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I'LL BE BACK
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1964 Album A HARD DAY'S NIGHT)
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
x 0 2A 2 2 0 x 0 Am2 2 1 0 3 2 0G 0 0 3 x xFmaj7 3 2 1 0
0 2 2E 1 0 0 x x 0D 2 3 2 x 2 Bm4 4 3 2 x 4 C#m6 6 5 4
2 4 F#m4 2 2 2 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 - 4th Verses
Q=120
$
A Am
4/4
Gtr II (Ac. Gtr.)
H Q E E +Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
H E E E E +W H E E E E +W
|----------0---|-----------------|-----------0-0-||--(0)-------------|
|------------2-|-(2)-------------|-------------1-||o-(1)-------------|
|--------4-----|-----------------|---------4---2-||--(2)-------------|
|------4-------|-----------------|-------4-----2-||--(2)-------------|
|--------------|-----------------|-------------0-||o-(0)-------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---------------||------------------|
To Coda
GQ Q E E E E Fmaj7Q Q E E E E EQ Q E E E E AQ Q E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
|--3--| |---3---|
W Q Q Q Q Q Q W H E E E E
|-3-------------|-0-0---0-0---0---0---|-0-------------|-0---------0----||
|-3-------------|-1-1---1-1---1---1---|-0-------------|-2-----------2--||
|-4-------------|-2-2---2-2---2---2---|-1-------------|-2-------4------||
|-5-------------|-3-3---3-3---3---3---|-2-------------|-2-----4--------||
|-5-------------|---------------------|-2-------------|-0--------------||
|-3-------------|---------------------|-0-------------|----------------||
A Q Q E E E E AmQ Q E E E E GQ Q E E E E Fmaj7Q Q E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
|--3--| |---3---|
+W W W Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-0-------------|-3-------------|-0-0---0-0---0---0----|
|-(2)-------------|-1-------------|-3-------------|-1-1---1-1---1---1----|
|-----------------|-2-------------|-4-------------|-2-2---2-2---2---2----|
|-----------------|-2-------------|-5-------------|-3-3---3-3---3---3----|
|-----------------|-0-------------|-5-------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-3-------------|----------------------|
1.
EQ Q E E E E AQ Q E E E E Q Q E E E E F#mQ Q E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W H E E E E +W W
|-0-------------|-0---------0---||-----------------||-2--------------|
|-0-------------|-2-----------2-||-(2)-------------||-2--------------|
|-1-------------|-2-------4-----||-----------------||-2--------------|
|-2-------------|-2-----4-------||-----------------||-4--------------|
|-2-------------|-0-------------||-----------------||-4--------------|
|-0-------------|---------------||-----------------||-2--------------|
Q Q E E E E BmQ Q E E E E Q Q E E E E EQ Q DE E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W W H E E E E
|-2-------------|-2-------------|-2-------------|-0--------------|
|-2-------------|-3-------------|-3-------------|-0--------------|
|-2-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|-1--------------|
|-4-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|-2-----0-----2--|
|-4-------------|-2-------------|-2-------------|-2-------4-2----|
|-2-------------|---------------|---------------|-0--------------|
2.
E D E A
2/4 4/4
E E E E E E E E +E E E E Q Q E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H E E E E +H W
|-----------------|------------||-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------o||-(2)-------------||
|-----------------|------------||-----------------||
|-2-------0-----2-|-(2)--------||-----------------||
|-----------4-2---|-----------o||-----------------||
|-----------------|------------||-----------------||
Bridge
BmQ Q E E E E Q Q E E E E C#m Q Q E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q H Q +Q Q +H W
|---------------|-------------------|-^4--------------|
|---------------|-------------------|-^5--------------|
|----4------3---|-(3)--2--(2)-------|-^6--------------|
|---------------|-------------------|-^6--------------|
|---------------|-------------------|-^4--------------|
|---------------|-------------------|-----------------|
C#m Q Q E E E E F#m Q Q E E E E B7 Q Q E E Q D Q Q E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
+Q H. W W W
|-(4)--^4-----------|-^2-------------|-^2------------|-^2--------------|
|-(5)--^5-----------|-^2-------------|-^0------------|-^3--------------|
|-(6)--^6-----------|-^2-------------|-^2------------|-^2--------------|
|-(6)--^6-----------|-^4-------------|-^1------------|-^0--------------|
|-(4)--^4-----------|-^4-------------|-^2------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-^2-------------|---------------|-----------------|
D.S. al Coda
E D E D E
2/4
Q Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H E E E E +H E E E E +H
|-0-------------|-------------------|------------||
|-0-------------|-------------------|------------||
|-1-------------|-------------------|------------||
|-2-----0-----2-|-(2)-------0-----2-|-(2)--------||
|-2-------4-2---|-------------4-2---|------------||
|-0-------------|-------------------|------------||
Outro
&
A Am
4/4
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
+W H E E E E +H E E E E
|-----------------|-----------0-0-|-(0)-------0---0-|
|-(2)-------------|-------------1-|-(1)-------1---1-|
|-----------------|---------4---2-|-(2)-------2---2-|
|-----------------|-------4-----2-|-(2)-------2---2-|
|-----------------|-------------0-|-(0)-------0---0-|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
AmQ Q E E E E A Q Q E E E E +Q Q E E E AmE Q Q E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E +H E E E E
|-0---------0---|-----------0---0-|-(0)---------0-0-|-(0)-------0---0--*|
|-1-----------2-|-(2)-------2---2-|-(2)-----------1-|-(1)-------1---1--*|
|-2-------4-----|-----------2---2-|-(2)-------4---2-|-(2)-------2---2--*|
|-2-----4-------|-----------2---2-|-(2)-----4-----2-|-(2)-------2---2--*|
|-0-------------|-----------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