The Beatles – This Boy (Guitar Solo)

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Song: This boy Artist: The Beatles Composers: Lennon & McCartney Album: Past masters Tabbed by: DJ 17th Feb 2015 TIME SIGNATURE: 12/8 time IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website displays, they are generated automatically from a generic database and often don't show the best options for a particular chord progression. Just use the voicings suggested in the text column numbers SEE BOTTOM OF PAGE FOR TABLATURE OF RIFFS FOR THE INTRO AND THE CODA D/A = x04232 D7 = x5453x or xx0212 Dadd9/A = x02232 D9 = x54555 or xx0210 D = xx0232 G = 355433 Bm = x24432 F#7 = 242322 Em7 = 022030 E7 = 076750 or 020100 A = x02220 E9 = x76777 or 020102 Dmaj7 = xx0222 (A6) = x02222 A7sus4 = x02030 Em6 = 022020 A7 = x02020 A7sus2 = x02000 N.C. = No chords Please take a second to swipe down to the bottom of the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks ===================================================== [Intro]

  D/A  Dadd9/A D/A
|  /     /     /  |

  D            Bm           Em7         A
| /_/_/ /_/_/ /_/_/ /_/_/ | /_/_/ /_/_/ /_/_/ /_/_/ |

[Verse 1]

Dmaj7    Bm   Em7         A7sus4    Dmaj7  Bm
That boy-----  ...took my love  a - way--------,

Em7                 A7sus4 A7        Dmaj7  Bm
     Oh, he'll re - gret   it some - day-------,

    Em7  N.C.  A     N.C.         D    Bm   Em7  A
But this boy...wants you back a - gain----!

[Verse 2]

Dmaj7     Bm     Em7   A7sus4   Dmaj7  Bm
That boy----- ...isn't good for you--------,

Em7                A7sus4   Dmaj7  Bm
     Though he may want you too-------,

Em7  N.C.    A     N.C.         D       D7
This boy  ...wants you back a - gain

[Verse 3]

D9      G                 F#7           Bm
Oh, and this boy would be happy just to love you,

         D7    D9
But, oh, my----------,

G                 E7    E9  A                (A6)
That boy won't be happy ...'til he's seen you cry

[Verse 4]

Dmaj7    Bm   Em7         A7sus4   Dmaj7  Bm
This boy----- ...wouldn't mind the pain--------,

Em7               A7sus4   Dmaj7  Bm
     Would always feel the same--------,

   Em7  N.C.   A    N.C.         D   Bm   Em7  A
If this boy ...gets you back a - gain---!

[Coda -Repeats]
    Dmaj7     Bm       Em7  Em6  A7sus2  A
||: This boy-----!  |  /    /     /     /  :||

[Live ending]

 Dmaj7
 This boy-----!

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[Intro - Played as a 2nd fret barre,
         alternating the note on the D string]
    D/A  Dadd9/A D/A
e|--2----2-------2--|
B|--3----3-------3--|
G|--2----2-------2--|
D|--4----2-------4--|
A|--0----0-------0--|
E|------------------|

  [Coda overdubbed riff]     / = Slide note up
     Em7   Em6  A7sus2  A     Dmaj7     Bm
e |--10----9----7-------9--|------------------|
B |---8----8----8-------8--|--7--/10----------|
G |------------------------|------------------|
D |------------------------|------------------|
A |------------------------|------------------|
E |------------------------|------------------|
George utilised a bottleneck slide for the 2nd bar