#-------------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------# # This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # # song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------# Within You Without You (for acoustic guitar) The Beatles (George Harrison) * These are notes from the guitar fingerboard (fretboard), not chords: translations are at the end. Because George Harrison used an Indian sitar, exactness using an acoustic is very difficult. Moving a capo around the neck may help. Also, using a slide may better simulate the sitar. Note that all notes are on the D string. E F G A# We were talking A# A E G E G F E A bout the space be tween us all E F G A# A# A E G And the people who hide themselves E G F E E F G E Behind a wall of illusion E F A G A# Never glimpse the truth E F G A# C# Then it's far too late A C# A# E G F E When they pass a way e|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------| D|-2--3----5---8-------------------------| A|---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------| We were talking e|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------| D|-8-7---2---5-----2-5-----3--2----------| A|---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------| About the space between us all e|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------| D|-2---3---5--8---8---7----2---5---------| A|---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------| And the people who hide themselves e|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------| D|-2-5----3-2----2--3-5---2--------------| A|---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------| Behind a wall of illusion e|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------| D|-2-3---7-------5----8------------------| A|---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------| Never glimpse the truth e|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------| D|-2----3----5---8---11------------------| A|---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------| Then it s far too late e|---------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------| D|-7----11---8----2-5-3-2----------------| A|---------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------| When they pass a way E F G A# We were talking A# A E G E G F E A bout the love we all could share E F G A# When we find it A# A E G E G F E To try our best to hold it there E F G E F G A# With our love, with our love E F G A# C# We could save the world G# A B D D# If they only knew F# G# A G A F# G# F# A G G# Try to realize it's all within yourself E G E G F E No one else can make you change F# G# A G A F# G#F# A G# And to see you're really only very small E G E G E F E G E And life flows on within you and without you break E F G A# We were talking A# A E G E G F E About the love that's gone so cold E F G A# A# A E G And the people who gain the world E G F E And lose their soul E F G E F A# They don't know, they can't see E F G A# C# G# A B D D# Are you one of them? F# G# A G A F# G# When you've seen beyond yourself F# A G G# Then you may find E G E G F E Peace of mind is waiting there F# G# A G A And the time will come F# G# F# A G# When you see we're all one E G E G E F E G E And life flows on within you and without you * Guitar notes translated from fretboard: E = D string, 2nd fret F = D string, 3rd fret G = D string, 5th fret A# = D string, 8th fret A = D string, 7th fret C# = D string, 11th fret C = D string, 10th fret G# = D string, 6th fret B = D string, 9th fret D = D string, 12th fret D# = D string, 13th fret Set8