I Want You (She's So Heavy)

Words & Music:

John Lennon & Paul McCartney

 

This is fully transcribed in the Holiday 2005 issue of Guitar One.  There is an excellent tab for this by pvillanueva out there.  Too long to paste here, but great if you want more!

 

Dm   |E7-9  Bb  | A+

 

F      Am

I want you.  I want you so bad.  I want you.

Am                     Dm7        F        G       G#+  Am  Am7

I want you so bad it's driving me mad it's driving me-- mad.

       Dm  Dm7                                        Dm

I want you.  You know I want you so bad babe.  I want you.

                                C          Bb                  E7-9

You know I want you so bad it's driving me mad it's driving me mad.

 

[play this verse 4x]

 

CHORUS:

[n.c.]   Dm  Dm/A  Dm/F   Dm/A   Dm/C  Dm/B

She's so...

Bb7  F/A   Dm [same Dm sequece as above]  Bb7  F/A

Heavy----, heavy, heavy, heavy

 

INSTRUMENTAL VERSE:

 

VERSE REPRISE: [2x]

 

OUTRO:

[n.c.]  [riff on chorus chords as you repeat & end on Dm  Dm/C  Dm/B]

She's so...

 

Chord Voicings:

E7-9 = x x 0 1 0 1      A+ = x x 3 2 2 1        G#+ = x x 2 1 1 0

 

OUTRO VARIATION [per Chris Chan]:

Play these 5 measures over and over again:

 

E-|------------1---------|-----------1---------|-----------1---------|

B-|---------3-----3------|--------3-----3------|--------3-----3------|

G-|.-----2-----------2---|-----2-----0-----2---|-----1-----------1---|

D-|.--0--------2---------|--3------------------|--2------------------|

A-|----------------------|---------------------|--------------3--2---|

E-|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|

 

                                                   New Ending:

E-|------------1---------|-----------1---------|   E-|-----------1---5---||

B-|---------3-----3------|--------2-----2------|   B-|--------2------6---||

G-|------1-----------1---|-----2-----------2--.|   G-|-----2---------6---||

D-|------------------0---|--------------3--2--.|   D-|-------------------||

A-|---1-----------3------|--0------------------|   A-|--0----------------||

E-|----------------------|---------------------|   E-|-------------------||

 

 





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