The Beatles – Shes Leaving Home (Guitar Acoustic Tab)

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Title: She's Leaving Home Artist: The Beatles Time: 3/4, Tempo: Q=130, Beats on eigths are marked "+". Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes. Use thumb-fretting. Let ring. The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. Sequence: Repeat Verse (2x) - Chorus - Bridge, then Verse (1x) - Chorus - Outro
[Verse]    (2x)
   G        +          D7               Am7      +          C        +          Em       +
E|-------------------|----------------|-3a-----------1----|-0-----------------|------0---0--------|
B|-3a-----------3----|-1---p0---------|-1a----------------|-1----3------p1----|-0-----------------|
G|-0a-------0--------|-----------2----|----------2--------|----------0--------|-0-----------------|
D|------0-------0----|------0----0----|------2-------0----|------2-------2----|------2-------2----|
A|-------------------|-0--------------|-0a----------------|-3-----------------|-------------------|
E|-3a----------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-0-----------------|

            +          A        +          A/G      +          C        +                   +
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------0----|-3a---0------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-1a--h3------------|-1a-----------1----|
G|----------0--------|----------2--------|----------2--------|-0a-------0--------|----------0--------|
D|------2-------2----|------2-------2----|------2-------2----|------2-------2----|------2-------2----|
A|-2-----------------|-0-----------------|-------------------|-3a----------------|-3a----------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|-3-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|

   D7/9     +                   +          C        +                   +
E|-0a---0-------0----|-------------------|--------------0----|-3a--p0------------|
B|-1a---1-------1----|----------1--------|-1a--h3------------|-1a-----------1----|
G|----------2--------|------2-------2----|-0a-------0--------|----------0--------|
D|------0-------0----|-------------------|------2-------2----|------2-------2----|
A|-------------------|-0-----------------|-3a----------------|-3a----------------|
E|-2a----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

  /----------------1st pass-------------\ /----------------2nd pass-------------\
   D7/9     +                   +          D7/9     +                   +
E|-0a---0-------0----|-0a----------------|-0a----------------|-------------------|
B|-1a---1-------1----|-1a-------3--p1----|-1a----------------|-------------------|
G|----------2--------|-------------------|----------2--------|----------2--------|
D|------0-------0----|------0-------0----|------0-------0----|------0-------0----|
A|-------------------|-0a----------------|-------------------|-0-----------------|
E|-2a----------------|-------------------|-2a----------------|-------------------|

[Chorus]
   G      +               +               +               +               +               +
E|-7a------------|---------------|---------------|-----------3---|-5-/-7---------|---------------|
B|-0a------------|-3--p1-----0---|-----0-----0---|-0-------------|---------------|-3--p1-----0---|
G|--------0------|--------0------|-2------0------|--------0------|--------0------|--------0------|
D|-----0-----0---|-----0-----0---|-----0-----0---|-----0-----0---|-----0-----0---|-----0-----0---|
A|---------------|-2-------------|---------------|-2-------------|-0-------------|-2-------------|
E|-7a------------|---------------|-3-------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
1  She           (we gave   her   most of our      lives)    Is    leaving        (sacrificed 
2  She           (we we never thought of    our-   selves)   Is    leaving        (never     a
3  She           (what did   we   do that was      wrong)    Is    having         (we  didn't

          +                 +               +               +               +               +
E|---------------|-----------------|-10a-----------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B|-----0-----0---|-0-h1-p0---------|-0a------------|-3--p1-----0---|-----0-----0---|-0--h1-----0---|
G|-2------0------|----------0------|--------0------|--------0------|-2------0------|--------0------|
D|-----0-----0---|-------0-----0---|-----0-----0---|-----0-----0---|-----0-----0---|-----0-----0---|
A|---------------|-2---------------|---------------|-2-------------|---------------|-2-------------|
E|-3-------------|-----------------|-10a-----------|---------------|-3-------------|---------------|
1  most of   our   lives)            Home           (we gave her     everything      money could buy)
2  thought of our- selves)           Home           (we struggled    hard all our    lives to get by)
3  know it   was   wrong)            Fun            (fun is the      one thing that  money can't buy)

   Em     +               +        Am     +               +        D7    +                  +
E|-0a--0-----0---|-0--h2-----3---|-0a--0-----0---|-0--h2-----3---|-0-h2-----3------|---------------|
B|-0a------------|-0-------------|-1a------------|-1-------------|-1---------------|---------------|
G|--------0------|--------0------|--------2------|--------2------|-2---------------|--------2------|
D|-----2-----2---|-----2-----2---|-----2-----2---|-----2-----2---|-------0-----0---|-----0-----0---|
A|---------------|-2-------------|-0a------------|---------------|-----------------|-0-------------|
E|-0a------------|---------------|---------------|-0-------------|-2---------------|---------------|
1+2 She's leaving  home after      living    a-    lone for so     many years
3   Something in-  side that was   always    de-   nied for so     many years

[Bridge]
Am! >       >       >
E|--5-------5-------5-------|
B|--5-------5-------5-------|
G|--5-------5-------5-------|
D|----------5-------5-------|
A|--0-----------------------|
E|--------------------------|

[Outro]
   G      +               +        Am     +        Cmaj7  +        G      +               +
E|-7a------------|-3---------5---|-0a------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------|
B|-0a------------|---------------|-1a------------|-0a------------|---------------|---------------|-------|
G|--------0------|--------0------|--------2------|-0a-----0------|-0a-----0------|--------0------|-------|
D|-----0-----0---|-----0-----0---|-----2-----2---|-----2-----2---|-----0-----0---|-----0-----0---|-------|
A|---------------|-2-------------|-0a------------|-3a------------|---------------|-2-------------|-------|
E|-7a------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-3a------------|---------------|-3-----|
   She's           leaving         home            bye             bye
[Lyrics Verse] Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins Silently closing her bedroom door Leaving the note that she hoped would say more She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching a handkerchief Quietly turning the backdoor key Stepping outside she is free Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown, Picks up the letter that's lying there. Standing alone at the top of the stairs, She breaks down and cries to her husband Daddy our baby's gone. Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly? How could she do this to me? Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away Waiting to keep the appointment she made Meeting a man from the motor trade ************************************ | a Arpeggio: all notes in the chord are played harp-like in one beat in fast sequence | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | / Slide up | > Accentuate | ! marks chords with bar/half-bar shape ************************************