Tabs
GO WHERE YOU WANNA GO
As recorded by The Mamas And The Papas
(From the 1966 Album IF YOU CAN BELIEVE YOUR EYES AND EARS)
Words and Music by John Phillips
Transcribed by Slowhand
G+G 
C majorC 
D MajorD 
E minorEm
3 2 0 0 0 3 x 3 2 0 1 0 x x 0 2 3 2 0 2 2 0 0 0
A minorAm 
FF 
A augmentedA
x 0 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 1 1 x 0 2 2 2 0
Gtr I (
E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G 
BB E MajorE) - 'P.F. Sloan - Electric Guitar '
Gtr II (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'John Phillips - Acoustic Guitar '
Gtr III (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE) - 'Strings'
Intro
Q=104
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
4/4
Gtr II (Ac. Gtr.)
W E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I (El. Gtr.)
W E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
|--------------|---7-------8---------8---|---7-------8---------8---||
|--------------|-------8-------8-(8)-----|-------8-------8-(8)-----||
|--------------|-7---7---7---9---------9-|-7---7---7---9---------9-||
|--------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|
| Gtr III (Strings arr. for Gtr.)
| H E MajorE E E MajorE E W W
|--------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|------7-5-----|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|----------7-5-|-3-----------------------|-------------------------||
Chorus
G+G C majorC
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / /
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
||----7-------8---------8---|
||o-------8-------8-(8)-----|
||--7---7---7---9---------9-|
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--------------------------|
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
|---7-------8---------8---|---7-------8---------8----|
|-------8-------8-(8)-----|-------8-------8-(8)------|
|-7---7---7---9---------9-|-7---7---7---9---------9--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
|---7-------8---------8---|---7-------8---------8---|---7-------8---------8---|
|-------8-------8-(8)-----|-------8-------8-(8)-----|-------8-------8-(8)-----|
|-7---7---7---9---------9-|-7---7---7---9---------9-|-7---7---7---9---------9-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
|---7-------8---------8---|---7-------8---------8---|
|-------8-------8-(8)-----|-------8-------8-(8)-----|
|-7---7---7---9---------9-|-7---7---7---9---------9-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G D MajorD
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / /
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE
|---7-------10------------10----|
|-------8---------10-(10)-------|
|-7---7---7----11------------11-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
E minorEm C majorC
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
|---7-------7---------7---|---8-------8---------8---|
|-------8-------8-(8)-----|-------8-------8-(8)-----|
|-9---9---9---9---------9-|-9---9---9---9---------9-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A minorAm
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / /
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
|---8--------8-----------8---|
|-------10-------10-(10)-----|
|-9---9----9---9-----------9-|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
D MajorD
E MajorE E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / /
E MajorE E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE
|----10----------10------------10----|
|----------10----------10-(10)-------|
|-11----11----11----11------------11-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
1st & 2nd Verses
G+G
E MajorE E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E MajorE E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
|----10----------10------------10----||---7-------7---------7---|
|----------10----------10-(10)-------||-------8-------8-(8)-----|
|-11----11----11----11------------11-||-7---7---7---7---------7-|
|------------------------------------||-------------------------|
|------------------------------------||-------------------------|
|------------------------------------||-------------------------|
FF E minorEm A minorAm
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
|----8----------8------------8----|---7-------8-----------8---|
|---------10---------10-(10)------|-------8-------10-(10)-----|
|-10---10----10---10-----------10-|-9---9---9---9-----------9-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
D MajorD
E MajorE E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / /
E MajorE E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE
|----10----------10------------10----|
|----------10----------10-(10)-------|
|-11----11----11----11------------11-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
E minorEm
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / /
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
|---7-------7---------7---|
|-------8-------8-(8)-----|
|-9---9---9---9---------9-|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
|---8-------10------------10----|---7-------7---------7---|
|-------8---------10-(10)-------|-------8-------8-(8)-----|
|-9---9---9----11------------11-|-7---7---7---7---------7-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
1.
E minorEm
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
|---7-------7---------7---|---7-------7---------7---|
|-------8-------8-(8)-----|-------8-------8-(8)-----|
|-9---9---9---9---------9-|-9---9---9---9---------9-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D MajorD
E MajorE E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / /
E MajorE E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE
|----10----------10------------10-----||
|----------10----------10-(10)-------o||
|-11----11----11----11------------11--||
|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------||
2.
A augmentedA D MajorD
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE E MajorE E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE
|---8-------8---------8---|----10----------10------------10----|
|-------8-------8-(8)-----|----------10----------10-(10)-------|
|-9---9---9---9---------9-|-11----11----11----11------------11-|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / /
E MajorE E MajorE S S E MajorE E MajorE S S +S S E MajorE
|----10----------10------------10----||
|----------10----------10-(10)-------||
|-11----11----11----11------------11-||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
Outro
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
||----7-------8---------8---|---7-------8---------8---|
||o-------8-------8-(8)-----|-------8-------8-(8)-----|
||--7---7---7---9---------9-|-7---7---7---9---------9-|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G C majorC
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE
| | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / /
E MajorE E S S E MajorE E S S +S S E MajorE 4x
|---7-------8---------8-----||
|-------8-------8-(8)------o||
|-7---7---7---9---------9---||
|---------------------------||
|--------------------------o||
|---------------------------||
Duration 🏷Legend
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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
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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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