In My Life Tab

IN MY LIFE
 
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1965 Album RUBBER SOUL)
 
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
 
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'George Harrison - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'John Lennon - Electric Guitar'
 
 
 Intro
  Q=103
  A           E                     A           E
 4/4
  Gtr I
  Q  Q  E E E E   +W                Q  Q  E E E E
|----5------0-4-|-(4)-------------|----5------0-4-|
|-2-----2h3-----|-----------------|-2-----2h3-----|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q  Q  E E E E   +Q   Q  E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-2--2--2-------|-----------------|-2--2--2-------|
|-2--2--2-----1-|-(1)--1--1-1-1-1-|-2--2--2-----1-|
|-2--2--2-----2-|-(2)--2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2--2-----2-|
|-0--0--0-----2-|-(2)--2--2-2-2-2-|-0--0--0-----2-|
|-------------0-|-(0)--0--0-0-0-0-|-------------0-|
 
 
                   1st & 2nd Verses
                    A       E         F#m              D          Dm
  +W                W                 W                W
|-(4)-----------||------------------|----------------|------------------|
|---------------||o-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|---------------||------------------|----------------|------------------|
|---------------||------------------|----------------|------------------|
|---------------||o-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|---------------||------------------|----------------|------------------|
|
| +Q   Q  Q  Q      Q   E E Q   E E   Q   E E +H       Q   E E Q   E E
|---------------||------------------|----------------|------------------|
|---------------||o----^5------^0---|----^2----------|----^7------^6----|
|-(1)--1--1--1--||-----^6------^1---|----^2----------|----^7------^7----|
|-(2)--2--2--2--||-----^7------^2---|----^4----------|----^7------^7----|
|-(2)--2--2--2--||o----^7------^2---|----^4----------|-5--^5-5-5--^5-5--|
|-(0)--0--0--0--||--5--^5-5-0--^0-0-|-2--^2-3-(3)----|------------------|
 
 
  A                           E         F#m              D       Dm
  Gtr II
  Q   E E +E  E E E   Q   E E Q   E E   Q   E E +H       Q   E E Q   E E
|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|-------------------|----^5------^0---|----^2----------|----^7------^6----|
|----^6-6-(6)-------|----^6------^1---|----^2----------|----^7------^7----|
|----^7-------7---7-|----^7------^2---|----^4----------|----^7------^7----|
|----^7---------7---|----^7------^2---|----^4----------|-5--^5-5-5--^5-5--|
|-5--^5-------------|-5--^5-5-0--^0-0-|-2--^2-3-(3)----|------------------|
 
 
                   Pre-Chorus
                 $
  A                 F#m        D          G
  Q   E E E E Q     W          W          E E E E E E E E
|----------------||----------|----------|------------------|
|----------------||----------|----------|------------------|
|----^6----------||----------|----------|------------------|
|----^7-7---7----||----------|----------|------------------|
|----^7----------||-4--------|-5--------|------------------|
|-5--^5---5---5--||-2--------|-5--------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
 
 
                                                Chorus
                                                        To Coda
  A                 F#m        B                 Dm7
  E E E E E E E E   W           Q.   E E E Q     Q   E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------|----------------||------------------|
|-----------------|----------|----------------||------------------|
|-----------------|----------|-^4----4-4------||----^7------------|
|-----------------|----------|-^4--------4----||----^7-----7---7--|
|-----------------|-4--------|-^2----------2--||-5--^5-5-5---5----|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|-2--------|----------------||------------------|
 
 
  1.
  A                                 E
  Gtr I
  W                     Q  Q  E E E E
|---------------------|----5------0-4-|
|---------------------|-2-----2h3-----|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q   E E +E  E +E  E   H     E E E E
|---------------------|---------------|
|-------5-(5)---------|-2-----2-2-2---|
|----^6-------6-(6)---|-2-----2-2-2-1-|
|----^7---------------|-2-----2-2-2-2-|
|----^7---------------|-0-----0-0-0-2-|
|-5--^5---------------|-------------0-|
 
 
                                       Piano Solo
                     2.
                      A                         E
  +W                  W                 W
|-(4)--------------||----------------||-------------------|
|-----------------o||----------------||-------------------|
|------------------||----------------||-------------------|
|------------------||----------------||-------------------|
|-----------------o||----------------||-------------------|
|------------------||----------------||-------------------|
|
| +Q   Q  E E E E     Q   E E E E Q     Q   E E Q   E E
|------------------||----------------||-------------------|
|-----------------o||----------------||----^5------^0-----|
|-(1)--1--1-1-1-1--||----^6----------||----^6------^1-----|
|-(2)--2--2-2-2-2--||----^7-7---7----||----^7------^2-----|
|-(2)--2--2-2-2-2-o||----^7-------7--||----^7------^2-----|
|-(0)--0--0-0-0-0--||-5--^5---5------||-5--^5-5-0--^0-0---|
 
 
  F#m              D          Dm     A                           E
  Gtr II
  Q   E E +H       Q   E E Q   E E   Q   E E +E  E E E   Q   E E Q   E E
|----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|----^2----------|----^7------^6---|----^5-5-(5)-------|----^5------^0----|
|----^2----------|----^7------^7---|----^6-------6-----|----^6------^1----|
|----^4----------|----^7------^7---|----^7---------7-7-|----^7------^2----|
|----^4----------|-5--^5-5-5--^5-5-|----^7-------------|----^7------^2----|
|-2--^2-3-(3)----|-----------------|-5--^5-------------|-5--^5-5-0--^0-0--|
 
 
                                     D.S. al Coda
  F#m              D          Dm     A
  Q   E E +H       Q   E E Q   E E   Q   E E +H
|----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|----^2----------|----^7------^6---|----------------||
|----^2----------|----^7------^7---|----^6----------||
|----^4----------|----^7------^7---|----^7-7-(7)----||
|----^4----------|-5--^5-5-5--^5-5-|----^7----------||
|-2--^2-3-(3)----|-----------------|-5--^5----------||
 
 
                   Outro
  &
  A                 A           E
  Gtr I
  W                 Q  Q  E E E E   +W
|----------------||----5------0-4-|-(4)----------|
|----------------||-2-----2h3-----|--------------|
|----------------||---------------|--------------|
|----------------||---------------|--------------|
|----------------||---------------|--------------|
|----------------||---------------|--------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q   E E +H        H     Q.    E   +Q.   E H
|----------------||---------------|--------------|
|----^5-5-(5)----||-2-----2-----0-|-(0)---0-0----|
|----^6----------||-2-----2-----1-|-(1)---1-1----|
|----^7----------||-2-----2-----2-|-(2)---2-2----|
|----^7----------||-0-----0-----2-|-(2)---2-2----|
|-5--^5----------||-------------0-|-(0)---0-0----|
 
 
  Q=90                Q=103
  Dm7
            2/4        4/4
  W          W          Q  Q  E  E E E   +Q. a a a E  E E q
|----------|----------|----5---------4-|-(4)-------4--4-2-4--|
|----------|----------|-2----------5---|---------3-----------|
|----------|----------|-------6--7-----|-------4-------------|
|----------|----------|----------------|-----2---------------|
|----------|----------|----------------|---------------------|
|----------|----------|----------------|---------------------|
|
| W          W          H     Q.     E   +H           H
|----------|----------|----------------|---------------------|
|-3--------|----------|----------------|-------------^3------|
|-2--------|----------|-2-----2------1-|-(1)---------^1------|
|-3--------|----------|-2-----2------2-|-(2)---------^2------|
|----------|----------|-0-----0------2-|-(2)-----------------|
|----------|----------|--------------0-|-(0)-----------------|
 
 
  Q=70
   W          +W           +H     H
|--5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)---------*|
|--2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)---------*|
|-----------|------------|-------------*|
|-----------|------------|-------------*|
|-----------|------------|-------------*|
|-----------|------------|-------------*|
|
|  W          +W           +H     H
|-----------|------------|-------------*|
|-^2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)---------*|
|-^2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)---------*|
|-^2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)---------*|
|-----------|------------|-------------*|
|-----------|------------|-------------*|
 
 
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