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/ The Beatles / Rubber Soul (1965) / The Word guitar tab

-The Word-	

by Lennon/McCartney
from Rubber Soul

Intro:

D7
                   Say the

Verse 1:
D7    
word      and you'll be free    Say the  
D7    
word      and be like me        Say the      
G7    
word      I'm thinking of      Have you      
D7    
heard     the word is love?     

Chorus:
     Asus4   A         Gsus4   A           D7
It's so     fine, It's sun-shine  It's the word 

love

Bridge:
D7                  Cadd9
In the beginning, I misunderstood
F6                       G7
But now I've got it, the word is good   Spread the

Verse 2:
D7    
word      and you'll be free   Spread the  
D7    
word      and be like me       Spread the      
G7    
word      I'm thinking of      Have you      
D7    
heard     the word is love?     

Chorus:
     Asus4   A         Gsus4   A           D7
It's so     fine, It's sun-shine  It's the word 

love

Bridge:
D7                  Cadd9
Everywhere I go,  I hear it said
F6                             G7
In the good and bad books that I have read   Say the

Verse 1:
D7    
word      and you'll be free    Say the  
D7    
word      and be like me        Say the      
G7    
word      I'm thinking of      Have you      
D7    
heard     the word is love?     

Chorus:
     Asus4   A         Gsus4   A           D7
It's so     fine, It's sun-shine  It's the word 

love

Bridge:
D7                       Cadd9
Know that I know, what I feel must be right
F6                        G7
I'm here to show     everybody the light    Give the

Verse 4:
D7    
word      a chance to say   That the  
D7    
word      is just the way   It's the      
G7    
word      I'm thinking of   And the      
D7    
on        ly word is love     

Chorus:
     Asus4   A         Gsus4   A           D7
It's so     fine, It's sun-shine  It's the word 

Solo:
D7
love
  D7                           Cadd9
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|0----------------------3----|0----------------------3----|
A|------3-----0-------0-------|------3-----0-------0-------|
E|-----------------3----------|-----------------3----------|
  F6                           G7
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|0----------------------3----|0---------------------------|
A|------3-----0-------0-------|------3-----0-0-0---0-------|
E|-----------------3----------|------------------3---3-1---|

Coda:
Say the
D7 
word    love        Say the    
G7    
word    love        Say the      
D7    
word    love        Say the
Asus4   A         Gsus4   G           
word_______________________
D7
love

Outro Riff:
  D7                           Cadd9
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|0----------------------3----|0----------------------3----|
A|------3-----0-------0-------|------3-----0-------0-------|
E|-----------------3----------|-----------------3----------|
  F6                           G7
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|0----------------------3----|0----------------------3----|
A|------3-----0-------0-------|------3-----0-------0-------|
E|-----------------3----------|-----------------3----------|

PHEW!!

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The Beatles albums
2000 One
1970 Hey Jude
1970 Let It Be
1969 Abbey Road
1969 Yellow Submarine
1968 White Album
1967 Magical Mystery Tour
1967 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1966 Revolver
1965 Rubber Soul
1965 Help!
1964 The Beatles' Second Album
1964 Meet the Beatles!
1964 Beatles For Sale
1964 A Hard Day's Night
1963 With the Beatles
1963 Please Please Me
Rubber Soul tabs
01Drive My Car tabbass tab
02Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) tabbass tab
03You Won't See Me tabbass tab
04Nowhere Man tabbass tab
05Think For Yourself tabbass tab
06The Word tabbass tab
07Michelle tabbass tab
08What Goes On tabbass tab
09Girl tabbass tab
10I'm Looking Through You tabbass tab
11In My Life tabbass tab
12Wait tabbass tab
13If I Needed Someone tabbass tab
14Run For Your Life tabbass tab

 

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