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DON'T BOTHER ME
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1963 Album WITH THE BEATLES)
Words and Music by George Harrison
Transcribed by Slowhand
		      x x 0D 2 3 2          0 2 Em2 0 0 0          x 2 4B 4 4 2          x 0 2A 2 2 0
      3 2 0G 0 0 3          0 2 2E 1 0 0          x 2 Bm4 4 3 2          x 0 Am2 2 1 0
      x 3 2C 0 1 0
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'George Harrison - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'John Lennon - Acoustic Guitar'
 Intro
  Moderately Q=139
  D                               Em
 4/4
  Gtr II
  Q  E E +Q  Q    Q  E E +Q  Q    Q  E E +E E  Q
  |  | |  |  |    |  | |  |  |    |  | |  | |  |
  /  / /  /  /    /  / /  /  /    /  / /  / /  /
  Gtr I
  H       H       H       H       Q  Q    E E +Q
|---------------|---------------|-0--0------0-(0)---|
|---------------|---------------|-0--0------0-(0)---|
|---------------|---------------|-0--0------0-(0)---|
|-0-------4-----|-2-------0-----|-2--2------2-(2)---|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
              1st & 2nd Verses
  EmW            B Q  E E +E E  Q     A Q  E E +E E  Q     GQ  E E +E E Q
  |             |  | |  | |  |      |  | |  | |  |     |  | |  | | |
  /             /  / /  / /  /      /  / /  / /  /     /  / /  / / /
  W             Q  E E  E E +Q      Q  E E  E E +Q     Q  E E  E Q   E
|----------||--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|----------||o-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|----------||--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|----------||------9----7--------|-----7----7--------|----5----5s3---2-|
|----------||o------------9-(9)--|------------5-(5)--|----5----5-----2-|
|-0--------||--/7----------------|-/5----------------|-3---------------|
  EQ   E E +E  E Q     B Q  E E +E E  Q     A Q  E E +E E Q     GQ  E E +E  E Q
  |   | |  |  | |      |  | |  | |  |      |  | |  | | |     |  | |  |  | |
  /   / /  /  / /      /  / /  / /  /      /  / /  / / /     /  / /  /  / /
  E E E E +E  E E E    Q  E E  E E +Q      Q  E E  E E E E   Q  Q   +E  Q   E
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
|---2---0-(0)-------|-----9----7--------|-----7----4---4---|----5---(5)-5---5-|
|---2---------2-0---|------------9-(9)--|----------5---5---|----5---(5)-5---5-|
|-----------------3-|-/7----------------|-/5---------------|-3--3---(3)-3---3-|
               Chorus
             $
  GQ  Q  H       EmQ  E E +E E Q    A Q  E E +E E Q
  |             |  | |  | | |     |  | |  | | |
  /             /  / /  / / /     /  / /  / / /
  Q  Q  H       W                 W
|------------||-7--------------|--9--------------|
|------------||-8--------------|-10--------------|
|------------||-9--------------|--9--------------|
|-5----------||-9--------------|-----------------|
|-5----------||-7--------------|-----------------|
|-3----------||----------------|-----------------|
                   1.
  EmQ  E E +E E Q     Q  Q  H
  |  | |  | | |     |
  /  / /  / / /     /
  W                 Q  Q  H
|-7--------------||-7-----------||
|-8--------------||-8----------o||
|-9--------------||-9-----------||
|-9--------------||-9-----------||
|-7--------------||-7----------o||
|----------------||-------------||
                     Bridge
  2.,D.S.
  EmQ   E E +E E E E    DQ  E E +E E Q      Q  E E   +E E Q    EmQ  E E +E E Q
  |   | |  | | | |    |  | |  | | |      |  | |    | | |    |  | |  | | |
  /   / /  / / / /    /  / /  / / /      /  / /    / / /    /  / /  / / /
  E E E E  E E E E    H       H        a H      a  Q   Q    W
|------------------||----------------|--------------------|------------------|
|-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-||----------------|--------------------|-0----------------|
|-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-||----------------|--------------------|-0----------------|
|-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-||---------4------|-4p2------0h=2---0--|-2----------------|
|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-||-5--------------|--------------------|-2----------------|
|------------------||----------------|--------------------|-0----------------|
  EmQ  E E +E E Q    DQ  E E +E E Q    Q  E E +E E Q    EmQ  E E +E E Q
  |  | |  | | |    |  | |  | | |    |  | |  | | |    |  | |  | | |
  /  / /  / / /    /  / /  / / /    /  / /  / / /    /  / /  / / /
  W                H       H        H       H        W
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-0--------------|----------------|----------------|-0--------------|
|-0--------------|----------------|----------------|-0--------------|
|-2--------------|-0-------4------|-2-------0------|-2--------------|
|-2--------------|----------------|----------------|-2--------------|
|-0--------------|----------------|----------------|-0--------------|
  Q  E E +E E Q    BmQ  E E +E E E E   Q  E E +E E E E   AmQ  E E +E E E E
  |  | |  | | |    |  | |  | | | |   |  | |  | | | |   |  | |  | | | |
  /  / /  / / /    /  / /  / / / /   /  / /  / / / /   /  / /  / / / /
  W                W                 H       H         W
|----------------|-2---------------|-2-------2-------|-0---------------|
|-0--------------|-3---------------|-3-------3-------|-1---------------|
|-0--------------|-4---------------|-4-------4-------|-2---------------|
|-2--------------|-4---------------|-4-------4-------|-2---------------|
|-2--------------|-2---------------|-2-------2-------|-0---------------|
|-0--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  AmQ  E E +E E E E   CQ  E E +E E E E   Q  E E +E E E E   EmQ  E E +E  E E E
  |  | |  | | | |   |  | |  | | | |   |  | |  | | | |   |  | |  |  | | |
  /  / /  / / / /   /  / /  / / / /   /  / /  / / / /   /  / /  /  / / /
  W                 W                 H       H         H      +Q.     E
|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0-------0-------|-0------(0)-------|
|-1---------------|-1---------------|-1-------1-------|-0------(0)-------|
|-2---------------|-0---------------|-0-------0-------|-0------(0)-----4-|
|-2---------------|-2---------------|-2-------2-------|-2------(2)-------|
|-0---------------|-3---------------|-3-------3-------|-2------(2)-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0------(0)-------|
               3rd Verse
  Q  Q  H       B Q  E E +E E  Q     A Q  E E +E E  Q     GQ  E E +E E Q
  |              |  | |  | |  |      |  | |  | |  |     |  | |  | | |
  /              /  / /  / /  /      /  / /  / /  /     /  / /  / / /
  Q  Q  H        Q  E E  E E +Q      Q  E E  E E +Q     Q  E E  E Q   E
|------------||-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|------------||-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|------------||-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-2----------||-----9----7--------|-----7----7--------|----5----5s3---2-|
|-2----------||------------9-(9)--|------------5-(5)--|----5----5-----2-|
|-0----------||-/7----------------|-/5----------------|-3---------------|
  EQ   E E +E  E Q     B Q  E E +E E  Q
  |   | |  |  | |      |  | |  | |  |
  /   / /  /  / /      /  / /  / /  /
  E E E E +E  E E E    Q  E E  E E +Q
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|---2---0-(0)-------|-----9----7--------|
|---2---------2-0---|------------9-(9)--|
|-----------------3-|-/7----------------|
  A Q  E E +E E  Q     GQ  E E +E E  E  E
   |  | |  | |  |     |  | |  | |  |  |
   /  / /  / /  /     /  / /  / /  /  /
   Q  E E  E E +Q     Q  Q    E E +E  E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----7----4-4-(4)--|----5----5-5-(5)-5-|
|----------5-5-(5)--|----5----5-5-(5)-5-|
|-/5----------------|----3----3-3-(3)-3-|
               Chorus
                                                          To Coda
  GQ  Q  H       EmQ  E E +E E Q    A Q  E E +E E Q    EmQ  E E +E E Q
  |             |  | |  | | |     |  | |  | | |    |  | |  | | |
  /             /  / /  / / /     /  / /  / / /    /  / /  / / /
  Q  Q  H       W                 W                W
|------------||-7--------------|--9--------------|-7--------------||
|------------||-8--------------|-10--------------|-8--------------||
|------------||-9--------------|--9--------------|-9--------------||
|-5----------||-9--------------|-----------------|-9--------------||
|-5----------||-7--------------|-----------------|-7--------------||
|-3----------||----------------|-----------------|----------------||
 Guitar Solo
  EmQ   Q  H           BQ  Q    E E  +Q
  |                  |  |    | |   |
  /                  /  /    / /   /
  E E Q  E E +E  E   Q  Q  a E Q.
|-7----------------|------------------|
|-8----------------|-----------4------|
|-9------0-2-(2)-2s|=4--4--0h4--------|
|-9---2------------|------------------|
|-7----------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
  AQ   Q   E     E  +Q     GQ   Q   E Q     EE
  |   |   |     |   |     |   |   | |     |
  /   /   /     /   /     /   /   / /     /
  E E E E E    +E   E E   E E E E E S S Q
|-----3-5-5pb7r(5)--3---|---------------------|
|---5-------------------|---5---5-5-3h5-3-----|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
  +E E E E E E E E   BQ   Q   E E +Q       AQ  Q    DE E +Q     GQ  Q  E    E E E
   | |   |   | | |   |   |   | |  |       |  |    | |  |     |  |  |    | | |
   / /   /   / / /   /   /   / /  /       /  /    / /  /     /  /  /    / / /
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E Q    E   a Q  Q  a E Q    E   Q  Q  S E.   Q
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-----------3----3-|-3h5--5--5p3--------|-------------------|
|--4-------0-2---2s|=4---4-2-4--------|-------------4----2-|-4--4--4s2---------|
|--------2---------|------------------|--------------------|--------------5----|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
               Outro
D.S. al Coda &
  Q  Q  H       A Q  E E +E E Q    EmQ    E E E E E AE
  |              |  | |  | | |    |    | | | | | |
  /              /  / /  / / /    /    / / / / / /
  Q  Q  H        W                H..            E
|------------||--9--------------|-7--------------5-|
|------------||-10--------------|-8--------------5-|
|------------||--9--------------|-9--------------6-|
|-2----------||-----------------|-9--------------7-|
|------------||-----------------|-7--------------7-|
|------------||-----------------|----------------5-|
                    Em             A
  +Q   E E E E Q    Q    E E E E E E
   |   | | | | |    |    | | | | | |
   /   / / / / /    /    / / / / / /
  +W                H..            E
|-(5)-------------|-7--------------5-|
|-(5)-------------|-8--------------5-|
|-(6)-------------|-9--------------6-|
|-(7)-------------|-9--------------7-|
|-(7)-------------|-7--------------7-|
|-(5)-------------|----------------5-|
  +Q   E E E E Q    EmQ    E E E E E AE   +Q   E E E E Q    Q    E E E E E AE
   |   | | | | |    |    | | | | | |    |   | | | | |    |    | | | | | |
   /   / / / / /    /    / / / / / /    /   / / / / /    /    / / / / / /
  +W                H..            E   +W                H..            E
|-(5)-------------|-7--------------5-|-(5)-------------|-7--------------5-*|
|-(5)-------------|-8--------------5-|-(5)-------------|-8--------------5-*|
|-(6)-------------|-9--------------6-|-(6)-------------|-9--------------6-*|
|-(7)-------------|-9--------------7-|-(7)-------------|-9--------------7-*|
|-(7)-------------|-7--------------7-|-(7)-------------|-7--------------7-*|
|-(5)-------------|----------------5-|-(5)-------------|----------------5-*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths