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If I Needed Someone – The Beatles
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Written by: George Harrison
From: "Rubber Soul" (1965)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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Whatever your strumming pattern, make sure to include these melody lines.
Let the basic notes of the A chord (5th, 4th and 3rd strings) ring
throughout.
RIFF
A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------0-----|--3---2---0-----|
G|2-2---0-------0h|2---------------|
D|2-2-------------|----------------|
A|0---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
[Verse]
A G/A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|------0---2---3-|--2---0---2-----|------0---2---0-|--2---3---2---3-|
G|2-2-------------|----------------|2-2-------------|--------------4-|
D|2---------------|----------------|----------------|--------------5-|
A|0---------------|----------------|----------------|--------------0-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G/A A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|3---------------|----------0-----|--3---2---0-----|
G|----------------|4---------------|2-2---0-------0h|2---------------|
D|----------------|5---------------|2-2-------------|----------------|
A|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
[Solo]
A G/A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--0-------------|----------------|--0-------------|----------------|
B|------3---2---0-|--2---3---2-----|------3---2---0-|--2---3---2---3-|
G|2---------------|----------------|2---------------|--------------4-|
D|2---------------|----------------|2---------------|--------------5-|
A|0---------------|----------------|0---------------|--------------0-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G/A A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|3---------------|----------0-----|--3---2---0-----|
G|----------------|4---------4-----|2-2---0-------0h|2---------------|
D|----------------|5-----5---------|2-2-------------|----------------|
A|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
G/A x-0-5-4-3-3
E7sus4 0-2-0-2-0-0
E7 0-2-0-1-0-0
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[Intro]
| A | % | % | % |
[RIFF]
[Verse]
A
If I needed someone to love
A G/A
You're the one that I'd be thinking of
A
If I needed someone
[RIFF]
[Verse]
A
If I had some more time to spend
A G/A
Then I guess I'd be with you, my friend
A
If I needed someone
[RIFF]
[Middle 8]
Em F#7
Had you come some other day
F#7 Bm
Then it might not have been like this
Em F#7 Bm E7sus4 E7
But, you see, now I'm too much in love
[Verse]
A
Carve your number on my wall
A G/A
And maybe you will get a call from me
A
If I needed someone
[RIFF]
[Solo]
| A | % | % | % |
| G/A | % | A | % |
[Verse]
A
If I had some more time to spend
A G/A
Then I guess I'd be with you, my friend
A
If I needed someone
[RIFF]
[Middle 8]
Em F#7
Had you come some other day
F#7 Bm
Then it might not have been like this
Em F#7 Bm E7sus4 E7
But, you see, now I'm too much in love
[Verse]
A
Carve your number on my wall
A G/A
And maybe you will get a call from me
A
If I needed someone
[RIFF]
[Coda]
| A | % | % | % | A
[RIFF]