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Bass Tab
Song Title: Nowhere Man
Artist: Beatles
Tuning: Standard
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From the Album:  Rubber Soul 1965
Tabbed by David Connor dconnor@idirect.ca
Mayfield S.S.
 
You must listen to the song for timing.  The words are kind of in time.
The words are not exactly in time.  So listen to the song.
 
I pretty sure i got most of this right.  There are so many small changes it's
hard to keep 
track of them all so i did my best to transcribe it.
 
Intro:
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G|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------   Nothing   -------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------
    He's a real nowhere man, sitting in his nowhere land
 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------
D|--7--7-6-6-4-----7--7-6-6-4-----------6-6-7-8-9------6-6-7-8-9-
A|-------------7-4------------7-4--7--7-----------7--7-----------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------
    Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
 
Verse 1:
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G|-------------------------------------------------------6-----
D|-------4-4-5-6-7-------------6-7-7-6-6-----------6-6-9---9---
A|--7--7---------------6-6-9-9-----------9-7---7-7-------------
E|-----------------7-7-----------------------7-----------------
    Doesn't have a point of view  Knows not where he's going to
 
G|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|--7--7-6-6-4-----7--7-6-4----------6-6-7-8-9-----------------
A|-------------7-4----------7-4--7-7-----------7--7--7-7-7-----
E|-------------------------------------------------------------
    Isn't he a bit like you and me                   Nowhere...
 
Chorus 1:
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G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--6-6-----6-6----------7-7------7-7-----------6-6----6-6-------7-7-----7--7-
A|------6-6-----6--6----------7-7-----7-------------6-6-----6--------7-7------
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ...man         please   listen       you don't know what   your missing
 
G|------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----6-6-----6-6--------4-------------4-------------6-------
A|--6------6-6------6---4---7---4-7---4---7---4-7---6---9-----
E|--------------------5-------------5-------------7-------7-7-
    Nowhere  man the  world is at your command
 
Solo (Same as Verse):
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G|-------------------------------------------------------6-----
D|-------4-4-5-6-7-------------6-7-7-6-6-----------6-6-9---9---
A|--7--7---------------6-6-9-9-----------9-7---7-7-------------
E|-----------------7-7-----------------------7-----------------
    
G|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|--7--7-6-6-4-----7--7-6-4----------6-6-7-8-9-----------------
A|-------------7-4----------7-4--7-7-----------7--7--7-7-7-----
E|-------------------------------------------------------------
    
Verse 2:
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Same tab as Verse 1 w/
 
He's as blind as he can be
Just sees what he wants to see
Nowhere man can you see me at all
 
Chorus 2:
---------
 
Same tab as Chorus 1 w/
 
Nowhere man don't worry
Take your time don't hurry
Leave it all till somebody else lends you a hand
 
Verse 3:
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Repeat Verse 1
 
Chorus 3:
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Repeat Chorus 1
 
Ending:
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G|-------------------------------------------------------6-----
D|-------4-4-5-6-7-------------6-7-7-6-6-----------6-6-9---9---
A|--7--7---------------6-6-9-9-----------9-7---7-7-------------
E|-----------------7-7-----------------------7-----------------
    He's a real nowhere man, sitting in his nowhere land
 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------
D|--7--7-6-6-4-----7--7-6-6-4---------------4-7--4-7-------------
A|-------------7-4------------7-4--7--7-7-7----------7--7-7-7-7--
E|---------------------------------------------------------------
    Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------
D|--7--7-6-6-4-----7--7-6-6-4------------------------------------
A|-------------7-4------------7-4--7--7--7--7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--
E|---------------------------------------------------------------
    Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
 
G|---------------------------------------------------------------
D|--7--7-6-6-4-----7--7-6-6-4-----------------4-7-4--------------
A|-------------7-4------------7-4--7--7--7--7-------7------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------
    Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
 

Not a really hard song but it takes a while to get used to the timing.
 
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