Learn and Play Music: Everybodys Got Something To Hide Except For Me And My Monkey guitar tab - Beatles tabs

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          Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me And My Monkey
          (Lennon/McCartney)
  
  Intro:
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  Verse:
   E
  Come on, come on, come on, come on
  
  Come on it's such a joy, come on, it's such a joy
  
  Come on let's make it easy, come on let's make it easy 
           A             D
  Make it easy, make it easy
        B7                                                 E  D  G  E  G  D
  Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey
  
  
  While the verses are going on, the rhythm guitar repeats the intro 
  parts over and over with slight rhythmic variations.  The 
  lead guitar does dozens of variations along the following lines:
  Listen closely and hear 1001 ways to play those few notes.
  
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  All guitars should should, of course, do the boogie-woogie shuffle 
  starting with the A chord:
  
               A
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     Take it easy
  
               D
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     Take it easy
  
           B7
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     Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my ...
  
  .. and here's the fun part.  Cool the way the chords "turn around"
     in the second phrase:
  
       E          D                G      E           G               D
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  -|--/10-----8--------------------8~--b(17)15--12------------------------- 
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   ..Monkey
  
  What a great tune to jam with.
  

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