Im The Greatest Chords

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                I'm the Greatest - Ringo Starr
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Written by: John Lennon
From: "Ringo" (1973)
 
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
 
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CHORDS
         E-A-D-G-B-e
Em       x-x-2-0-0-0
Em/D     x-x-0-0-0-0
C#m7b5   x-4-2-0-0-0 
 
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[riff]
  C                D7
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|--5-5---5-5-----|----------------|
A|--3-3---3-3-----|5-0---3---5-035-|
E|----------------|----------------|
 
[link]
[ E ]
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|2-1-0-----------|
A|------4-3-2-123-|
E|----------------|
 
[last riff]
 4/4              5/4                  4/4
  D7               C                    D7
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|------5-5---5-5-----|----------------|----------------|
A|5-0---3---5---0-|--3---3-3---3-3-----|5-0---3---5---0-|--3-----3-2-1-0-|
E|----------------|--------------------|----------------|----------------|
 
[Outro]
  A7               C                A7               C
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----0-----------|----0-----------|----0-----------|----0-----------|
B|----2-----------|----1-----------|----2-----------|----1-----------|
G|----0-----------|----0-----------|----0-----------|----0-----------|
D|--2-------------|--2-------------|--2-------------|--2-------------|
A|------0-0-1-2-3-|------3-3-2-1-0-|------0-0-1-2-3-|------3-3-2-1-0-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
 
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[Intro]
| B7 | % |
 
[Verse 1]
B7
When I was a little boy
B7
Way back home in Liverpool,
Em  Em/D    C#m7b5              C   D7
    My mama told me, I was great    [riff]
 
[Verse 2]
B7
  Then when I was a teenager,
  B7
I knew that I had got something going,
Em  Em/D           C#m7b5              C   D7
    All my friends told me, I was great    [riff]
 
[Verse 3]
B7
  And now I'm a man
  B7
A woman took me by the hand
Em        Em/D          C#m7b5               C   D7
  And you know what she told me? I was great   [riff]
 
[Bridge]
D
  I was in the greatest show on earth,
D
  For what it was worth
E
  Now I'm only thirty-two
E                     X X                   [ E ]
  And all I wanna do,    is boogaloo, hey!  (link)
 
[Verse 4]
B7
  I look in the mirror
B7
  I saw my wife and kids
Em        Em/D           C#m7b5               C   D7
  And you know what they told me? I was great   [riff]
 
[Bridge]
D
  Yes, my name is Billy Shears,
            D
You know it has been for so many years,
E
  Now I'm only thirty-two 
E                    X X                     [ E ]
  And all I wanna do,    is boogaloo, hey!  (link)
 
[Solo]
| B7 | % | % | % |
                             5/4
| Em Em/D | C#m7b5 | C | D7 | C | D7
                        (last riff)        
I'm the greatest and you better believe it baby.
 
 
[Outro]
(repeat til fade)
| A7 | C | A7 | C |
 
[Outro ad lib vocals]
I will be the greatest
In this world
And in the next world
And in any world
Alright, alright, alright ...
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