Beatles

Get Back

Composer(s) : Lennon and McCartney
Year : 1968


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.






Get Back - The Beatles
======================

The intro ,goes with an E5 played in eights, and then we have:

e-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B---------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G---------2---2---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-2-2-2-2-0---2---|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|
A-2-2-2-2-----0---|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E-0-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|
                    Here we start singning.........

e-----------------|
B---------3-------|
G---------2---2---|
D---------0---2---|
A-2-2-4-4-----0---|
E-0-0-0-0---------|
          ^ these are only done the 2nd verse I think.. (listen to the record..)

All this goes twice, and then we have:

Chorus:
e-----------------|--same again--|-----------------|-----------------|
B-----2-3---------|--------------|-----------------|---------3-------|
G---4-------------|--------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---------2---2---|
D-2---------------|--------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-0---2---|
A-----------------|--------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-----0---|
E-----------------|--------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0---------|
This is the riff for the lead guitar.. If you play it by yourself you'd better
stick to E5 or perhaps an E7-chord for the two first measures..

This is also repeated twice.. And VOILA.. Get Back.. I'm not sure about the
end though, but then again I don't think the Beatles were two sure about that
either...

Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner,
A                  A
But he knew it couldn't last.
D                       A   G D
1      2       3     4  1 2 3 4
Jojo left his home in Tuscon, Arizona
A                     A
For some California grass
D                   A  G D

Get back,  get back
A          A
Back to where you once belonged
D                        A      G D
Get back,  get back
A          A
Back to where you once belonged - Get back Jo!
D                        A

[Electric Piano solo - same chords as verse]

[Chorus]

Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman,
But she was another man.
All the girls around her said she's got it comin',
But she gets it while she can.

[Chorus]

Ook op Past Masters, Vols. 2:

Chords	Notes On
Day Tripper	Day Tripper
We Can Work It Out	We Can Work It Out
Across the Universe	Across the Universe
Paperback Writer	Paperback Writer
Rain	Rain
Lady Madonna	Lady Madonna
Let It Be	Let It Be
The Inner Light	The Inner Light
Hey Jude	Hey Jude
Revolution	Revolution
Get Back	Get Back
Don't Let Me Down	Don't Let Me Down
The Ballad of John and Yoko	The Ballad of John and Yoko
Old Brown Shoe	Old Brown Shoe
You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)	You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)

Ook op Let It Be:

Chords	Notes On
Two of Us	Two of Us
Dig a Pony	Dig a Pony
Across the Universe	Across the Universe
I Me Mine	I Me Mine
Dig It	Dig It
Let It Be	Let It Be
Maggie Mae	Maggie Mae
I've Got a Feeling	I've Got a Feeling
Get Back	Get Back
One After 909	One After 909
The Long and Winding Road	The Long and Winding Road
For You Blue	For You Blue

Ook op Let It Be... Naked:

Chords	Notes On
Get Back	Get Back
Dig a Pony	Dig a Pony
For You Blue	For You Blue
The Long and Winding Road	The Long and Winding Road
Two of Us	Two of Us
I've Got a Feeling	I've Got a Feeling
One After 909	One After 909
Don't Let Me Down	Don't Let Me Down
I Me Mine	I Me Mine
Across the Universe	Across the Universe
Let It Be	Let It Be

Ook op Anthology 3:

Chords	Notes On
A Beginning
Happiness Is A Warm Gun (Kinfauns Home Demo)
Helter Skelter (Edited Take 2)
Mean Mr. Mustard (Kinfauns Home Demo)
Polythene Pam (Kinfauns Home Demo)
Glass Onion (Kinfauns Home Demo)
Junk (Kinfauns Home Demo)
Piggies (Kinfauns Home Demo)
Honey Pie (Kinfauns Home Demo)
Don't Pass Me By (Takes 3 & 5)
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Good Night (Rehearsal & Take 34)
Cry Baby Cry (Take 1)
Blackbird (take 4)
Sexy Sadie (Take 6)
While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Demo)
Hey Jude	Hey Jude
Not Guilty (Take 102)
Mother Nature's Son (Take 2)
Glass Onion	Glass Onion
Rocky Raccoon (Take 8)
What's The New Mary Jane (Take 4)
Step Inside Love / Los Paranoias
I'm So Tired (Takes 3, 6 & 9)
I Will (Take 1)
Why Don't We Do It In The Road (Take 4)
Julia (Take 2)
I've Got A Feeling (Savile Row)
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (Rehearsal) (Savile Row)
Dig A Pony (Savile Row)
Two Of Us (Savile Row)
For You Blue (Savile Row)
Teddy Boy (Savile Row)
Medley: Rip It Up / Shake, Rattle And Roll / Blue Suede Shoes (perkins) (savile Row)
The Long And Winding Road (Savile Row)
Oh! Darling (Savile Row)
All Things Must Pass (Demo)
Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues (Savile Row)
Get Back (Live at the Rooftop Concert)
Old Brown Shoe (Demo)
Octopus's Garden (Takes 2 & 8)
Maxwell's Silver Hammer (Take 5)
Something (Demo)
Come Together (Take 1)
Come And Get It (Demo)
Ain't She Sweet (Jam)
Because	Because
Let It Be (Savile Row)
I Me Mine (Take 16)
The End (Remix)

Ook op 1967-1970:

Chords	Notes On
Strawberry Fields Forever	Strawberry Fields Forever
Penny Lane	Penny Lane
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
With a Little Help from My Friends	With a Little Help from My Friends
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds	Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
A Day in the Life	A Day in the Life
All You Need Is Love	All You Need Is Love
I Am the Walrus	I Am the Walrus
Hello Goodbye	Hello Goodbye
The Fool on the Hill	The Fool on the Hill
Magical Mystery Tour	Magical Mystery Tour
Lady Madonna	Lady Madonna
Hey Jude	Hey Jude
Revolution	Revolution
Back in the U.S.S.R.	Back in the U.S.S.R.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps	While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Get Back	Get Back
Don't Let Me Down	Don't Let Me Down
The Ballad of John and Yoko	The Ballad of John and Yoko
Old Brown Shoe	Old Brown Shoe
Here Comes the Sun	Here Comes the Sun
Come Together	Come Together
Something	Something
Octopus's Garden	Octopus's Garden
Let It Be	Let It Be
Across the Universe	Across the Universe
The Long and Winding Road	The Long and Winding Road

Ook op 1:

Chords	Notes On
Love Me Do	Love Me Do
From Me to You	From Me to You
She Loves You	She Loves You
I Want to Hold Your Hand	I Want to Hold Your Hand
Can't Buy Me Love	Can't Buy Me Love
A Hard Day's Night	A Hard Day's Night
I Feel Fine	I Feel Fine
Eight Days a Week	Eight Days a Week
Ticket to Ride	Ticket to Ride
Help!	Help!
Yesterday	Yesterday
Day Tripper	Day Tripper
We Can Work It Out	We Can Work It Out
Paperback Writer	Paperback Writer
Yellow Submarine	Yellow Submarine
Eleanor Rigby	Eleanor Rigby
Penny Lane	Penny Lane
All You Need Is Love	All You Need Is Love
Hello Goodbye	Hello Goodbye
Lady Madonna	Lady Madonna
Hey Jude	Hey Jude
Get Back	Get Back
The Ballad of John and Yoko	The Ballad of John and Yoko
Something	Something
Come Together	Come Together
Let It Be	Let It Be
The Long and Winding Road	The Long and Winding Road

Ook op Love:

Chords	Notes On
Because	Because
Get Back	Get Back
Glass Onion	Glass Onion
Eleanor Rigby	Eleanor Rigby
Julia	Julia
I Am the Walrus	I Am the Walrus
I Want to Hold Your Hand	I Want to Hold Your Hand
Drive My Car / The Word / What You're Doing
Gnik Nus
Something	Something
Blue Jay Way	Blue Jay Way
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! / I Want You (she's So Heavy) / Helter Skelter
Help!	Help!
Blackbird / Yesterday
Strawberry Fields Forever	Strawberry Fields Forever
Within You Without You / Tomorrow Never Knows
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds	Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
Octopus's Garden	Octopus's Garden
Lady Madonna	Lady Madonna
Here Comes the Sun	Here Comes the Sun
The Inner Light	The Inner Light
Come Together / Dear Prudence
Cry Baby Cry	Cry Baby Cry
Revolution	Revolution
Back in the U.S.S.R.	Back in the U.S.S.R.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps	While My Guitar Gently Weeps
A Day in the Life	A Day in the Life
Hey Jude	Hey Jude
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
All You Need Is Love	All You Need Is Love