The Beatles - Nowhere Man bass tab
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Bass Tab
Song Title: Nowhere Man
Artist: Beatles
Tuning: Standard
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From the Album: Rubber Soul 1965
Tabbed by David Connor dconnor@idirect.ca
Mayfield S.S.
You must listen to the song for timing. The words are kind of in time.
The words are not exactly in time. So listen to the song.
I pretty sure i got most of this right. There are so many small changes it's
hard to keep
track of them all so i did my best to transcribe it.
Intro:
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G|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------
A|----------------- Nothing -------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------------------
He's a real nowhere man, sitting in his nowhere land
G|---------------------------------------------------------------
D|--7--7-6-6-4-----7--7-6-6-4-----------6-6-7-8-9------6-6-7-8-9-
A|-------------7-4------------7-4--7--7-----------7--7-----------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
Verse 1:
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G|-------------------------------------------------------6-----
D|-------4-4-5-6-7-------------6-7-7-6-6-----------6-6-9---9---
A|--7--7---------------6-6-9-9-----------9-7---7-7-------------
E|-----------------7-7-----------------------7-----------------
Doesn't have a point of view Knows not where he's going to
G|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|--7--7-6-6-4-----7--7-6-4----------6-6-7-8-9-----------------
A|-------------7-4----------7-4--7-7-----------7--7--7-7-7-----
E|-------------------------------------------------------------
Isn't he a bit like you and me Nowhere...
Chorus 1:
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G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--6-6-----6-6----------7-7------7-7-----------6-6----6-6-------7-7-----7--7-
A|------6-6-----6--6----------7-7-----7-------------6-6-----6--------7-7------
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
...man please listen you don't know what your missing
G|------------------------------------------------------------
D|-----6-6-----6-6--------4-------------4-------------6-------
A|--6------6-6------6---4---7---4-7---4---7---4-7---6---9-----
E|--------------------5-------------5-------------7-------7-7-
Nowhere man the world is at your command
Solo (Same as Verse):
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G|-------------------------------------------------------6-----
D|-------4-4-5-6-7-------------6-7-7-6-6-----------6-6-9---9---
A|--7--7---------------6-6-9-9-----------9-7---7-7-------------
E|-----------------7-7-----------------------7-----------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|--7--7-6-6-4-----7--7-6-4----------6-6-7-8-9-----------------
A|-------------7-4----------7-4--7-7-----------7--7--7-7-7-----
E|-------------------------------------------------------------
Verse 2:
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Same tab as Verse 1 w/
He's as blind as he can be
Just sees what he wants to see
Nowhere man can you see me at all
Chorus 2:
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Same tab as Chorus 1 w/
Nowhere man don't worry
Take your time don't hurry
Leave it all till somebody else lends you a hand
Verse 3:
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Repeat Verse 1
Chorus 3:
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Repeat Chorus 1
Ending:
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G|-------------------------------------------------------6-----
D|-------4-4-5-6-7-------------6-7-7-6-6-----------6-6-9---9---
A|--7--7---------------6-6-9-9-----------9-7---7-7-------------
E|-----------------7-7-----------------------7-----------------
He's a real nowhere man, sitting in his nowhere land
G|---------------------------------------------------------------
D|--7--7-6-6-4-----7--7-6-6-4---------------4-7--4-7-------------
A|-------------7-4------------7-4--7--7-7-7----------7--7-7-7-7--
E|---------------------------------------------------------------
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
G|---------------------------------------------------------------
D|--7--7-6-6-4-----7--7-6-6-4------------------------------------
A|-------------7-4------------7-4--7--7--7--7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--
E|---------------------------------------------------------------
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
G|---------------------------------------------------------------
D|--7--7-6-6-4-----7--7-6-6-4-----------------4-7-4--------------
A|-------------7-4------------7-4--7--7--7--7-------7------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
Not a really hard song but it takes a while to get used to the timing.
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