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If I Fell

Beatles

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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------------|
|--------------|---------------|
|
| 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--------------|--------------|
|
|  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-------------|------------------||
|
|  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---------------|
||------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|
|   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---|-----------------|----------------------|
|
| 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||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------||
|
| 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)----||
|
| 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-----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| 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----------------||
|
| 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--|
|
| 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---------|-----5---7---9---|-----*|
|---------7---7---|-8---------------|-----*|
|-5-------5-------|-----------------|--------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------*|
|
| 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
---------------
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
----------------
 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
-----------
 |  - 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