The Beatles - She's Leaving Home - Guitar Tabs

The Beatles - She's Leaving Home

Intro

E|--------12----12----16-12-------------
B|-----12----12----12-------14-12----12-
G|--13----------------------------14----   2x
D|--------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------

1st Verse

  (E)         (Bm7)        (F#m7)                
Wednesday morning at five o'clock

       (C#m7)       (C#m6)
as the day begins

(B4(7/9))              (B7(9))
Silently closing her bedroom door

(B4(7/9))              (B7(9))
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more

         (E)    (Bm7)          (F#m7)                
She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching 

(C#m7)         (C#m6)
a handkerchief

(B4(7/9))            (B7(9))
Quietly turning the backdoor key

(B4(7/9))                 (B7(9))
Stepping outside she is free

Chorus

(E)
She (we gave her most of our lives)

     (E)
Is leaving  (sacrificed most of our lives)

                   (E/D)
Home  (we gave her everything money could buy)

(C#m7)                      (C#m6)               
She is leaving home after living alone 

      (C#m7)        (F#7/9)
for so many years

2nd Verse

 (E)         (Bm7)        (F#m7)               
Father snores as his wife gets into 

    (C#m7)            (C#m6)
her dressing gown,

(B4(7/9))              (B7(9))
Picks up the letter that's lying there.

(B4(7/9))              (B7(9))
Standing alone at the top of the stairs,

           (E)        (Bm7)          (F#m7)              
She breaks down and cries to her husband Daddy 

    (C#m7)         (C#m6)
our baby's gone

(B4(7/9))                   (B7(9))
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly?

(B4(7/9))                  (B7(9))
How could she do this to me?

2nd Chorus

(E)
She (we never thought of ourselves)

    (E)
Is leaving  (never a thought for ourselves)

                    (E/D)
Home  (we struggled hard all our lives to get by)

(C#m7)                     (C#m6)                
She's leaving home after living alone 

       (C#m7)        (F#7/9)
for so many years

3rd Verse

(E)      (Bm7)        (F#m7)                
Friday morning at nine o'clock 

       (C#m7)       (C#m6)
she is far away

(B4(7/9))                (B7(9))
Waiting to keep the appointment she made

(B4(7/9))               (B7(9))
Meeting a man from the motor trade

Last Chorus

(E)
She  (what did we do that was wrong?)

    (E)
Is having  (we didn't know it was wrong)

                 (E/D)
Fun  (fun is the one thing that money can't buy)

(C#m7)                      (C#m6)                 
Something inside that was always denied 

      (C#m7)        (F#7/9)
for so many years

Ending

(C#m7)         (F#7/9)      (A)   (E)
She's leaving home   bye bye

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Chords

    A  B4(7/9) B7(9) Bm7
E|--0-----2-----------2--
B|--2-----2-----2-----3--
G|--2-----2-----2-----2--
D|--2-----2-----1-----4--
A|--0-----2-----2-----2--
E|-----------------------

   C#m6  C#m7   E    E/D
E|--4-----4-----0-----0--
B|--5-----5-----0-----0--
G|--3-----4-----1-----1--
D|--------6-----2-----0--
A|--4-----4-----2--------
E|--------------0--------

  F#7/9  F#m7
E|--0--------
B|--2-----2--
G|--1-----2--
D|--2-----2--
A|-----------
E|--2-----2--

About She's Leaving Home : Paul McCartney wrote and sang the verse and John Lennon wrote the chorus together . Neither George Harrison nor Ringo Starr was involved in the recording . Paul McCartney said of the song in his Playboy magazine interview in December 1984: George Martin was offended that I used another arranger . He was busy and I was itching to get on with it; I was inspired . George Martin had a lot of difficulty forgiving me for that . It was released in 1967. It was released as part of album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The genre is baroque pop. The track was release in 1967. She's Leaving Home has a significant contribution from artist(s) Paul McCartney,John Lennon,Paul McCartney,John Lennon,Ringo Starr. It is related to the album(s) - Sgt. The track has an affiliation to the band(s) - the Beatles.

About The Beatles : The Beatles formed in Liverpool in 1960 . They were integral to the development of 1960s counterculture and popular music's recognition as art form . The Beatles are regarded as the most influential band of all time . The Beatles built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over three years from 1960 . The core trio of Lennon, McCartney and Harrison, together since 1958, went through succession of drummers, including Pete Best, before asking Starr to join them in 1962 . By early 1964, the Beatles were international stars, leading the "British Invasion" of the United States pop market . From 1965 onwards, they produced records of greater complexity, including the albums Rubber Soul and Revolver . The Beatles The group has many notable artists like Paul McCartney,George Harrison,Ringo Starr. Their music is influenced by genres - rock pop.

About Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band : Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the Beatles . Released on 26 May 1967, it spent 27 weeks at number one on the Record Retailer chart in the United Kingdom . Beatles permanently retired from touring and pursued individual interests for the next three months . During a return flight to London in November, Paul McCartney had an idea for a song involving an Edwardian military band . The Sgt. Pepper album was loosely conceptualised as a performance by the fictional Sgt Pepper band . It incorporates a range of stylistic influences, including vaudeville, circus, music hall, avant-garde and Western and Indian classical music . It had an affiliation to bands - the Beatles. Its music is influenced by genres - rock pop psychedelia art rock.