Beatles - Revolution 1 Chords & Tabs

 

Revolution 1 Chords & Tabs

Beatles Chords & Tabs

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Revolution 1 Tab

   
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From: hertzberg@netcad.enet.dec.com (Marc Hertzberg (History: Love it or leave 
it!)) 
 
              Revolution 1
          (Lennon/McCartney) 
 
 
Intro : 
          
-|-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---- 
-|-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---- 
-|----------------------------------------------------------- 
-|-----------------------------------------------------------
-|----------------------------------------------------------- 
-|----------------------------------------------------------- 

-|-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------------12----- 
-|-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----/10------10--12b(14)--------- 
-|-----------------------------------11---------------------- 
-|----------------------------------------------------------- 
-|----------------------------------------------------------- 
-|----------------------------------------------------------- 

Guitar Details During Verses: 
Guitar 1 plays a standard rock & roll shuffle: 
 
       B               
-|----------------------------------------------------------------- 
-|----------------------------------------------------------------- 
-|----------------------------------------------------------------- 
-|----------------------------------------------------------------- 
-|-----9----9---9h11--9--9-----9h11--9--9--9h11--9--9--9h11--9--9-- 
-|-----7----7---7-----7--7-----7-----7--7--7-----7--7--7-----7--7-- 
   You say you want   a  rev   o     lu    ti  on      well     you 
 
       E                           
-|----------------------------------------------------------------- 
-|----------------------------------------------------------------- 
-|----------------------------------------------------------------- 
-|-----9----9---9h11--9--9-----9h11--9--9--9h11--9--9--9h11--9--9-- 
-|-----7----7---7-----7--7-----7-----7--7--7-----7--7--7-----7--7-- 
-|----------------------------------------------------------------- 
      know                                 we  all want to change the... 

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/beatles/revolution_1_tab.html ]
.. and so on, while Guitar 2 plays something along these lines: 
       B               
-|------------------------------------------------------- 
-|-------------4----4------4----4---4----4---4----4------ 
-|-------------4----4------4----4---4----4---4----4------ 
-|-------------4h6--4------4h6--4---4h6--4---4h6--4------ 
-|------------------------------------------------------- 
-|------------------------------------------------------- 
   You say you want a rev o lu     tion      well you 
 
       E               
-|------------------------------------------------------- 
-|-----9-----9---9-----9---9-----9-------9-----9--------- 
-|-----9-----9---9-----9---9-----9-------9-----9--------- 
-|-----9h11--9---9h11--9---9h11--9-------9h11--9--------- 
-|------------------------------------------------------- 
-|------------------------------------------------------- 
   know                  we all want to change the... 
 
 
Guitar 2 plays this figure during the "chorus": 
 
                 B             E 
-|-------------------------------------------------------11-------------- 
-|-------------------4----4---------------------------9--12--12-----12--- 
-|-------------------4----4------------------9--9h11---------11h13--11--- 
-|-------------------4h6--4---------9--9h11------------------------------ 
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  ... it's gonna be         alright 
 
.. repeated a few times, and then the following turnaround: 
 
    F#7 
-|----------------------------------------------------------- 
-|----------------------------------------------------------- 
-|----------------------------------------------------------- 
-|-------------2----------4----------2----------------------- 
-|--------2h4--------2h4--------2h4-------------2------------ 
-|--2--2----------2----------2----------2--2h4--------------- 
 
 
Now, over the A B G# chords in the last verse, the lead guitar 
plays a screaming figure based on this: 

-|-----------14---- 
-|--14b(16)-------- 
-|----------------- 
-|----------------- 
-|----------------- 
-|----------------- 
 
And over the B & E chords the final time around, the lead guitar 
is rapidly picking in rhythm with the words: 
 
-|--9-------------- 
-|--12b(14)-------- 
-|----------------- 
-|----------------- 
-|----------------- 
-|----------------- 
 
.. up until the climactic end.
 
-|-------------10--9--- 
-|--b(10)9--7--10--9--- 
-|-------------11--10-- 
-|-------------12--11-- 
-|-------------12--11-- 
-|-------------10--9--- 
 
 
  Beatles Tab by Marc Hertzberg 
  Digital Equipment Corporation 
  hertzberg@netcad.enet.dec.com 
 
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Tab Special Notations: 
----0----  play the open string ('fret zero') 
----5----  play fret five 
----5~---  play fret five with vibrato 
---5/7---  play fret five, slide up to fret seven 
---7\5---  play fret seven, slide down to fret five 
--8b(9)--  play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach 
             the pitch of fret nine 
--b(9)8--  play fret eight already bent to the pitch of fret nine, 
             unbending until it reaches the normal pitch of fret eight 
----h7---  hammer-on to fret seven 
----p5---  pull-off to fret five 
---/7----  slide up to fret 7 (the starting fret of the slide is 
             undefined, judge by ear) 
---15\---  play fret 15, slide down (the ending fret of the slide is 
             undefined, judge by ear) 
---0h3---  play the open string and immediately hammer-on to fret 
             three 
---7p5---  play fret seven and immediately pull-off to fret five