123-|
E|----------------|

[last riff]
 4/4              5/4                  4/4
  D7               C                    D7
e|----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|-----5-5----5-5-----|----------------|----------------|
A|5-0---3---5---0-|-3---3-3----3-3-----|5-0---3---5---0-|--3-----3-2-1-0-|
E|----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|

[CODA]
  A7               C                A7               C
e|----0-----------|----0-----------|----0-----------|----0-----------|
B|----2-----------|----1-----------|----2-----------|----1-----------|
G|----0-----------|----0-----------|----0-----------|----0-----------|
D|--2-------------|--2-------------|--2-------------|--2-------------|
A|------0-0-1-2-3-|------3-3-2-1-0-|------0-0-1-2-3-|------3-3-2-1-0-| 
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


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SONG


INTRO
| B(7) | B(7) |

B(7)
When I was a little boy
B(7)
Way back home in Liverpool,
Em  Em/D    C#m7b5              C   D7        
    My mama told me, I was great    [riff]

B(7)
  Then when I was a teenager,
  B(7)
I knew that I had got something going,
Em  Em/D           C#m7b5              C   D7  
    All my friends told me, I was great    [riff]

B(7)
  And now I'm a man
  B(7)
A woman took me by the hand
Em        Em/D          C#m7b5               C   D7  
  And you know what she told me? I was great     [riff]

D
  I was in the greatest show on earth,
D
  For what it was worth
E
  Now I'm only thirty-two
E (break)           E E (break)               
  And all I wanna do,    is boogaloo, hey!   [chromatic lick)


B(7)
  I looked in the mirror,
B(7)
  I saw my wife and kids,
Em        Em/D           C#m7b5              C   D7  
  And you know what they told me? I was great    [riff]

D
  Yes, my name is Billy Shears,
            D
You know it has been for so many years,
E
  Now I'm only thirty-two
E (break)           E E (break)               
  And all I wanna do,    is boogaloo, hey!   [chromatic lick)

SOLO (slide guitar)
| B(7) | B(7) | B(7) | B(7) |
| Em Em/D | C#m7b5 |
                   
                 C
I'm the greatest   
        D7 [last riff]
And you better believe it baby.


CODA [repeat til fade]
| A(7) | C | A(7) | C |

[CODA ad lib vocals]
I will be the greatest
In this world 
And in the next world 
And in any world 
Alright, alright, alright ...