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LADY MADONNA
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) - 'Piano (PM low strings if you play on a guitar)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Intro Moderately Q=110 4/4 Gtr I E E E E E E S S 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|-5-5---5-5-5-------|-5-5-5-5-5-------|-5-5-5-5-5---5---|-5-5-5---5-------|||-1-2---1-0---------|-1-2-1-0---------|-1-2-1-0---------|-----0---2-------|||-----------2---2---|---------2-------|---------2---2---|-2---0-0-2-------|||---------0-0-0---0-|---------0-0-0-0-|---------0-0-2-2-|-3-3-------------|||-0-0-4-4-----------|-0-0-4-4---------|-0-0-4-4---------|-----------0-0-0-|||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
1st Verse E E E E E E S S 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||--5-5---5-5-5-------|-5-5-5-5-5-------|-5-5-5-5-5---5---|-5-5-5---5--------||||o-1-2---1-0---------|-1-2-1-0---------|-1-2-1-0---------|-----0---2-------o||||------------2---2---|---------2-------|---------2---2---|-2---0-0-2--------||||----------0-0-0---0-|---------0-0-0-0-|---------0-0-2-2-|-3-3--------------||||o-0-0-4-4-----------|-0-0-4-4---------|-0-0-4-4---------|-----------0-0-0-o||||--------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
Chorus 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|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------||---------0-0-1-1-|-3---------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-|-1-1-------------||-2-2-2-2---------|-------0---0---0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-------------||-0-0-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------2-2-||-----3-3-2-2-0-0-|-----------------|-3-3-2-2-0-0-----|-0-0-2-2-3-3-----||-----------------|-3-3-3---3---3---|-------------3-3-|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H H H H|-----------------|-----------------|------2----|-0----0----|||-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-|-1-1-------------|-5----3----|-3----3----|||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-------------|-5----2----|-2----1----|||-----------------|-------------2-2-|-5---------|-2----2----|||-3-3-2-2-0-0-----|-0-0-2-2-3-3-----|-3----2----|-----------|||-------------3-3-|-----------------|-----------|-----------||
2nd Verse Gtr I E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E|-5-5---5-5-5-------|--5--5-5-5-5---------||-1-2---1-0---------|--1--2-1-0-----------||-----------2---2---|-----------2---------||---------0-0-0---0-|-----------0-0-0---0-||-0-0-4-4-----------|--0--0-4-4-----------||-------------------|---------------------|
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| Gtr II| E E E E E E S S E +E E E E E E S S E|-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------||-----------------2-|-(2)---------------2-||---------0-0-3-4---|-----------0-0-3-4---||-0-0-3-4-----------|-----0-3-4-----------||-------------------|---------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--5--5-5-5-5---5---|-5-5-5---5----------|||--1--2-1-0---------|-----0---2----------|||-----------2---2---|-2---0-0-2----------|||-----------0-0-2-2-|-3-3----------------|||--0--0-4-4---------|-----------0--0---0-|||-------------------|--------------------||
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| +E E E E E E E E E E E E Q +Q|-------------------|--------------------|||-------------------|--------------------|||-(2)---------------|--------------------|||-----------0-0-2-2-|-3-3-5-5S7---(7)\---|||-----0-3-4---------|--------------------|||-------------------|--------------------||
Interlude E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E|-5-5---5-5-5-------|--5--5-5-5-5---------||-1-2---1-0---------|--1--2-1-0-----------||-----------2---2---|-----------2---------||---------0-0-0---0-|-----------0-0-0---0-||-0-0-4-4-----------|--0--0-4-4-----------||-------------------|---------------------|
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| E E E E E E S S E +E E E E E E S S E|-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------||-----------------2-|-(2)---------------2-||---------0-0-3-4---|-----------0-0-3-4---||-0-0-3-4-----------|-----0-3-4-----------||-------------------|---------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--5--5-5-5-5---5---|-5-5-5---5----------|||--1--2-1-0---------|-----0---2----------|||-----------2---2---|-2---0-0-2----------|||-----------0-0-2-2-|-3-3----------------|||--0--0-4-4---------|-----------0--0---0-|||-------------------|--------------------||
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| +E E E E E E E E E E E E Q +Q|-------------------|--------------------|||-------------------|--------------------|||-(2)---------------|--------------------|||-----------0-0-2-2-|-3-3-5-5S7---(7)\---|||-----0-3-4---------|--------------------|||-------------------|--------------------||
Chorus Gtr I 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|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------||---------0-0-1-1-|-3---------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-|-1-1-------------||-2-2-2-2---------|-------0---0---0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-------------||-0-0-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------2-2-||-----3-3-2-2-0-0-|-----------------|-3-3-2-2-0-0-----|-0-0-2-2-3-3-----||-----------------|-3-3-3---3---3---|-------------3-3-|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H H H H|-----------------|-----------------|------2----|-0----0--------------|||-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-|-1-1-------------|-5----3----|-3----3--------------|||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-------------|-5----2----|-2----1--------------|||-----------------|-------------2-2-|-5---------|-2----2--------------|||-3-3-2-2-0-0-----|-0-0-2-2-3-3-----|-3----2----|---------------------|||-------------3-3-|-----------------|-----------|---------------------||
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| Gtr II| W W W H E S S S S S S|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|---------------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------|---------------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------|---------------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------|--------2-0---0------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------|------------3---3-2--|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------|---------------------||
3rd Verse E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E|-5-5---5-5-5-------|--5--5-5-5-5---------||-1-2---1-0---------|--1--2-1-0-----------||-----------2---2---|-----------2---------||---------0-0-0---0-|-----------0-0-0---0-||-0-0-4-4-----------|--0--0-4-4-----------||-------------------|---------------------|
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| E E E E E E S S E +E E E E E E S S E|-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------||-----------------2-|-(2)---------------2-||---------0-0-3-4---|-----------0-0-3-4---||-0-0-3-4-----------|-----0-3-4-----------||-------------------|---------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--5--5-5-5-5---5---|-5-5-5---5----------|||--1--2-1-0---------|-----0---2----------|||-----------2---2---|-2---0-0-2----------|||-----------0-0-2-2-|-3-3----------------|||--0--0-4-4---------|-----------0--0---0-|||-------------------|--------------------||
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| +E E E E E E E E E E E E Q +Q|-------------------|--------------------|||-------------------|--------------------|||-(2)---------------|--------------------|||-----------0-0-2-2-|-3-3-5-5S7---(7)\---|||-----0-3-4---------|--------------------|||-------------------|--------------------||
Interlude E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E|-5-5---5-5-5-------|--5--5-5-5-5---------||-1-2---1-0---------|--1--2-1-0-----------||-----------2---2---|-----------2---------||---------0-0-0---0-|-----------0-0-0---0-||-0-0-4-4-----------|--0--0-4-4-----------||-------------------|---------------------|
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| E E E E E E S S E +E E E E E E S S E|-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------||-----------------2-|-(2)---------------2-||---------0-0-3-4---|-----------0-0-3-4---||-0-0-3-4-----------|-----0-3-4-----------||-------------------|---------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--5--5-5-5-5---5---|-5-5-5---5----------|||--1--2-1-0---------|-----0---2----------|||-----------2---2---|-2---0-0-2----------|||-----------0-0-2-2-|-3-3----------------|||--0--0-4-4---------|-----------0--0---0-|||-------------------|--------------------||
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| +E E E E E E E E E E E E Q +Q|-------------------|--------------------|||-------------------|--------------------|||-(2)---------------|--------------------|||-----------0-0-2-2-|-3-3-5-5S7---(7)\---|||-----0-3-4---------|--------------------|||-------------------|--------------------||
Chorus 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|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1---------------|-----------------|-----------------|||---------0-0-1-1-|-3---------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-|-1-1-------------|||-2-2-2-2---------|-------0---0---0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-------------|||-0-0-------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------2-2-|||-----3-3-2-2-0-0-|-----------------|-3-3-2-2-0-0-----|-0-0-2-2-3-3-----|||-----------------|-3-3-3---3---3---|-------------3-3-|-----------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H H H H|-----------------|-----------------|------2----|-0----0--------------|||-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-|-1-1-------------|-5----3----|-3----3--------------|||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-------------|-5----2----|-2----1--------------|||-----------------|-------------2-2-|-5---------|-2----2--------------|||-3-3-2-2-0-0-----|-0-0-2-2-3-3-----|-3----2----|---------------------|||-------------3-3-|-----------------|-----------|---------------------||
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| Gtr II| W W W H E S S S S S S|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|---------------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------|---------------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------|---------------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------|--------2-0---0------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------|------------3---3-2--|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------|---------------------||
4th Verse E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E|-5-5---5-5-5-------|--5--5-5-5-5---------||-1-2---1-0---------|--1--2-1-0-----------||-----------2---2---|-----------2---------||---------0-0-0---0-|-----------0-0-0---0-||-0-0-4-4-----------|--0--0-4-4-----------||-------------------|---------------------|
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| E E E E E E S S E +E E E E E E S S E|-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------||-----------------2-|-(2)---------------2-||---------0-0-3-4---|-----------0-0-3-4---||-0-0-3-4-----------|-----0-3-4-----------||-------------------|---------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E|--5--5-5-5-5---5---|-5---5---5-----------||--1--2-1-0---------|-----0---2-----------||-----------2---2---|-2---0-2-2--2---2----||-----------0-0-2-2-|-3-3-----------------||--0--0-4-4---------|--------------0---0--||-------------------|---------------------|
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| +E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E|-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------||-(2)---------------|---------------------||-----------0-0-2-2-|-3-3-5-5S7--------7--||-----0-3-4---------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------|
2/4 4/4 E E S S E E E E E +H E E S S E E E S S E E E E E +H|-----------|-----------------------|--5--5---5---5-5---5---|-5---5-5-(5)----*||-3-3---3---|-4---------3--2-(2)----|--2--2---2---3-3---3---|-4---3-2-(2)----*||-4-4-----4-|-5---------4--2-(2)----|-------------4-4---4---|-5---4-2-(2)----*||-----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------*||-2---2-----|-3----3----2--0-(0)----|--0----0---0-2---2---2-|-3-3-2-0-(0)----*||-----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------*|
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| >| E Q E Q a +E E +H +W W|-----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------*||-----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------*||-4-4-----4-|-4b5====4r(4)----------|-----------------------|----------------*||-----------|--------------7-(7)----|-(7)-------------------|----------------*||-----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------*||-----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------*|
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
