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I'm the Greatest  Ringo Starr

 
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I'm the Greatest - Ringo Starr
 
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Ringo Starr
I'm the Greatest (1973)
(Lennon)
From: "Ringo"
 
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CHORDS
e-B-G-D-A-E
B7 2-4-2-4-2-x
Em 0-0-0-2-x-x
Em/D 0-0-0-0-x-x
C#m7b5 0-0-0-2-4-x
 
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TAB PARTS
[riff] 
[C] [D7]  
 
 e|----------------|----------------|
 B|----------------|----------------|
 G|----------------|----------------|
 D|--5-5---5-5-----|----------------|
 A|--3-3---3-3-----|5-0---3---5-035-|
 E|----------------|----------------|

[cbromatic lick] 
[E] 
 
 e|----------------|
 B|----------------|
 G|----------------|
 D|2-1-0-----------|
 A|------4-3-2-123-|
 E|----------------|

[last riff] 
[4/4] [5/4] [4/4] 
[D7] [C] [D7]  
 
 e|----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
 B|----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
 G|----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
 D|----------------|-----5-5----5-5-----|----------------|----------------|
 A|5-0---3---5---0-|-3---3-3----3-3-----|5-0---3---5---0-|--3-----3-2-1-0-|
 E|----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|

[CODA] 
[A7] [C] [A7] [C]  
 
 e|----0-----------|----0-----------|----0-----------|----0-----------|
 B|----2-----------|----1-----------|----2-----------|----1-----------|
 G|----0-----------|----0-----------|----0-----------|----0-----------|
 D|--2-------------|--2-------------|--2-------------|--2-------------|
 A|------0-0-1-2-3-|------3-3-2-1-0-|------0-0-1-2-3-|------3-3-2-1-0-|
 E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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SONG
INTRO
| B(7) | B(7) |
[B(7)]When I was a little boy
[B(7)]Way back home in Liverpool,
[Em] [Em/D]My mama [C#m7b5]told me, I was great[C] [D7] [riff]
[B(7)] Then when I was a teenager,
I [B(7)]knew that I had got something going,
[Em] [Em/D]All my friends [C#m7b5]told me, I was great[C] [D7] [riff]
[B(7)] And now I'm a man
A [B(7)]woman took me by the hand
[Em] And you [Em/D]know what she [C#m7b5]told me? I was great [C] [D7] [riff]
[D] I was in the greatest show on earth,
[D] For what it was worth
[E] Now I'm only thirty-two
E (break) E E (break)
And all I wanna do, is boogaloo, hey! [chromatic lick)
[B(7)] I looked in the mirror,
[B(7)] I saw my wife and kids,
[Em] And you [Em/D]know what they [C#m7b5]told me? I was great[C] [D7] [riff]
[D] Yes, my name is Billy Shears,
You know it [D]has been for so many years,
[E] Now I'm only thirty-two
E (break) E E (break)
And all I wanna do, is boogaloo, hey! [chromatic lick)
SOLO (slide guitar)
| B(7) | B(7) | B(7) | B(7) |
| Em Em/D | C#m7b5 |
I'm the greatest [C]
D7 [last riff]
And you better believe it baby.
CODA [repeat til fade]
| A(7) | C | A(7) | C |
[CODA ad lib vocals] 
I will be the greatest
In this world
And in the next world
And in any world
Alright, alright, alright ...

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