How Chords
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| Difficulty: | intermediate |
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| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
| Capo: | no capo |
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How? – John Lennon
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Written by: John Lennon
From: "Imagine" (1971)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
E7sus2/B x-2-4-4-3-0 = Bm(add11)
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LINK 1 LINK 2
D7sus4 D D7sus4 D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--3-3---3-3---2-|----------------| |--8-8---8-8---5-|----------------|
B|--1-1---1-1---3-|----------------| |--8-8---8-8---7-|----------------|
G|--2-2---2-2---2-|--------2-------| |--7-7---7-7---7-|----------------|
D|--0-0---0-0-----|----4-------4---| |--0-0---0-0---0-|----------------|
A|--------------5-|--5---5---5---5-| |----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------|
G G/F# G/F Em Ebaug G/D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----0---3-------|----0---3-------|
G|0---0---0-------|0---0---0-------|
D|0---0---0-------|2---1---0-------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|3---2---1-------|0---------------|
Oh no Oh no
[Coda]
Ebaug Em/C#
G G/F# G/F Em G/D Cmaj7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|------------3---|7-------3-------|
B|----0---3-------|----0---3---5---|8-------3-------|
G|0---0---0-------|0---0---0---4---|9----3h4--------|
D|0---0---0-------|2---1---0-------|----------------|
A|----------------|------------4---|----------------|
E|3---2---1-------|0---------------|8----3----------|
Oh no Oh no
(ritardando)
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[Verse 1]
G D7sus4 D7
How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?
G D7sus4 D7
How can I go forward when I don't know which way to turn?
C G
How can I go forward into something I'm not sure of?
G G/F# G/F
Oh no,
Em Ebaug G/D
Oh no
[Verse 2]
G D7sus4 D7
How can I have feeling when I don't know if it's a feeling?
G D7sus4 D7
How can I feel something if I just don't know how to feel?
C G
How can I have feelings when my feelings have always been denied?
G G/F# G/F
Oh no,
Em Ebaug G/D
Oh no
[Middle 8]
Bm E7sus2/B
You know life can be long
Bm
And you got to be so strong
Am D
And the world is so tough
Am D
Sometimes I feel I've had enough
[Verse 3]
G D7sus4 D7
How can I give love when I don't know what it is I'm giving?
G D7sus4 D7
How can I give love when I just don't know how to give?
C G
How can I give love when love is something I ain't never had?
G G/F# G/F
Oh no,
Em Ebaug G/D
Oh no
[Middle 8]
Bm E7sus2/B
You know life can be long
Bm
You got to be so strong
Am D
And the world she is tough
Am D
Sometimes I feel I've had enough
[Verse 4] (+ coda)
G D7sus4 D7
How can we go forward when we don't know which way we're facing?
G D7sus4 D7
How can we go forward when we don't know which way to turn?
C G
How can we go forward into something we're not sure of?
G G/F# G/F
Oh no,
Em Ebaug G/D Em/C# Cmaj7 G
Oh no
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Congrats! The chords are fine. This is one of the most underestimated Lennon's composition. It's beautiful, a melancholic song, with an equally kind of sad lyrics attached to it. We can see the masterpiece work of Phil Spector on this wonderful record.
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