I Need You Tab

I NEED YOU
 
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1965 Album HELP!)
 
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
 
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
 
           A                  Asus2                Asus4              A(type 2)
      x 0 2 2 2 x          x 0 2 2 0 x          x 0 2 2 3 x          x 0 2 2 2 0
 
           D              Asus2(type 2)        Asus4(type 2)             A7
      x x 0 2 3 2          x 0 2 2 0 0          x 0 2 2 3 0          x 0 2 0 2 0
 
          F#m                  C#m                  Bm                    E
      2 4 4 2 2 2          x 4 6 6 5 4          x 2 4 4 3 2          0 2 2 1 0 0
 
          B7
      x 2 1 2 0 2
 
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'George Harrison - Electric Guitar '
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'John Lennon - Acoustic Guitar '
 
 
 Intro                                1st, 2nd & 4th Verses
  Q=133
                                   $
  A   Asus2              AsusA         A(type 2)       D            A(type 2)
 4/4
  Gtr II (Ac. Gtr.)
  Q   E E +E E E E   E E Q   Q  Q      Q  Q  E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
  |   | |  | | | |   | | |   |  |      |  |  | | | |   |  | | | | | |
  /   / /  / / / /   / / /   /  /      /  /  / / / /   /  / / / / / /
 
  Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
  E E Q    H         Q   E E Q  Q      W               H      Q   E E
|-----0------------|-----0---------||----------------|----------------|
|-2---0------------|-----3---2-----||o---------------|--------------2-|
|-2---2------------|-----2---2-----||----------------|--------------2-|
|-2---2------------|-----2---2-----||----------------|--------------2-|
|-0---0------------|-----0---0-----||o---------------|--------------0-|
|------------------|---------------||----------------|----------------|
 
 
     Asus2(type 2) Asus4(tA(type 2)                          D             A(type 2)
  +E E  E  E E E E E   +E E  E  E E E E E   E E Q  E E E E   E E E E E E E E
   | |  |  | | | | |    | |  |  | | | | |   | | |  | | | |   | | | | | | | |
   / /  /  / / / / /    / /  /  / / / / /   / / /  / / / /   / / / / / / / /
 
   E E +Q    Q   E E    E E +Q    H         W                H       Q   E E
|----0-(0)---------0-|--------------------|----------------|------------------|
|----0-(0)---------3-|----2-(2)-----------|----------------|---------------2--|
|----2-(2)---------2-|----2-(2)-----------|----------------|---------------2--|
|----2-(2)---------2-|----2-(2)-----------|----------------|---------------2--|
|----0-(0)---------0-|----0-(0)-----------|----------------|---------------0--|
|--------------------|--------------------|----------------|------------------|
 
 
     A7            Asus4(tA(type 2)
  +E E  E  E E E E E   +E E  E  E E E E E
   | |  |  | | | | |    | |  |  | | | | |
   / /  /  / / / / /    / /  /  / / / / /
 
   E E +Q    Q   E E    E E +Q    H
|----0-(0)---------0-|--------------------||
|----2-(2)---------3-|----2-(2)-----------||
|----0-(0)---------2-|----2-(2)-----------||
|----2-(2)---------2-|----2-(2)-----------||
|----0-(0)---------0-|----0-(0)-----------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
 
 
  F#m               C#m
  E E E E E E E E   E  E E E  E  E E E
  | | | | | | | |   |  | | |  |  | | |
  / / / / / / / /   /  / / /  /  / / /
 
  W                 Q.     E +Q    Q
|-2---------------|-4------4-(4)--------|
|-2---------------|-5------5-(5)--------|
|-2---------------|-6------6-(6)--------|
|-4---------------|-6------6-(6)--------|
|-4---------------|-4------4-(4)--------|
|-2---------------|---------------------|
 
 
  F#m               Bm            A(type
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
  | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
  / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /
 
  W                 H       Q   E E
|-2---------------|-2---------------|
|-2---------------|-3-------------2-|
|-2---------------|-4-------------2-|
|-4---------------|-4-------------2-|
|-4---------------|-2-------------0-|
|-2---------------|-----------------|
 
 
                       1.
              To Coda
     Asus2(type 2) Asus4(tyA(type 2)
  +E E  E  E E E E E    +E E  E  E E E E E
   | |  |  | | | | |     | |  |  | | | | |
   / /  /  / / / / /     / /  /  / / / / /
 
   E E +Q    Q   E E     E E +Q    H
|----0-(0)---------0--|---------------------||
|----0-(0)---------3--|----2-(2)-----------o||
|----2-(2)---------2--|----2-(2)------------||
|----2-(2)---------2--|----2-(2)------------||
|----0-(0)---------0--|----0-(0)-----------o||
|---------------------|---------------------||
 
 
                      Bridge
  2.
    A(type 2)          D                 E
  E E  E  E E E E E    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
  | |  |  | | | | |    | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
  / /  /  / / / / /    / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /
 
  E E +Q    Q   Q      W                 W
|-------------------||-2---------------|-0---------------|
|---2-(2)-------2---||-3---------------|-0---------------|
|---2-(2)-------2---||-2---------------|-1---------------|
|---2-(2)-------2---||-0---------------|-2---------------|
|---0-(0)-------0---||-----------------|-2---------------|
|-------------------||-----------------|-0---------------|
 
 
  A(type 2)
  E  S S E E +E  E E E   E S S E E +E E E E
  |  | | | |  |  | | |   | | | | |  | | | |
  /  / / / /  /  / / /   / / / / /  / / / /
 
  Q.       E +Q    Q     H          H
|-5--------5-(5)---5---|--------------------|
|-5--------5-(5)---5---|------------2-------|
|-6--------6-(6)---6---|------------2-------|
|-7--------7-(7)---7---|------------2-------|
|----------------------|------------0-------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
 
 
  D                 E
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
  | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
  / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /
 
  W                 W
|-2---------------|-0----------------|
|-3---------------|-0----------------|
|-2---------------|-1----------------|
|-0---------------|-2----------------|
|-----------------|-2----------------|
|-----------------|-0----------------|
 
 
                                                             3rd Verse
  B7                  E                                       A(type 2)
   E E E E  E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E S S E E +E E E E    Q  Q  E E E E
   | | | |  | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | |  | | | |    |  |  | | | |
   / / / /  / / / /   / / / / / / / /   / / / / /  / / / /    /  /  / / / /
 
   H        H         W                 W                     W
|-11-------11-------|-----------------|-0------------------||---------------|
|-12-------12-------|-9---------------|-0------------------||---------------|
|-11-------11-------|-9---------------|-1------------------||---------------|
|-------------------|-9---------------|-2------------------||---------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||---------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------||---------------|
 
 
  D            A(type Asus2(type 2) Asus4(tA(type 2)
  Q  E E E E E E   +E E  E  E E E E E   +E E  E  E E E E E   E E Q  E E E E
  |  | | | | | |    | |  |  | | | | |    | |  |  | | | | |   | | |  | | | |
  /  / / / / / /    / /  /  / / / / /    / /  /  / / / / /   / / /  / / / /
 
  H      Q   E E    E E +Q    Q   E E    E E +Q    H         W
|----------------|----0-(0)---------0-|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------2-|----0-(0)---------3-|----2-(2)-----------|-----------------|
|--------------2-|----2-(2)---------2-|----2-(2)-----------|-----------------|
|--------------2-|----2-(2)---------2-|----2-(2)-----------|-----------------|
|--------------0-|----0-(0)---------0-|----0-(0)-----------|-----------------|
|----------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
 
 
  D             A(type A7            Asus4(tA(type
  E E E E E E E E   +E E  E  E E E E E
  | | | | | | | |    | |  |  | | | | |
  / / / / / / / /    / /  /  / / / / /
 
  H       Q   E E    E E +Q    Q   E E
|-----------------|----0-(0)---------0-|
|---------------2-|----2-(2)---------3-|
|---------------2-|----0-(0)---------2-|
|---------------2-|----2-(2)---------2-|
|---------------0-|----0-(0)---------0-|
|-----------------|--------------------|
 
 
            2)          F#m
  +E E  E  E E E E E    E E E E E E E E
   | |  |  | | | | |    | | | | | | | |
   / /  /  / / / / /    / / / / / / / /
 
   E E +Q    H          W
|--------------------||-2----------------|
|----2-(2)-----------||-2----------------|
|----2-(2)-----------||-2----------------|
|----2-(2)-----------||-4----------------|
|----0-(0)-----------||-4----------------|
|--------------------||-2----------------|
 
 
  C#m                  F#m               Bm            A(type Asus2(type 2) Asus4(type 2)
  E  E E E  E  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   +E E  E  E E E E E
  |  | | |  |  | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |    | |  |  | | | | |
  /  / / /  /  / / /   / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /    / /  /  / / / / /
 
  Q.     E +Q    Q     W                 H       Q   E E    E E +Q    Q   E E
|-4------4-(4)-------|-2---------------|-2---------------|----0-(0)---------0--|
|-5------5-(5)-------|-2---------------|-3-------------2-|----0-(0)---------3--|
|-6------6-(6)-------|-2---------------|-4-------------2-|----2-(2)---------2--|
|-6------6-(6)-------|-4---------------|-4-------------2-|----2-(2)---------2--|
|-4------4-(4)-------|-4---------------|-2-------------0-|----0-(0)---------0--|
|--------------------|-2---------------|-----------------|---------------------|
 
 
     A(type 2)          D
  +E E  E  E E E E E    E E E E E E E E
   | |  |  | | | | |    | | | | | | | |
   / /  /  / / / / /    / / / / / / / /
 
   E E +Q    Q   Q      W
|--------------------||-2---------------|
|----2-(2)-------2---||-3---------------|
|----2-(2)-------2---||-2---------------|
|----2-(2)-------2---||-0---------------|
|----0-(0)-------0---||-----------------|
|--------------------||-----------------|
 
 
  E                 A(type 2)
  E E E E E E E E   E  S S E E +E  E E E
  | | | | | | | |   |  | | | |  |  | | |
  / / / / / / / /   /  / / / /  /  / / /
 
  W                 Q.       E +Q    Q
|-0---------------|-5--------5-(5)---5---|
|-0---------------|-5--------5-(5)---5---|
|-1---------------|-6--------6-(6)---6---|
|-2---------------|-7--------7-(7)---7---|
|-2---------------|----------------------|
|-0---------------|----------------------|
 
 
  A(type 2)            D                 E                 B7
  E S S E E +E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    E E E E  E E E E
  | | | | |  | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |    | | | |  | | | |
  / / / / /  / / / /   / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /    / / / /  / / / /
 
  H          H         W                 W                  H        H
|--------------------|-2---------------|-0---------------|-11-------11-------|
|------------2-------|-3---------------|-0---------------|-12-------12-------|
|------------2-------|-2---------------|-1---------------|-11-------11-------|
|------------2-------|-0---------------|-2---------------|-------------------|
|------------0-------|-----------------|-2---------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-------------------|
 
 
                           D.S. al Coda &
  E                                          A(type 2)
  E E E E E E E E   E S S E E +E E E E     E E  E  E E E E E
  | | | | | | | |   | | | | |  | | | |     | |  |  | | | | |
  / / / / / / / /   / / / / /  / / / /     / /  /  / / / / /
 
  W                 W                      E E +Q    H
|-----------------|-0-------------------||-------------------|
|-9---------------|-0-------------------||---2-(2)-----------|
|-9---------------|-1-------------------||---2-(2)-----------|
|-9---------------|-2-------------------||---2-(2)-----------|
|-----------------|---------------------||---0-(0)-----------|
|-----------------|---------------------||-------------------|
 
 
  F#m
  E  E E E  E  E E E   +E  E E E  E  E E E
  |  | | |  |  | | |    |  | | |  |  | | |
  /  / / /  /  / / /    /  / / /  /  / / /
 
  Q.     E +Q    Q      Q.     E +Q    Q
|-2------2-(2)---2---|--2------2-(2)---2---|
|-2------2-(2)---2---|--2------2-(2)---2---|
|-2------2-(2)---2---|--2------2-(2)---2---|
|-2------2-(2)---2---|--2------2-(2)---2---|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
 
 
  D                                      A(type 2)
  E  E E E  E  E E E   +E  E E E  E  E E E
  |  | | |  |  | | |    |  | | |  |  | | |
  /  / / /  /  / / /    /  / / /  /  / / /
 
  Q.     E +Q    Q      Q.     E +Q    Q
|-2------2-(2)---2---|--2------2-(2)---2----|
|-2------2-(2)---2---|--2------2-(2)---2----|
|-2------2-(2)---2---|--2------2-(2)---2----|
|-0------0-(0)---0---|--0------0-(0)---0----|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
 
 
     Asus2(type 2)         AsuA4(type 2)
  +E E E E  E  E E E   E E Q  H      +W
   | | | |  |  | | |   | | |  |       |
   / / / /  /  / / /   / / /  /       /
 
   Q   E E +E  E Q     Q   Q  H      +W
|--------0-(0)-0-----|-----0-------|--------*|
|--2-----0-(0)-0-----|-----3--2----|-(2)----*|
|--2-----2-(2)-2-----|-----2--2----|-(2)----*|
|--2-----2-(2)-2-----|-----2--2----|-(2)----*|
|--0-----0-(0)-0-----|-----0--0----|-(0)----*|
|--------------------|-------------|--------*|
 
 
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff
 
Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
 
Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
X