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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]
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|--5-5---5-5-----|----------------|
A|--3-3---3-3-----|5-0---3---5-035-|
E|----------------|----------------|
[chromatic lick]
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|2-1-0-----------|
A|------4-3-2-123-|
E|----------------|
[last riff]
4/4 5/4 4/4
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]
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,
My mama told me, I was great [riff]
B(7)
Then when I was a teenager,
B(7)
I knew that I had got something going,
All my friends told me, I was great [riff]
B(7)
And now I'm a man
B(7)
A woman took me by the hand
And you know what she told me? I was great [riff]
I was in the greatest show on earth,
For what it was worth
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,
And you know what they told me? I was great [riff]
Yes, my name is Billy Shears,
You know it has been for so many years,
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) |
| | |
I'm the greatest
D7 [last riff]
And you better believe it baby.
CODA [repeat til fade]
| A(7) | | A(7) | |
[CODA ad lib vocals]
I will be the greatest
In this world
And in the next world
And in any world
Alright, alright, alright ...