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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 
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):
---------------------
 
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:
--------
 
Repeat Verse 1
 
Chorus 3:
---------
 
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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