The Beatles - Taxman guitar tab
From: hertzberg@netcad.enet.dec.com (Marc Hertzberg (History: Love it or leave it!))
Subject: Re: REQ: Beatletabs (guitar and bass)
Here's Taxman (probably a re-post). I don't have Nowhere Man, but it was tabbed out in the recent Guitar mag with John Lennon on the cover. As for If I Needed Someone, I also don't have this tab readily available, but a hint is to learn it in the key of D using the usual "baby" D chord (XX0232), then capo up to the seventh fret.
Marc
Taxman
(Harrison)
Verse:
D7 D7#9 D7
Let me tell you how it will be
D7 D7#9 D7
There's one for you nineteen for me
C7 G7#9 D7
'Cos I'm the taxman Yeah I'm the taxman
Verse:
Should five percent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all
'Cos I'm the taxman Yeah I'm the taxman
Middle:
D
If you drive a truck I'll tax the street
C
If you try to fix it I'll tax your seat
D
If you get too cold I'll tax the heat
C D
If you take a walk I'll tax your feet TAXMAN!
Guitar Solo:
-|---------------------------------------------------10----------------
-|--------------------------------6--8--b(9)8--6-----------------------
-|-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7------------------7--------------------
-|--0-----0-----0-----0-----0------------------------------------------
-|---------------------------------------------------------------------
-|---------------------------------------------------------------------
-|---------------------------------------------------------------------
-|-----9p8--9p8--6-----------------------------------------------------
-|--7---------------7--7--5h7p5--6--4h6p4--5--2h4p2--------------------
-|---------------------------------------------------------------------
-|---------------------------------------------------------------------
-|---------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------10-------
-|-----------------------8--6-----6-----6-----6--b(9)8--6--------------
-|--2--4--5--7-----7-----------7-----7-----7---------------7-----------
-|--------------0-----0------------------------------------------------
-|---------------------------------------------------------------------
-|---------------------------------------------------------------------
C G7#9 D
'Cos I'm the taxman Yeah I'm the taxman
Verse:
Don't ask me what I want it for (ah ah, Mr. Wilson)
If you don't want to pay some more (ah ah, Mr. Heath)
'Cos I'm the taxman Yeah I'm the taxman
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|-------------------5---------3--5-----5---------3--5----------------------
-|----------------------3--h5--------------3--h5-----------5---------3b(4)--
-|----------------3------------------3------------------------3--h5---------
-|------------------------------------------------------3-------------------
Verse:
Now my advice for those who die (TAXMAN!)
Declare the pennies on your eyes (TAXMAN!)
'Cos I'm the taxman Yeah I'm the taxman
And you're working for no one but me
F D7
-|--------------------------------------------------------------
-|--------------/6-----/6-----/6-----/6-------------------------
-|------------------5------5------5------5------7---------5--7-- (repeat
-|-------------------------------------------------5--h7-------- guitar
-|-------------------------------------------5------------------ solo)
-|--------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Miscellaneous info:
C7 = (-3231-)
D7 = (-5453-)
D7#9 = (-5456-) or (----11)
G7#9 = (35-466)
Riff to repeat over first two
lines of third verse
-|------------------------------
-|------------------------------
-|-----7---------5--7-----------
-|--------5--h7-----------------
-|--5---------------------------
-|------------------------------
Riff to repeat over first two
lines of fourth verse
-|------------------------------
-|------------------8-----------
-|-----7---------5--------------
-|--------5--h7-----------------
-|--5---------------------------
-|------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tab Special Notations:
----0---- play the open string ('fret zero')
----5---- play fret five
----5~--- play fret five with vibrato
---5/7--- play fret five, slide up to fret seven
---7\5--- play fret seven, slide down to fret five
--8b(9)-- play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach
the pitch of fret nine
--b(9)8-- play fret eight already bent to the pitch of fret nine,
unbending until it reaches the normal pitch of fret eight
----h7--- hammer-on to fret seven
----p5--- pull-off to fret five
---/7---- slide up to fret 7 (the starting fret of the slide is
undefined, judge by ear)
---15\--- play fret 15, slide down (the ending fret of the slide is
undefined, judge by ear)
---0h3--- play the open string and immediately hammer-on to fret
three
---7p5--- play fret seven and immediately pull-off to fret five
