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If I Needed Someone – The Beatles
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Written by: George Harrison
From: "Rubber Soul" (1965)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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Whatever your strumming pattern, make sure to include these melody lines.
Let the basic notes of the A chord (5th, 4th and 3rd strings) ring
throughout. A second guitar can play along using a capo 7th fret (transpose
this chord sheet +5 for the chords). Sounds very nice!
RIFF
no capo Capo 7th fret
A D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------| e|--------0-------|--3---2---0-----|
B|----------0-----|--3---2---0-----| B|3-3---1-------1h|3--------(1)----|
G|2-2---0-------0h|2---------------| G|2---------------|----------------|
D|2-2-------------|----------------| D|0---------------|----------------|
A|0---------------|----------------| A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|
[Verse]
A G/A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|------0---2---3-|--2---0---2-----|------0---2---0-|--2---3---2---3-|
G|2-2-------------|----------------|2-2-------------|--------------4-|
D|2---------------|----------------|----------------|--------------5-|
A|0---------------|----------------|----------------|--------------0-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G/A A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|3---------------|----------0-----|--3---2---0-----|
G|----------------|4---------------|2-2---0-------0h|2---------------|
D|----------------|5---------------|2-2-------------|----------------|
A|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
[Solo]
no Capo
A G/A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--0-------------|----------------|--0-------------|----------------|
B|------3---2---0-|--2---3---2-----|------3---2---0-|--2---3---2---3-|
G|2---------------|----------------|2---------------|--------------4-|
D|2---------------|----------------|2---------------|--------------5-|
A|0---------------|----------------|0---------------|--------------0-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G/A A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|3---------3-----|----------0-----|--3---2---0-----|
G|----------------|----------------|2-2---0-------0h|2---------------|
D|--------------5-|------4---------|2-2-------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
capo 7th fret
D C/D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--5---3---2---0-|--2---3---2-----|--5---3---2---0-|--2---3---2---0-|
B|--3---3---3---3-|--3---3---3-----|--3---3---3---3-|--3---3---3---1-|
G|2---------------|----------------|2---------------|--------------0-|
D|0---------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
C/D D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|3---------3-----|--------0-------|--3---2---0-----|
B|--------------1-|1-----0---0-----|3-3---1-------1h|3--------(1)----|
G|----------------|0---------------|2---------------|----------------|
D|0---------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
transpose: - transpose: +5
capo: - capo: 7th fret
E-A-D-G-B-e E-A-D-G-B-e
G/A x-0-5-4-3-3 C/D x-x-0-0-1-0
E7sus4 0-2-0-2-0-0 A7sus4 x-0-2-0-3-0
E7 0-2-0-1-0-0 A7 x-0-2-0-2-0
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[Intro]
| A | % | % | % |
[RIFF]
[Verse 1]
A
If I needed someone to love
A G/A
You're the one that I'd be thinking of
A
If I needed someone
[RIFF]
[Verse 2]
A
If I had some more time to spend
A G/A
Then I guess I'd be with you, my friend
A
If I needed someone
[RIFF]
[Middle 8]
Em F#7
Had you come some other day
F#7 Bm
Then it might not have been like this
Em F#7 Bm E7sus4 E7
But, you see, now I'm too much in love
[Verse 3]
A
Carve your number on my wall
A G/A
And maybe you will get a call from me
A
If I needed someone
[RIFF]
[Solo]
| A | % | % | % |
| G/A | % | A | % |
[Verse 4]
A
If I had some more time to spend
A G/A
Then I guess I'd be with you, my friend
A
If I needed someone
[RIFF]
[Middle 8]
Em F#7
Had you come some other day
F#7 Bm
Then it might not have been like this
Em F#7 Bm E7sus4 E7
But, you see, now I'm too much in love
[Verse 5]
A
Carve your number on my wall
A G/A
And maybe you will get a call from me
A
If I needed someone
[RIFF]
[Coda]
| A | % | % | % | A
[RIFF]If I Needed Someone chords and lyrics
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
If I Needed Someone – The Beatles
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Written by: George Harrison
From: "Rubber Soul" (1965)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Whatever your strumming pattern, make sure to include these melody lines.
Let the basic notes of the A chord (5th, 4th and 3rd strings) ring
throughout. A second guitar can play along using a capo 7th fret (transpose
this chord sheet +5 for the chords). Sounds very nice!
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[Intro]
[Verse 1]
[RIFF]
[Verse 2]
[RIFF]
[Middle 8]
[Verse 3]
[RIFF]
[Solo]
| A | % | % | % |
| G/A | % | A | % |
[Verse 4]
[RIFF]
[Middle 8]
[Verse 5]
[RIFF]
[Coda]If I Needed Someone Chords by The Beatles
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