The Beatles – Blue Jay Way (Guitar Tab)

Open C (C-G-C-G-C-E)
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========================== Words & Music by George Harrison Copyright 1967 Northern Songs tab by rosh85 This song evolves around a C chord for most of the time throughout the song with the overtones to back George Harrison's lead vocals and thus constantly changing the chord. Since it was composed on a hammond organ, this is an attempt to transfer it to a guitar. Since it's the most comfortable way to play it,I've chosen an open C6 tuning (C-G-C-G-A-e). INTRO:
     C                   C                   C        C7+         
e||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
A||-------------------|-------------------|--0--------2--------|
G||--5----------------|--5----------------|--0--------0--------|
C||-------------------|--0----------------|--0--------0--------|
G||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
C||-------------------|-------------------|--------------------|

  C5       C7+       (C7+)  C6   C7+  C9+     C5 C7+ C5 C7+  C6  C7+   
--------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
--3--------2--------|-(2)---0----2----5----|--3----2--3--2----0--2--|
--0--------0--------|-(0)---0----0----0----|--0----0--0--0----0--0--|
--0--------0--------|-(0)---0----0----0----|--0----0--0--0----0--0--|
--------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
--------------------|----------------------|------------------------|

  C5                 
-------------------||
-------------------||
--0----------------||
--0----------------||
-------------------||
-------------------||
VERSE:
    Cdim                       C                   
e||-------------------------|-------------------|
A||-------------------------|-------------------|
G||-(0)---------------------|-------------------|
C||-(0)---0--3--6--3--0--3--|--4----------------|
A||------------------- -----|--5----------------|
C||-------------------------|--0----------------|
1. There's a fog up-on L. A. 2. Well it on-ly goes to show. 3. Now it's past my bed I know.
  Cdim                      C                  Cdim
-------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
-(4)---0--3--6--3--0--3--|--4----------------|-(4)---0--3--6--3--0--3--|
-(5)---------------------|--5----------------|-(5)---------------------|
-(0)---------------------|--0----------------|-(0)---------------------|
1. And my friends have lost their way. We'll be o-ver soon they 2. And I told them where to go. Ask a p'liceman on the 3. And I'd real-ly like to go. Soon will be the break of
  Cb5                Cdim                       C5
-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
-------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
-------------------|----------0--2--0-----2--|-------------------|
--6----------------|-(6)---3-----------3-----|--7----------------|
--5----------------|-(5)---------------------|--5----------------|
--0----------------|-(0)---------------------|--0----------------|
1. said.            Now they've lost them-selves in-stead.
2. street.          There's so ma-ny there to meet.
3. day.             Sit-ting here in Blue Jay Way.
CHORUS:
     C6       C7+         C5       C7+                             
e||--------------------|--------------------|
A||--0--------2--------|--3--------2--------|
G||--0--------0--------|--0--------0--------|
C||--0--------0--------|--0--------0--------|
G||--------------------|--------------------|
E||--------------------|--------------------|
   Please   don't        be      long 

      C6   C7+          C5  C7+   C5  C7+ C6 C7+
                        |----3----|                   
---------------------|--------------------------|
-(2)---0----2----3---|--3----2----3----2--0--2--|
-(0)---0----0----0---|--0----0----0----0--0--0--|
-(0)---0----0----0---|--0----0----0----0--0--0--|
---------------------|--------------------------|
---------------------|--------------------------|
   Please don't you    be   ve - ry   long 

 C7+  C6   C7+   C5   C7+                      C6      C5  C7+  C6   C5
  |----3----|    |--3-|                                                     
-------------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
-(2)---0----2----3----2--------|-(2)-----------0----|--3----2----0---------|
-(0)---0----0----0----0--------|-(0)-----------0----|--0----0----0----0----|
-(0)---0----0----0----0--------|-(0)-----------0----|--0----0----0----0----|
-------------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
-------------------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
   Please don't be   long ________.           Or       I   may  be    a -

 Cb5   C          
--------------------||
--------------------||
--------------------||
--6----4------------||
--5----5------------||
--0----0------------||
sleep_____.
OUTRO:
     C                             
e||--------------------|--------------------|
A||--------------------|--------------------|   The song fades out with stay-
G||--0-----------------|--0-----------------|   ing on this C chord all the
C||--4-----------------|--4-----------------|   time.
A||--5-----------------|--5-----------------|
C||--0-----------------|--0-----------------|    
    Don't        be       long,    don't be long   etc.   => FADE OUT