From: ajm@iconix.oz.au (Andrew Mack)
Subject: Beatles: Mother Nature's Son -- TAB
Organization: ICONIX Corporation World Headquarters
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 08:22:03 GMT

Here's the TAB off the White Album.

Some notes:

I saw a video of Paul McCartney playing acoustic (not this song
though), and he has a right-hand style whereby he plays the bass notes
with his thumb, the melody notes with his middle finger, and strums the
rest of the chord with his index finger. I've notated the first few
bits below using T,M,I to indicate which fingers are doing what, and
then at various other places ... you should be able to gather what's
happening pretty quickly.

The asterisks mark a spot where McCartney starts to slide up
from the Dm7 in the first position and starts sliding up to the G
in third position -- you can hear the A note on the top string
before he lets it go and plays the G proper.

This is just about my favourite Beatles' song ....


Intro:

----2---2---2---------------------------------------------------------
----3---3---3---------------------------------------------------------
--4---2---1-----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------0-------------------------------------------------------
  T I T I T I T


--5------------3------------0---------3--32---------------------------
----3-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-3-----------------
----2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-2-----------------
--0------------0------------0------------0----------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
  M I I I I I  M I I I I I etc.
  T            T


--0-2------------2-3------------0-2------------0-2---------------------
------3-3-3-3-3------3-3-3-3-3------3-3-3-3-3------3-3-3-3-3-----------
------2-2-2-2-2------2-2-2-2-2------2-2-2-2-2------2-2-2-2-2-----------
--0--------------0--------------0--------------0-----------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------


Verse:

--2------------23------------3------------32----------------------------
----3-3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-3------------------
----2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-2------------------
--0------------0-------------0------------0-----------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------------


                                         |1st verse only|2nd&3rd verses
----2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-2--|---2-2-2-2-2--|--------------
----3-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3--|---3-3-3-3-3--|--------------
--4------------2------------1------------|--------------|--------------
-----------------------------------------|--------------|-------2------
-----------------------------------------|--------------|-----2--------
-----------------------------------------|-0------------|-0-4----------


-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5----------------------
--2-----3-----2-----3-----2-----3-----2-----3-------------------------
--2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-------------------------
--2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-------------------------
--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
  I  M  I  M  I  M  etc.
  T     T     T


First verse only (then back to start of verse):
                       *
--2-2-2-2-3-2--1-1-1-1-3-1--3-3-3-3-5-3--2-2-2-2-3-2------------------
--3-3-3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3------------------
--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2------------------
--0------------0------------0------------0----------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------

                       *
--2-2-2-2-3-2--1-1-1-1-3-1--3-3-3-3-5-3--2-2-2-2-3-2------------------
--3-3-3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3------------------
--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2------------------
--0------------0------------0------------0----------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------


Second & third verses:

--2-2-2-2-3-2--1-1-1-1-3-1--3-3-3-3-5-3--2-2-2-2--3-------------------
--3-3-3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-------------------
--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2--2-------------------
--0------------0------------0------------0----------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------


--5---2---3---5---7---3---5-5-5-5-7-5---------------------------------
--7-7-3-3-3-3-7-7-8-8-3-3-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------------------
--7-7-2-2-4-4-7-7-7-7-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------------------
--0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
  M I M I M I M I M I M I M I I I I I etc.
  T   T   T   T   T   T   T


--5---2---3---5---7---3---5-5-5-5-7-5--5-5-5-5-7-5--5-5-5-5-7-5-------
--7-7-3-3-3-3-7-7-8-8-3-3-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-------
--7-7-2-2-4-4-7-7-7-7-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6-6-6--5-5-5-5-5-5-------
--0---0---0---0---0---0---0------------0------------0-----------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------


--7----5----3-3-3-3-5-3--3-3-3-3-5-3--2-2-2-2-3-2--2-2-2-3-2-2--------
--7-7--7-7--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--------
--5-5--5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4--3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--------
--0----0----0------------0------------0------------0------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------


After third verse only:
(Two guitars playing here. One guitar plays the second/third verse
part, the other guitar plays this part.)

---------------------------------10-10-9-10-9-7-7---------------------
------------------------------3-------------------7-7-7-7-7-----------
----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---------------------7-7-7-7-7-----------
--0---4---0---5---5---5---4-------9--9-7--7-----6-----------------2---
----------------------------------------------------------------2-----
------------------------------------------------------------0-4-------


----5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-----------5--1--7--3--10------------
--5-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-----------6--1--8--3--10------------
------7---6---4--------------------------2--5--2--7--4--11------------
------------------7---5---4-------0--0-4----0--0--0--0---0------------
------------------------------7---------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------


--2-2-2-2-3-2--1-1-1-1-3-1--3-3-3-3-5-3--2----------------------------
--3-3-3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-1-1--3-3-3-3-3-3--1----------------------------
--2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4--2----------------------------
--0------------0------------0------------0----------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------



Born a poor young country boy
Mother Nature's son
All day long I'm sitting singing songs for everyone

Sit beside a mountain stream
See her waters rise
Listen to the pretty sound of music as she flies

Find me in my field of grass
Mother Nature's son
Swaying the daisies, sing a lazy song beneath the sun
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