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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:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIc8TnrC9tQ
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
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[Intro]
C
| / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / |
[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!)
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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|-----------|-----------|-----------|
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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.
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F/G G9
<5 of 11> <9 of 21>
Shes Leaving Home chords and lyrics
Free chords for Shes Leaving Home by The Beatles. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.
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:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIc8TnrC9tQ
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]
[Verse 1]
[Chorus 1]
(We gave her most of our lives!)
(Sacrificed most of our lives!)
(We gave her everything money...)
(...Could buy---------!)
(Bye------, bye-------!) ^ ^ ^
[Verse 2]
[Chorus 2]
(We never thought of ourselves!)
(Never a thought for ourselves!)
(We struggled hard all our lives...
To get by---------!)
(Bye------, bye------!) ^ ^ ^
[Verse 3]Shes Leaving Home Chords by The Beatles
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