Get Back Lennon/McCartney Tabbed by Marc Hertzberg (hertzberg@cornmuffin.com) of HELP! (cornmuffin.com/help) Intro: [the intro shows the flavor of the rhythm guitar playing throughout the song] A -|---------------------------------------------------- -|---------------------------------------------------- -|--X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2---- -|--X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2---- -|--X--0--X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2---- -|---------------------------------------------------- G/A D/A A -|--------------------------5--5--3---2--0------------- -|--------------------------2--2--0---3--2------------- -|--X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2--2--2--0---2--2------------- -|--X--2--X--2--X--2--X--2--------2---0--2------------- -|--X--0--X--2--X--2--X--2--------0---0--0------------- -|----------------------------------------------------- Verse: [the remainder of the tab is for the lead guitar] A -|----------------------------------------------------- -|----------------------------------------------------- -|----------------------------------------------------- -|----------------------------------------------------- -|--7----9-----7---9----7---------9-----7----9--------- -|--5----5-----5---5----5---------5-----5----5--------- Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner D A -|-------------------------------------------12------------------------ -|------------------------------10--12b(14)------b(14)12--10------10--- -|-------------------------/11--------------------------------11------- -|--7------9-------7---9----------------------------------------------- -|--5------5-------5---5----------------------------------------------- -|--------------------------------------------------------------------- But he knew it couldn't last A -|--------------------------------------------------- -|--------------------------------------------------- -|--------------------------------------------------- -|--------------------------------------------------- -|--7----9--------7---9----7-----9----7----9--------- -|--5----5--------5---5----5-----5----5----5--------- Jojo left his home in Tucson Ari zona D A -|------------------------------------------12------------------------ -|-----------------------------10--12b(14)------b(14)12--10------10--- -|------------------------/11--------------------------------11------- -|--7---------9---7---9----------------------------------------------- -|--5---------5---5---5----------------------------------------------- -|-------------------------------------------------------------------- For some Cali fornia grass Get back A -|---------------9--9--9--9--9---------------9--9--9--9--9-------- -|---------------8--8--8--8--8---------------8--8--8--8--8-------- -|---------------9--9--9--9--9---------------9--9--9--9--9-------- -|------------7---------------------------7----------------------- -|------7--9------------------------7--9-------------------------- -|--/9--------------------------/9-------------------------------- Get Back Get Back D7 A G/A D/A A -|---------------8--8--8--8--8---------------9--9--9--9--9-------- -|---------------7--7--7--7--7---------------8--8--8--8--8-------- -|---------------7--7--7--7--7---------------9--9--9--9--9-------- -|------------7---------------------------7----------------------- -|------7--9------------------------7--9-------------------------- -|--/9--------------------------/9-------------------------------- to where you once be long Get back A -|---------------9--9--9--9--9---------------9--9--9--9--9-------- -|---------------8--8--8--8--8---------------8--8--8--8--8-------- -|---------------9--9--9--9--9---------------9--9--9--9--9-------- -|------------7---------------------------7----------------------- -|------7--9------------------------7--9-------------------------- -|--/9--------------------------/9-------------------------------- Get Back Get Back D7 A -|---------------8--8--8--8--8---------------9--9--9--9--9-------- -|---------------7--7--7--7--7---------------8--8--8--8--8-------- -|---------------7--7--7--7--7---------------9--9--9--9--9-------- -|------------7---------------------------7----------------------- -|------7--9------------------------7--9-------------------------- -|--/9--------------------------/9-------------------------------- to where you once be long Guitar Lead: A -|--------------------------------12------------------------------ -|-------10--10--10--12--12b(14)------b(14)12--10----------------- -|--/11--------------------------------------------11------------- -|---------------------------------------------------------------- -|---------------------------------------------------------------- -|---------------------------------------------------------------- D A G D -|--------------------------------------------------------------- -|--------------------------------------------------------------- -|-----------7--------------------------------------------------- -|-----7--9-----10--7--10b(11)----------------------------------- -|--9------------------------------------------------------------ -|--------------------------------------------------------------- A -|--------------------------------12------------------------------ -|-------10--10--10--12--12b(14)------b(14)12--10------10--------- -|--/11--------------------------------------------11------------- -|---------------------------------------------------------------- -|---------------------------------------------------------------- -|---------------------------------------------------------------- D A G D -|---------------------------------------------------------------- -|--------------------------8--5---------------------------------- -|------------7----------------------5--7b(9)--5-----5------------ -|-----7--10-----10--7--10--------7---------------7--------------- -|--9------------------------------------------------------------- -|---------------------------------------------------------------- The rest of the song builds off these ideas. Once you can play the above, you'll be able to feel the small changes from verse to verse, lead to lead. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tab Special Notations: ---5/7--- play fret five, slide up to fret seven ---7\5--- play fret seven, slide down to fret five --8b(9)-- play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach the pitch of fret nine --b(9)8-- play fret eight already bent to the pitch of fret nine, unbending until it reaches the normal pitch of fret eight ---/7---- slide up to fret 7 (the starting fret of the slide is undefined, judge by ear) ---15\--- play fret 15, slide down (the ending fret of the slide is undefined, judge by ear) ---1h3--- play fret one and hammer-on to fret three ---7p5--- play fret seven and pull-off to fret five -7b(9)r7- play fret seven, bend up to fret nine, release back to fret seven --5h7p5-- play fret five, hammer on to fret seven, pull off to fret five --X------ pick string, but do not press string to fret; left hand mute