Beatles

Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey

Composer(s) : Lennon and McCartney
Year :

Alan W. Pollack 's "Notes On" Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey

Intro:

    E  A  A     E  A  A     E  A  A     E  A  A	
-|--4--5--9-----4--5--9-----4--5--9-----4--5--9---------------------
-|--5--5--10----5--5--10----5--5--10----5--5--10--------------------
-|--4--4--9-----4--4--9-----4--4--9-----4--4--9---------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------

Verse:
 E
Come on, come on, come on, come on

Come on it's such a joy, come on, it's such a joy

Come on let's make it easy, come on let's make it easy 
         A             D
Make it easy, make it easy
      B7                                                 E  D  G  E  G  D
Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey


While the verses are going on, the rhythm guitar repeats the intro 
parts over and over with slight rhythmic variations.  The 
lead guitar does dozens of variations along the following lines:
Listen closely and hear 1001 ways to play those few notes.

-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|-----5--------7--5-------------------------etc.-------------------
-|--7-----5--7-----------5--7--7b(9)--5--7---etc.-------------------
-|--------------------7----------------------etc.-------------------

All guitars should should, of course, do the boogie-woogie shuffle 
starting with the A chord:

             A
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|-----------7--7--9--9--7--7--9--9--7--7--9--9--7--7--9--9---------
-|-----------5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---------
   Take it easy

             D
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|-----------7--7--9--9--7--7--9--9--7--7--9--9--7--7--9--9---------
-|-----------5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
   Take it easy

         B7
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|-------4--4--6--6--4--4--6--6--4--4--6--6--4--4--6--6-------------
-|-------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
   Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my ...

.. and here's the fun part.  Cool the way the chords "turn around"
   in the second phrase:

     E          D                G      E           G               D
-|-------------10b(12)--b(12)10-------------------15b(17)--b(17)15-------
-|--/10-----8--------------------8~--b(17)15--12------------------------- 
-|-------9----------------------------------------------------------14~--
-|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
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Wild Honey Pie	Wild Honey Pie
The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill	The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
While My Guitar Gently Weeps	While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Happiness Is a Warm Gun	Happiness Is a Warm Gun
Martha My Dear	Martha My Dear
I'm So Tired	I'm So Tired
Blackbird	Blackbird
Piggies	Piggies
Rocky Raccoon	Rocky Raccoon
Don't Pass Me By	Don't Pass Me By
Why Don't We Do It in the Road	Why Don't We Do It in the Road
I Will	I Will
Julia	Julia
Birthday	Birthday
Yer Blues	Yer Blues
Mother Nature's Son	Mother Nature's Son
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey	Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey
Sexy Sadie	Sexy Sadie
Helter Skelter	Helter Skelter
Long, Long, Long	Long, Long, Long
Revolution 1	Revolution 1
Honey Pie	Honey Pie
Savoy Truffle	Savoy Truffle
Cry Baby Cry	Cry Baby Cry
Can You Take Me Back	Can You Take Me Back
Revolution 9	Revolution 9
Good Night	Good Night