Intro:
A A2 A A4 A A2 A A A2 A (No E strings this line only.)
/ / / / / / / / / /
A A2 A A4 A A2 A A A2 A A A2 A A4 A A2 A A A2 A
The rea-son why. Oh, I can say- ay.
A A2 A A4 A A2 A A A2 A E F#m B7
I have to let you go ba-by. And right a-way-ay.
B7 A A A2 A A4 A A2 A A A2 A D D
Af-ter what you did. I can't stay o-on.
D A E
And I'll prob-a-bly feel a whole lot bet-ter,
E D E7 A
when you're go-one. /////// /
A A A2 A A4 A A2 A A A2 A A4 A
Ba-by for a long time.(Ba-by for a long time.)
A A4 A
You had me be - lieve.
(You had me be-lieve.)
A E E7 E
That your love was all mi-ine.(That your love was all mi-ine.)
E F#m B7
And that's the way it would be. (Ah ah ah ah.)
B7 A A4 A
But I didn't know.(But I didn't know.)
A D D
That you were put-ting me on-o-on.
D A E
And I'll prob-a-bly feel a whole lot bet-ter,
E D E A2 A A2 A A4 A A2 A A2
when you're go-o-one. Ah, when you're go-one.
A2 A A2 A A2 A A2
E---------------------------------------------14-14-12----|
B----12h14-14-14--12h14-12-12-----12h14-14-14----------14-|
G-14---------------------------14-------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------|
A2 A A2 A A2 A A2
E------------------------------17-17-------------------|
B-12-12h14-14-14--12h14-14-14-------------12-14--12-12-|
G-------------------------------------14---------------|
D------------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------|
A2 E A2 E A2
E----7-7-7-7-7-----------7-7-7-7-7-------|
B-10-----------10-10-10------------10-10-|
G----------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------|
F#m B7 A A2 A A4 A A2 A A2
E-------------------7h9-7----------7\9---|
B---7-7-7--7---7-10-------10-7--10-------|
G-9----------9---------------------------|
D----------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------|
A2 A A2 A A2 A A2 A A2
E----7-9-9--7-9--7h9-9--14-12-------------|
B-----------------------------14-14-14-12-|
G-----------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/b/byrds/226786.html ]
A2 A A2 A A4 A A2 A A2 A A2
E------------------------------------------------|
B----12-14-12-----15-14-12-----12-14-12----14-12-|
G-14-----------14-----------14----------14-------|
D------------------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------|
A2 A A2 A A2 E A2
E-------------------------------------------------------|
B-12h14-14-14-14--12h14-14-12-12--10-12-12-12-12--12-10-|
G-------------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------------|
A2 D Gmaj7/E A2 A
E-----------------------------------------|
B---7h10-10-10--10-10-7---3-3h5-5-5-3-----|
G-9-----------------------------------4-2-|
D-----------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------|
A A2 A A4 A A2 A A A2 A A4 A
/ / / / / / / / / /
Now I've got to say.(Now I've got to say.)
A A4 A
That's it's not like be-fore-ore.(That it's not like be-fore.)
A E E7 E
And I'm not gon-na play-ay-ay.
(And I'm not gon-na play.)
E F#m B7
Your games any-more-or-ore.
B7 A A4 A D D
Af-ter what you did.(Af-ter what you did.) I can't stay on-o-on.
D A E D E
And I'll prob-a-bly feel a whole lot bet-ter when you're go-one.
E A2 A E A2 A
Ah, when you're go-one. Ah, when you're go-one.
E A2 A A2 A A2 A
Ah, when you're go-one.
E----------------------------------------------|
B------------------12h14-14-14--12h14-14-12----|
G---------------14--------------------------14-|
D----------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------|
A A2 A A2 A A2
E-------------------------------|
B----10h12-12-12--10h12-12-10---|
G-14----------------------------|
D-------------------------------|
A-------------------------------|
E-------------------------------|
A2 D A Gmaj7/E A2 A
E-----------------------------------------------------0-|
B---7h10-10-10--7h10-10-7--------3h5-5-5--3h5-5-3-----2-|
G-9-----------------------9----6------------------4-2-2-|
D-----------------------------------------------------2-|
A-----------------------------------------------------0-|
E-----------------------------------------------------x-|
Chord diagrams:
A Asus2(A2) Asus4(A4) F#m E7 E B7
x02220 x02200 x02230 244222 022130 022100 x21202
D Gmaj7/E
x00232 x55430
E,B,G,D,A,E = guitar strings, \ = slide up, h = hammer on.
The A chord sequences are not as hard as they might appear.
From the standard A chord add the little finger for the A4
and remove the ring finger for the A2
Tabbed from: The Byrds Mr.Tambourine Man. Original Mono LP
from the 1960's and the same titled stereo CD. Same for both.