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From: hertzberg@netcad.enet.dec.com (Marc Hertzberg (History: Love it or leave it!))
Subject: TAB: I Feel Fine (Lennon/McCartney)


Disclaimer: The "I Feel Fine" riff is very difficult to make sound exactly authentic. Although I've tabbed out the basics here, there are subtleties which I haven't or may not have reflected, such as how notes ring, the exact sloppiness with which the riff should be played, etc.

Marc


I Feel Fine
(Lennon/McCartney)


The song begins with a single plucked "A" note, sounds like a bass
guitar to me, which builds in feedback until the string is vibrating
hard enough to cause a buzz.

The "I Feel Fine" riff (repeat as needed):
D C
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------
-|----------------------12--11------11--------------------10--9------9--
-|------12--12--10--------------14---------10--10--8-------------12-----
-|----------12------12-------------------------10-----10----------------
-|--10----------------------------------8-------------------------------

G
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------
-|-----------------5--4-----4-----------------5--4-----4----------------
-|-----5--5--3-----------7--------5--5--3-----------7-------------------
-|--------5-----5--------------------5-----5----------------------------
-|--3--------------------------3----------------------------------------


Verse 1:
G
Baby's good to me ...
D
You know she ...
C G
I'm in love ...


Verse 2:
G
Baby says she's ...
D
You know she ...
C G
I'm in love ...


Middle:
G Bm C D7
I'm so glad that ...
G Bm Am D7
She's so glad ...


Verse 3:
G
That her baby buys ...
D7
You know she ...
C G
I'm in love ...


Solo:

-|-------------------------------------------------
-|-------6-------8-------6-------------------------
-|--5/7-----7/9-----5/7-----7\5--3-----------------
-|----------------------------------5--------------
-|-------------------------------------------------
-|-------------------------------------------------

Then play magic "I Feel Fine" riff as band comes back in.

Then repeat from verse 2 to the end of verse 3, except instead
of the very last line of verse 3, substitute:

D7 C G
She's in love with ...

D7 C G
She's in love ...



Beatles Tab by Marc Hertzberg
Digital Equipment Corporation
hertzberg@netcad.enet.dec.com

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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
--7\5/7-- play fret seven, slide down to fret five, slide back up
--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



>From: spxhaw@thor.cf.ac.uk (Howard Wright \(???\))
>Subject: *** I Feel Fine - TAB ***

I Feel Fine - The Beatles
---------------------------------------


tabbed by Howard Wright


I'm pretty sure the song is in G - but if I'm wrong then adjust the
tab accordingly moving up or down a fret or two

INTRO:
----------

E----------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------12--11------11------------------10--9------9---
D-------12-12-10----10--10--14--10-------10-10-8----8---8--12--8----
A-------12-12----12---------12-----------10-10---10--------10-------
E----10--------------------------------8---------------------------


E-------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------
G-------------5--4-----4-------------5--4-----4-----------
D-----5-5-3---3--3--7--3-----5-5-3---3--3--7--3----------
A-----5-----5-------5--------5-----5-------5--------------
E---3----------------------3------------------------------


This is obviously just the same riff moved down to different positions.
This is the main riff of the song.

In fact most of the song is just this riff played at the three different
positions (G,C,D)

The only different bit is :

G Bm C D7
I'm so glad ...

G Bm C D7
She's so glad ...



The solo is over the G/C/D riff.

Enjoy!

Howard

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