Im A Believer Chords
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| Difficulty: | beginner |
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| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
| Capo: | no capo |
Author Ebriscombe [a] 101. 4 contributors total, last edit on Dec 12, 2020
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The Monkees - I'm a Believer
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Tabbed by: Ed Briscombe
Email: edb@xmail.net
Chords:
G 320003
D xx0232
C x32010
F 133211
[Intro]
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--r----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--e----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--s---------------------------3--------3------3--------3--------3--------|
A|--t---------------------3-h5-----3-h5-----3h5----3-h5-----3-h5-----3-h5--|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 (organ)
G7 C G
e|----13---13---12---12---10-----------------------|
B|----15---15---13---13---12-----------------------|
G|-12-12---12---12---12---12-----------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
G D G
I thought love was only true in fairy tales.
G D G
Meant for someone else but not for me.
C G
Love was out to get me
C G
That's the way it seemed.
C G D N.C.
Disappointment haunted all my dreams.
[Chorus]
During the chorus guitar 2 should play the guitar 2 intro riff over each line of the chorus.
G C G
Then I saw her face,
C G C G
now I'm a believer
C G C G
Not a trace
C G C G
of doubt in my mind.
C G (one stroke then mute) C (one stroke)
I'm in love, ooh
G (one stroke) F (one stroke) D (Riff below)
I'm a believer! I couldn't leave her if I tried.
e|---------------------------|
B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|--------3--------3------3--| x2
A|--3-h5-----3-h5-----3h5----|
E|---------------------------|
[Verse 2]
G D G
I thought love was more or less a given thing,
G D G
Seems the more I gave, the less I got.
C G
What's the use in tryin'?
C G
All you get is pain.
C G D N.C.
When I needed sunshine I got rain.
[Chorus]
G C G
Then I saw her face,
C G C G
now I'm a believer
C G C G
Not a trace
C G C G
of doubt in my mind.
C G (one stroke then mute) C (one stroke)
I'm in love, ooh
G (one stroke) F (one stroke) D (Riff x2)
I'm a believer! I couldn't leave her if I tried.
[Solo]
The solo for this song is very simple even for a beginner and sounds great
when played over the song's chords.
G D G G
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---5~----3~----------------3-4-5---5-3-----3-4-5---5-3-----3-4-|
A|---------------5---5---5~--5-------------5-5-------------5-5-----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G D G G
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---5~----3~----------------3-4-5---5-3-----3-4-5-5-3-5---------|
A|---------------5---5---5~--5-------------5-5---------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 3]
C G
Oh, love was out to get me
C G
Now that's the way it seemed.
C G D N.C.
Disappointment haunted all my dreams.
[Chorus]
G C G
Then I saw her face,
C G C G
now I'm a believer
C G C G
Not a trace
C G C G
of doubt in my mind.
C G (one stroke then mute) C (one stroke)
I'm in love, ooh
G (one stroke) F (one stroke) D (Riff x2)
I'm a believer! I couldn't leave her if I tried.
[Outro]
G C G
Yes, I saw her face,
C G C G
now I'm a believer
C G C G
Not a trace
C G C G
of doubt in my mind.
C G C G
Said I'm a believer (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahhhh)
C G C G
I'm a believer
C G C G
Said I'm a believer (I'm a believer)
C G C G
Said I'm a believer (I'm a believer)
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| h hammer-on
| ~ vibrato
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21 comments
the last chord on the verse is D7. otherwise it is great.
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e|------1---1---0---0-----------------------------------------------|
B|------3---3---1---1-----------------------------------------------|
G|--0---0---0---0---0-----------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------3-----3---------3-----3-------------------|
A|--------------------3h5---3h5---3h5-3h5---3h5---3h5---------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
this is the introduction, otherwise sounds pretty good
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Guitar 1
e|------1---1---0---0-----------------------------------------------|
B|------3---3---1---1-----------------------------------------------|
G|--0---0---0---0---0---------3----3-----------3----3--5------------|
D|----------------------3-h-5---5----5--3-h-5-----5-----------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
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