Only a Northern Song - Yellow Submarine (1969) - The Beatles (George Harrison)
Tabbed by: Elio Sarotto
My own way to play this great song by George Harrison. I don't know how much close to original it is but
I like how it sounds in acoustic. For any suggestion please feel free to contact me. Hope you enjoy.
NOTE: The whole psychedelic production that this song had just makes it hard to get it to sound like it
should with only an acoustic guitar. I suggest to play it in this order to get a good sound:
[Verse 1] [Verse 2] [Chorus 1] [Verse 3] [Chorus 2] [Verse 1] [Verse 3] [Instrumental 2] [Outro]
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
Chords used:
A (x02220)
Bm (x24432)
E (022100)
D (xx0232)
G (355433)
C# (x46664)
F# (244322)
[Verse 1]
A
If you're listening to this song
Bm
You may think the chords are going wrong
E
But they're not
D
He just wrote it like that.
[Verse 2]
A
When you're listening late at night
Bm
You may think the band are not quite right
E D
But they are, they just play it like that
[Chorus 1]
E Bm G C#
And it doesn't really matter what chords I play
F#
What words I say
Bm F#
Or time of day it is
D A E
As it's only a Northern song
[Instrumental 1]
(Played with the Verse rhythm)
A Bm E D
[Chorus 2]
E Bm G C#
It doesn't really matter what clothes I wear
F#
Or how I fare
Bm F#
Or if my hair is brown
D A E
When it's only a Northern song.
[Verse 3]
A
If you think the harmony
Bm
Is a little dark and out of key
E D
You're correct, there's nobody there.
[Instrumental 2]
(Played with the Chorus rhythm)
E Bm G C# F# Bm F#
[Outro]
D A E
And I told you there's no one there
