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THINGS WE SAID TODAY
 
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1964 Album A HARD DAY'S NIGHT)
 
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
 
Transcribed by Slowhand
 
 
 
          Am                  Em11                   C                   C7
      x 0 2 2 1 0          0 0 0 0 0 0          x 3 2 0 1 0          x 3 2 3 1 0
 
           F                   Bb                    A                   D7
      1 3 3 2 1 1          x 1 3 3 3 1          x 0 2 2 2 0          x x 0 2 1 2
 
          B7                   E7                   Bb7
      x 2 1 2 0 2          0 2 0 1 0 0          x 1 3 1 3 1
 
 
 
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'John Lennon - Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'George Harrison - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'John Lennon - Acoustic Guitar'
 
 
 Intro
  Q=134
            Am
 4/4
  Gtr III
  H    Q  E S S   E E E E  E  E  E  S S
            | |   | | | |  |  |  |  | |
            / /   / / / /  /  /  /  / /
 
  Gtr I
  H    Q  E S S   H       +Q.       S S
|---------------|-----------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------|
|-----------2-2-|-2-------(2)-------2-2-|
|-----------2-2-|-2-------(2)-------2-2-|
|-----------0-0-|-0-------(0)-------0-0-|
|---------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W               Q   Q    E  E +Q
|---------------|-----5-------5-(5)-----|
|---------------|-----5-------5-(5)-----|
|---------------|-----5-------5-(5)-----|
|---------------|-----------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------|
 
 
                           1st, 2nd & 4th Verses
                        $
                            Am        Em11  Am
  E E E E  E  E  E  S S     E E E E E E  E  E
  | | | |  |  |  |  | |     | | | | | |  |  |
  / / / /  /  /  /  / /     / / / / / /  /  /
 
  H       +Q.       S S     W
|-----------------------||--------------------|
|-----------------------||o-------------------|
|-2-------(2)-------2-2-||--2-----------------|
|-2-------(2)-------2-2-||--2-----------------|
|-0-------(0)-------0-0-||o-0-----------------|
|-----------------------||--------------------|
|
| Q   Q    E  E +Q          Q   Q   E E +Q
|-----5-------5-(5)-----||------5-----3-(3)---|
|-----5-------5-(5)-----||o-----5-----3-(3)---|
|-----5-------5-(5)-----||------5-----4-(4)---|
|-----------------------||--------------------|
|-----------------------||o-------------------|
|-----------------------||--------------------|
 
 
  Am                            Em11  Am
  E E E E E E  E  E   E E E E E E  E  E
  | | | | | |  |  |   | | | | | |  |  |
  / / / / / /  /  /   / / / / / /  /  /
 
  Gtr II
  Q   Q   E E +Q      Q   Q   E E +Q
|-----5-----3-(3)---|-----5-----3-(3)---|
|-----5-----3-(3)---|-----5-----3-(3)---|
|-----5-----4-(4)---|-----5-----4-(4)---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
 
 
                                Em11  Am
  E E E E E E  E  E   E E E E E E  E  E
  | | | | | |  |  |   | | | | | |  |  |
  / / / / / /  /  /   / / / / / /  /  /
 
  Q   Q   E E +Q      Q   Q   E E +Q
|-----5-----3-(3)---|-----5-----3-(3)---|
|-----5-----3-(3)---|-----5-----3-(3)---|
|-----5-----4-(4)---|-----5-----4-(4)---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
 
 
                                                            Chorus
  Am                            Em11  Am                     C
  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   Q   E E +Q      Q   Q   E E +Q      W                  W
|-----5-----3-(3)---|-----5-----3-(3)---|-0---------------||-0---------------|
|-----5-----3-(3)---|-----5-----3-(3)---|-1---------------||-1---------------|
|-----5-----4-(4)---|-----5-----4-(4)---|-2---------------||-0---------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-2---------------||-2---------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------||-----------------|
 
 
  C7                F                 Bb                Am        Em11  Am
  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
  | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | |  |  |
  / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /   / / / / / /  /  /
 
  W                 W                 W                 Q   Q   E E +Q
|-3---------------|-1---------------|-----------------|-----5-----3-(3)---|
|-3---------------|-1---------------|-3---------------|-----5-----3-(3)---|
|-3---------------|-2---------------|-3---------------|-----5-----4-(4)---|
|-3---------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
 
 
                               To Coda
  Am                          Em11  Am
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E  E  S S
  | | | | | | | |   | | | | | |  |  | |
  / / / / / / / /   / / / / / /  /  / /
 
  Gtr I
  W                 H       Q    E  S S
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------2-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------2-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------0-0-|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W                 Q   Q   E E +Q
|-5---------------|-----5-----3-(3)-----|
|-5---------------|-----5-----3-(3)-----|
|-5---------------|-----5-----4-(4)-----|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
 
 
 1.
  E E E E  E  E  E  S S   E E E E E E  E  E
  | | | |  |  |  |  | |   | | | | | |  |  |
  / / / /  /  /  /  / /   / / / / / /  /  /
 
  H       +Q.       S S   W
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------o||
|-2-------(2)-------2-2-|-2------------------||
|-2-------(2)-------2-2-|-2------------------||
|-0-------(0)-------0-0-|-0-----------------o||
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|
| Q   Q    E  E +E  E     Q   Q   E E +Q
|-----5----5--5-(5)-5---|-----5-----0-(0)----||
|-----5----5--5-(5)-5---|-----5-----1-(1)---o||
|-----5----5--5-(5)-5---|-----5-----2-(2)----||
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------------|--------------------||
 
 
                    Bridge
  2.
  A                  A                   D7
  Gtr III
  E E E E E E E E    E E E E E E  E  E   E E E E E E  E  E
  | | | | | | | |    | | | | | |  |  |   | | | | | |  |  |
  / / / / / / / /    / / / / / /  /  /   / / / / / /  /  /
 
  Gtr II
  W                  Q   Q   E E +Q      Q   Q   E E +Q
|-5---------------||-----5-----5-(5)---|-----5-----5-(5)---|
|-5---------------||-----5-----5-(5)---|-----7-----7-(7)---|
|-6---------------||-----6-----6-(6)---|-----7-----7-(7)---|
|-----------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------||-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------||-------------------|-------------------|
 
 
  B7                  E7
  E E E E E E  E  E   E E E E E E  E  E
  | | | | | |  |  |   | | | | | |  |  |
  / / / / / /  /  /   / / / / / /  /  /
 
  Q   Q   E E +Q      Q   Q   E E +Q
|-----7-----7-(7)---|-----7-----7-(7)---|
|-----7-----7-(7)---|-----9-----9-(9)---|
|-----8-----8-(8)---|-----9-----9-(9)---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
 
 
  A                   D7
  E E E E E E  E  E   E E E E E E  E  E
  | | | | | |  |  |   | | | | | |  |  |
  / / / / / /  /  /   / / / / / /  /  /
 
  Q   Q   E E +Q      Q   Q   E E +Q
|-----5-----5-(5)---|-----5-----5-(5)---|
|-----5-----5-(5)---|-----7-----7-(7)---|
|-----6-----6-(6)---|-----7-----7-(7)---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
 
 
  B7                  Bb7
  E E E E E E  E  E   E E E E E E  E  E
  | | | | | |  |  |   | | | | | |  |  |
  / / / / / /  /  /   / / / / / /  /  /
 
  Q   Q   E E +Q      Q   Q   E E +Q
|-----7-----7-(7)---|-----6-----6-(6)---||
|-----7-----7-(7)---|-----6-----6-(6)---||
|-----8-----8-(8)---|-----7-----7-(7)---||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
 
 
 3rd Verse
  Am        Em11  Am                              Em11  Am
  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   Q   E E +Q      W                 Q   Q   E E +Q      W
|-----5-----3-(3)---|-5---------------|-----5-----3-(3)---|-5---------------|
|-----5-----3-(3)---|-5---------------|-----5-----3-(3)---|-5---------------|
|-----5-----4-(4)---|-5---------------|-----5-----4-(4)---|-5---------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|
 
 
  Am        Em11  Am                              Em11  Am
  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   Q   E E +Q      W                 Q   Q   E E +Q      W
|-----5-----3-(3)---|-5---------------|-----5-----3-(3)---|-0---------------||
|-----5-----3-(3)---|-5---------------|-----5-----3-(3)---|-1---------------||
|-----5-----4-(4)---|-5---------------|-----5-----4-(4)---|-2---------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-2---------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------||
 
 
 Chorus
  C                 C7                F                 Bb
  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
  | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
  / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /
 
  W                 W                 W                 W
|-0---------------|-3---------------|-1---------------|-----------------|
|-1---------------|-3---------------|-1---------------|-3---------------|
|-0---------------|-3---------------|-2---------------|-3---------------|
|-2---------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 
 
  Am        Em11  Am
  E E E E E E  E  E   E E E E E E E E
  | | | | | |  |  |   | | | | | | | |
  / / / / / /  /  /   / / / / / / / /
 
  Q   Q   E E +Q      W
|-----5-----3-(3)---|-5---------------|
|-----5-----3-(3)---|-5---------------|
|-----5-----4-(4)---|-5---------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
 
 
            Em11  Am    A
  E E E E E E  E  S S   E E E E E E E E
  | | | | | |  |  | |   | | | | | | | |
  / / / / / /  /  / /   / / / / / / / /
 
  Q   Q   E E +Q        W
|-----5-----3-(3)-----|-5----------------||
|-----5-----3-(3)-----|-5----------------||
|-----5-----4-(4)-----|-6----------------||
|---------------------|------------------||
|---------------------|------------------||
|---------------------|------------------||
 
 
 Bridge
  A                   D7
  E E E E E E  E  E   E E E E E E  E  E
  | | | | | |  |  |   | | | | | |  |  |
  / / / / / /  /  /   / / / / / /  /  /
 
  Q   Q   E E +Q      Q   Q   E E +Q
|-----5-----5-(5)---|-----5-----5-(5)---|
|-----5-----5-(5)---|-----7-----7-(7)---|
|-----6-----6-(6)---|-----7-----7-(7)---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
 
 
  B7                  E7
  E E E E E E  E  E   E E E E E E  E  E
  | | | | | |  |  |   | | | | | |  |  |
  / / / / / /  /  /   / / / / / /  /  /
 
  Q   Q   E E +Q      Q   Q   E E +Q
|-----7-----7-(7)---|-----7-----7-(7)---|
|-----7-----7-(7)---|-----9-----9-(9)---|
|-----8-----8-(8)---|-----9-----9-(9)---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
 
 
  A                   D7
  E E E E E E  E  E   E E E E E E  E  E
  | | | | | |  |  |   | | | | | |  |  |
  / / / / / /  /  /   / / / / / /  /  /
 
  Q   Q   E E +Q      Q   Q   E E +Q
|-----5-----5-(5)---|-----5-----5-(5)---|
|-----5-----5-(5)---|-----7-----7-(7)---|
|-----6-----6-(6)---|-----7-----7-(7)---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
 
 
                          D.S. al Coda
  B7                  Bb7
  E E E E E E  E  E   E E E E E E  E  E
  | | | | | |  |  |   | | | | | |  |  |
  / / / / / /  /  /   / / / / / /  /  /
 
  Q   Q   E E +Q      Q   Q   E E +Q
|-7---7-----7-(7)---|-6---6-----6-(6)---||
|-7---7-----7-(7)---|-6---6-----6-(6)---||
|-8---8-----8-(8)---|-7---7-----7-(7)---||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
 
 
 Outro
  &
  Am
  Gtr III
  E E E E  E  E  E  E     E E E E  E  E  E  E     E E E E  E  E  E  E
  | | | |  |  |  |  |     | | | |  |  |  |  |     | | | |  |  |  |  |
  / / / /  /  /  /  /     / / / /  /  /  /  /     / / / /  /  /  /  /
 
  Gtr I
  H       +Q.       S S   H       +Q.       S S   H       +Q.       S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-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-|-0-------(0)-------0-0-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q   Q    E  E +Q        Q   Q    E  E +Q        Q   Q    E  E +Q
|-----5-------5-(5)-----|-----5-------5-(5)-----|-----5-------5-(5)-----|
|-----5-------5-(5)-----|-----5-------5-(5)-----|-----5-------5-(5)-----|
|-----5-------5-(5)-----|-----5-------5-(5)-----|-----5-------5-(5)-----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
 
 
  E E E E  E  E  E  E     E E E E  E  E  E  E
  | | | |  |  |  |  |     | | | |  |  |  |  |
  / / / /  /  /  /  /     / / / /  /  /  /  /
 
  H       +Q.       S S   H       +Q.       S S
|-----------------------|------------------------*|
|-----------------------|------------------------*|
|-2-------(2)-------2-2-|-2-------(2)-------2-2--*|
|-2-------(2)-------2-2-|-2-------(2)-------2-2--*|
|-0-------(0)-------0-0-|-0-------(0)-------0-0--*|
|-----------------------|------------------------*|
|
| Q   Q    E  E +Q        Q   Q    E  E +Q
|-----5-------5-(5)-----|-----5-------5-(5)------*|
|-----5-------5-(5)-----|-----5-------5-(5)------*|
|-----5-------5-(5)-----|-----5-------5-(5)------*|
|-----------------------|------------------------*|
|-----------------------|------------------------*|
|-----------------------|------------------------*|
 
 
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
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