My Sweet
Lord
Words
& Music:
George
Harrison
Unfortunately
for George, he subconsciously channelled The Chiffons' hit "He's So
Fine" when he wrote this. It
is still a terrific tune. This was
also transcribed (including the opening slide guitar solo) in the February
issue of Total Guitar.
INTRO: F#m B [4x] | E C#m [2x] | E
Fdim
Slide guitar solo comes in at the E chord:
E
C#m
E
C#m
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E
Fdim
F#m B
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CHORUS:
F#m B
F#m B
F#m B
My
sweet Lord. Mmm, my Lord. Mmm, my Lord.
E
C#m
E
C#m
I
really want to see you; really want to be with you;
E
Fdim
F#m B
Really
want to see you, Lord, but it takes so long, my Lord.
CHORUS:
I
really want to know you; really want to go with you;
Really
want to show you, my Lord,
That
won't take long, my Lord. (Hallelujah!)
CHORUS: [add "Hallelujah!" after
each line]
BRIDGE
& MODULATION TO G#m:
E E7
I
really want to see you; really want to see you;
C#
F#
Really
want to show you, Lord; really want to show you, Lord,
Gdim
G#m
C#
But
it takes so long, my Lord. (Hallelujah!)
CHORUS:
G#m C#
My
sweet Lord. (Hallelujah!)
Mmm,
my Lord. (Hallelujah!)
My,
my, my Lord. (Hallelujah!)
I
really want to know you. (Hallelujah!)
Really
want to go with you. (Hallelujah!)
Really
want to show you, Lord, that it won't take long, my Lord.
CHORUS: [continue "Hallelujah!"
after each line]
INSTRUMENTAL
TRANSITION: F# Em [2x] | F# Gdim G#m C#
CHORUS: [replace "Hallelujah!"
with "Hare Krishna!" after each line]
Oh,
mmmmm (Hare! Hare!)
Now,
I really want to see you. (Hare
Rama!)
Really
want to be with you. (Hare Rama!)
Really
want to see you, Lord,
But
it takes so long, my Lord.
(Hallelujah!)
OUTRO: [over
F#m C# vamp and out]
Mmm,
my Lord. (Hallelujah!) My sweet
Lord. (Hare Krishna!)
My
sweet Lord. (Hare Krishna!) My
Lord... (Krishna, Krishna!)
My
sweet Lord. (Hare, Hare!) Hmmm-mmmm.
(Gurur Brahma!)
Hmmm-mmmm. (Gurur Vishnu!) Hmmm-mmmm. (Gurur Devo!)
Hmmm-mmmm. (Maheshwara!) My
sweet Lord. (Gurur Sakshaat!)
My
sweet Lord. (Parabrahma!) My, my,
my Lord. (Tasmayi Shree!)
My,
my, my, my Lord. (Guruve Namah!)
My
sweet Lord. (Hare Rama! Hare
Krishna!)
Mmm,
my Lord. (Hare Krishna!) My, my,
my Lord. (Hare, hare!)