The Beatles - In my life
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IN MY LIFE
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1965 Album RUBBER SOUL)
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'George Harrison - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'John Lennon - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=103
A E A E
4/4
Gtr I
Q Q E E E E +W Q Q E E E E
|----5------0-4-|-(4)-------------|----5------0-4-|
|-2-----2h3-----|-----------------|-2-----2h3-----|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-2--2--2-------|-----------------|-2--2--2-------|
|-2--2--2-----1-|-(1)--1--1-1-1-1-|-2--2--2-----1-|
|-2--2--2-----2-|-(2)--2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2--2-----2-|
|-0--0--0-----2-|-(2)--2--2-2-2-2-|-0--0--0-----2-|
|-------------0-|-(0)--0--0-0-0-0-|-------------0-|
1st & 2nd Verses
+W AW E F#mW DW Dm
|-(4)-----------||------------------|----------------|------------------|
|---------------||o-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|---------------||------------------|----------------|------------------|
|---------------||------------------|----------------|------------------|
|---------------||o-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|---------------||------------------|----------------|------------------|
|
| +Q Q Q Q Q E E Q E E Q E E +H Q E E Q E E
|---------------||------------------|----------------|------------------|
|---------------||o----^5------^0---|----^2----------|----^7------^6----|
|-(1)--1--1--1--||-----^6------^1---|----^2----------|----^7------^7----|
|-(2)--2--2--2--||-----^7------^2---|----^4----------|----^7------^7----|
|-(2)--2--2--2--||o----^7------^2---|----^4----------|-5--^5-5-5--^5-5--|
|-(0)--0--0--0--||--5--^5-5-0--^0-0-|-2--^2-3-(3)----|------------------|
AGtr II E F#m D Dm
Q E E +E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E +H Q E E Q E E
|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|-------------------|----^5------^0---|----^2----------|----^7------^6----|
|----^6-6-(6)-------|----^6------^1---|----^2----------|----^7------^7----|
|----^7-------7---7-|----^7------^2---|----^4----------|----^7------^7----|
|----^7---------7---|----^7------^2---|----^4----------|-5--^5-5-5--^5-5--|
|-5--^5-------------|-5--^5-5-0--^0-0-|-2--^2-3-(3)----|------------------|
Pre-Chorus
$
AQ E E E E Q F#mW DW GE E E E E E E E
|----------------||----------|----------|------------------|
|----------------||----------|----------|------------------|
|----^6----------||----------|----------|------------------|
|----^7-7---7----||----------|----------|------------------|
|----^7----------||-4--------|-5--------|------------------|
|-5--^5---5---5--||-2--------|-5--------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
Chorus
To Coda
AE E E E E E E E F#mW B Q. E E E Q Dm7Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------|----------------||------------------|
|-----------------|----------|----------------||------------------|
|-----------------|----------|-^4----4-4------||----^7------------|
|-----------------|----------|-^4--------4----||----^7-----7---7--|
|-----------------|-4--------|-^2----------2--||-5--^5-5-5---5----|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-2--------|----------------||------------------|
1.
AGtr I E
W Q Q E E E E
|---------------------|----5------0-4-|
|---------------------|-2-----2h3-----|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q E E +E E +E E H E E E E
|---------------------|---------------|
|-------5-(5)---------|-2-----2-2-2---|
|----^6-------6-(6)---|-2-----2-2-2-1-|
|----^7---------------|-2-----2-2-2-2-|
|----^7---------------|-0-----0-0-0-2-|
|-5--^5---------------|-------------0-|
Piano Solo
2.
+W AW W E
|-(4)--------------||----------------||-------------------|
|-----------------o||----------------||-------------------|
|------------------||----------------||-------------------|
|------------------||----------------||-------------------|
|-----------------o||----------------||-------------------|
|------------------||----------------||-------------------|
|
| +Q Q E E E E Q E E E E Q Q E E Q E E
|------------------||----------------||-------------------|
|-----------------o||----------------||----^5------^0-----|
|-(1)--1--1-1-1-1--||----^6----------||----^6------^1-----|
|-(2)--2--2-2-2-2--||----^7-7---7----||----^7------^2-----|
|-(2)--2--2-2-2-2-o||----^7-------7--||----^7------^2-----|
|-(0)--0--0-0-0-0--||-5--^5---5------||-5--^5-5-0--^0-0---|
F#mGtr II D Dm A E
Q E E +H Q E E Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E Q E E
|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|----^2----------|----^7------^6---|----^5-5-(5)-------|----^5------^0----|
|----^2----------|----^7------^7---|----^6-------6-----|----^6------^1----|
|----^4----------|----^7------^7---|----^7---------7-7-|----^7------^2----|
|----^4----------|-5--^5-5-5--^5-5-|----^7-------------|----^7------^2----|
|-2--^2-3-(3)----|-----------------|-5--^5-------------|-5--^5-5-0--^0-0--|
D.S. al Coda
F#mQ E E +H DQ E E Q Dm E E AQ E E +H
|----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|----^2----------|----^7------^6---|----------------||
|----^2----------|----^7------^7---|----^6----------||
|----^4----------|----^7------^7---|----^7-7-(7)----||
|----^4----------|-5--^5-5-5--^5-5-|----^7----------||
|-2--^2-3-(3)----|-----------------|-5--^5----------||
Outro
&
AGtr I A E
W Q Q E E E E +W
|----------------||----5------0-4-|-(4)----------|
|----------------||-2-----2h3-----|--------------|
|----------------||---------------|--------------|
|----------------||---------------|--------------|
|----------------||---------------|--------------|
|----------------||---------------|--------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q E E +H H Q. E +Q. E H
|----------------||---------------|--------------|
|----^5-5-(5)----||-2-----2-----0-|-(0)---0-0----|
|----^6----------||-2-----2-----1-|-(1)---1-1----|
|----^7----------||-2-----2-----2-|-(2)---2-2----|
|----^7----------||-0-----0-----2-|-(2)---2-2----|
|-5--^5----------||-------------0-|-(0)---0-0----|
Q=90 Q=103
Dm7
2/4 4/4
W W Q Q E E E E +Q. a a a E E E q
|----------|----------|----5---------4-|-(4)-------4--4-2-4--|
|----------|----------|-2----------5---|---------3-----------|
|----------|----------|-------6--7-----|-------4-------------|
|----------|----------|----------------|-----2---------------|
|----------|----------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------|----------|----------------|---------------------|
|
| W W H Q. E +H H
|----------|----------|----------------|---------------------|
|-3--------|----------|----------------|-------------^3------|
|-2--------|----------|-2-----2------1-|-(1)---------^1------|
|-3--------|----------|-2-----2------2-|-(2)---------^2------|
|----------|----------|-0-----0------2-|-(2)-----------------|
|----------|----------|--------------0-|-(0)-----------------|
Q=70
W +W +H H
|--5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)---------*|
|--2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)---------*|
|-----------|------------|-------------*|
|-----------|------------|-------------*|
|-----------|------------|-------------*|
|-----------|------------|-------------*|
|
| W +W +H H
|-----------|------------|-------------*|
|-^2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)---------*|
|-^2--------|-(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
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| - 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