Yellow Submarine tab by The Beatles

Tabs (Ver. 3)

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Title: Yellow Submarine
Artist: The Beatles
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Tempo: 4/4 time, q=100, Capo 2nd fret, optionally. Beats on eighths are marked "+", on triplets "t".
Play with swinging feel. Emphasize the melody notes.
The chord names above may indicate the left-hand position. Use thumb-fretting.

Upbeat:
  C majorC  +    +    +    +
E MajorE|-------------------------0--h1---|
BB|---------------------------------|
G+G|-----0-------0-------0-----------|
D MajorD|---------2---------------2-------|
A augmentedA|-3-------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------3---------------|
              In the

Verse:   (2x)
  C majorC +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +  DmDm +     +   +  G+G +   +   +   +
E MajorE|-3--------------0-----0--|-------------------0--0--|-----------------0--0--|-------------------0-h1--|
BB|-------------------3-----|-1-----------------------|-3-p1------------------|-3-----------------------|
G+G|----0-----0--------------|----0-----0-----0--------|-------2------2--------|----0-----0-----0--------|
D MajorD|-------2-----------0-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------0---------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|
A augmentedA|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-0---------------------|-------------2-----------|
E MajorE|-------------3-----------|-------------3-----------|-----------1-----------|-3-----------------------|
  town     where I was born       Lived a man    who sailed to sea       And he
  sailed    out to the sun        Till we found    a of    green       And we

  E minorEm +   +   +   +  Fmaj7Fmaj7  +   +   +  DmDm +     +   +  G+G +   +   +   +
E MajorE|-3--------------0-----0--|-----------------0--0--|-----------------0--0--|-------------------0-h1--|
BB|-------------------3-----|-1---------------------|-3-p1------------------|-3-----------------------|
G+G|----0-----0--------------|-2------2-----2--------|-------2------2--------|----0-----0-----0--------|
D MajorD|-------2-----------2-----|-----3-----------3-----|-------0---------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|
A augmentedA|-------------2-----------|-----------0-----------|-0---------------------|-------------2-----------|
E MajorE|-0-----------------------|-1---------------------|-----------1-----------|-3-----------------------|
  told      us of his life      In the land     of subma- rines       So we
  lived     beneath the waves     In our yellow     subma- rine

Chorus:  (2x)
  C majorC +   +   +   +  G+G +   +   +      +   +   +    C majorC +   +   +   +
E MajorE|-3-----3-----3-----3-/5--|-----------------------|-----------------------|-------------------0--1-|
BB|-1-----1-----1-----1-----|-3--3--3--3--3---------|-3--3--3--3--3---------|-1--1--1--1--1----------|
G+G|----0-----0-----0--------|-0--------------0------|-0--------------0------|-0--------------0-------|
D MajorD|-------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0---|-------0-----------0---|-------2-----------2----|
A augmentedA|-3-----------------------|-------------2---------|-------------2---------|-3----------------------|
E MajorE|-------------3-----------|-3---------------------|-3---------------------|-------------3----------|
  We  all  live in a  yellow submarine    Yellow submarine,    yellow submarine

Verse:
  C majorC +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +  DmDm +     +   +  G+G +   +   +   +
E MajorE|-3--------------0-----0--|-------------------0--0--|-----------------0--0--|-------------------0-h1--|
BB|-------------------3-----|-1-----------------------|-3-p1------------------|-3-----------------------|
G+G|----0-----0--------------|----0-----0-----0--------|-------2------2--------|----0-----0-----0--------|
D MajorD|-------2-----------0-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------0---------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|
A augmentedA|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-0---------------------|-------------2-----------|
E MajorE|-------------3-----------|-------------3-----------|-----------1-----------|-3-----------------------|
And our friends  are all on board       Many  more of them  live next door      And the

  E minorEm +   +   +   +  Fmai7  + G+G   t t  C majorC +   + G+G   t t  C majorC +   +   +   +
E MajorE|-3--------------0-----0--|------------------------|----0--0-----0------------|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------3-----|-1-------------------0--|-1---------------------0--|-1-p0-----0-----------0--|
G+G|----0-----0--------------|-2------2------0-h2-----|----------0------0-h2-----|-------2-----0--0-h2-----|
D MajorD|-------2-----------2-----|-----3---------0--------|-------2---------0--------|-------0-----------0-----|
A augmentedA|-------------2-----------|------------------------|-3------------------------|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-0-----------------------|-1---------3------------|-------------3------------|-3-----------3-----------|
  band      begins to play

Chorus:  (2x)  ... as above ...

Verse:
  C majorC +   +   +   +    +   +   +   +  DmDm +     +   +  G+G +   +   +   +
E MajorE|-3--------------0-----0--|-------------------0--0--|-----------------0--0--|-------------------0-h1--|
BB|-------------------3-----|-1-----------------------|-3-p1------------------|-3-----------------------|
G+G|----0-----0--------------|----0-----0-----0--------|-------2------2--------|----0-----0-----0--------|
D MajorD|-------2-----------0-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------0---------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|
A augmentedA|-3-----------------------|-3-----------------------|-0---------------------|-------------2-----------|
E MajorE|-------------3-----------|-------------3-----------|-----------1-----------|-3-----------------------|
As we live    a life of ease       Every- one of us  has all he needs       Sky of

  E minorEm +   +   +   +  Fmaj7Fmaj7 +   +   +  DmDm +     +   +  G+G +   +   +
E MajorE|-3--------------0-----0--|-----------------0--0--|-----------------0--0--|-----------------------|
BB|-------------------3-----|-1---------------------|-3-p1------------------|-3---------------------|
G+G|----0-----0--------------|-2------2-----2--------|-------2------2--------|----0-----0-----0------|
D MajorD|-------2-----------2-----|-----3-----------3-----|-------0---------0-----|-------0-----------0---|
A augmentedA|-------------2-----------|-----------0-----------|-0---------------------|-------------2---------|
E MajorE|-0-----------------------|-1---------------------|-----------1-----------|-3---------------------|
  blue      and sea of green      In our yellow     subma- rine

Chorus:      ... as above, repeat and fade ...

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| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| /  Slide up

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