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IT WON'T BE LONG
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1963 Album WITH THE BEATLES)
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=143
C#m
4/4
Gtr II
W Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|----------|-4--4-4----4-4-|----4-4----4-4-|
|----------|-5--5-5----5-5-|----5-5----5-5-|
|----------|-6--6-6----6-6-|----6-6----6-6-|
|----------|-6--6-6----6-6-|----6-6----6-6-|
|----------|-4--4-4----4-4-|----4-4----4-4-|
|----------|---------------|---------------|
Q EE E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q C#mE E Q E E AH Ab9H
|----7-7----7-7-|----7-7----7-7-|----4-4----4-4-|-0----0----|
|----9-9----9-9-|----9-9----9-9-|----5-5----5-5-|-2----2----|
|----9-9----9-9-|----9-9----9-9-|----6-6----6-6-|-2----3----|
|----9-9----9-9-|----9-9----9-9-|----6-6----6-6-|-2----2----|
|----7-7----7-7-|----7-7----7-7-|----4-4----4-4-|-0----0----|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------|
$
EGtr I
Q E E a E E E +E Q E E a E E E +E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|----2-1-----------------|----2-1-----------------|
|--------2s4-2-----------|--------2s4-2-----------|
|--------------3b4==(3)r-|-0------------3b4==(3)r-|
|
| Gtr II
| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|----0-0-------0-----0---|----0-0-------0-----0---|
|----0-0-------0-----0---|----0-0-------0-----0---|
|----1-1-------1-----1---|----1-1-------1-----1---|
|----2-2-------2-----2---|----2-2-------2-----2---|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
1st - 3rd Verses
EW CW
||----------------|----------------|
||o---------------|----------------|
||----------------|----------------|
||----------------|-5--------------|
||o---------------|-3--------------|
||--0-------------|----------------|
|
| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
||-----0-0----0-0-|----0-0----0-0--|
||o----0-0----0-0-|----1-1----1-1--|
||-----1-1----1-1-|----0-0----0-0--|
||-----2-2----2-2-|----2-2----2-2--|
||o---------------|----3-3----3-3--|
||----------------|----------------|
EQ E E a E E E +E W
|------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------|---------------|
|----2-1-----------------|---------------|
|--------2s4-2-----------|---------------|
|-0------------3b4==(3)r-|-0-------------|
|
| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|----0-0-------0-----0---|----0-0----0-0-|
|----0-0-------0-----0---|----0-0----0-0-|
|----1-1-------1-----1---|----1-1----1-1-|
|----2-2-------2-----2---|----2-2----2-2-|
|------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------|---------------|
CW EQ E E a E E E +E
|---------------|-------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------------|
|-5-------------|----2-1------------------|
|-3-------------|--------2s4-2------------|
|---------------|-0------------3b4==(3)r--|
|
| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|----0-0----0-0-|----0-0-------0-----0----|
|----1-1----1-1-|----0-0-------0-----0----|
|----0-0----0-0-|----1-1-------1-----1----|
|----2-2----2-2-|----2-2-------2-----2----|
|----3-3----3-3-|-------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------------|
Chorus
Q E E a E E E E C#mW W EW
|----------------------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------------------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----2---1-------------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|------------2s4-2---2-||-4-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-0----------------4---||---------------|---------------|---------------|
|
| Q S S S S E E Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|----0-0-0-0---0-------||----4-4----4-4-|----4-4----4-4-|----7-7----7-7-|
|----0-0-0-0---0-------||----5-5----5-5-|----5-5----5-5-|----9-9----9-9-|
|----1-1-1-1---1-------||----6-6----6-6-|----6-6----6-6-|----9-9----9-9-|
|----2-2-2-2---2-------||----6-6----6-6-|----6-6----6-6-|----9-9----9-9-|
|----------------------||----4-4----4-4-|----4-4----4-4-|----7-7----7-7-|
|----------------------||---------------|---------------|---------------|
To Coda
W C#mW AW Ab9 EQ E E a E E E +E
|---------------|----------------|-----------|-------------------------|
|---------------|----------------|-----------|-------------------------|
|---------------|----------------|-----------|-------------------------|
|---------------|----------------|-----------|----2-1------------------|
|---------------|----------------|-----------|--------2s4-2------------|
|---------------|----------------|-----------|--------------3b4==(3)r--|
|
| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E H H Q E E Q E E
|----7-7----7-7-|----4-4----4-4--|-0----0----|----0-0-------0-----0----|
|----9-9----9-9-|----5-5----5-5--|-2----2----|----0-0-------0-----0----|
|----9-9----9-9-|----6-6----6-6--|-2----3----|----1-1-------1-----1----|
|----9-9----9-9-|----6-6----6-6--|-2----2----|----2-2-------2-----2----|
|----7-7----7-7-|----4-4----4-4--|-0----0----|-------------------------|
|---------------|----------------|-----------|-------------------------|
Bridge
Q E E a E E E +E EW D#/BW D6W
|------------------------||----------|----------|----------------|
|------------------------||----------|----------|----------------|
|------------------------||----------|----------|----------------|
|----2-1-----------------||----------|----------|----------------|
|--------2s4-2-----------||----------|----------|----------------|
|-0------------3b4==(3)r-||-0--------|----------|----------------|
|
| Q E E Q E E W W H +E E E E
|----0-0-------0-----0---||-0--------|-3--------|-2----(2)-x-----|
|----0-0-------0-----0---||-0--------|-4--------|-3----(3)-x-3-3-|
|----1-1-------1-----1---||-1--------|-4--------|-4----(4)-x-4-4-|
|----2-2-------2-----2---||-2--------|----------|-0----(0)-x-----|
|------------------------||-2--------|----------|----------------|
|------------------------||-0--------|----------|----------------|
Gtr II A B
W Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q
|----------|----0-0----0--|----2-2----2--|
|-2--------|----2-2----2--|----4-4----4--|
|-4--------|----2-2----2--|----4-4----4--|
|-3--------|----2-2----2--|----4-4----4--|
|-4--------|----0-0----0--|----2-2----2--|
|----------|--------------|--------------|
1. 2.
D.S. al Coda
F#m7Gtr I B7 B7
W H E E E E H E E E E
|----------------|------------------||------------------||
|----------------|-----------------o||------------------||
|----------------|---------4-4-4-4--||---------4-4-4-4--||
|----------------|---------4-4-4-4--||---------4-4-4-4--||
|----------------|---------2-2-2-2-o||---------2-2-2-2--||
|----------------|------------------||------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----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-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----||
|----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4--||
|----2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
|----4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
|----2-2-2-2-2-2-|------------------||------------------||
Outro
H.=H
&
A G6 F#7Fmaj7Emaj7
W Q Q Q Q W +W
|-0--------|----3--2--0--|-4--------|-(4)----*|
|-2--------|----5--5--1--|-4--------|-(4)----*|
|-2--------|----4--3--2--|-4--------|-(4)----*|
|-2--------|----5--4--3--|-2--------|-(2)----*|
|-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