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IF I FELL
As recorded by The Beatles
Transcribed by Jeff Perrin
Words and Music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - '12 String Electric'
Intro Moderately Q=110 4/4 Gtr II W W|-^6-----------|---------------||-^7-----------|-^7------------||-^8-----------|-^7------------||-^8-----------|-^7------------||-^6-----------|-^5------------||--------------|---------------|
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| Gtr I| Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q|--2--2--2--2--|--2--2--2-2-2--||--4--4--4--4--|--3--3--3-3-3--||--3--3--3--3--|--2--2--2-2-2--||--4--4--4--4--|--0--0--0-0-0--||--------------|--0--0--0-0-0--||--------------|---------------|
W W W|-^4--------------|-^6--------------|-^6-----------||-^6--------------|-^6--------------|-^7-----------||-^6--------------|-^6--------------|-^8-----------||-^6--------------|-^6--------------|-^8-----------||-^4--------------|-^8--------------|-^6-----------||-^4--------------|-^6--------------|--------------|
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| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E q Q Q Q q|--4--4-4-4-4-4---|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|--2--2--2--2--||--6--6-6-6-6-6---|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|--4--4--4--4--||--6--6-6-6-6-6---|--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|--3--3--3--3--||--6--6-6-6-6-6-0-|--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|--4--4--4--4--||---------------0-|-----------------|--------------||-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
W H Q Q W|----------------|-^0------0--3---|-^5---------------|||-^7-------------|-^0-------------|-^5---------------|||-^7-------------|-^0-------------|-^6---------------|||-^7-------------|-^2-------------|------------------|||-^5-------------|-^2-------------|------------------|||-^5-------------|-^0-------------|------------------||
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| Q Q E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E|--2--2--2-2-2-2-|--0--0-0-0--0-0-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|||--3--3--3-3-3-3-|--0--0-0-0--0-0-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|||--2--2--2-2-2-2-|--0--0-0-0--0-0-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|||--0--0--0-0-0-0-|--2--2-2-2--2-2-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|||--0--0--0-0-0-0-|--2--2-2-2--2-2-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|||----------------|--0--0-0-0--0-0-|------------------||
Verses $ $$ E E E E E E E e E E E E E E E e E E E E E E E E||------------------|----------------------|-----7-------7---|||o-----7-------8---|----------------------|-----------------|||------7-------9---|------11--------------|---9---9---9---x-|||----7---7---9---9-|---11-11-11---11---11-|---------9-------|||o-5-------7-------|-9----------9----9----|-7---------------|||------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
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| Q E E E E q Q Q E E q Q Q Q Q||--2---2-2-0-0-0---|-2-----2----2--2-2----|-0---0---0---0---|||o-3---3-3-0-0-0---|-2-----2----2--2-2----|-0---0---0---0---|||--2---2-2-0-0-0---|-2-----2----2--2-2----|-0---0---0---0---|||--0---0-0-2-2-2---|-4-----4----4--4-4----|-2---2---2---2---|||o---------2-2-2---|-4-----4----4--4-4----|-2---2---2---2---|||----------0-0-0---|-2-----2----2--2-2----|-0---0---0---0---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E e E E E E E E E e|-----5-----------|-----------------|----------------------||---5-------5---5-|-----7-------8---|----------------------||-----------------|-----7-------9---|------11--------------||-----------------|---7---7---9---9-|---11-11-11---11---11-||-------7---------|-5-------7-------|-9----------9----9----||-5-------5---5---|-----------------|----------------------|
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| Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E Q|-----------------|-2---2-2-0---0---|-2-----2--2-2--2-2----||-2---2---2---2---|-3---3-3-0---0---|-3-----3--3-3--3-3----||-2---2---2---2---|-2---2-2-0---0---|-4-----4--4-4--4-4----||-2---2---2---2---|-0---0-0-2---2---|-4-----4--4-4--4-4----||-0---0---0---0---|---------2---2---|-2-----2--2-2--2-2----||-----------------|---------0---0---|-2-----2--2-2--2-2----|
1. To Coda Gtr III W W W Q. E H|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------o|||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-3------3-3----------|||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|--------------------o|||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------||
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| Gtr II| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----7-------7---|-----5-----------|-------------------|-3----3--------------|||-----------------|---5-------5---5-|-----7-------7-----|----3---3---5-----5-o|||---9---9---9---x-|-----------------|---7---7-7-7---(0)-|---------------------|||---------9-------|-----------------|-7-------7-7---(0)-|---------------------|||-7---------------|-------7---------|-5-------5---------|--------------------o|||-----------------|-5-------5---5---|-------------------|----------5---(5)----||
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| Gtr I| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E Q Q E e Q q|-0---0---0---0---|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|-3----3-3------------|||-0---0---0---0---|-2---2---2---2---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|-3----3-3-2----2----o|||-0---0---0---0---|-2---2---2---2---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|-3----3-3-2----2-----|||-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|-5----5-5-2----2-----|||-2---2---2---2---|-0---0---0---0---|-------------------|-5----5-5-0----0----o|||-0---0---0---0---|-----------------|-------------------|-3----3-3------------||
Bridge 2.,3. Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----5-------5---|-----------------|-------------3---||-----------------|-------------7---|---3---3-------3-||---7---7---7---7-|---7-7-7---7---x-|-4---------------||-7-------7-7-----|-7-7-7-7-7-------|-----5---5-------||---------5-------|-----5-----------|---------5-5-----||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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| Gtr I| Q E E E E q Q E E E E q Q Q E E q|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-3---3-3-3-3-3---|-3---3-3-3-3-3---|-----------------||-5---5-5-5-5-5---|-5---5-5-5-5-5---|-4---4---4-4-4---||-4---4-4-4-4-4---|-4---4-4-4-4-4---|-5---5---5-5-5---||-5---5-5-5-5-5---|-5---5-5-5-5-5---|-5---5---5-5-5---||-----------------|-----------------|-3---3---3-3-3---|
D.S. D.S. E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q e e|-----1-------1--|-----1-------1--|-----------------|-----5------------|||---3---3---3----|---3---3---3----|-----7---7---7---|-------5----------|||----------------|----------------|---7---7---7---7-|---------6--------|||----------------|----------------|-7---------------|------------7-7---|||----------------|----------------|-----------------|---7--------------|||-3-------3------|-3-------3------|-----------------|-5----------------||
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| Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E Q q|-3---3-3-3-3-3--|-3---3-3-3-3-3--|-2---2-2-2-2-2---|------------------|||-3---3-3-3-3-3--|-3---3-3-3-3-3--|-3---3-3-3-3-3---|-2---2-2-2--2-----|||-3---3-3-3-3-3--|-3---3-3-3-3-3--|-2---2-2-2-2-2---|-2---2-2-2--2-----|||-5---5-5-5-5-5--|-5---5-5-5-5-5--|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-2---2-2-2--2-----|||-5---5-5-5-5-5--|-5---5-5-5-5-5--|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-0---0-0-0--0-----|||-3---3-3-3-3-3--|-3---3-3-3-3-3--|-----------------|------------------||
Outro & E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q|-----5-------5-----|----------------||-----7-------------|----------------||---7---7---7-------|----------------||---7-----7---------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||-5-------5-----(0)-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||-------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
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| Q Q Q Q E E E E E E q|-2---2---2---2-----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-3---3---3---3-----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-2---2---2---2-----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-0---0---0---0-----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||-0---0---0---0-----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||-------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
Gtr III E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q W|-----------------|-----------------|--------*||-----7-----------|-----------------|-<7>----*||---7---7---------|-----5---7---9---|-<7>----*||---------7---7---|-8---------------|-<7>----*||-5-------5-------|-----------------|--------*||-----------------|-----------------|--------*|
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| E E E E E E e E E E E E E E E E W|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|--2-----*||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|--3-----*||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|--2-----*||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|--0-----*||---------------0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-|--0-----*||-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|--------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
