The Beatles - Everybodys trying to be my baby
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EVERYBODY'S TRYING TO BE MY BABY
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1964 Album BEATLES FOR SALE)
Words and Music by Carl Lee Perkins
Arranged by The Beatles
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr II
W Q Q Q Q W W
|-------------|----------------||---------------|--------------|
|-------------|----------------||o--------------|--------------|
|-------------|----------------||---------------|--------------|
|-------------|----------------||---------------|--------------|
|-------------|----------------||o--------------|--------------|
|-------------|-0--2--3-----4--||---------------|--------------|
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| Gtr I
| |-3-|
| H Q E E Q Q E E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q
|-------------|----------------||---------------|--------------|
|-------------|----------------||o--------------|--------------|
|-------------|----------------||---------------|--------------|
|-------------|----------------||---------------|--------------|
|-------------|----------------||o--------------|--------------|
|-----------0-|-0--2--3-3-3-4--||--5--5--0-0-0--|-5--5--0-0-5--|
Gtr II
E E Q H Q Q Q Q W W
|-0-------------|-----------------||--------------|-------------------|
|-0-------------|----------------o||--------------|-------------------|
|-1-------------|-----------------||--------------|-------------------|
|-2-------------|-----------------||--------------|-------------------|
|-2-------------|----------------o||--------------|-------------------|
|-0-------------|-0--2--3-----4---||--------------|-------------------|
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| Gtr I
| |-3-|
| E E Q Q E E Q Q E E E Q Q H Q E E E E +E Q E
|-0-------------|-----------------||----7------7--|-7-----7-(7)-----7-|
|-0-------------|----------------o||----0------0--|---0---------------|
|-1-------------|-----------------||--------------|-----7-------7-----|
|---------------|-----------------||--------------|-------------------|
|---------------|----------------o||--------------|-------------------|
|-------------0-|-0--2--3-3-3-4---||--------------|-------------------|
Gtr II
Q Q Q Q W W W
|----------------||--------------|--------------|---------------|
|----------------||--------------|--------------|---------------|
|----------------||--------------|--------------|---------------|
|----------------||--------------|--------------|---------------|
|----------------||--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-0--2--3-----4--||--------------|--------------|---------------|
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| Gtr I
| |-3-|
| Q Q E E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q H.
|----------------||--------------|--------------|----0----------|
|----------------||--------------|--------------|----0----------|
|----------------||--------------|--------------|----1----------|
|----------------||--------------|--------------|---------------|
|----------------||--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-0--2--3-3-3-4--||-5--5--0-0-0--|-5--5--0-0-5--|-0-------------|
Outro
x 0 2A 2 2 0 0 2 2E 1 0 0 x 2 B71 2 0 2
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'George Harrison - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'John Lennon - Acoustic Guitar'
1st Verse
Q=170(8=s8)
E
4/4
Gtrs I, II
W H E E E E E E Q H E E E E E E Q
|----------|--------0-0-0-|-0-----------|---0-0-0-0-------|
|----------|--------2-2-2-|-0-----------|---2-2-2-0-------|
|----------|--------1-1-1-|-1-----------|---1-1-1-1-------|
|----------|--------2-2-2-|-2-----------|---2-2-2-2-------|
|----------|--------------|-------------|-----------------|
|----------|--------------|-------------|-----------------|
Chorus
N.C.
Gtr AII W W Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / EQ Q E E Q Q Q E E Q B7Q Q E E Q AQ Q E E Q
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I
Q H. H Q E E Q Q Q E E Q H Q
|----0----------|-0-------------|----2----------|---------------|
|----0----------|-0-------------|----4----------|-2--2------2---|
|----1----------|-1-------------|----2--------0-|-2--2------2---|
|---------------|---------------|----4------0---|-2--2------2---|
|---------------|-----------0-1-|-2-------------|---------------|
|-0-------------|-------4-------|-------2-------|---------------|
2nd Verse
1.
EQ Q E E Q Q. E +E E Q E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q +E Q E E Q E E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E
|----0--(0)-------|----0-------------||-0--------0--0-|-0--------0--0--|
|----0--(0)-3-----|-------3----0---0-||-0--------0--0-|-0--------0--0--|
|---------------0-|-1----------1---1-||-1--------1--1-|-1--------1--1--|
|-----------------|------------------||---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|------------------||---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|------------------||---------------|----------------|
Guitar Solo 1
2.
N.C.
Gtr EII W W Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / E Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q AQ Q E E Q Q Q E E Q
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I
+Q H Q E Q E +E Q. Q H Q Q. E +E Q E
|-(7)--7---------|-7-----7-(7)-7-----|----12----------|-12-----12-(12)---------|
|------0---------|-------------0-----|-----0----------|--0------0--(0)---------|
|-------------7--|---7---------------|------------12--|----------------12---7--|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|------------------------|
EQ Q E E Q Q Q E E Q B7Q Q E E Q AQ Q E E Q
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q H Q Q. E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|----7---------|-7---------------|---7-7-7-7-7-7--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|----0---------|-0---------------|---7-7-7-7-7-7--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-7---------7--|-------7---------|---8-8-8-8-8-8--|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|--------------|-----------------|---9-9-9-9-9-9--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|--------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|--------------|-----------4-5-6-|-7--------------|------------------|
3rd & 4th Verses
$
EQ Q E E Q Q. E +E E Q E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q +E Q E E Q E +E Q E +E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E
|----0--(0)-------|----0--------------||-------------------|------------------|
|----0--(0)-3-----|-------3-(3)-0---0-||-(0)---------2-2-2-|-0---------2-2-2--|
|---------------0-|-1-----------1---1-||-(1)---------1-1-1-|-1---------1-1-1--|
|-----------------|-------------------||-------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------||-------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------||-------------------|------------------|
Chorus
EQ H Q E E Q Q Q AQ Q E E Q Q Q E E Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
|-3-|
E E Q Q E E Q Q E E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q
|---------------|-----------------||--------------|--------------|
|-0-------------|-----------------||--------------|--------------|
|-1-------------|-----------------||--------------|--------------|
|---------------|-----------------||--------------|--------------|
|---------------|-----------------||--------------|--------------|
|-------------0-|-0---2--3-3-3-4--||-5--5--0-0-0--|-5--5--0-0-5--|
EQ Q E E Q Q Q E E Q B7Q Q E E Q AQ Q E E Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q H. H Q E E Q Q Q E E Q H Q
|----0----------|-0-------------|----2----------|---------------|
|----0----------|-0-------------|----4----------|-2--2------2---|
|----1----------|-1-------------|----2--------0-|-2--2------2---|
|---------------|---------------|----4------0---|-2--2------2---|
|---------------|-----------0-1-|-2-------------|---------------|
|-0-------------|-------4-------|-------2-------|---------------|
Guitar Solo 2
To Coda
EQ Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q +E Q E E Q E +H Q Q E E Q Q E E E E Q
|----0--(0)-------|---0--------------||----3----3----|-3----3---3-----|
|----0--(0)-3-----|---0---3-(3)------||----3----3----|-3----3---3-----|
|---------------0-|-1-----4-(4)------||--------------|----------------|
|-----------------|------------------||--------------|----------------|
|-----------------|------------------||--------------|----------------|
|-----------------|------------------||--------------|----------------|
EQ Q E E Q Q Q E E Q AQ Q E E Q Q Q E E Q
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q E E Q Q E E E E Q Q Q +E E Q Q E E E E Q
|----3----3----|-3----3---3----|----3--(3)---3--|-3----3---3-----|
|----3----3----|-3----3---3----|----2--(2)---2--|-2----2---2-----|
|--------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------------|---------------|-0---------0----|----------------|
|--------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
EQ Q E E Q Q Q E E Q B7Q Q E E Q AQ Q E E Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q E E Q E E E E H Q E E E E Q E E E E +E E Q
|----3----3----|-3-----3--------|----9-----9----|-7-7---3-(3)-------|
|----3----3----|-3-----3--------|----7-----7----|-5-5---------5-----|
|--------------|----------------|---------------|-------------------|
|--------------|----------------|---------------|-------------------|
|--------------|----------------|---------------|-------------------|
|--------------|----------------|---------------|-------------------|
EQ Q E E Q Q. E +E E E E Q Q +E E Q Q Q +E E Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q +E Q E E Q E +Q Q Q E E E E E E Q E E Q Q
|----0--(0)-------|----0--------------||----15---15-----15-|----15---15--------|
|----0--(0)-0-----|-------3-(3)-------||----------------12-|----12---12---15---|
|-----------0---0-|-1-----------------||----13---13--------|--------------13---|
|-----------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
EQ Q +E E Q Q Q +E E Q
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q Q
|----15------15----|-15---15---15-------|
|----12------------|-12---12---12---15--|
|------------13----|----------------13--|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
AQ Q +E E Q Q Q +E E Q
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/ / / / / / / / / /
Q Q +E E E E E E E E E E Q
|----12--(12)-12-12---|-12-----12----12-----|
|----12--(12)-12-12---|-12-----12----12-----|
|----12--(12)-12-12---|-12-----12----12-----|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
EQ Q +E E Q Q Q +E E Q B7Q Q +E E Q AQ Q +E E Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q +E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E +E Q E E Q E +E Q E
|----0--(0)-------|---0--------------|---2---------2-----|---3---2-(2)-----0--|
|-----------3-----|-------3----------|---0---0-(0)-0---0-|-0-0---0-(0)-----0--|
|---------------0-|-1----------------|-------------------|-------------2------|
|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------0-1-|-2-----------------|--------------------|
|-0---------------|------------4-----|-------------------|--------------------|
D.S. al Coda &
EQ Q +E E Q Q Q +E E Q EQ. E +E E Q
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q +E Q E E Q E +E E E E E Q E +E E E E
|----0--(0)-------|---0---------0-0-0--||----0------------0-||
|----0--(0)-3-----|-------3-(3)-0-0-0--||----0--3-(3)-----0-||
|---------------0-|-1------------------||-1-----4-(4)-0h1---||
|-----------------|--------------------||-------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||-------------------||
|-0---------------|--------------------||-------------------||
5th Verse
E
|--3--| |--3--|
Q E Q E E E E Q E Q E E E E E H E Q
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E H Q E
|-0---------0-0---0---|-0---------0-0---0---|-0------------|
|-0---------2-2---2---|-0---------2-2---2---|-0------------|
|-1---------1-1---1---|-1---------1-1---1---|-1------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|--------------|
Chorus
N.C.
GtrA II E W Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / EQ Q E E Q B7Q Q E E Q AQ Q E E Q EQ Q E E Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I
H Q E E Q H Q W E Q E Q Q
|-0-------------|----2---------|--------------||-------0-0---0---|
|-0-------------|----4---------|--------------||---3-----2---2---|
|-1-------------|----2---------|--------------||---4-----3---3---|
|---------------|----4---------|--------------||-----------------|
|-----------0-1-|-2------------|--------------||-----------------|
|-------4-------|--------------|--------------||-----------------|
EE E E E Q Q +W +H Q Q +W
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
E E E E Q Q +E Q E +E E E E E E E E Q Q +W
|-0-0-0-0----0--|-(0)----------------|----------------|--------*|
|-1---0-0----0--|-(0)--------------3-|-------------3--|-(3)----*|
|-2---0-1----1--|-(1)-0--1-(1)-2s4---|--2-0--------1--|-(1)----*|
|---------------|--------------------|------0-2----2--|-(2)----*|
|---------------|--------------------|-------------2--|-(2)----*|
|---------------|--------------------|----------------|--------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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