Tabs
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Marc
Please Please Me
(Lennon/McCartney)
Intro:
E MajorE
-|----------12--11--9--7--9--7--4----12--11--9--7--9--7--4--0------------
-|----------------------------------------------------------0------------
-|-----------9---8--6--4--6--4--1-----9---8--6--4--6--4--1--1------------
-|----------------------------------------------------------2------------
-|----------------------------------------------------------2------------
-|---/7--0---(bass only)------------------------------------0------------
Verse:
E MajorE 
A augmentedA E MajorE 
G+G A augmentedA 
BB
-|--0----0-----0--0----0----0-----0--0--0-----3--5--7--------------------
-|--5----4-----2--0----2----0--------2--0-----3--5--7--------------------
-|--------------------------------1--2--1-----4--6--8--------------------
-|--------------------------------------------5--7--9--------------------
-|--------------------------------------------5--7--9--------------------
-|--------------------------------------------3--5--7--------------------
Last night I said ...
E MajorE A augmentedA E MajorE
-|--0--0----0---0----0--0----0---0---0-----------------------------------
-|--5--4----2---0----2--0--------2---0-----------------------------------
-|---------------------------1---2---1-----------------------------------
-|---------------------------------------------------2--2----------------
-|---------------------------------------------------------2-------------
-|---------------------------------------------0--0----------------------
I know you ne ...
Chorus:
A augmentedA 
F# minorF#m 
C# minorC#m A augmentedA
Come on Come ...
Come on Come ...
E MajorE A augmentedA BB E MajorE (repeat intro riff)
Please please me ...
Repeat chorus
Middle:
A augmentedA
I don't want to ...
BB E MajorE
But you know ...
A augmentedA
I do all the ...
BB E MajorE
It's so hard to ...
A augmentedA BB E MajorE (repeat intro riff)
Oh yeah, why do ...
Third verse same as the first,
Repeat chorus, but second line of chorus is repeated three times, then :
Ending chords are:
E MajorE G+G 
C majorC BB E MajorE
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Tab Special Notations:
----0---- play the open string ('fret zero')
----5---- play fret five
----5~--- play fret five with vibrato
---5/7--- play fret five, slide up to fret seven
---7\5--- play fret seven, slide down to fret five
--8b(9)-- play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach
the pitch of fret nine
--b(9)8-- play fret eight already bent to the pitch of fret nine,
unbending until it reaches the normal pitch of fret eight
----h7--- hammer-on to fret seven
----p5--- pull-off to fret five
---/7---- slide up to fret 7 (the starting fret of the slide is
undefined, judge by ear)
---15\--- play fret 15, slide down (the ending fret of the slide is
undefined, judge by ear)
---0h3--- play the open string and immediately hammer-on to fret
three
---7p5--- play fret seven and immediately pull-off to fret five
Other versions of Please Please Me
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