From: hertzberg@levers.enet.dec.com (Marc Hertzberg (History: Love it or leave it!))
Subject: TAB: Let It Be
Reply-To: hertzberg@levers.enet.dec.com (Marc Hertzberg (History: Love it or leave it!))
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 16:56:08 GMT


Since quite a few people asked, I've transcribed the solo and the nifty
little riffs in the outro.  As was mentioned previously, this is a nice
example to learn a little lead guitar from, being not-too-difficult and
full of well-proven riffs.  This example also proves (for those who 
still refuse to believe) that you can play A minor blues riffs against
a chord progression in C major and have it come out sounding like a pro!
Of course, this applies to any major key; just play the blues a minor
third down.

Enjoy.

							Marc



	Let It Be
	(Lennon/McCartney)


Verse:
        C              G
When I find myself in times of trouble
 Am          Fmaj7  F6
Mother Mary comes to me
  C                 G
Speaking words of wisdom
       F  Em  Dm  C
Let it be

And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be

Chorus:
       Am         G
Let it be  let it be  
       F          C
Let it be  let it be
                  G
There will be an answer 
       F  Em  Dm  C
Let it be


etc. and so forth on the lyrics.

The guitar solo is preceded by this run of chords (which is also
used to end the song), played twice:
  F  Em  Dm  C  Bb  Am  G  F  C 


Guitar solo:
                  C                G           Am            F
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|--5---------------------------------------5--7b(9)--b(8)7--5------
-|--5h7--5----------------5--5-----5--5--7--------------------------
-|----------7--5--3--5/7--------7-----------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------

   C                    G                  F           Em   Dm    C
-|------8---------------------5-------------------------------------
-|--/5--------------------------------------------------------------
-|---------b(9)7--5--7--b(9)-----b(9)7--5---------------------------
-|-----------------------------------------7--5--7--5---------------
-|-----------------------------------------------------7\5--3--5--3-
-|------------------------------------------------------------------

             C               G                Am
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|-------------------------8-------8-------8--10--------------------
-|--------5--5-----5--7/9-----7/9-----7/9---------------------------
-|--5--7--------7---------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------

                F                         C   G
-|--------------------------------------------b(17)15---------------
-|----------13--15b(17)--b(17)15--13--15--13------------------------
-|--12--14----------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------

         F           Em       Dm      C
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|--b(17)15--13--15--b(17)15--13--15--13----------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------



Then a few choruses and verses, and on into the ending, consisting 
of a few choruses.  During the last choruses, there are a nice 
collection of guitar riffs:


          Am          G                F            C 
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------5--5-5--5--5--5------------------5------------------
-|------------------5--5h7-----7--5------------------5------------------
-|--------------------------------------7\5/7-----------7\5--3--5--3--5-
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------
   Let it be  Let it   be         Let it    be   Let it be

    C                G                     F  Em    Dm  C
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|-----------------------7b(9)--7--5---7---5--------5---5-----------
-|--------------------------------------------5--7------------------
-|--3---------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
   Whisper words of wisdom         Let it be

                Am                G                        F               C
-|-----------------------------------------------5---------------------------
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------8--8--8-
-|-----------5--5----5--5------5--5----5--7b(9)-----b(9)7--5--7--/9----------
-|-----5--7-----5h7-----5h7-------5h7----------------------------------------
-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Let it       be      Let it    be      Let it           be    Let it be

            C                G                  F  Em    Dm  C
-|--b(10)8--5------/5------------------------------------------------
-|--------------------------8----------------------------------------
-|-----------------------------b(9)7--5--7b(9)--5--------5---5-------
-|-------------------------------------------------5--7--------------
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------
           Whisper words of wisdom    Let it    be


-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
--7\5/7--  play fret seven, slide down to fret five, slide back up
--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
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