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     THE BEATLES - IT'S ONLY A NORTHERN SONG (Harrison) From YELLOW

                   SUBMARINE album. Released in the USA on January, 

                   13th and in the UK on January, 17th, 1969.



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     Bass tab by:PJVillanueva











     Recorded between FIXING A HOLE and BEING FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR 

     KITE, during SGT PEPPER'S sessions on February 1967, this song 

     was put in a can until YELLOW SUBMARINE was signed with UA. So 

     it had been rejected for the ALBUM and George was feeling he 

     played a minor rol and was disappointed with his situation as 

     a Beatle and the royalties he got from Northern Songs, on which 

     he was actually complaining in the song. Its structure is odd 

     and he uses some odd harmonies too in his organ chords. Paul's 

     bass is great on the whole track and he also plays trumpet). 

     John plays piano and tambourine and Ringo drums and percussion, 

     including glockenspiel. There are lots of tape loops, speeded 

     up bits and some foolish singing too in the coda. 





     





     If you're listening to this song,

     You may think the chords are going wrong.

     But they're not

     We just wrote it like that



     When you're listening late at night,

     You may think the band are not quite right,

     But they are,

     They just play it like that



     It doesn't really matter what chords I play,

     What words I say,

     Or time of day it is

     As it's only a Northern song



     It doesn't really matter what clothes I wear,

     Or how I pur

     Or if my hair is brown

     When it's only a Northern song



     If you think the harmony

     Is a little dark and out of key,

     You're correct,

     There's nobody there



     And it told you there's no one there







     4/4

     INTRO



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         If  you're              to      this    song,

                 listening               





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                                                         But they're 

                                                                 not





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                         We  just wrote  it  like that



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         When    listening       late   at      night,

             you're





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     right,                                              But they                

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                         They    play    it  like 

                             just                that



                                     2/2



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                                             It

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     CHORUS

     00:54



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     doesn't really  matter  what    chords  I       play,       what







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     words   I       say,    or      time    of      day     it



                         REFRAIN

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     is                  As  it's            a   Northern 

                                 only



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     VERSE (INSTRUMENTAL)

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                                                             It



     CHORUS

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     how     I       pur     or      If      my      hair     is





                         REFRAIN

                                 



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     brown               When    only        a   Northern 

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                                                         You're 

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                                 There's         there

                                     nobody





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                         REFRAIN

                                 



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     there.





     

     INSTRUMENTAL CODA (VERSE, CHORUS, VERSE)

     02:29  ....













       

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