Polythene Pam Lead Lennon/McCartney Tabbed by Marc Hertzberg (hertzberg@cornmuffin.com) of HELP! (cornmuffin.com/help) D A E -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|--------------12--14-----12--h14--p12----------------------------- -|------12--14---------------------------14--p12-------------------- -|--14-------------------------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------ D A E -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------12--14--14--12---------------------------------------------- -|--14------------------14--14-------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ D A E -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|----------12--14--14--12----------------------12--14-------------- -|--12--14------------------14--14--12--12--14---------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ D A E -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|--14--12--12----------15b(17)------------------------------------- -|--------------14--12---------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ D A E -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|--12--14--14b(16)--14b(16)--b(16)14--12--14--12------------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ D A E -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|--12--14--14b(16)--b(16)--14b(16)--14--12--h14--p12--------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ D A E -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|--12--14--14b(16)--b(16)--b(16)--14--12--14--12------------------- -|-------------------------------------------------14--------------- -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ D A E -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|------------------------------------------------------------------ -|--12--14--14b(16)--b(16)--b(16)14--12----------------------------- -|---------------------------------------14--12--------------------- -|-----------------------------------------------14--12------------- -|-------------------------------------------------------15--12----- Those three chords: The signature chords of this song sound to be played on a capoed folk guitar. To me, it sounds like the player is pounding out standard C - G - D chords thusly: -|--3--3--2---- capo -|--1--0--3---- at -|--0--0--2---- 2nd -|--2--0--0---- fret -|--3--2------- -|-----3------- Also: There's a distorted guitar playing a riff that started with an octave-high E chord, slides down, then back up, at the end of some of the vocal phrases. D A E -|----------------------------------------------- -|----------------------------------------------- -|------------------------------------13\-/13---- -|------------------------------------14\-/14---- -|------------------------------------14\-/14---- -|----------------------------------------------- Well have you seen polythene pam ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tab Special Notations: ----0---- play the open string ('fret zero') ----5---- play fret five ----5~--- play fret five with vibrato ---5/7--- play fret five, slide up to fret seven ---7\5--- play fret seven, slide down to fret five --7\5/7-- play fret seven, slide down to fret five, slide back up --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 --b(9)--- play again the note you're holding bent up ----h7--- hammer-on to fret seven ----p5--- pull-off to fret five ---/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) ---0h3--- play the open string and immediately hammer-on to fret three ---7p5--- play fret seven and immediately pull-off to fret five