Paul McCartney - I will
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Tuning: E A D G B E
Song: I Will (Live)
Artist: The Beatles
Album: The Beatles (White Album)
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGnNQM_9q-w
Style: Acoustic Ballad
Method: Brusque Strumming: Chord Progression
Tuning: Standard
Chords:
EADGBe
E 022100
C#m X35543
F#m 355333
B7 797877
G#m 355333
A 577555
E7 030100
F#7 242322
F#m7 242222
VERSE 1:
Who Eknows how C#mlong I've F#mloved B7you,
You Eknow I C#mlove you still.G#m
E7Will I Await a B7lonely Elifetime,
If you Awant me B7to, I Ewill.
VERSE 2:
For iEf I C#mever F#msaw youB7,
I Edidn't C#mcatch your G#mname.
E7But it Anever B7really C#mmattered,E
I Awill always B7feel the Esame.
CHORUS 1:
ALove you forever C#mand forever,
ALove you with all my Eheart.
ALove you whenever C#mwe're together,
F#7Love you when we're apaB7rt.
VERSE 2:
And Ewhen at C#mlast I F#m7find yoB7u,
YourE song will C#mfill the G#mair.
E7Sing it lAoud so B7I can Ehear you,
Make it Aeasy to B7be near Eyou.
For the Athings you B7do,
EnC#mdear you Eto me.F#m7
Oh, you B7know I will,E
I will E7————.
CODA:
ADoh, G#mdoh-doh, C#mdo-do,
F#m7Doh, B7doh—doh, Edo-do.
[End]
NOTES:
1. My interpretation of Paul’s LIVE version of this song.
2. “…I was doing a song, I Will, that I had as a melody for quite a long time but I didn't have
any lyrics to it. I remember sitting around with Donovan, and maybe a couple of other people.
We were just sitting around one evening after our day of meditation and I played him this one and
he liked it and we were trying to write some words. We kicked around a few lyrics, something about
the moon, but they weren't very satisfactory and I thought the melody was better than the words so
I didn't use them. I kept searching for better words and I wrote my own set in the end; very
simple words, straight love-song words really. I think they're quite effective. It's still one
of my favourite melodies that I've written. You just occasionally get lucky with a melody and it
becomes rather complete and I think this is one of them; quite a complete tune. …”
- Paul McCartney
Many Years From Now, Barry Miles
http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/i-will/