Please Please Me (Lennon/McCartney) Intro: E -|----------12--11--9--7--9--7--4----12--11--9--7--9--7--4--0------------ -|----------------------------------------------------------0------------ -|-----------9---8--6--4--6--4--1-----9---8--6--4--6--4--1--1------------ -|----------------------------------------------------------2------------ -|----------------------------------------------------------2------------ -|---/7--0---(bass only)------------------------------------0------------ Verse: E A E G A B -|--0----0-----0--0----0----0-----0--0--0-----3--5--7-------------------- -|--5----4-----2--0----2----0--------2--0-----3--5--7-------------------- -|--------------------------------1--2--1-----4--6--8-------------------- -|--------------------------------------------5--7--9-------------------- -|--------------------------------------------5--7--9-------------------- -|--------------------------------------------3--5--7-------------------- Last night I said these words to my girl E A E -|--0--0----0---0----0--0----0---0---0----------------------------------- -|--5--4----2---0----2--0--------2---0----------------------------------- -|---------------------------1---2---1----------------------------------- -|---------------------------------------------------2--2---------------- -|---------------------------------------------------------2------------- -|---------------------------------------------0--0---------------------- I know you ne - ver e - ven try girl Chorus: A F#m C#m A Come on Come on Come on Come on Come on Come on Come on Come on E A B E (repeat intro riff) Please please me oh yeah like I please you. Verse 2: You don't need me to show the way girl Why do I always have to say girl Repeat chorus Middle: A I don't want to sound complaining B E But you know there's always rain in my heart A I do all the pleasing with you B E It's so hard to reason with you A B E (repeat intro riff) Oh yeah, why do you make me blue? Third verse same as the first, Repeat chorus, but second line of chorus is repeated three times, then : Ending chords are: E G C B E ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tab Special Notations: ----0---- play the open string ('fret zero') ----5---- play fret five ----5~--- play fret five with vibrato ---5/7--- play fret five, slide up to fret seven ---7\5--- play fret seven, slide down to fret five --8b(9)-- play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach the pitch of fret nine --b(9)8-- play fret eight already bent to the pitch of fret nine, unbending until it reaches the normal pitch of fret eight ----h7--- hammer-on to fret seven ----p5--- pull-off to fret five ---/7---- slide up to fret 7 (the starting fret of the slide is undefined, judge by ear) ---15\--- play fret 15, slide down (the ending fret of the slide is undefined, judge by ear) ---0h3--- play the open string and immediately hammer-on to fret three ---7p5--- play fret seven and immediately pull-off to fret five