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MICHELLE
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) - 'Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=120(8=s8)
Fm Fmaj7 Fm7 Fm6 Bbm/F C
4/4
Gtr I
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q a Q Q E. S Q
|-------8-------8---|-----8-------8---|-----8---6-------|-7s=8--8------8------||
|-------9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----6---6---9---|-7s=8--8------8------||
|-10--(10)--9--(9)--|-8--(8)--7--(7)--|-6--(6)--6--(6)--|---------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-9s10-----10----10---||
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------||
Chorus
FGtr II Bbm7 Eb6 D
Q E. S Q E E Q E. S Q E E Q E. S Q E E Q Q Q Q
|-8--8--8-8--8---|-9--9--9-6--6---|-8--8--8-8--8---|----------------|
|-6--6--6-6--6---|-6--6--6-9--9---|-8--8--8-8--8---|-6---9--12---9--|
|-5--5--5-5--5---|-6--6--6-6--6---|-8--8--8-8--8---|-7--10--13--10--|
|-7--7--7-7--7---|-8--8--8-8--8---|-8--8--8-8--8---|-6---9--12---9--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
C Q E. S G7 Q E. S C Q E. S +H
|--8---8---8------------|--8---8---8--(8)----|
|--8---8---8--9---9---9-|--8---8---8--(8)----|
|--9---9---9-10--10--10-|--9---9---9--(9)----|
|-10--10--10--9---9---9-|-10--10--10-(10)----|
|-10--10--10------------|-10--10--10-(10)----|
|--8---8---8------------|--8---8---8--(8)----|
Chorus
FQ E. S Q E E Bbm7Q E. S Q E E
||--8--8--8-8--8---|-9--9--9-9--9---|
||o-6--6--6-6--6---|-6--6--6-6--6---|
||--5--5--5-5--5---|-6--6--6-6--6---|
||--7--7--7-7--7---|-6--6--6-6--6---|
||o----------------|----------------|
||-----------------|----------------|
Eb6Q E. S Q E E DQ E. S G7 Q E E
|-8--8--8-8--8---|------------------|
|-8--8--8-8--8---|-6--6--6--9---9---|
|-8--8--8-8--8---|-7--7--7-10--10---|
|-8--8--8-8--8---|-6--6--6--9---9---|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
C Q E. S G7 Q E E C Q E. S +Q E E
|--8---8---8----------|--8---8---8--(8)---8---||
|--8---8---8--9---9---|--8---8---8--(8)---8---||
|--9---9---9-10--10---|--9---9---9--(9)---9---||
|-10--10--10--9---9---|-10--10--10-(10)--10---||
|-10--10--10----------|-10--10--10-(10)--10---||
|--8---8---8----------|--8---8---8--(8)---8---||
1st, 2nd & 3rd Verses
$
Fm Q E. S +Q E E Q E. S +Q E E
|--8---8---8--(8)---8---|--8---8---8--(8)---8---|
|--9---9---9--(9)---9---|--9---9---9--(9)---9---|
|-10--10--10-(10)--10---|-10--10--10-(10)--10---|
|-10--10--10-(10)--10---|-10--10--10-(10)--10---|
|--8---8---8--(8)---8---|--8---8---8--(8)---8---|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-11--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Ab7Q E. S +Q E E Db Q E. S +Q E E
|-4--4--4-(4)--4---|--9---9---9--(9)---9---|
|-6--6--6-(6)--6---|--9---9---9--(9)---9---|
|-5--5--5-(5)--5---|-10--10--10-(10)--10---|
|-4--4--4-(4)--4---|-11--11--11-(11)--11---|
|-6--6--6-(6)--6---|-11--11--11-(11)--11---|
|-4--4--4-(4)--4---|--9---9---9--(9)---9---|
|
| W W
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
C7 Q E. S +Q E E Fm Q E. S +Q E E
|--8---8---8--(8)---8---|--8---8---8--(8)---8---|
|--8---8---8--(8)---8---|--9---9---9--(9)---9---|
|--9---9---9--(9)---9---|-10--10--10-(10)--10---|
|-10--10--10-(10)--10---|-10--10--10-(10)--10---|
|-10--10--10-(10)--10---|--8---8---8--(8)---8---|
|--8---8---8--(8)---8---|-----------------------|
FmGtr I Fmaj7 Fm7 Fm6
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------8-------8---|-----8-------8---|
|-------9-------9---|-----9-------9---|
|-10--(10)--9--(9)--|-8--(8)--7--(7)--|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
1. 2.
To Coda
Bbm/F C CGtr I Gt
Q Q Q Q Q E. S Q q Q E. S Q q
|-----8---6-----||--8--8-----8---8---||--8--8-----8---8--||
|-----6---6--9--||--8--8-----8---8--o||--8--8-----8---8--||
|-6--(6)--6--6--||-------------------||------------------||
|---------------||-10-----10----10---||-10-----10----10--||
|---------------||------------------o||------------------||
|---------------||-------------------||------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| W W W
|---------------||-------------------||------------------||
|---------------||------------------o||------------------||
|---------------||-------------------||------------------||
|---------------||-------------------||------------------||
|---------------||------------------o||------------------||
|---------------||-------------------||------------------||
Guitar Solo
rF III Bbm7
|--3--| |--3---|
Q E E E Q E E E H H
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------7----8---10-|-11-------6--------|
|-8-----8-10---------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|
| Q E. S Q E E Q E. S Q E E
|-8--8-------8-8--8--------|--9--9--9-9--9-----|
|-6--6-------6-6--6--------|--6--6--6-6--6-----|
|-5--5-------5-5--5--------|--6--6--6-6--6-----|
|-7--7-------7-7--7--------|--6--6--6-6--6-----|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------|
Eb D
|-3--| |-3--|
Q E E E Q Q Q E E E Q Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-5-----5-6---8------|---------5---6------|
|----------------6---|-8-----8--------5---|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| Q E. S Q E E Q E. S Q E E
|-6--6------6-6--6---|--------------------|
|-8--8------8-8--8---|-6--6------6-6--6---|
|-8--8------8-8--8---|-7--7------7-7--7---|
|-8--8------8-8--8---|-6--6------6-6--6---|
|-6--6------6-6--6---|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
D.S. al Coda
C B C
|--3--| |-3--| |--3---|
H Q Q Q H E E E E E E
|----------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------------||
|----------------------|-------------------------------||
|--------------6-------|-------------------------------||
|--7---------5-----8---|--7------------------7-8---10--||
|----------------------|---------------8-10------------||
|
| Q E. S Q E E Q E. S Q E E
|--8---8---8-7---7-----|--8---8---8--8-------8---------||
|--8---8---8-6---6-----|--8---8---8--8-------8---------||
|--9---9---9-7---7-----|--9---9---9--9-------9---------||
|-10--10--10-6---6-----|-10--10--10-10------10---------||
|-10--10--10-----------|-10--10--10-10------10---------||
|--8---8---8-----------|--8---8---8--8-------8---------||
Chorus
&
CGtr I FGtr II Bbm7
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E. S +Q E E
|--8---8---8---8--||-8--8--8--8--|-9--9--9-(9)--9---|
|--8---8---8---8--||-6--6--6--6--|-6--6--6-(6)--6---|
|-----------------||-5--5--5--5--|-6--6--6-(6)--6---|
|-10--10--10--10--||-7--7--7--7--|-6--6--6-(6)--6---|
|-----------------||-------------|------------------|
|-----------------||-------------|------------------|
Eb6Q Q Q Q DQ Q Q Q C Q Q BQ Q C Q Q E. S Q
|-8--8--8--8--|-------------|--8---8--7--7--|--8---8---8---8--8--||
|-8--8--8--8--|-6--6--6--6--|--8---8--6--6--|--8---8---8---8--8--||
|-8--8--8--8--|-7--7--7--7--|--9---9--7--7--|--9---9---9---9--9--||
|-8--8--8--8--|-6--6--6--6--|-10--10--6--6--|-10--10--10--10-10--||
|-------------|-------------|-10--10--------|-10--10--10--10-10--||
|-------------|-------------|--8---8--------|--8---8---8---8--8--||
FmGtr I Fmaj7 Fm7 Fm6 Bbm/F C
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q a Q Q E. S Q
|-------8-------8---|-----8-------8---|-----8---6-----|-7s=8--8------8-----|
|-------9-------9---|-----9-------9---|-----6---6--9--|-7s=8--8------8-----|
|-10--(10)--9--(9)--|-8--(8)--7--(7)--|-6--(6)--6--6--|--------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|-9s10-----10----10--|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------------|
Outro
FGtr III Bbm7 Eb6 D
|-3--| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E Q E E E H H Q E E E Q Q Q E E E Q Q
||----------------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------|
||o---------------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------|
||----------------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------|
||------------7----8-10-|-11-----6-----|-5----5-6-8-----|---------5--6-------|
||o-8----8-10-----------|--------------|-------------6--|-8-----8--------5---|
||----------------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--8--8------8--8------|--9--9--9--9--|-8--8-----8--8--|--------------------|
||o-6--6------6--6------|--6--6--6--6--|-8--8-----8--8--|-6---9-----12---9---|
||--5--5------5--5------|--6--6--6--6--|-8--8-----8--8--|-7--10-----13--10---|
||--7--7------7--7------|--6--6--6--6--|-8--8-----8--8--|-6---9-----12---9---|
||o---------------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------|
||----------------------|--------------|----------------|--------------------|
C B C
|--3---| |--3--| |--3---|
H Q Q Q H E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------------------o||
|-----------------------|---------------------------------||
|--------------6--------|---------------------------------||
|--7---------5------8---|--7--------------------7-8---10-o||
|-----------------------|-----------------8-10------------||
|
| Q E. S Q E. S Q E. S +Q E E
|--8---8---8-7---7----7-|--8---8---8--(8)-------8---------||
|--8---8---8-6---6----6-|--8---8---8--(8)-------8--------o||
|--9---9---9-7---7----7-|--9---9---9--(9)-------9---------||
|-10--10--10-6---6----6-|-10--10--10-(10)------10---------||
|-10--10--10------------|-10--10--10-(10)------10--------o||
|--8---8---8------------|--8---8---8--(8)-------8---------||
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