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Bless You - John Lennon
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
John Lennon
Bless You (1974)
(Lennon)
From: "Walls and Bridges"
If there are too many barree chords for your taste, transpose this tab
down 2 steps and then use a capo 2nd fret to bring it back to the
original key.
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It is of course possible to use any voicings but these sound close to
what is played on the recording.
CHORDS
E--A--D--G--B--e
Dmaj7 x x 12 11 10 9
C#maj7 x x 11 10 9 8
Cmaj7 x x 10 9 8 7
Bmaj7 x x 9 8 7 6
Bbmaj7 x x 8 7 6 5
F#sus4 2 4 4 4 2 2
Asus4 x 0 2 2 3 0
D/A x 0 2 2 3 2 (= Asus4/13)
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LINK
A A A A A A A
A Asus4 Asus4 D/A D/A
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--------------0-|--0-----2-0-2-0-|--0-----2-0-2---|
B|2-------3-2-3-2-|--2-----3-2-3-2-|--2-----3-2-3---|
G|2-------2-2-2-2-|--2-----2-2-2-2-|--2-----2-2-2---|
D|2-------2-2-2-2-|--2-----2-2-2-2-|--2-----2-2-2---|
A|0---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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INTRO
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Dmaj7 | % | % | Dmaj7 Dmaj7 C#maj7 |
| Cmaj7 | % |2/4 Cmaj7 Bmaj7 Bbmaj7 |
|4/4 F#m | F#sus4 | F#m | F#sus4 | F#m |
VERSE
Dmaj7 Dmaj7 C#maj7
Bless you wherever you are
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Bmaj7 Bbmaj7 [ F#m ]
Windswept child on a shoo- ting sta - ar
INTERLUDE
F#m F#sus4 F#m
Ah-ah-ah ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
VERSE
Dmaj7 Dmaj7 C#maj7
Restless spirits depart
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Bmaj7 Bbmaj7 [ F#m ]
Still we're deep in each o- ther?s hea - art
INTERLUDE
F#m F#sus4 [ F#m ]
Ah-ah-ah oh-oh-oh-oh-ah
F#m F#sus4 [ F#m ]
Yeh-eh-eh Hey-eh-eh-eh-eh
LINK
| A Asus4 A Asus4 A |
| A D/A A D/A A | [LINK: see above]
| A D/A A D/A |
MIDDLE 8
G F
Some people say it's over
G F
Now that we've spread our wings
G F
But we know better darling
[break] [break]
F D F Em A
The hollow ring is only last year's echo-oh-oh-oh
SOLO (sax)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Dmaj7 | % | % | Dmaj7 Dmaj7 C#maj7 |
| Cmaj7 | % |2/4 Cmaj7 Bmaj7 Bbmaj7 |
INTERLUDE
F#m F#sus4 [ F#m ]
Mh-mh-mh mh-mh-mh-mh-mh
F#m F#sus4 [ F#m ]
Yeh-eh-eh Hey-eh-eh-eh-eh
VERSE
Dmaj7 Dmaj7 C#maj7
Bless you whoever you are
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Bmaj7 Bbmaj7 [ F#m ]
Holding her now, be warm and kind hea- ah- ar - ted
INTERLUDE
F#m F#sus4 [ F#m ]
Yeh-eh-eh Hey-eh-eh-eh-eh
VERSE
Dmaj7 Dmaj7 C#maj7
And remember though love is strange
Cmaj7 Cmaj7 Bmaj7 Bbmaj7 [ F#m ]
Now and forever our love will remai- ai- ai- ain
INTERLUDE
F#m F#sus4 [ F#m ]
Mh-mh-mh mh-mh-mh-mh-mh
F#m F#sus4 [ F#m ]
Yeh-eh-eh Hey-eh-eh-eh-eh
OUTRO
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
| Dmaj7 | % | % | Dmaj7 Dmaj7 C#maj7 |
| Cmaj7 | % |2/4 Cmaj7 Bmaj7 Bbmaj7 | F#m
