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NOWHERE MAN
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) - 'George Harrison - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'John Lennon - Acoustic Guitar'
1st Verse
Q=122
4/4
Gtr I
Wx3
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
Gtr II F#m Am E
H Q E E +Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E +E E
|-----------2-|-(2)--2--2-2-2--|-5--5--5-5-5--|-4--4----4-(4)-4--|
|-----------2-|-(2)--2--2-2-2--|-5--5--5-5-5--|-5--5----5-(5)-5--|
|-----------2-|-(2)--2--2-2-2--|-5--5--5-5-5--|-4--4----4-(4)-4--|
|-----------4-|-(4)--4--4---4--|-7--7--7---7--|-6--6----6-(6)-6--|
|-------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
|-------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
2nd - 5th Verses
$
$$
Gtr I E B A
Q. E +E Q E W W W
|---------------------||---------------|------------------|------------------|
|-0-------------------||o--------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------2-(2)-1-------||---------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------------2-||---------------|------------------|------------------|
|---------------------||o-2------------|------------------|------------------|
|---------------------||---------------|------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q Q E E +E E Q Q E E Q Q E E +E E E E E E +E E Q Q
|-4---4-------4-(4)-4-||--4--4--4-4-4--|-2--2-2-(2)-2-2---|---5-(5)-5-5--5---|
|-5---5-------5-(5)-5-||o-5--5--5-5-5--|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4---|---5-(5)-5-5--5---|
|-4---4-------4-(4)-4-||--4--4--4-4-4--|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4---|---6-(6)-6-6--6---|
|-6---6-------6-(6)-6-||--6--6--6---6--|-4----4-(4)---4---|---7-(7)-7-7--7---|
|---------------------||o--------------|------------------|------------------|
|---------------------||---------------|------------------|------------------|
EW F#mW
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
|
| Q E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4---|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|
|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5---|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|
|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4---|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|
|-6--6-6-(6)-6-6---|-4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-|
|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|
To Coda
AmW EQ. E +E Q E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-0------------------|
|--------------------|--------2-(2)-1-----|
|--------------------|------------------2-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5--|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5--|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5--|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-|
|-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7--|-6--6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
Bridge
W G#mW AW G#mW
|-------------------||--------------|------------------|---------------|
|-------------------||--------------|------------------|---------------|
|-------------------||--------------|------------------|---------------|
|-------------------||--------------|------------------|---------------|
|-2-----------------||--------------|------------------|---------------|
|-------------------||--------------|------------------|---------------|
|
| E E E E +E E E E Q Q E E Q Q E E +E E E E Q Q E E Q
|-4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-||-4--4--4-4-4--|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5---|-4--4--4-4-4---|
|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-||-4--4--4-4-4--|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5---|-4--4--4-4-4---|
|-4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-||-4--4--4-4-4--|-6--6-6-(6)-6-6---|-4--4--4-4-4---|
|-6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-||-6--6--6-6-6--|-7--7-7-(7)-7-7---|-6--6--6-6-6---|
|-------------------||--------------|------------------|---------------|
|-------------------||--------------|------------------|---------------|
AGtr I G#m F#m7
W W W Q E E E E E E
|------------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------|-------------------|-------2--2--2-2-2--|
|------------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q E E +E E E E Q Q E E Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5---|-4--4--4-4-4--|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2--|
|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5---|-4--4--4-4-4--|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2--|
|-6--6-6-(6)-6-6---|-4--4--4-4-4--|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2--|
|-7--7-7-(7)-7-7---|-6--6--6-6-6--|-4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4--|
|------------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------|-------------------|--------------------|
Guitar Solo
1.
B7Gtr I E
W E Q E +Q Q
|----------------||-!0-0--------------|
|----------------||-!0-----0-(0)---0--|
|----------------||-!1----------------|
|----------------||-!2----------------|
|----------------||-------------------|
|----------------||-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E Q E E E E Q Q E E Q
|---2-2--2-2-2---||--4---4----4--4-4--|
|---4-4--4-4-4---||--5---5----5--5-5--|
|---2-2--2-2-2---||--4---4----4--4-4--|
|---4-4--4-4-4---||--6---6----6----6--|
|----------------||-------------------|
|----------------||-------------------|
B E Q E +Q. E A E Q E +Q Q
|--------------------|-!0----------------------|
|-!4-5---7-(7)-------|-!0-2--------------------|
|-!4-----------------|-!2-------2-(2)----2-----|
|-!4-----------------|-!2----------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Q E E +E E E E E E +E E +E E +E E
|--2---2-2-(2)-2-2---|----5-(5)-5-(5)-5-(5)-5--|
|--4---4-4-(4)-4-4---|----5-(5)-5-(5)-5-(5)-5--|
|--4---4-4-(4)-4-4---|----6-(6)-6-(6)-6-(6)-6--|
|--4-----4-(4)---4---|----7-(7)-7-(7)-7-(7)-7--|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
E E Q E +H F#m E Q E +Q. E
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------0-(0)-------|------------------------|
|-!1-2---------------|-!2-2-------------------|
|-!2-----------------|-!4-------4-(4)---------|
|-!2-----------------|-!4---------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|
| Q E E +E E E E E E +E E +E E +E E
|--4---4-4-(4)-4-4---|----2-(2)-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-|
|--5---5-5-(5)-5-5---|----2-(2)-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-|
|--4---4-4-(4)-4-4---|----2-(2)-2-(2)-2-(2)-2-|
|--6---6-6-(6)-6-6---|----4-(4)-4-(4)-4-(4)-4-|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
Am E Q E +H EE E +H S S E
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|-!2-2-------------------|--------------------|
|-!2---------------------|--------------------|
|-!0-------3-(3)---------|-3-2-(2)------2s1p0-|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|
| E E +E E +E E +E E Q Q E E E E
|----5-(5)-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-|-4----4---4-4-4---4-|
|----5-(5)-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-|-5----5---5-5-5---5-|
|----5-(5)-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-|-4----4---4-4-4---4-|
|----7-(7)-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-|-6----6---6-6-6---6-|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
2.,D.S.
D.S. &
D.S.
B7
Q H. E E E E E E E E
|-------<5>----------------||--------------------||
|-------------------------o||--------------------||
|--------------------------||--------------------||
|--------------------------||--------------------||
|-------------------------o||-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2--||
|--0-----------------------||--------------------||
| W
|
| +E E +E E +E E +E E E E +E E E E E E
|-(4)-4-(4)-4-(4)-4-(4)-4--||---2-(2)-2-2-2-2----||
|-(5)-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-o||---4-(4)-4-4-4-4----||
|-(4)-4-(4)-4-(4)-4-(4)-4--||---2-(2)-2-2-2-2----||
|-(6)-6-(6)-6-(6)-6-(6)-6--||---4-(4)-4-4-4-4----||
|-------------------------o||--------------------||
|--------------------------||--------------------||
Outro
EW Q. E +E Q E
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-0----------------|
|------------------|------2-(2)-1-----|
|------------------|----------------2-|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|
| Q. E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
|-4----4-(4)-4-4-4-|-4----4-(4)-4-4-4-|
|-5----5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5----5-(5)-5-5-5-|
|-4----4-(4)-4-4-4-|-4----4-(4)-4-4-4-|
|-6----6-(6)-6-6-6-|-6----6-(6)-6-6-6-|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
F#mW AmW
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-2----------------|
|-4----------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|
| Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|-2--2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
|-2--2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
|-2--2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
|-4--4-4-(4)-4-4-4-|-7--7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
EW Q. E +E Q E
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|--0---------------------|
|-4---------------|-----------2-(2)-1------|
|-----------------|---------------------2--|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|
| Q Q E E +E E +E E +E E +E E E E
|-4--4----4-(4)-4-|-(4)-4-(4)-4-(4)-4-4-4--|
|-5--5----5-(5)-5-|-(5)-5-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-5--|
|-4--4----4-(4)-4-|-(4)-4-(4)-4-(4)-4-4-4--|
|-6--6----6-(6)-6-|-(6)-6-(6)-6-(6)-6-6-6--|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
F#mW AmW EQ. E +E Q E W
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------*|
|-------------------|-------------------|-0-----------------|------*|
|-------------------|-2-----------------|-------2-(2)-1-----|------*|
|-4-----------------|-------------------|-----------------2-|------*|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-2----*|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------*|
|
| E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E Q Q E E Q W
|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-4---4----4--4-4---|-4----*|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5---5----5--5-5---|-5----*|
|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-4---4----4--4-4---|-4----*|
|-4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-|-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-6---6----6--6-6---|-6----*|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------*|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|------*|
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