Paul McCartney – I Will (Guitar Live)

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Song: I Will (Live) Artist: The Beatles Album: The Beatles (White Album) Style: Acoustic Ballad Method: Brusque Strumming: Chord Progression Chords: EADGBe E 022100 C#m X35543 F#m 355333 B7 797877 G#m 355333 A 577555 E7 030100 F#7 242322 F#m7 242222 VERSE 1:

    E         C#m       F#m   B7
Who knows how long I've loved you,

    E      C#m            G#m
You know I love you still.

E7     A      B7     E
Will I wait a lonely lifetime,

       A       B7    E
If you want me to, I will.

VERSE 2:

     E   C#m  F#m    B7
For if I ever saw you,

  E      C#m        G#m
I didn't catch your name.

E7     A     B7     C#m      E
But it never really mattered,

  A           B7       E
I will always feel the same.

CHORUS 1:

A                C#m
Love you forever and forever,

A                    E
Love you with all my heart.

A                 C#m
Love you whenever we're together,

F#7                    B7
Love you when we're apart.

VERSE 2:

    E       C#m    F#m7   B7
And when at last I find you,

    E          C#m      G#m
Your song will fill the air.

E7       A      B7    E
Sing it loud so I can hear you,

        A       B7      E
Make it easy to be near you.

        A          B7
For the things you do,

  C#m      E     F#m7
Endear you to me.

        B7          E
Oh, you know I will,

       E7
I will ————.

CODA:

A    G#m      C#m
Doh, doh-doh, do-do,

F#m7 B7       E
Doh, doh—doh, do-do.

[End] NOTES: 1. My interpretation of Paul’s LIVE version of this song. 2. “…I was doing a song, I Will, that I had as a melody for quite a long time but I didn't have any lyrics to it. I remember sitting around with Donovan, and maybe a couple of other people. We were just sitting around one evening after our day of meditation and I played him this one and he liked it and we were trying to write some words. We kicked around a few lyrics, something about the moon, but they weren't very satisfactory and I thought the melody was better than the words so I didn't use them. I kept searching for better words and I wrote my own set in the end; very simple words, straight love-song words really. I think they're quite effective. It's still one of my favourite melodies that I've written. You just occasionally get lucky with a melody and it becomes rather complete and I think this is one of them; quite a complete tune. …” - Paul McCartney Many Years From Now, Barry Miles http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/i-will/