The Beatles
Song: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Album: The Beatles (The White Album)
Tabber: [email protected]
Guitar 1: Electric Lead (Played by Eric Clapton)
Guitar 2: Acoustic Rhythm (play chords noted above Guitar 1)
All Guitars in standard tuning (eBGDAE)
Chords:
Am Am7 D2/F# F G D E A C#m F#m Bm C
e--0----0----0----1----3----2----0----0----4----2----2----0--|
B--1----1----3----1----0----3----0----2----5----2----3----1--|
G--2----2----2----2----0----2----1----2----6----2----4----0--|
D--2----2----0----3----0----0----2----2----6----4----4----2--|
A--0----0----0----3----2---------2----0----4----4----2----3--|
E-------3----2----1----3---------0--------------2------------|
*Note- For ease I will call D2/F# just D2
Intro:
(Am) (Am7) (D2) (F)
(Am) (G) (D) (E)
e-----------------------------------0----------4--|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------2----/4----|
D-------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------0-----------------|
Verse 1:
(Am) (Am7) (D2) (F)
e--------------------0--------------------------------------------|
B------------------------1----------------------------------------|
G--2--2--2--2----2-----------2---------------------------2-----2--|
D-----------------------------------------------------3-----3-----|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|
"I look at you all, see the love, there that's sleeping"
(Am) (G) (D) (E)
e------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------(10)b13-b13-b13r10--9-9-10\9---------|
G----2--------------0---------------------------------------9---9--|
D-------------------------0----------------------------------------|
A---------------2--------------------------------------------------|
E-----------3------------------------------------------------------|
"While my guitar gently weeps"
(Am) (Am7) (D2) (F)
e-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------2---------------------------------------------2-----2-----2--|
D-------------------------------------------------3-----3-----3-----|
A-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------|
"I look at the floor, and I see it needs sweeping"
(Am) (G) (C) (E)
e-------------------------------------------------5----------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------8------------------|
G---------------------------------7b9------7b9-----------7b9r7--5---b6---|
D------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Still my guitar gently weeps"
Chorus 1:
(A) (C#m) (F#m) (C#m) (Bm)
e-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------4--2---2--2--------------2--4----------|
D--------------------2-/4--------------------2--2/4---------------|
A----------------4-----------------------------------------2---2--|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|
"I don't whyyy-hy--hy nobody told you "
(Bm) (E)
e--------------2-------------2-------0-------9----7----4----2---0-----2--|
B-----------------3-----3-------3--5-5-----------------------------------|
G--------------------4-------------------7/9---7----4----2----1---1/2----|
D----------4-------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"How to unfold your love"
(A) (C#m) (F#m) (C#m)
e--0------------------------------2---------------------------------------|
B--2--------------5------------------2-------------------------5------5---|
G--2------------6-----6----6---------------------------------------6------|
D--2---------6-----------6----------------------------------6-------------|
A--0------4----------------------------------------------4----------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"I don't know hoo-oo-oow Someone controlled you"
(Bm) (E)
e--2---------------------------------------------------------12------------|
B--3-----------------------------3-------------/14--12----------12---------|
G--4-------------------------4-----4---4-------/13--13---13--------11\9-9--|
D--4-----------------------4---4-----4-------------------------------------|
A--2---------------------2-------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"They bought and soooooold you"
Verse 2:
(Am) (Am7) (D2) (F)
e-------5--5--5---------------------0---0-------------|
B-------5--5--5---------------------1---1-------------|
G-------5--5--5---------------------2---2-------------|
D-----------------------------------3---3-------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------|
"I look at the world, and I noo tice it's turning"
(Am) (G) (D) (E)
e-----------------------------------------------5----------8v---|
B---------------------------------------------5----8/10---------|
G--2------------------------------------7-b9--------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------|
"While my guitar gently weeps"
(Am) (Am7) (D2) (F)
e-----------------------------------------------------0--------|
B-------10--------------------------------------------------1--|
G--------------------------------------------------------2-----|
D--------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------|
"With every mistake, we must surely be learning"
Am G C
"Still my guitar gently weeps"
Guitar Solo:
(E)
e------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------13-b14--15-b17--|
G--(14)b17r14---12h14-b17------------------| go to the next line quick I
D------------------------------------------| just separated them to make
A------------------------------------------| sure Am always starts the lines
E------------------------------------------|
(Am) (Am7) (D2) (F)
e------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--13--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------14~~~--------12h14-b17-14b17~~~----------12h14-b17-14b17~~~-------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------
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