'Til There Was You
The Music Man
as played by The Beatles

Tabbed by Marc Hertzberg (hertzberg@cornmuffin.com)
          of HELP! (cornmuffin.com/help)


Intro:
    F       F#dim  Gm        C7 (repeat)
-|--1-----------------------------------------
-|-----1--------------------------------------
-|--------2------------3----------------------
-|-----------4-----/5-----5-------------------
-|---------------------------3----------------
-|--------------------------------------------

Verse 1:
             F         F#dim
There were bells  on a hill

       Gm                Bbm
But I never heard them ringing

       F     Am       G#m  Gm
No I never heard them at   all

C7             F    Gm  C7
Til there was you


Verse 2:
             F         F#dim
There were birds  in the sky

       Gm             Bbm
But I never saw them winging

       F    Am      G#m  Gm
No I never saw them at   all

C7             F  F7
Til there was you


Middle:

                Bb   Bbm             F
Then there was music and wonderful roses

      D7         Gm              G7        C        C+
They tell me in sweet fragrent meadows of dawn and you


Verse 3:
            F       F#dim
There was love all around

       Gm             Bbm
But I never heard it singing 

       F    Am      G#m  Gm
No I never heard it at   all

C7             F    Gm  C7
Til there was you


Guitar solo to chords of verse...

       F                 F#dim               Gm
E----------------------------------------------5-3-5-3-5-3--
B-----------------------------------------------------------
G---------10-7--------------------8-7----------5-3-5-3-5-3--
D--7-8-10------10-8-7--------7-10-----10-8-7-8--------------
A---------------------10-8-9--------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------

  Bbm          F  Am Abm Gm  C7 F
E-8-6-8-6-8-6--1--8---7---6--5-----1-----------------1----------
B--------------1--5---4---3--5-------1-------------1------------
G-8-6-8-6-8-6--2--5---4---3--5---------2---------2--------------
D--------------3--5---4---3--5---------------1-4----------------
A--------------3--7---6---5--3-----------0-3--------------------
E--------------1--5---4---3-----1-------------------------------

... then repeat middle, then repeat last verse, then... 


Ending:

C7
Til there was

   F                 Db             F           FMaj7
-|-------10--13--10--13--9---11---9--8---5--5--5--0-----------
-|-------10--10--10--14--9----9---9--10--6--6--6--1-----------
-|-------10--10--10--13--10--10--10--10--5--5--5--2-----------
-|------------------------------------------------3-----------
-|------------------------------------------------3-----------
-|------------------------------------------------1-----------
   you.......


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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
--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
----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