-|-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----
-|-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----
-|-----------------------------------------------------------
-|-----------------------------------------------------------
-|-----------------------------------------------------------
-|-----------------------------------------------------------
-|-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------------12-----
-|-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----/10------10--12b(14)---------
-|-----------------------------------11----------------------
-|-----------------------------------------------------------
-|-----------------------------------------------------------
-|-----------------------------------------------------------
| | B | E |
| You s | ay you want a revolution well you k | now |
| | B |
| We all want to change the wo | rld |
| | B | E |
| You t | ell me that it's evolution well you k | now |
| | F# |
| We all want to change the w | orld |
| | C#m | F# |
| | But when you talk about des | truction |
| | C#m | A | B | G# | F# |
| | Don't you know that you can co | unt | me | out ( | in?) |
| | B | E |
| Don't you know it's gonna | be Alr | ight |
| | B | E |
| Don't you know it's gonna | be Alr | ight |
| | B | E | F#7 |
| Don't you know it's gonna | be Alr | ight | |
| Guitar Details During Verses: |
| Guitar 1 plays a standard rock & roll shuffle: |
-|-----------------------------------------------------------------
-|-----------------------------------------------------------------
-|-----------------------------------------------------------------
-|-----------------------------------------------------------------
-|-----9----9---9h11--9--9-----9h11--9--9--9h11--9--9--9h11--9--9--
-|-----7----7---7-----7--7-----7-----7--7--7-----7--7--7-----7--7--
| You say you want a rev o lu ti on well you |
-|-----------------------------------------------------------------
-|-----------------------------------------------------------------
-|-----------------------------------------------------------------
-|-----9----9---9h11--9--9-----9h11--9--9--9h11--9--9--9h11--9--9--
-|-----7----7---7-----7--7-----7-----7--7--7-----7--7--7-----7--7--
-|-----------------------------------------------------------------
| know we all want to change the... |
| .. and so on, while Guitar 2 plays something along these lines: |
-|-------------------------------------------------------
-|-------------4----4------4----4---4----4---4----4------
-|-------------4----4------4----4---4----4---4----4------
-|-------------4h6--4------4h6--4---4h6--4---4h6--4------
-|-------------------------------------------------------
-|-------------------------------------------------------
| You say you want a rev o lu tion well you |
-|-------------------------------------------------------
-|-----9-----9---9-----9---9-----9-------9-----9---------
-|-----9-----9---9-----9---9-----9-------9-----9---------
-|-----9h11--9---9h11--9---9h11--9-------9h11--9---------
-|-------------------------------------------------------
-|-------------------------------------------------------
| know we all want to change the... |
| Guitar 2 plays this figure during the "chorus": |
-|-------------------------------------------------------11--------------
-|-------------------4----4---------------------------9--12--12-----12---
-|-------------------4----4------------------9--9h11---------11h13--11---
-|-------------------4h6--4---------9--9h11------------------------------
-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
| ... it's gonna be alright |
| .. repeated a few times, and then the following turnaround: |
-|-----------------------------------------------------------
-|-----------------------------------------------------------
-|-----------------------------------------------------------
-|-------------2----------4----------2-----------------------
-|--------2h4--------2h4--------2h4-------------2------------
-|--2--2----------2----------2----------2--2h4---------------
| Now, over the A B G# chords in the last verse, the lead guitar |
| plays a screaming figure based on this: |
-|-----------14----
-|--14b(16)--------
-|-----------------
-|-----------------
-|-----------------
-|-----------------
| And over the B & E chords the final time around, the lead guitar |
| is rapidly picking in rhythm with the words: |
-|--9--------------
-|--12b(14)--------
-|-----------------
-|-----------------
-|-----------------
-|-----------------
| .. up until the climactic end. |
-|-------------10--9---
-|--b(10)9--7--10--9---
-|-------------11--10--
-|-------------12--11--
-|-------------12--11--
-|-------------10--9---
| Beatles Tab by Marc Hertzberg |
| Digital Equipment Corporation |
| hertzberg@netcad.enet.dec.com |
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----0---- play the open string ('fret zero')
----5---- play fret five
----5~--- play fret five with vibrato
---5/7--- play fret five, slide up to fret seven
---7\5--- play fret seven, slide down to fret five
| --8b(9)-- play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach |
| --b(9)8-- play fret eight already bent to the pitch of fret nine, |
| unbending until it reaches the normal pitch of fret eight |
----h7--- hammer-on to fret seven
----p5--- pull-off to fret five
---/7---- slide up to fret 7 (the starting fret of the slide is
---15\--- play fret 15, slide down (the ending fret of the slide is
---0h3--- play the open string and immediately hammer-on to fret
---7p5--- play fret seven and immediately pull-off to fret five
| well, no-one seems to have done this, so I'll give it a shot... it's pretty |
| hard to describe exactly what's going on with the rhythm here... and it's also |
| hard to play along with (if I remember correctly, the distorted (single) |
| version is tuned to somewhere between 2 and 3 half-steps up (yeah, it's just |
| "randomly somewhere in between" - try it!), and I think the acoustic |
| version on the White Album is maybe 1 or 2 half-steps up... at any rate, |
| I'll tab it in A because it's easiest (only possible ?) to play that way. |
| (also, I really never figured out the lead part... if someone would |
| care to chip in (or maybe I'll get around to it someday)) |
| (keep sliding up to this A chord for awhile) |
E------ .... ------
B--\9-- .... --12^-
G--\10= .... ------
| my best approximation of how the rhythm goes is something like this... you'll |
| have to play around hitting those notes on the 4th fret and then letting the |
----------- ------------------------------- -------------------
----------- ---------2-----------2-3-3-3--- ---------2-------2-
----------- ... ---------2-----------2-2-2-2h4- ... ---------2-------2- ...
-2-2-2h4-2- -2-2-2h4-2-----2-2h4---0-0-0--- -2-2-2h4-2-2-2h4---
-0-0-0---0- -0-0-0---------0-0------------- -0-0-0-----0-0-----
----------- ------------------------------- -------------------
| anyways, it eventually makes it to E with the same kind of pattern... most |
| of the funny business is stuff with the A where you do the 2(hammer)4 on |
| other strings (a few right in a row), and a 0h4 on the open string, usually |
| ending with a strum of the A chord... so... |
| | A | D |
| You | say you want a Revolution, well you | know |
| | A |
| We all want to change the | world |
| | D |
| You tell me that it's evolution, well you | know |
| We all want to change the world |
| | Bm | E |
| | but when you talk about des | truction |
| | Bm | G | A | F# | E |
| | don't you know that you can | count | me | out | |
| (much more funny business with the notes on the 4th fret in this part:) |
| don't you know it's gonna be... alright... |
D---------0---------2-
A-----0h2-----2-2h4--- (x2)...
E-0-0-----------------
| You say you got a real solution, well you know |
| We'd all love to see the plan |
| You ask me for a contribution, well you know |
| We're all doing what we can... |
| But if you want money for minds that hate |
| All I can tell you is brother you have to wait |
| Don't you know it's gonna be... |
| You say you'll change the constitution, well you know |
| We all want to change your head |
| You tell me it's the institution, well you know |
| You better free your mind instead |
| But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao |
| You ain't gonna make it with anyone anyhow... |
| Don't you know it's gonna be... |
| anyone else is free to help out with this one! |
| | -- |
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