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- Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 22:06:50 -0600
- From: cts@mail.utexas.edu (chris)
- Subject: Across the Universe (first message may not have worked)
-
- This is Across the universe as I believe John originally played it. The
- song was sped up for inclusion on the World Wildlife Fund album (as heard on
- Past Masters volume II), and then slowed down again for the Let It Be album.
- When Phil Spector (producer of Let It Be) slowed the song down, he actually
- brought the song down a half step; from D to roughly C#. You can play along
- with the album by playing in C#, tuning your guitar down a half step and
- playing in D, or using a capo on the first fret and playing in C. Marc
- Hertzberg's transcription can show you how to play it in C. Here it is in
- original form...
-
- Across The Universe
- by the Beatles
-
-
- Intro :
-
- |--2-----/10-----9--7--5-----------------------------------------------------
- |------------------------7---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--------------2-----------
- |--2-----/11-----9--7--6-----2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4--
- |-----0-------0--------------4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--
- |----------------------------x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--0-----0-----0-----0-----
- |----------------------------2-----2-----2-----2-----------------------------
-
-
- D Bm F#m
- Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup
- Em7 A A7
- They slither while they pass they slip away across the Universe.
- D Bm F#m
- Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind
- Em7 Gm
- Possessing and caressing me.
-
-
- D A7sus4
- Jai Guru Deva Om
- A7
- Nothing's gonna change my world
- G D
- Nothing's gonna change my world
- A7
- Nothing's gonna change my world
- G D
- Nothing's gonna change my world
-
-
- D Bm F#m Em7
- Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes
- A A7
- They call me on and on across the Universe.
- D Bm F#m
- Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letterbox
- Em7 A A7
- They tumble blindly as they make their way across the Universe.
-
-
- D A7sus4
- Jai Guru De Va Om
- A7
- Nothing's gonna change my world
- G D
- Nothing's gonna change my world
- A7
- Nothing's gonna change my world
- G D
- Nothing's gonna change my world
-
-
- D Bm F#m
- Sounds of laughter, shades of earth are ringing through my opened ears
- Em7 Gm
- Inciting and inviting me.
- D Bm F#m Em7
- Limitless, undying love which shines around me like a million suns
- A A7
- And calls me on and on across the Universe.
-
-
- D A7sus4
- Jai Guru Deva Om
- A7
- Nothing's gonna change my world
- G D
- Nothing's gonna change my world
- A7
- Nothing's gonna change my world
- G D
- Nothing's gonna change my world
-
-
- D
- Jai Guru Deva. (Repeat)
-
-
- transcribed by Chris Sears
- cts@mail.utexas.edu
-
-
- From: hertzberg@netcad.enet.dec.com (Marc Hertzberg (History: Love it or leave it!))
- Subject: TAB: Across The Universe (Lennon/McCartney)
-
-
- Don't hold me to these words... they're only there to put some chords to!
- For the authentic sound, capo at the first fret.
-
- Marc
-
- P.S. In case you're interested, I play the '8' note on the first string with
- me thumb.
-
-
- Across The Universe
- (Lennon/McCartney)
-
-
- Intro :
-
- -|--0-----/8-----7--5--3-----------------------------------------------------
- -|------------------------5--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--
- -|-----0--/9-----7--5--4-----0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--
- -|---------------------------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--
- -|--3------------------------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--
- -|------------8--------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--
-
-
- Verse 1:
- C Am Em
- Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup
-
- Dm G
- They slither as they fall they make their way across the universe
-
- C Am Em
- Pools of sorrow waves of joy are drifting through my open mind
-
- Dm Fm
- Inciting and inviting me
-
-
- Chorus:
- C G
- Jai Guru Da La Om
-
-
- Nothing's gonna change my world
-
- F C
- Nothing's gonna change my world
-
- G
- Nothing's gonna change my world
-
- F C
- Nothing's gonna change my world
-
-
- Beatles Tab by Marc Hertzberg
- Digital Equipment Corporation
- hertzberg@netcad.enet.dec.com
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 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
- --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
-
-