While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles
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Tabbed by: Ed
Email: edward_co@snet.net
Tuning: Standard
This song has kinda difficult bends if you do it the right way.
There is an easier way tabbed with hammer ons and stuff,
and while I haven't tried it, its gotten good feedback.
Make sure you read what I write, it may seem like a lot
but I play the song perfectly, and this is it. The notes explain
exactly how to play the part, as I don't know the symbols
used here very well.
First, the chords for the verses.
1 2
<--------------> <-------------->
Am Am/G D7/F# F Am G D E7 C E7
e|--0--||--0--||--0--||--1--||--0--||--3--||--2--||--0--| |--0--||--0--|
B|--1--||--1--||--1--||--1--||--1--||--0--||--3--||--0--| |--1--||--0--|
G|--2--||--2--||--2--||--2--||--2--||--0--||--2--||--1--| |--0--||--1--|
D|--2--||--2--||--0--||--3--||--2--||--0--||--0--||--0--| |--2--||--0--|
A|--0--||--0--||--0--||--3--||--0--||--2--||--x--||--2--| |--3--||--2--|
E|--x--| --3--||--2--||--1--||--x--||--3--||--x--||--0--| |--x--||--0--|
Piano Intro
Am Am/G D7/F# F Am
e|-5--55--55--55--5|5--55--55-55--55-|5--55--55--7--8--|10--8--10--|-12-8--|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|-----10|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|-------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|-------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|-------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|-------|
G D E7
e|-10--7-----|--10--------|-------0--2/4--|
B|--------8--|-----10-----|---------------|
G|-----------|--------11--|-------1--2/4--|
D|-----------|------------|---------------|
A|-----------|------------|---------------|
E|-----------|------------|----0----------|
Am Am/G D7/F# F
I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping
Am G D E7
While my guitar gently weeps
e|----------------------------------------| }Strike the 10---|s while they're
B|-10b-10b-10br10--9-9-9b--------------------------------------| }bent, then return down on the
G|-------------------------7b-7b-------------------------------| }third time. The same goes for
D|-------------------------------------------------------------| }the third nine. Strike it at
A|-------------------------------------------------------------| }a bend and bring it down.
E|-------------------------------------------------------------| }Bend 7s normally.
Am Am/G D7/F# F
I look at the floor and I see it needs sweeping
Am G C E7
Still my guitar gently weeps
e|---------5--------------------------------| }Strike the seven and bring
B|-----------8------------------------------| }it dow. Then strike the
G|-7br7 7b-----7br7--5b---------------------| }seven, bring it down, and hit
D|------------------------------------------| }the 5. You bend it a half step
A|------------------------------------------| }to C#. If you listen to the
E|------------------------------------------| }recording, you can hear it.
Bridge Chords
A C#m F#m F C#m Bm % E7 %
e|--0--| |--4--| |--2--| |--1--| |--4--| |--2--| |--2--| |--0--| |--0--|
B|--2--| |--5--| |--2--| |--1--| |--5--| |--3--| |--3--| |--0--| |--0--|
G|--2--| |--6--| |--2--| |--2--| |--6--| |--4--| |--4--| |--1--| |--1--|
D|--2--| |--6--| |--3--| |--3--| |--6--| |--4--| |--4--| |--0--| |--0--|
A|--0--| |--4--| |--3--| |--3--| |--4--| |--2--| |--2--| |--2--| |--2--|
E|--x--| |--x--| |--2--| |--1--| |--x--| |--x--| |--x--| |--0--| |--0--|
A C#m F#m F
I don't know why nobody told you
C#m Bm Bm
how to unfold your love
A C#m F#m F
I don't know how someone controlled you
C#m Bm Bm E7 E7
they bought and sold you
VERSE
Am Am/G D7/F# F
I look at the world and I notice it's turning
Am G D E7
While my guitar gently weeps
e|------5-------8b------------------------|
B|----5---/10-------10--------------------|
G|-7b-------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
Am Am/G D7/F# F
With every mistake we must surely be learning
Am G C E7
Still my guitar gently weeps
SOLO on Verse Chords
Strike the 14 The 15 bend here, you
while bent 1(1/2) strike again when its
\/ bent, and bring it down.
\/
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------13--15b--13---------------------------------------------------|
G|-14b---12b-------------14--12h14b-14b----12h14b-14b----12h14b------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------15--------15b--15b--15b--15r--15--12------15-------------|
B|-15br15p13--15b----15--13-----------------------------15b----15br--13h15b|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Strike 14 while bent,
like before.
\/
e|-15----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----15br-13--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------14b--12b--14b-14b--------12---------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------12h14----14/12--10-12--10h12-10----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------17----17------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------17----20----20p17--20b-------------------|
G|-------12h14--14/17--17/19--19b------------------------------------------|
D|-12h14-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A C#m F#m C#m
I don't know how you were diverted
Bm Bm E7 E7
you were perverted too
A C#m F#m C#m
I don't know how you were inverted
Bm Bm E7 E7
no one alerted you
Am Am/G D7/F# F
I look at you all see the love there that's sleeping
Am G D E7
While my guitar gently weeps
Am Am/g D7/F# F
I look at you all
Am G C E7
Still my guitar gently weeps
I don't have any of the solo stuff for the ending, but it just him
jammin with the Beatles. If I get it I'll post it.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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