The Beatles – Shes Leaving Home (Guitar)

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Song: She's leaving home Artist: The Beatles Composer: Lennon and McCartney Album: Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Tabbed by DJ 31st May 2016 FINE TUNING: The original backing track is sharp. To match it for playing along to, use a chromatic tuner and tune all the strings up approx. +40 cents above standard pitch. Alternatively, to avoid any retuning, videos of live performances are more likely to be in standard pitch. Here's a 2003 Paul McCartney live performance in standard pitch: TIME SIGNATURE: 3/4 (Waltz time) CAPO: 4th fret (Will then sound in the approx. recorded key of E) I would recommend using the voicings in the text column numbers below. Regarding the CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the information at the bottom of the tab. Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo C = x32010 F/G = 30321x Gm7 = 353333 G9 = 32320x Dm = xx0231 C7 = x32310 Dm/F = xx3231 or 10023x Gm6/Bb = x10030 Am7 = x02010 F/A = x03211 D9 = x54550 or xx0210 Am = x02210 ^ = Emphasise the beats Please take a second to scroll down to the bottom of the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks ===================================================== [Intro]

  C
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[Verse 1]

C         Gm7         Dm        Dm/F
Wednesday morning, at five o' - clock, 

       Am7            Am7     D9 
As the day begins,  | / / / | / / / | / / / |

F/G                  G9
Silently closing her bedroom door,

F/G                        G9
Leaving the note, that she hoped would say more,

         C      Gm7           Dm
She goes down - stairs to the kitchen,

Dm/F          Am7             Am7     D9 
Clutching her handkerchief, | / / / | / / / | / / / |

F/G                 G9
Quietly turning the backdoor key,

F/G                     G9
Stepping outside she is free

[Chorus 1]

C
She-------------------------------...

(We gave her most of our lives!)

   C7
Is leaving------------------------------...

(Sacrificed most of our lives!)

C                 Gm6/Bb
Home----------------------------!

(We gave her everything money...)

          Am
          She's leaving home,

(...Could buy---------!)

      D9                  Am7            D9
After living alone for so many years!  | / / / |

(Bye------, bye-------!) ^ ^ ^ [Verse 2]

C      Gm7           Dm
Father snores as his wife...

     Dm/F     Am7             Am7     D9
Gets into her dressing gown,| / / / | / / / | / / / |

F/G                        G9
Picks up the letter that's lying there,

F/G                   G9
standing alone at the top of the stairs,

           C         Gm7          Dm
She breaks down, and cries to her husband,

 Dm/F       Am7              Am7     D9
"Daddy, our baby's gone!"  | / / / | / / / | / / / |

 F/G                       G9
"Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly?

F/G                      G9
How could she do this to me?"

[Chorus 2]

C
She-----------------------------------...

(We never thought of ourselves!)

    C7
Is leaving--------------------------------...

(Never a thought for ourselves!)

C                  Gm6/Bb
Home---------------------------!

(We struggled hard all our lives...

       Am
       She's leaving home,

To get by---------!)

      D9                  Am7           D9
After living alone for so many years  | / / / |

(Bye------, bye------!) ^ ^ ^ [Verse 3]

C      Gm7         Dm        Dm/F
Friday morning, at nine o' - clock,

       Am7          Am7     D9
She is far away,  | / / / | / / / | / / / |

F/G                      G9
Waiting to keep the ap - pointment she made,

F/G                    G9
Meeting a man from the motor trade

[Chorus 3]

C
She---------------------------------...

(What did we do that was wrong?)

   C7
Is having------------------------------...

(We didn't know it was wrong!)

C                Gm6/Bb
Fun----------------------------!

(Fun is the one thing that money...)

          Am
          Something inside that was...

(...Can't buy---------)

   D9                   Am7            D9
...Always denied for so many years!  | / / / |

(Bye------, bye-------!) ^ ^ ^ [Coda]

Am7           D9          F/A     C
She's leaving home  (Bye, bye!)

===================================================== PLAYING INFO: The song is best played fingerpicking arpeggios for most of the song, to emulate the sweeping harp. For the Am7 to D9 pizzicato sections and also the bar of D9 at the end of the verses, pluck the strings together simultaneously on each beat. Am7 D9

e|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B|--1--1--1--|--1--1--1--|--1--1--1--|
G|--0--0--0--|--2--2--2--|--2--2--2--|
D|-----------|--0--2--4--|--2--0-----|
A|--0--2--3--|-----------|--------3--|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|

===================================================== For the GUITAR chord box diagrams to match my suggested choices you need to manually select the following choice of options by clicking on the forward/backward arrows below two of the diagrams. The remaining chord boxes can be the default first option and don't need any reselecting. As long as you are logged into your account, these choices will be saved automatically for every time you view this tab F/G G9 <5 of 11> <9 of 21>