Past Masters Vol 2

Past Masters Vol. Two

Album

1. Day Tripper

2. We Can Work It Out

3. Paperback Writer

4. Rain

5. Lady Madonna

6. The Inner Light

7. Hey Jude

8. Revolution

9. Get Back

10. Don't Let Me Down

11. The Ballad Of John And Yoko

12. Old Brown Shoe

13. Across The Universe

14. Let It Be

15. You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)

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DAYTRIPPER

These are the riffs that begin and underline the song:

E riff A riff

Got a good reason, for taking the easy way out

Got a good reason, for taking the easy way out

She was a day tripper, one way ticket yeah

It took me so long to find out, and I found out

She's a big teaser, she took me half the way there

She's a big teaser, she took me half the way there

She was a day tripper, one way ticket yeah

It took me so long to find out, and I found out

[solo] B

Tried to please her, but she only played one night stands

Tried to please her, but she only played one night stands

She was a day tripper, Sunday driver, yeah

It took me so long to find out, and I found out

Day Tripper

This is that note that seems to appear before every tab found on the

Internet telling you how good the song is ...like you didn't know!

I know that Riff 3 isn't exactly right and probably doesn't strum the

C# and B chords, but if you're playing on your own then it sounds ok!

Alternatively, you could carry the pattern of the first part of the

riff throughout.

Riff 1 (Verse)

Riff 2 (Verse)

Riff 3 (Chorus)

<----Light palm mute---------------------------------------------------|

Riff 4 (Bridge)

Riff 5 (Solo) BU BD

A---PB-------BU---10--BD----13-13-15-13-15--------------------13---------|

Lead Guitar:

Intro : Riff 1 (x3)

Verse1 : Riff 1 (X4), Riff 2, Riff 1

Chorus : Riff 3

Verse2 : Riff 1 (X4), Riff 2, Riff 1

Chorus : Riff 3

Bridge : Riff 4 (x3), Riff 5 (Solo)

Verse3 : Riff 1 (X4), Riff 2, Riff 1

Chorus : Riff 3

Outro : Riff 1 (x9 Fade out)

Lyrics \ Rhythm Guitar:

Verse 1:

Got a good reason

For taking the easy way out

Got a good reason

For taking the easy way out now

Chorus:

She was a day tripper

One way ticket yeah

It took me so long

To find out, and I found out

Verse2:

She's a big teaser

She took me half the way there

She's a big teaser

She took me half the way there now

Chorus:

She was a day tripper

One way ticket yeah

It took me so long

To find out, and I found out

Bridge:

Ahh ahh ahh, ahh ahh, ahh

Verse3:

Tried to please her

She only played one night stands

Tried to please her

She only played one night stands now

Chorus:

She was a day tripper

Sunday driver yeah

It took me so long

To find out, and I found out

Outro:

Day tripper

Day tripper yeah

Day tripper

Day tripper yeah

Day tripper

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We Can Work It Out

Try to see it my way

Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go on?

Why do you see it your way?

Run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be gone.

We can work it out

We can work it out

Think of what you're say- ing

You can get it wrong and still you think that it's all right

Think of what I'm say - ing

We can work it out and get it straight or say goodnight

We can work it out

We can work it out

Life is very short and there's no time

For fussing and fighting my friend

I have always thought that it's a crime

So I will ask you once again

Try to see it my way

Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong

Why do you see it your way?

There's a chance that we might fall apart before too long.

We can work it out

We can work it out

Life is very short and there's no time

For fussing and fighting my friend

I have always thought that it's a crime

So I will ask you once again

Try to see it my way

Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong

Why do you see it your way?

There's a chance that we might fall apart before too long.

We can work it out

We can work it out

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PAPERBACK WRITER

I suggest using barre chords throughout...

(no guitar)

Paperback writer...

[riff 1]

Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book?

It took me years to write, will you take a look?

It's based on a novel by a man named Lear,

And I need a job so I want to be a paperback writer

G (riff 1)

Paperback writer

It's a dirty story of a dirty man

And his clinging wife doesn't understand

His son is working for the Daily Mail

It's a steady job but he wants to be a paperback writer,

Paper back writer.

Paperback writer...

It's a thousand pages, give or take a few

I'll be writing more in a week or two

I can make it longer if you like the style

I can change it 'round and I want to be a paperback writer

G (riff 1)

Paperback writer

If you really like it you can have the rights

It could make a million for you overnight

If you must return it you can send it here

But I need a break and I want to be a paperback writer

Paperback writer

Paperback writer...

[Riff 1]

Paperback writer

Paperback writer

Paperback writer

Paperback writer (repeat and fade)

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RAIN

This is the first Beatles song to feature `backward vocals' and it's the

first Beatles song that doesn't mention anything about love

Here comes...

If the Rain comes they run and hide their heads

They might as well be dead

If the Rain comes

If the Rain comes

When the sun shines they slip into the shade

And sip their lemonade

When the sun shines

When the sun shines

Raaaaaaaain

I don't mind

Shiiiiiiiine

The weather's fine

I can show you that when it starts to rain

Everything's the same

I can show you

Raaaaaaaain

I don't mind

Shiiiiiiiiiine

The weather's fine

Can you hear me that when it rains and shines?

It's just a state of mind

Can you hear me?

Raaaaaaaain

I don't mind

Shiiiiiiine

The weather's fine

Chords used:

C x32010

C9 x32030

D xx0232

G 320033

RAIN

by

The Beatles

this is an acoustivc version. if you want the sound of the actual song,

just use power chords and lots of distortion!

verse:

when the rain comes we run and hide our heads

we might as well be dead

when the rain comessss

when the rraainnn comess

when the sun shines we slip into the shade

and sip our lemonade

when the sun shinesss

when the suuunnn shiness

chorus:

G (single strums)C / /

rrraaaaaiiiinnnnnn

i don't mind

shhhhiiiiiiiinnnnnnnee

the weather's fine

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This works well for the intro:

This works the bass line in for the rest of the song:

verses:

1 Lady Madonna, children at your feet,

2 Lady Madonna, baby a your breast,

3 Lady Madonna, lying on the bed,

4 Lady Madonna, children at your feet,

1 Wonder how you manage to make ends meet.

2 Wonder how you manage to feed the rest.

3 Listen to the music playing in your head.

4 Wonder how you manage to make ends meet.

1 Who finds the money, when you pay the rent?

2 (instumental)

3 (instrumental)

4 (go to outro)

1 Did you think that money was hea ven sent?

2 (instrumental)

3 (instrumental)

1 Friday night arrives without a suit case.

2 (instrumental)

3 Tuesday after noon is never end ing

1 Sunday morning creeping like a nun.

2 (instrumental)

3 Wednesday morning papers didn't come.

1 Monday's child has learned to tie his boot lace.

2 (instrumental)

3 Thursday night your stockings needed mending

1 See how they run!

2 See how they run!

3 See how they run!

outro:

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The Inner Light

^This can go on and on,

George has a bunch of

instruments going on here, if you're just

playing alone it sounds good to just

shorten this.

Play this whole thing above twice then play this part once

D|-------------------------------------3\1-3\1-3\1-------|

For the outro you can keep repeating this little bit:

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Hey Jude dont make it bad

take a sad song and make it better

Remember to let her into your heart

and then you can start to make it better

Hey Jude dont be afraid

you were made to go out and get her

The minute you let her under your skin

then you begin to make it better

And anytime you feel the pain hey jude refrain

dont carry the world upon your shoulders

For well you know that its a fool who plays it cool

by making his world a little colder

Da da da da da Da da da da

Hey Jude dont let me down

You have found her now go and get her

Remember to let her into you heart

then you can start to make it better

So let it out and let it in hey Jude begin

your waiting for someone to perform with

And dont you know that its just you hey jude you'll do

The movement you need is on your shoulders

Da da da da da da da da da

Hey Jude dont make it bad

take a sad song and make it better

Remember to let her under your skin

and then you'll begin to make it better

Na na na na na na na

Na na na na

Hey Jude (Repeat and fade)

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Revolution

Intro :

Verse/Chorus Form:

You say you want a revolution well you know

We all want to change the world

You tell me that it's evolution well you know

We all want to change the world

But when you talk about destruction

Don't you know that you can count me out (in?)

Don't you know it's gonna be Alright

Don't you know it's gonna be Alright

Don't you know it's gonna be Alright

Guitar Details During Verses:

Guitar 1 plays a standard rock & roll shuffle:

You say you want a rev o lu ti on well you

know we all want to change the...

.. and so on, while Guitar 2 plays something along these lines:

You say you want a rev o lu tion well you

know we all want to change the...

Guitar 2 plays this figure during the "chorus":

... it's gonna be alright

.. repeated a few times, and then the following turnaround:

Now, over the A B G# chords in the last verse, the lead guitar

plays a screaming figure based on this:

And over the B & E chords the final time around, the lead guitar

is rapidly picking in rhythm with the words:

.. up until the climactic end.

(keep sliding up to this A chord for awhile)

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

whole chord ring out:

A (ring) D A (ring)

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...

You say you want a Revolution, well you know

We all want to change the world

You tell me that it's evolution, well you know

E(7?)

We all want to change the world

but when you talk about destruction

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...

and...

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...

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Get Back

Intro:

[the intro shows the flavor of the rhythm guitar

playing throughout the song]

Verse:

[the remainder of the tab is for the lead guitar]

Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner

But he knew it couldn't last

Jojo left his home in Tucson Ari zona

For some Cali fornia grass Get back

Get Back Get Back

to where you once be long Get back

Get Back Get Back

to where you once be long

Guitar Lead:

Get Back - The Beatles

The intro ,goes with an E5 played in eights, and then we have:

Here we start singning.........

^ these are only done the 2nd verse I think.. (listen to the record..)

All this goes twice, and then we have:

Chorus:

e-----------------|--same again--|-----------------|-----------------|

This is the riff for the lead guitar.. If you play it by yourself you'd better

stick to E5 or perhaps an E7-chord for the two first measures..

This is also repeated twice.. And VOILA.. Get Back.. I'm not sure about the

end though, but then again I don't think the Beatles were two sure about that

either...

Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner,

But he knew it couldn't last.

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Jojo left his home in Tuscon, Arizona

For some California grass

Get back, get back

Back to where you once belonged

Get back, get back

Back to where you once belonged - Get back Jo!

[Electric Piano solo - same chords as verse]

[Chorus]

Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman,

But she was another man.

All the girls around her said she's got it comin',

But she gets it while she can.

[Chorus]

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Don't Let Me Down

CHORUS 4/4 time

Don't let me down Don't let me down Don't let me

down Don't let me down

Verse 5/4 time

Nobody ever loved me like she does oo she does yes she

does And if somebody ever loved me like she do me oo she

do me, yes she does

CHORUS

And from the first time that she really done me oo she done me, she done me

good. I guess nobody ever really done me, oo she done me, she does me good

CHORUS

BRIDGE 4/4 time

I'm in love for the first time Don't you know it's gonna last.

It's a love that lasts forever, It's a love that had no past

CHORUS

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Ballad Of John And Yoko

Bass riff:

E and E7 A

Standing in the dock at Southampton

Trying to get to Holland Or France

The Man In the Mac said

You gotta go back

you know they didnt even give us a chance

you know it aint easy

you know how hard it can be

the way things are going ...

theyre gonna crucify me.

Finally made the plane into paris

honeymooning down by the seine

peter brown called to say

you can make it ok

you can get married in gibraltar near spain ..

you know it aint easy.... etc

Drove from paris to the amsterdam hilton

talking in our beds for a week

the newspapers said

whatre you doing in bed

i said we're only trying to get us some peace ...

you know it aint easy...etc

saving all your money for a rainy day

giving all your clothes to charity

last nite the wife said

oh boy when youre dead

You dont take nothing with you but your soul

Think!

From: Harlan L Thompson

[final two verses corrected]

Made a lightning trip to Vienna

Eating chocolate cake in a bag

The newspapers said, "She's gone to his head

They look just like two gurus in drag" ...CHORUS

Caught the early plane back to London

Fifty acorns tied in a sack

The men from the press say "We wish you success

It's good to have the both of you back"...CHORUS

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Old Brown Shoe}

F#o (0 1 2 0 2 0}

You know, you pick me up from where some tried to drag me down

And when I see your smile replacing every thoughtless frown

So escaping from this zoo

Baby I'm in love with you

I'm so glad you came here

It won't be the same now when I'm with you

{soc}

{eoc}

{ci: instrumental on verse}

{soc}

I may appear to be imperfect

My love is something you can't reject

I'm changing faster than the weather

If you and me should get together

Who knows baby you may comfort me...

{eoc}

I know my love is yours to miss that love is something I'd hate

I'll make an early start I'm making sure that I'm not late

For sweet top lip I'm in the queue

Baby I'm in love with you

I'm so glad you came here, it won't be the same now when I'm with you

I'm so glad you came here, it won't be the same now when I'm with you

I'm so glad you came here, it won't be the same now when I'm with you

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(Lennon/McCartney)

The Beatles

Let It Be (1970)

This is Across the universe as I believe John originally played it.

The song was sped up for inclusion on the World Wildlife Fund album

(as heard on Past Masters volume II), and then slowed down again for

the Let It Be album. When Phil Spector (producer of Let It Be) slowed

the song down, he actually brought the song down a half step; from D

to roughly C#. You can play along with the album by playing in C#,

tuning your guitar down a half step and playing in D, or using a capo

on the first fret and playing in C. Here it is in original form in D...

Intro :

Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup

They slither while they pass they slip away across the Universe.

Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind

Possessing and caressing me.

Jai Guru Deva Om

Nothing's gonna change my world

Nothing's gonna change my world

Nothing's gonna change my world

Nothing's gonna change my world

Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes

They call me on and on across the Universe.

Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letterbox

They tumble blindly as they make their way across the Universe.

Jai Guru De Va Om

Nothing's gonna change my world

Nothing's gonna change my world

Nothing's gonna change my world

Nothing's gonna change my world

Sounds of laughter, shades of earth are ringing through my opened ears

Inciting and inviting me.

Limitless, undying love which shines around me like a million suns

And calls me on and on across the Universe.

Jai Guru De Va Om

Nothing's gonna change my world

Nothing's gonna change my world

Nothing's gonna change my world

Nothing's gonna change my world

Jai Guru Deva. (Repeat and fade)

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LET IT BE

intro:

C G Am F (Dm/F) <--Paul plays this chord on the piano,

C G F C G C but most guitarists will just hold out F

When I find myself in times of trouble,

Mother Mary comes to me,

Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.

And in my hour of darkness,

She is standing right in front of me,

Speaking words of wisdom, let it be.

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be.

Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.

And when the broken hearted people

Living in the world agree,

There will be an answer, let it be.

For though they may be parted,

There is still a chance that they will see,

There will be an answer, let it be.

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be.

Yea, there will be an answer, let it be.

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be.

Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.

[solo] (see below)

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be.

Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.

And when the night is cloudy,

There is still a light that shines on me,

Shine until tomorrow, let it be.

I wake up to the sound of music,

Mother Mary comes to me,

speaking words of wisdom, let it be.

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be.

There will be an answer, let it be.

Let it be, let it be, let it be, yea let it be.

There will be an answer, let it be.

Let it be, let it be, let it be, yea let it be.

Whisper words of wisdom, let it be.

solo:

|------------7\5---3---5/7---------7--------------------------------|

|--7/9---9\7---5h7---7b(9)----(9)b7--5------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------7\5--3h5--3-------|

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You know my name (Look up my number)

This is a "classic" Beatles tune

When I was a kid I had the 45 for Let it Be

this is the b-side

I think I got more of a kick out of this

Enjoy!

Intro

You know my name,

Look up the number

You know my name

Look up the number

You, you know, you know my name,

You, you know, you know my name,

Tacet (bongoes w/ Latin feel)

Spoken

"Good evening and welcome to Slaggers

featuring Denis O'Bell"

Ah Ringo

Let's hear it for Denis

Good evening

(w/Lounge feel)

You know my name

Better look up my number

You know my name

That's right, Look up my number

You,

You know,

You know my name

You,

You know,

You know my name

You know my name

Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba Ba

Look up my number

You know my name

That's right, Look up the number

Oh, you know, you know

You know my name

You know, you know you know my name,

Huh huh huh huh

You know my name

Ba ba ba pum

Look up the number

You know my name

Look up the number

You-a, you know, you know my name

Baby you-a, you know, you know my name

You know you know my name

You know you know my name

Spoken:

"Go on Denis, Let's hear it for Denis O'bell"

You know, you know, you know my name

You know, you know, you know my name

Prrr you know my name

D/f#

Look up the number

You know my name

Look up the number

You know,

You know my name

Look up the number

(at this point the song gets weird)

You know my number three

You know my number two

You know my number three

You know my number four

You know my name

You know my number too

You know my name, you know my number

What's up with you?

You know my name

That's right yeah.

End lyrics

I'll include the final Jazzy chords for completness,

You'll probably have to listen to the record

it's played on a piano, so it's not 100%

Includ various background noises (Vomitting?)

(one line per measure 4/4 time)