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If I Needed Someone by The Beatles - Guitar Chords

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                If I Needed Someone – The Beatles
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Written by: George Harrison
From: "Rubber Soul" (1965)

Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

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Whatever your strumming pattern, make sure to include these melody lines.
Let the basic notes of the A chord (5th, 4th and 3rd strings) ring 
throughout.

RIFF 
  A
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------0-----|--3---2---0-----|
G|2-2---0-------0h|2---------------|
D|2-2-------------|----------------|
A|0---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|

[Verse]
  A                                                               G/A
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|------0---2---3-|--2---0---2-----|------0---2---0-|--2---3---2---3-|
G|2-2-------------|----------------|2-2-------------|--------------4-|
D|2---------------|----------------|----------------|--------------5-|
A|0---------------|----------------|----------------|--------------0-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  G/A                               A
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|3---------------|----------0-----|--3---2---0-----|
G|----------------|4---------------|2-2---0-------0h|2---------------|
D|----------------|5---------------|2-2-------------|----------------|
A|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

[Solo]
  A                                                               G/A
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--0-------------|----------------|--0-------------|----------------|
B|------3---2---0-|--2---3---2-----|------3---2---0-|--2---3---2---3-|
G|2---------------|----------------|2---------------|--------------4-|
D|2---------------|----------------|2---------------|--------------5-|
A|0---------------|----------------|0---------------|--------------0-|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  G/A                               A
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|3---------------|----------0-----|--3---2---0-----|
G|----------------|4---------4-----|2-2---0-------0h|2---------------|
D|----------------|5-----5---------|2-2-------------|----------------|
A|----------------|0---------------|0---------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


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CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
G/A       x-0-5-4-3-3
E7sus4    0-2-0-2-0-0
E7        0-2-0-1-0-0

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[Intro]
| A | % | % | % |
[RIFF]


[Verse]
A
If I needed someone to love
A                                   G/A
You're the one that I'd be thinking of
            A
If I needed someone
            [RIFF]


[Verse]
A
If I had some more time to spend
A                                G/A
Then I guess I'd be with you, my friend
            A
If I needed someone
            [RIFF]


[Middle 8]
Em                F#7
Had you come some other day
     F#7               Bm
Then it might not have been like this
Em                F#7             Bm      E7sus4 E7
But, you see, now I'm too much in love


[Verse]
A
Carve your number on my wall
    A                              G/A
And maybe you will get a call from me
            A
If I needed someone
            [RIFF]


[Solo]
| A | % | % | % |
| G/A | % | A | % |


[Verse]
A
If I had some more time to spend
A                                G/A
Then I guess I'd be with you, my friend
            A
If I needed someone
            [RIFF]


[Middle 8]
Em                F#7
Had you come some other day
     F#7               Bm
Then it might not have been like this
Em                F#7             Bm      E7sus4 E7
But, you see, now I'm too much in love


[Verse]
A
Carve your number on my wall
    A                              G/A
And maybe you will get a call from me
            A
If I needed someone
            [RIFF]


[Coda]
| A | % | % | % | A
[RIFF] 
        

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