I Will Chords
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Thoroughly ear-transcribed / well-aligned chords for the whole song / basic tab for last verse / suggestions for chord voicings (different capo positions).
Difficulty: | advanced |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Key: | F |
Capo: | 5th fret |
Author Unregistered. 8 contributors total, last edit on Feb 3, 2024
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The song is in the key of F. McCartney plays it in E in concert.
So he probably played it in 1968 using E-shapes and used a capo 1st fret.
For the (original) E-shapes transpose +4 and use a capo 1st fret
to match the Beatles' recording.
For chords in the original key transpose this chord sheet +5.
[Verse 3] middle part
In C (transpose: -)
F G Am Fm/Ab C/G F G Am Fm/Ab C/G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|1-------3-------|0---------------|1-------3-------|0---------------|
B|1-------0-------|1---------------|1-------0-------|1---------------|
G|2-------0-------|2---------------|2-------0-------|2---------------|
D|3-------0-------|2---3---2-------|3-------0-------|2---3---2-------|
A|3---------------|0---------------|3---------------|0---------------|
E|1-------3-------|----4---3-------|1-------3-------|----4---3-------|
F G Am Fm/Ab C/G Cdim/Gb
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|1-------3-------|0---------------|
B|1-------0-------|1---------------|
G|2-------0-------|2---------------|
D|3-------0-------|2---3---2---1---|
A|3---------------|0---------------|
E|1-------3-------|----4---3---2---|
In E (transpose +4)
A B C#m Am/C E/B A B C#m Am/C E/B
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0-------2-------|4---------------|0-------2-------|4---------------|
B|2-------4-------|5---------------|2-------4-------|5---------------|
G|2-------4-------|6---2---1-------|2-------4-------|6---2---1-------|
D|2-------4-------|6---------------|2-------4-------|6---------------|
A|0-------2-------|4---3---2-------|0-------2-------|4---3---2-------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A B C#m Am/C E/B Edim/Bb
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|0-------2-------|4---------------|
B|2-------4-------|5---------------|
G|2-------4-------|6---2---1---0---|
D|2-------4-------|6---------------|
A|0-------2-------|4---3---2---1---|
E|----------------|----------------|
SPECIAL CHORDS
Transpose: - Transpose: +4
Capo: 5 Capo: 1
Play: C Play: E
Key: F Key: F
E-A-D-G-B-e E-A-D-G-B-e
Gsus4 3-x-0-0-1-x Bsus4 x-2-4-4-0-0
Asus2 x-0-2-2-0-0 C#sus2 x-4-6-6-4-4
Fm/Ab (?) 4-x-3-x-x-x Am/C (?) x-3-x-2-x-x
C/G (?) 3-x-2-x-x-x E/B (?) x-2-x-1-x-x
Cdim/Gb (?) 2-x-1-x-x-x
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[Verse 1]
C Am Dm7 G7
Who knows how long I've loved you?
C Am Em
You know I love you still
C7 F G Am
Will I wait a lonely lifetime?
C7 F G | C Am | Dm7 G(sus4) |
If you want me to, I will
[Verse 2]
C Am Dm7 G7
For if I ever saw you
C Am Em
I didn't catch your name
C7 F G Am
But it never really mattered
C7 F G | C C7 |
I will always feel the same
[Bridge]
F Em7 Am ( Asus2 Am )
Love you forever and forever
Dm7 G | C C7 |
Love you with all my heart
F Em7 Am ( Asus2 Am )
Love you whenever we're together
D7 G
Love you when we're apart
[Verse 3]
C Am Dm7 G7
And when at last I find you
C Am Em
Your song will fill the air
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
C7 F G | Am Fm/Ab C/G
Sing it loud so I can hear you
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
F G | Am Fm/Ab C/G
Make it easy to be near you
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
F G | Am Fm/Ab C/G Fm/Ab
For the things you do endear you to me
Dm7 G6 | Ab7 | % | C | % |
Oh, you know I will ... I will ...
[Coda]
F Em7
Mh, mh, mh, mh, mh
Am ( Asus2 Am )
Mh, mh, mh, mh, mh
Dm7 G7 C
Da, da, da ,da, da, da, dah
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32 comments

awesome tab... just doesn't sound right having the 'B' in there... sounds better with a C...
+16

capo on fret 5 not 4. It starts with an F not with an E. put capo on fret 5 and it will just sound like the recording.
+7

Finally found someone who cares enough to do this shit right!!!! very very nice tab. BTW I like to end on Fmaj7, but that's just me I guess. : )
+7