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Version 1 Version 2 Version 5 Version 7 Version 8Song: She's leaving home Artist: The Beatles Composer: Lennon and McCartney Album: Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' on ultimateGuitar-) 31st May 2016 This is best played fingerstyle. I suggest alternating the style between simultaneously plucking the strings together (simulating the pizzicato violins) and full arpeggios. An advantage of playing this in C on guitar is the relatively easier chords, with the additional option to be able to lower the capo and the key, if needed, to help sing those very high notes. FINE TUNING: The backing track tape was most likely sped up slightly, raising the pitch sharply. To match it for playing along, use a chromatic tuner and tune all the strings up approx. +40 cents above standard pitch. Alternatively, to avoid any retuning, live performances are more likely to be in standard pitch. Live performance clip of Paul McCartney at this link: --.-/watch?ds49aDIc8TnrC9tQ TIME SIGNATURE: 3/4 (Waltz time) This is a nice little riff to add: * Am7 D9 e |-----------|-----------|-----------| B |--1--1--1--|--1--1--1--|--1--1--1--| G |--0--0--0--|--2--2--2--|--2--2--2--| D |-----------|--0--2--4--|--2--0-----| A |--0--2--3--|-----------|--------3--| E |-----------|-----------|-----------| CAPO: 4th fret (Will then sound in the original approx. recorded key of E. See the info above on fine-tuning) Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo: C = x32010 Dm/F = xx3231 or 10023x G7 = 320001 Gm7 = 353333 Am7 = x02010 C7 = x32310 Dm = xx0231 D9 = x54550 or xx0210 Gm6/Bb = x10030 F/G = 303211 F/A = x03211 Please select a star rating for this tab, many thanks ==================================================================== [Intro] C | / / / | / / / | / / / | / / / | [Verse 1] C Gm7 Dm Dm/F Am7 Wednesday morning, at five o' - clock, as the day begins, * Am7 D9 | / / / | / / / | / / / | F/G G7 Silently closing her bedroom door, F/G G7 Leaving the note, that she hoped would say more, C Gm7 Dm Dm/F Am7 She goes down - stairs to the kitchen, clutching her handkerchief, * Am7 D9 | / / / | / / / | / / / | F/G G7 F/G G7 Quietly turning the backdoor key, stepping outside she is free [Verse 2] C She-----------------------------------... (We gave her most of our lives!) C7 ...Is leaving---------------------------------... (Sacrificed most of our lives!) C Gm6/Bb Am7 Home----------------------------! She's leaving home, (We gave her everything money could buy---------!) D9 Am7 D9 After living alone for so many years! | / / / | (Bye------, bye-------!) [Verse 3] C Gm7 Dm Dm/F Am7 Father snores, as his wife gets into her dressing gown, * Am7 D9 | / / / | / / / | / / / | F/G G7 Picks up the letter that's lying there, F/G G7 standing alone at the top of the stairs, C Gm7 Dm Dm/F Am7 She breaks down, and cries to her husband, "Daddy, our baby's gone!" * Am7 D9 | / / / | / / / | / / / | F/G G7 "Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly? F/G G7 How could she do this to me?" [Verse 4] C She-----------------------------------... (We never thought of ourselves!) C7 ...Is leaving-------------------------------... (Never a thought for ourselves!) C Gm6/Bb Am7 Home---------------------------! She's leaving home, (We struggled hard all our lives to get by---------!) D9 Am7 D9 After living alone for so many years | / / / | (Bye------, bye------!) [Verse 5] C Gm7 Dm Dm/F Am7 Friday morning at nine o' - clock she is far away, * Am7 D9 | / / / | / / / | / / / | F/G G7 Waiting to keep the ap - pointment she made, F/G G7 Meeting a man from the motor trade [Verse 6] C She-----------------------------------... (What did we do that was wrong?) C7 ...Is having--------------------------------... (We didn't know it was wrong!) C Gm6/Bb Am7 Fun----------------------------! Something inside, (Fun is the one thing that money can't buy---------) D9 Am7 D9 That was always denied for so many years! | / / / | (Bye------, bye-------!) [Coda] Am7 D9 F/A C She's leaving home (Bye, bye!)