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I NEED YOU
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1965 Album HELP!)
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
A Asus2 Asus4 A(type 2)
x 0 2 2 2 x x 0 2 2 0 x x 0 2 2 3 x x 0 2 2 2 0
D Asus2(type 2) Asus4(type 2) A7
x x 0 2 3 2 x 0 2 2 0 0 x 0 2 2 3 0 x 0 2 0 2 0
2 4 F#m4 2 2 2 x 4 C#m6 6 5 4 x 2 Bm4 4 3 2 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 '
Intro 1st, 2nd & 4th Verses
Q=133
$
A Asus2 AsusA A(type 2) D A(type 2)
4/4
Gtr II (Ac. Gtr.)
Q E E +E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q E E E E Q E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
E E Q H Q E E Q Q W H Q E E
|-----0------------|-----0---------||----------------|----------------|
|-2---0------------|-----3---2-----||o---------------|--------------2-|
|-2---2------------|-----2---2-----||----------------|--------------2-|
|-2---2------------|-----2---2-----||----------------|--------------2-|
|-0---0------------|-----0---0-----||o---------------|--------------0-|
|------------------|---------------||----------------|----------------|
Asus2(type 2) Asus4(tA(type 2) D A(type 2)
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E +Q Q E E E E +Q H W H Q E E
|----0-(0)---------0-|--------------------|----------------|------------------|
|----0-(0)---------3-|----2-(2)-----------|----------------|---------------2--|
|----2-(2)---------2-|----2-(2)-----------|----------------|---------------2--|
|----2-(2)---------2-|----2-(2)-----------|----------------|---------------2--|
|----0-(0)---------0-|----0-(0)-----------|----------------|---------------0--|
|--------------------|--------------------|----------------|------------------|
A7 Asus4(tA(type 2)
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E +Q Q E E E E +Q H
|----0-(0)---------0-|--------------------||
|----2-(2)---------3-|----2-(2)-----------||
|----0-(0)---------2-|----2-(2)-----------||
|----2-(2)---------2-|----2-(2)-----------||
|----0-(0)---------0-|----0-(0)-----------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
F#m C#m
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W Q. E +Q Q
|-2---------------|-4------4-(4)--------|
|-2---------------|-5------5-(5)--------|
|-2---------------|-6------6-(6)--------|
|-4---------------|-6------6-(6)--------|
|-4---------------|-4------4-(4)--------|
|-2---------------|---------------------|
F#m Bm A(type
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W H Q E E
|-2---------------|-2---------------|
|-2---------------|-3-------------2-|
|-2---------------|-4-------------2-|
|-4---------------|-4-------------2-|
|-4---------------|-2-------------0-|
|-2---------------|-----------------|
1.
To Coda
Asus2(type 2) Asus4(tyA(type 2)
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E +Q Q E E E E +Q H
|----0-(0)---------0--|---------------------||
|----0-(0)---------3--|----2-(2)-----------o||
|----2-(2)---------2--|----2-(2)------------||
|----2-(2)---------2--|----2-(2)------------||
|----0-(0)---------0--|----0-(0)-----------o||
|---------------------|---------------------||
Bridge
2.
A(type 2) D E
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E +Q Q Q W W
|-------------------||-2---------------|-0---------------|
|---2-(2)-------2---||-3---------------|-0---------------|
|---2-(2)-------2---||-2---------------|-1---------------|
|---2-(2)-------2---||-0---------------|-2---------------|
|---0-(0)-------0---||-----------------|-2---------------|
|-------------------||-----------------|-0---------------|
A(type 2)
E S S E E +E E E E E S S E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q. E +Q Q H H
|-5--------5-(5)---5---|--------------------|
|-5--------5-(5)---5---|------------2-------|
|-6--------6-(6)---6---|------------2-------|
|-7--------7-(7)---7---|------------2-------|
|----------------------|------------0-------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
D E
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W
|-2---------------|-0----------------|
|-3---------------|-0----------------|
|-2---------------|-1----------------|
|-0---------------|-2----------------|
|-----------------|-2----------------|
|-----------------|-0----------------|
3rd Verse
B7 E A(type 2)
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E +E E E E Q Q E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H H W W W
|-11-------11-------|-----------------|-0------------------||---------------|
|-12-------12-------|-9---------------|-0------------------||---------------|
|-11-------11-------|-9---------------|-1------------------||---------------|
|-------------------|-9---------------|-2------------------||---------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||---------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||---------------|
D A(type Asus2(type 2) Asus4(tA(type 2)
Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E +Q H W
|----------------|----0-(0)---------0-|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------2-|----0-(0)---------3-|----2-(2)-----------|-----------------|
|--------------2-|----2-(2)---------2-|----2-(2)-----------|-----------------|
|--------------2-|----2-(2)---------2-|----2-(2)-----------|-----------------|
|--------------0-|----0-(0)---------0-|----0-(0)-----------|-----------------|
|----------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
D A(type A7 Asus4(tA(type
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H Q E E E E +Q Q E E
|-----------------|----0-(0)---------0-|
|---------------2-|----2-(2)---------3-|
|---------------2-|----0-(0)---------2-|
|---------------2-|----2-(2)---------2-|
|---------------0-|----0-(0)---------0-|
|-----------------|--------------------|
2) F#m
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E +Q H W
|--------------------||-2----------------|
|----2-(2)-----------||-2----------------|
|----2-(2)-----------||-2----------------|
|----2-(2)-----------||-4----------------|
|----0-(0)-----------||-4----------------|
|--------------------||-2----------------|
C#m F#m Bm A(type Asus2(type 2) Asus4(type 2)
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q. E +Q Q W H Q E E E E +Q Q E E
|-4------4-(4)-------|-2---------------|-2---------------|----0-(0)---------0--|
|-5------5-(5)-------|-2---------------|-3-------------2-|----0-(0)---------3--|
|-6------6-(6)-------|-2---------------|-4-------------2-|----2-(2)---------2--|
|-6------6-(6)-------|-4---------------|-4-------------2-|----2-(2)---------2--|
|-4------4-(4)-------|-4---------------|-2-------------0-|----0-(0)---------0--|
|--------------------|-2---------------|-----------------|---------------------|
A(type 2) D
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E +Q Q Q W
|--------------------||-2---------------|
|----2-(2)-------2---||-3---------------|
|----2-(2)-------2---||-2---------------|
|----2-(2)-------2---||-0---------------|
|----0-(0)-------0---||-----------------|
|--------------------||-----------------|
E A(type 2)
E E E E E E E E E S S E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W Q. E +Q Q
|-0---------------|-5--------5-(5)---5---|
|-0---------------|-5--------5-(5)---5---|
|-1---------------|-6--------6-(6)---6---|
|-2---------------|-7--------7-(7)---7---|
|-2---------------|----------------------|
|-0---------------|----------------------|
A(type 2) D E B7
E S S E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H H W W H H
|--------------------|-2---------------|-0---------------|-11-------11-------|
|------------2-------|-3---------------|-0---------------|-12-------12-------|
|------------2-------|-2---------------|-1---------------|-11-------11-------|
|------------2-------|-0---------------|-2---------------|-------------------|
|------------0-------|-----------------|-2---------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-------------------|
D.S. al Coda &
E A(type 2)
E E E E E E E E E S S E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W E E +Q H
|-----------------|-0-------------------||-------------------|
|-9---------------|-0-------------------||---2-(2)-----------|
|-9---------------|-1-------------------||---2-(2)-----------|
|-9---------------|-2-------------------||---2-(2)-----------|
|-----------------|---------------------||---0-(0)-----------|
|-----------------|---------------------||-------------------|
F#m
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q
|-2------2-(2)---2---|--2------2-(2)---2---|
|-2------2-(2)---2---|--2------2-(2)---2---|
|-2------2-(2)---2---|--2------2-(2)---2---|
|-2------2-(2)---2---|--2------2-(2)---2---|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
D A(type 2)
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q
|-2------2-(2)---2---|--2------2-(2)---2----|
|-2------2-(2)---2---|--2------2-(2)---2----|
|-2------2-(2)---2---|--2------2-(2)---2----|
|-0------0-(0)---0---|--0------0-(0)---0----|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
Asus2(type 2) AsuA4(type 2)
+E E E E E E E E E E Q H +W
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E E +E E Q Q Q H +W
|--------0-(0)-0-----|-----0-------|--------*|
|--2-----0-(0)-0-----|-----3--2----|-(2)----*|
|--2-----2-(2)-2-----|-----2--2----|-(2)----*|
|--2-----2-(2)-2-----|-----2--2----|-(2)----*|
|--0-----0-(0)-0-----|-----0--0----|-(0)----*|
|--------------------|-------------|--------*|
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