|--2-----/10-----9--7--5-----------------------------------------------------
|------------------------7---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--------------2-----------
|--2-----/11-----9--7--6-----2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4--
|-----0-------0--------------4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--
|----------------------------x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--0-----0-----0-----0-----
|----------------------------2-----2-----2-----2-----------------------------
| | D | Bm | F#m |
| | Words are flowing | out like endless | rain into a paper cup |
| | Em7 | A | A7 |
| | They slither while they pass they slip | away across the Uni | verse. |
| | D | Bm | F#m |
| | Pools of sorrow, | waves of joy are | drifting through my opened mind |
| | Em7 | Gm |
| | Possessing and ca | ressing me. |
| | A7 |
| | Nothing's gonna change my world |
| | G | D |
| | Nothing's gonna change my | world |
| | A7 |
| | Nothing's gonna change my world |
| | G | D |
| | Nothing's gonna change my | world |
| | D | Bm | F#m | Em7 |
| | Images of | broken light which | dance before me like a million | eyes |
| | A | A7 |
| They call me on and on a | cross the Universe. | |
| | D | Bm | F#m |
| | Thoughts meander | like a restless | wind inside a letterbox |
| | Em7 | A | A7 |
| They | tumble blindly as they make their | way across the Uni | verse. |
| | D | A7sus4 |
| | Jai Guru De Va | Om |
| | A7 |
| | Nothing's gonna change my world |
| | G | D |
| | Nothing's gonna change my | world |
| | A7 |
| | Nothing's gonna change my world |
| | G | D |
| | Nothing's gonna change my | world |
| | D | Bm | F#m |
| | Sounds of laughter, | shades of earth are | ringing through my opened ears |
| | Em7 | Gm |
| | Inciting and | inviting me. |
| | D | Bm | F#m | Em7 |
| | Limitless, un | dying love which | shines around me like a million | suns |
| | A | A7 |
| And calls me on and on a | cross the Uni | verse. |
| | A7 |
| | Nothing's gonna change my world |
| | G | D |
| | Nothing's gonna change my | world |
| | A7 |
| | Nothing's gonna change my world |
| | G | D |
| | Nothing's gonna change my | world |
| | D |
| | Jai Guru Deva. (Repeat) |
| transcribed by Chris Sears |
| From: hertzberg@netcad.enet.dec.com (Marc Hertzberg (History: Love it or leave it!)) |
| Subject: TAB: Across The Universe (Lennon/McCartney) |
| Don't hold me to these words... they're only there to put some chords to! |
| For the authentic sound, capo at the first fret. |
| P.S. In case you're interested, I play the '8' note on the first string with |
-|--0-----/8-----7--5--3-----------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------5--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--
-|-----0--/9-----7--5--4-----0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--
-|---------------------------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--
-|--3------------------------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--
-|------------8--------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--
| | C | Am | Em |
| Wo | rds are flowing | out like endless r | ain into a paper cup |
| | Dm | G |
| They sli | ther as they fall they make their w | ay across the universe |
| | C | Am | Em |
| Po | ols of sorrow w | aves of joy are dr | ifting through my open mind |
| | Dm | Fm |
| In | citing and inv | iting me |
| Nothing's gonna change my world |
| | F | C |
| No | thing's gonna change my w | orld |
| | G |
| No | thing's gonna change my world |
| | F | C |
| No | thing's gonna change my w | orld |
| 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
