• Song:

    Bless You

  • Artist:

    John Lennon

  • Album:

    Menlove Ave

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                Bless You ? John Lennon
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

John Lennon
Bless You (1974)
(Lennon)

From: "Walls and Bridges"


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It is of course possible to use any voicings but these sound close to 
what is played on the recording.

CHORDS
         E--A--D--G--B--e
Dmaj7    x  x  12 11 10 9
C#maj7   x  x  11 10  9 8
Cmaj7    x  x  10  9  8 7
Bmaj7    x  x   9  8  7 6
Bbmaj7   x  x   8  7  6 5
F#sus4   2  4   4  4  2 2
Asus4    x  0   2  2  3 0
Asus4/13 x  0   2  2  3  2

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LINK
            A  A   A         A  A   A        A
  A     Asus4 Asus4        Asus4/13        Asus4/13
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|--------------0-|--0-----2-0-2-0-|--0-----2-0-2---|
B|2-------3-2-3-2-|--2-----3-2-3-2-|--2-----3-2-3---|
G|2-------2-2-2-2-|--2-----2-2-2-2-|--2-----2-2-2---|
D|2-------2-2-2-2-|--2-----2-2-2-2-|--2-----2-2-2---|
A|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|

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INTRO
                  1 + 2 +  3 +   4 + 
| Dmaj7 | % | % | Dmaj7   Dmaj7 C#maj7 |
| Cmaj7 | % |2/4 Cmaj7 Bmaj7 Bbmaj7 | 
|4/4 F#m | F#sus4 | F#m | F#sus4 | F#m |

Dmaj7                         Dmaj7 C#maj7
Bless you wherever you are
Cmaj7                Cmaj7 Bmaj7 Bbmaj7 [F#m]
Windswept child on a shoo- ting  sta-   ar
F#m       F#sus4               F#m
    Ah-ah-ah       ah-ah-ah-ah-ah

Dmaj7                     Dmaj7 C#maj7
Restless spirits depart
Cmaj7                    Cmaj7 Bmaj7  Bbmaj7 [F#m]
Still we're deep in each o-    ther?s hea-    art
F#m       F#sus4              [F#m]
    Ah-ah-ah       oh-oh-oh-oh-ah
F#m        F#sus4              [F#m]
    Yeh-eh-eh      Hey-eh-eh-eh-eh

| A       Asus4 A Asus4 A |
| A       Asus4/13 A Asus4/13 A |  [LINK ? see above]
| A       Asus4/13 A Asus4/13 |

G             F
  Some people   say it's over
G                F
  Now that we've   spread our wings
G              F
  But we know    better darling
F [break]     D     F         Em                     A [break]
   The hollow ring    is only last year's echo-oh-oh-oh

SOLO (sax)
                  1 + 2 +  3 +   4 + 
| Dmaj7 | % | % | Dmaj7   Dmaj7 C#maj7 |
| Cmaj7 | % |2/4 Cmaj7 Bmaj7 Bbmaj7 | 

F#m       F#sus4              [F#m]
    Mh-mh-mh       mh-mh-mh-mh-mh
F#m        F#sus4              [F#m]
    Yeh-eh-eh      Hey-eh-eh-eh-eh

Dmaj7                      Dmaj7 C#maj7
Bless you whoever you are
Cmaj7                             Cmaj7 Bmaj7 Bbmaj7 [F#m]
Holding her now, be warm and kind hea-  ah-   ar-     ted
F#m        F#sus4              [F#m]
    Yeh-eh-eh      Hey-eh-eh-eh-eh

Dmaj7                               Dmaj7 C#maj7
And remember though love is strange
Cmaj7                           Cmaj7 Bmaj7 Bbmaj7 [F#m]
Now and forever our love will remai-  ai-   ai-      ain
F#m       F#sus4              [F#m]
    Mh-mh-mh       mh-mh-mh-mh-mh
F#m        F#sus4              [F#m]
    Yeh-eh-eh      Hey-eh-eh-eh-eh

OUTRO
                  1 + 2 +  3 +   4 + 
| Dmaj7 | % | % | Dmaj7   Dmaj7 C#maj7 |
| Cmaj7 | % |2/4 Cmaj7 Bmaj7 Bbmaj7
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