JOHN LENNON - IMAGINE BASS TABS

"Imagine" Written and performed by John Lennon Imagine - 1971 Apple Records Tuning: Standard Timing: 4/4 Tempo: 75 BPM Key: Cmaj Original source tab by: israel Edited/revised/reformatted here by: benmneb NOTE: This is NOT the bass part to the original recording. It is a beautifully obscure hybrid of both the bass and piano parts designed to be played SOLO on a bass. However, there is no reason it can not be accompanied by other instruments. =============================================================================== INTRO C Cmaj7 F C Cmaj7 F G|--------------------|----------------|--------------------|----------------| D|---------------9----|7---7---7---789-|---------------9----|7---7---7---789-| A|10---10---10--------|--8---8---8-----|10---10---10--------|--8---8---8-----| E|---8----8----8---8--|----------------|---8----8----8---8--|----------------| VERSE 1 "Imagine there's..." "It's easy..." C Cmaj7 F C Cmaj7 F G|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| D|---------------9---|-7---7---7---789-|---------------9---|-7---7---7---789-| A|10---10---10-------|---8---8---8-----|10---10---10-------|---8---8---8-----| E|---8----8----8---8-|-----------------|---8----8----8---8-|-----------------| "No hell..." "Above us..." C Cmaj7 F C Cmaj7 F G|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| D|---------------9---|-7---7---7---789-|---------------9---|-7---7---7---7---| A|10---10---10-------|---8---8---8-----|10---10---10-------|---8---8---8---8-| E|---8----8----8---8-|-----------------|---8----8----8---8-|-----------------| "Imagine all..." "Living...for..todAy" F E D C G G G|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|--10---10---9---7-|--5---5---5-52--|------------5---|----------------| A|8----8----7---5---|3---3---3--3--3-|--5---5---5---5-|----------------| E|------------------|----------------|3---3---3-------|3L--------------| VERSE 2 "Imagine there's..." "It isn't..." C Cmaj7 F C Cmaj7 F G|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| D|---------------9---|-7---7---7---789-|---------------9---|-7---7---7---789-| A|10---10---10-------|---8---8---8-----|10---10---10-------|---8---8---8-----| E|---8----8----8---8-|-----------------|---8----8----8---8-|-----------------| "Nothing to..." "And no..." C Cmaj7 F C Cmaj7 F G|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| D|---------------9---|-7---7---7---789-|---------------9---|-7---7---7---7---| A|10---10---10-------|---8---8---8-----|10---10---10-------|---8---8---8---8-| E|---8----8----8---8-|-----------------|---8----8----8---8-|-----------------| "Imagine all..." "Living life in peAce" F E D C G G G|------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D|--10---10---9---7-|--5---5---2-52--|5---5---5---5---|----------------| A|8----8----7---5---|3---3---3--3--3-|--5---5---5---5-|----------------| E|------------------|----------------|----------------|3L--------------| CHORUS 1 "You may say..." "But i'm not..." F G C E F G C E G|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|------------------| D|--10---10----9----9-|------------6-96--|--10---10----9----9-|------------6-96--| A|8----8----10---10---|--10---10-7--7--7-|8----8----10---10---|--10---10-7--7--7-| E|--------------------|8----8------------|--------------------|8----8------------| "I hope someday..." "...World will Be as one" F G C E F G C G|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|------------------| D|--10---10----9----9-|------------6-96--|--10---10-12L-------|------------------| A|8----8----10---10---|--10---10-7--7--7-|8----8----10L-------|10L---------------| E|--------------------|8----8------------|--------------------|8-L---------------| VERSE 3 "Imagine no..." "I wonder..." C Cmaj7 F C Cmaj7 F G|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| D|---------------9---|-7---7---7---789-|---------------9---|-7---7---7---789-| A|10---10---10-------|---8---8---8-----|10---10---10-------|---8---8---8-----| E|---8----8----8---8-|-----------------|---8----8----8---8-|-----------------| "No need..." "A brotherhood..." C Cmaj7 F C Cmaj7 F G|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------| D|---------------9---|-7---7---7---789-|---------------9---|-7---7---7---7---| A|10---10---10-------|---8---8---8-----|10---10---10-------|---8---8---8---8-| E|---8----8----8---8-|-----------------|---8----8----8---8-|-----------------| "Imagine all..." "Sharing...all.......the wOrld" F E D C G G G|------------------|----------------|------------------------|----------------| D|--10---10---9---7-|--5---5---5---5-|---12----12----12-------|----------------| A|8----8----7---5---|3---3---3---3---|10----10----10----10----|----------------| E|------------------|----------------|---------------------10-|3L--------------| CHORUS 2 "You may say..." "But i'm not..." F G C E F G C E G|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|------------------| D|--10---10----9----9-|------------6-96--|--10---10----9----9-|------------6-96--| A|8----8----10---10---|--10---10-7--7--7-|8----8----10---10---|--10---10-7--7--7-| E|--------------------|8----8------------|--------------------|8----8------------| "I hope someday..." "...World will Live as one" F G C E F G C G|--------------------|------------------|--------------------|------------------| D|--10---10----9----9-|------------6-96--|--10---10-12L-------|------------------| A|8----8----10---10---|--10---10-7--7--7-|8----8----10L-------|10L---------------| E|--------------------|8----8------------|--------------------|8-L---------------| =============================================================================== APPENDIX: L = let ring Yes, those are double stops at the end of the chorus The lyrics are aligned to the music by the letter(s) in capitals. If you wanna make this tab sound worse, yet remain more faithful to the original, for the E part of the chorus just play the root and fifth like most of the rest of it: E G|--------| D|--9---9-| A|7---7---| E|--------| The same thing can apply to the last half of the C bar on the last line of verse 1 and 2: C G|--------| D|--5---5-| A|3---3---| E|--------| =============================================================================== Complete lyrics, for your singing pleasure: Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today... Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace... You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will be as one Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world... You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us And the world will live as one =============================================================================== "[Imagine] is anti-religious, anti-nationalistic, anti-conventional, anti-capitalistic... but because it is sugar-coated, it is accepted." - John Lennon