Beatles - Birthday guitar tab
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This was from the Beatles' double album that showed that after Sgt
Peppers and Magical Mystery Tour and the meditation in India, that
they could still play rock `n' roll. A lot of the songs on the white album
were written in India and recorded with only about 2 of the Beatles present.
This song is an example of that with a catchy riff to go with it.
Birthday - The Beatles
(The Beatles - although we call it the 'White Album' - 1968)
Arr. Mende Joveski (lyrics taken from Book: "The Beatles
illustrated lyrics")
Here it comes....
Intro and verse riff.
3/8 means slide from fret 3 to fret 8
E----------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------2----3----3/8----7---5----------------------------------
G--2---2------------------------------2------------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
B------------2----3----3/8----7---5-------------------------------
G--2---2--------------------------------2--------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------5---5/8----7----5-------------------------------
B-------------6------------------------------------------------------
G--7----7-------------------------------7---------------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------2----3----3/8----7----5-------------------------
G---2----2-----------------------------------2-------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------7----7/10----9----7---------------------------
B-------------9------------------------------------------------------
G---9---9------------------------------------7----------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------2----3----3/8----7----5-----------------------------
G---2----2----------------------------------2-----------------------
D--------------------------------------------------------------------
A--------------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------
A
You say it's your birthday
A
It's my birthday too yeah
D
They say it's your birthday
A
We're gonna have a good time
E
I'm glad it's your birthday
A
Happy birthday to you
E
Yes we're going to a party party
E
Yes we're going to a party party
E
Yes we're going to a party party
C G
I would like you to dance
C G
(Birthday) Take a cha - cha -cha chance
C G
(Birthday) I would like you to dance
C G
(Birthday) Dance
E
instrumental
A
You say it's your birthday
A
It's my birthday too yeah
D
They say it's your birthday
A
We're gonna have a good time
E
I'm glad it's your birthday
A
Happy birthday to you
(Fades out with the riff)
Any comments, suggestions or insults, I await them all.
Mende Joveski, email: joveski@bunyip.ph.rmit.edu.au
