Tabs
PLEASE MR. POSTMAN
As recorded by The Carpenters
(From the 1975 Album HORIZON)
Words and Music by George Dobbins, William Garrett, Freddie Gorman, Brain Holland & Robert Bateman
Arranged by The Carpenters
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=129
A augmentedA
4/4
Gtr I
W q Q H W
|----------|-5----------|------|
|----------|-5----------|------|
|----------|-6----------|------|
|----------|------------|------|
|----------|------------|------|
|----------|------------|------|
Chorus
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
q Q H H E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E e e Q q
|-2----------|--------------||-----5-5----5--|
|-2----------|--------------||-----5-5----5--|
|-2----------|--------------||-----6-6----6--|
|------------|--------------||---------------|
|------------|--------4-3-2-||-0-------------|
|------------|--------------||---------------|
F# minorF#m
E MajorE E e e Q q Q e e q q Q e e q q
|-----5-5----5--|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|
|-----5-5----5--|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|
|-----6-6----6--|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|
|---------------|--------------|--------------|
|-0-------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------------|--------------|--------------|
D MajorD E MajorE
Q e e q q q e e q q q e e q q
|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|----4-4----4--|
|----3-3----3--|----3-3----3--|----5-5----5--|
|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|----4-4----4--|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
1st Verse
A augmentedA
E MajorE S S E MajorE S S E MajorE E a E MajorE E q e e Q q Q e e Q q
|-----------------------||-5------------|--------------|
|---------------------5-||-5--5-5----5--|----5-5----5--|
|---------------2-4s6---||----6-6----6--|----6-6----6--|
|---------2-2-4---------||--------------|--------------|
|-0-0-0-4---------------||--------------|--------------|
|-----------------------||--------------|--------------|
F# minorF#m D MajorD
Q e e q q Q e e q q Q e e Q q
|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|
|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|----3-3----3--|
|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E MajorE
Q e e q q q e e Q q E MajorE e e E MajorE E E MajorE e E MajorE
|----2-2----2--|----4-4----4--|-------------5-5-||
|----3-3----3--|----5-5----5--|---5-5---5h7-----||
|----2-2----2--|----4-4----4--|-6-----6---------||
|--------------|--------------|-----------------||
|--------------|--------------|-----------------||
|--------------|--------------|-----------------||
2nd Verse
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
+E MajorE E MajorE e e Q q Q e e Q q Q e e q q
|-(5)---5-5----5--|----5-5----5--|----2-2----2--|
|-------5-5----5--|----5-5----5--|----2-2----2--|
|-------6-6----6--|----6-6----6--|----2-2----2--|
|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
D MajorD
Q e e q q Q e e q q q e e Q q
|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|
|----2-2----2--|----3-3----3--|----3-3----3--|
|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
Chorus
E MajorE A augmentedA
Q e e q E MajorE S S E MajorE Q E MajorE S +S E MajorE E E MajorE Q e e Q q
|----4-4----4-----|---7------7----(7)---7---||----5-5----5--|
|----5-5----5-----|-5-7b9----7pb9r(7)p5-7p5-||----5-5----5--|
|----4-4----4-4h6-|-------------------------||----6-6----6--|
|-------------4h6-|-------------------------||--------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------||--------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------||--------------|
F# minorF#m
Q e e Q q Q e e q q Q e e q q
|----5-5----5--|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|
|----5-5----5--|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|
|----6-6----6--|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D MajorD
Q e e q q q e e Q q Q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|----------------|
|----3-3----3--|----3-3----3--|--------------5-|
|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|----------4-6---|
|--------------|--------------|----4-5-6-------|
|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|--------------|--------------|----------------|
Sax Solo
N.C. A augmentedA
~~
E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE W Q e e Q q
|---12-----(12)---------------------||-----------|----5-5----5--|
|---12pb14r(12)------10-12pb14r(12)-||-10--------|----5-5----5--|
|---------------9s11----------------||-----------|----6-6----6--|
|-----------------------------------||-----------|--------------|
|-----------------------------------||-----------|--------------|
|-----------------------------------||-----------|--------------|
F# minorF#m D MajorD
Q e e q q Q e e q q Q e e Q q
|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|
|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|----3-3----3--|
|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
E MajorE
~
Q e e q q q e e Q q E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E e E MajorE
|----2-2----2--|----4-4----4--|---------4---5-5-||
|----3-3----3--|----5-5----5--|-----5h7---7-----||
|----2-2----2--|----4-4----4--|-6h7-------------||
|--------------|--------------|-----------------||
|--------------|--------------|-----------------||
|--------------|--------------|-----------------||
3rd Verse
A augmentedA F# minorF#m
~~~
+E MajorE E MajorE e e Q q Q e e Q q Q e e q q
|-(5)---5-5----5--|----5-5----5--|----2-2----2--|
|-------5-5----5--|----5-5----5--|----2-2----2--|
|-------6-6----6--|----6-6----6--|----2-2----2--|
|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------|--------------|
N.C.
~ ~~~~
Q e e E MajorE Q +E MajorE H E MajorE E E MajorE E +H.. E MajorE
|----2-2-------------|--------------|-------------|
|----2-2---5pb7r=(5)p|=3--------3---|-------------|
|----2-2-------------|------2h4-----|-------------|
|--------------------|--------------|-------------|
|--------------------|------------5-|-(5)S======6-|
|--------------------|--------------|-------------|
Chorus
A augmentedA
W e e e e S +S E MajorE +E MajorE +E MajorE +W
|----------|-5----5-5-5-5-(5)-5----(5)-(5)-||-(5)----|
|----------|-5b7==5-5-5-5r(5)--------------||--------|
|----------|------------------6b7==(6)r(6)-||-(6)----|
|----------|-------------------------------||--------|
|-7--------|-------------------------------||--------|
|----------|-------------------------------||--------|
F# minorF#m
Q e e Q q Q e e q q Q e e q q
|----5-5----5--|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|
|----5-5----5--|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|
|----6-6----6--|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
D MajorD N.C.
Q e e q q q e e q q W
|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|------|
|----3-3----3--|----3-3----3--|------|
|----2-2----2--|----2-2----2--|------|
|--------------|--------------|------|
|--------------|--------------|------|
|--------------|--------------|------|
4th Verse
N.C.
E MajorE S S E MajorE E a E MajorE E e E MajorE +E MajorE +E MajorE e E MajorE +H +Q Q E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE
|-----------------5-7b9==||=(7)r(7)-5-5-(5)----|-(5)-------------------|
|---------------5--------||--------------------|---------------------7-|
|---------2-4s6----------||--------------------|------------------6----|
|---2-2-4----------------||--------------------|-------------6h=7------|
|------------------------||--------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------||--------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W E MajorE E MajorE e E MajorE e E MajorE e E MajorE
|------------------------||--------------------|--------9----7----5----|
|------------------------||--------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------||--------------------|-----/9---/7---/6---/2-|
|------------------------||--------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------||--------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------||--------------------|-----------------------|
D MajorD
E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E +H +Q. +E MajorE +H Q e e q q
|-4pb5r(4)---------------|------------------|----2-2----2--|
|----------7-7-(7)b9=====|=(7)r==(7)-(7)----|----3-3----3--|
|------------------------|------------------|----2-2----2--|
|------------------------|------------------|--------------|
|------------------------|------------------|--------------|
|------------------------|------------------|--------------|
|
| W W W
|-2----------------------|------------------|--------------|
|------------------------|------------------|--------------|
|------------------------|------------------|--------------|
|------------------------|------------------|--------------|
|------------------------|------------------|--------------|
|------------------------|------------------|--------------|
N.C.
q e e q q W E MajorE e S S E MajorE E e E MajorE e
|----2-2----2--|-----------|-------------------||
|----3-3----3--|-----------|-------------------||
|----2-2----2--|-----------|-----------4-2-4-2-||
|--------------|-----------|---2-2h4-4---------||
|--------------|-----------|-------------------||
|--------------|-----------|-------------------||
Outro Guitar Solo
N.C.
~
E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E S +S S S Q E MajorE E
|--------------------------|------------------------|---2---------------------|
|-5b7---5b7---5pb7r(5)-----|------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------2---|------------------------|-----4pb5r(4)p2---2------|
|------------------------4-|-2-4pb6r(4)-2-(2)-2-1h2-|-4--------------4----4-2-|
|--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
a E MajorE E E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE S S E MajorE E Q E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE
|---------------------|------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|-10b12-10pb12r(10)-----------5-|
|---------------------|-----------7--9-7-|-------------------7-(7)---7---|
|---------------------|-------7-9--------|-------------------------9-----|
|-4s2-0---------4-4/--|---7h9------------|-------------------------------|
|-------1-2-(2)-2-2/--|------------------|-------------------------------|
E MajorE Q E MajorE a +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE
|-7-7----7-------------------|
|---7b9--7b9-7pb9r(7)-5s7-10-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
Q Q E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE Q +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE
|-10b12--10b12--10pb12r(10)-8-9-|----10pb12r=(10)-8-9-------|
|-------------------------------|-10------------------10----|
|-------------------------------|------------------------11-|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------|
E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE a E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-10-12pb14r(12)-10-10h12-9h10-|---------14----------------9----|
|------------------------------|-11---------13pb15r(13)-11---11-|
|------------------------------|----9s11------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE
|-----------------------------------|
|-14--------------------------------|
|-13b14-13pb14r(13)-11-(11)-11s9-9s=|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE e E MajorE E E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE
|-----10-10s=9--9------|-7-7s6-5-(5)-------|-5------------------0---|
|-----12-12s10-10------|-7-7s6-5-(5)-5-5---|---5pb7r(5)p3-(3)-3---3-|
|-7---11-11s=9--9---\7-|-7-7s6-5-(5)-5-5---|------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------7-|------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E +E MajorE e
|----7----(7)-------------------|------12pb14r(12)----9pb10r(9)---|
|-/7-7pb9r(7)-5-----10-12b14-10-|-10---------------10-------------|
|---------------/11-------------|-------------------------------9-|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE
|--------------------------------|
|-10pb12r(10)--------------------|
|----------------9pb11r(9)-------|
|-------------11-------------7-6-|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
E MajorE E +E MajorE E MajorE S +S E MajorE E E MajorE E MajorE Q E MajorE E Q E MajorE
|------------------------------|----------------|
|---4b5==(4)-4r----------------|----------------|
|---4b5==(4)-4r-4pb6r(4)-2-----|---2------------|
|-4------------------------4-2-|-4-2------------|
|------------------------------|----------------|
|------------------------------|------5S2-2--2/-|
E MajorE E a E MajorE E S S E MajorE E E MajorE +E MajorE +E MajorE S S E MajorE +E MajorE E MajorE E E MajorE
|--------------------------|--------------------------------*|
|-------------------10b12==|=(10)r(10)---------------10b12--*|
|---------------7-7--------|-----------7h9p7-(7)---7--------*|
|---------7-7h9------------|---------------------9----------*|
|-5-5-7s9------------------|--------------------------------*|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------*|
Duration 🏷Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E MajorE - 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