Title
View chords used in this chart
A Amaj7
Something in the way she moves
A7 D
Attracts me like no other lover
B7 E
Something in the way she woos me
F#m F#m(+maj7)
I don't want to leave her now
F#m7 B D G Ab A
You know I believe and how
A Amaj7
Somewhere in her smile she knows
A7 D
That I don't need no other lover
B E
Something in her style that shows me
F#m F#m(+maj7)
I don't want to leave her now
F#m7 B D G Ab F#
You know I believe and how
F# F#maj7 F#7
You're asking me will my love grow
B E F#
I don't know, I don't know
F# F#maj7 F#7
You stick around now it may show
B E A
I don't know, I don't know
LEAD
A Amaj7
Something in the way she knows
A7 D
And all I have to do is think of her
B E
Something in the things she shows me
F#m F#m(+maj7)
I don't want to leave her now
F#m7 B D G Ab A
You know I believe and how
From: Harlan L Thompson <harlant@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
SOMETHING- The Beatles
F Fmaj7
Something in the way she moves
F7 Bb
Attracts me like no other lover
G G7 C
Something in the way she woos me
Dm D#m7
I don't want to leave her now
Dm7 G7 Bb G# C7
You know I believe and how
Somewhere in her smile she knows
That I don't need no other lover
Something in her style that shows me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
D Dmaj7 Bm
You're asking me will my love grow
G C D
I don't know, I don't know
D Dmaj7 Bm
You stick around now it may show
G C F
I don't know, I don't know
Something in the way she knows
And all I have to do is think of her
Something in the things she shows me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe and how
Fmaj7: x x 3 2 1 0 Dmaj7: x x 0 2 2 2
Dm7: x x 0 2 1 1 D#m7: x x 1 3 2 2
G#: 4 6 6 5 4 4
(from Abbey Road, 1969)
(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)
From: "Laurence R. Watson" <lrw@virginia.edu>
Subject:SOMETHING: ANTHOLOGY 3 VERSION
FROM: Stuart Watson
This is the song Something, the version on Anthology 3.
This is in a different key than the famous one on Abbey
Road. This is by George Harrison. Here it is:
INTRO:
(A) (A) (D) (C) (E)
|--------------------|--------------------|----2--5--2--3---4--|
|--------------------|--------------------|----3--------5---5--|
|--------------------|--------------------|----2--------5---4--|
|--------------------|--------------------|--0----------5---6--|
|--------------------|--------------------|-------------3---7--|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
VERSE:
(A) (Amaj7) (A7) (D)
||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-0----------0-------|
||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------4---|
||--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
(B) (B7) (E) (F#m) (F#maj7)
(F#m7) (B7) (D) (C)(E)
|--------------------|--0------0-------0--|--------------------|--------------------|---2--5-2--3--4--||
|--------------------|--0------0-------0--|--------------------|--------------------|---3-------5--5--||
|--------------------|--1------2-------4--|--------------------|--------------------|---2-------5--4--||
|--------------------|--2--2/4-4--4/6--6--|--------------------|--------------------|-0---------5--6--||
|--2-----------------|--2------0-------0--|--------------------|--------------------|-----------3--7--||
|--------------------|--0------0-------0--|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------||
VERSE:
(F#) (F#maj7) (F#13) (F#) (B) (E) (F#)
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----3--2--1--0-----|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------4--|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
(F#) (F#maj7) (F#13) (F#) (B) (E) (A)
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----1--0-----------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------4--3--2--|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
CLOSING VERSE:
(A) (Amaj7) (A7) (D)
|--5-----------------|---4----------------|--3-----------------|--------0--2--3--2--|
|--2-----------------|---2----------------|--2-----------------|--------3--3--3--3--|
|--2-----------------|---2----------------|--2-----------------|--------2--2--2--2--|
|--2-----------------|---2----------------|--2-----------------|--------0--0--0--0--|
|--0-----------------|---0----------------|--0-----------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
(B7) (E) (F#m) (F#maj7)
(F#m7) (B7)
|--2-------4-------2--|--0-------0-------0--|--------------------|--------------------|
|--0------------------|--0-------0-------0--|--------------------|--------------------|
|--2--2/4-----4\2-----|--1-------2-------4--|--------------------|--------------------|
|--1------------------|--2--2/4--4--4/6--6--|--------------------|--------------------|
|--2------------------|--2-------0-------0--|--------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--0-------0-------0--|--------------------|--------------------|
(D) (C) (E) (A)
|-----2-5-2---3---4---9---|
|-----3-------5---5---10--|
|-----2-------5---4---9---|
|--0----------5---6---11--|
|-------------3---7---12--|
|-------------------------|
CHORDS:
A- X02220 and X02225 and X-12-11-9-10-9
D- XX0232
C- X35553
E- 022100 and X76454
Amaj7- X02120 and X02224
A7- X02020 and X02223
D- XX0232
B- X24442
B7- X21202
F#- 244322
F#m- 244222
F#maj7- 243222
F#m7- 242222
From: hertzberg@elwood.enet.dec.com (Marc Hertzberg (History: Love It Or Leave It))
Something
(Harrison)
Intro and signature riff:
F Eb G C
-|--------------------------------
-|--10--b(13)12--10--11--12--13---
-|--------------------------------
-|--------------------------------
-|--------------------------------
-|--------------------------------
Verse:
C Cmaj7
Something in the way she moves
C7 F
Attracts me like no other lover
D G
Something in the way she woos me
Am G#+
I don't want to leave her now
C/G D F Eb G C
You know I believe in how (sig riff)
Verse:
Somewhere in her smile she knows
That I don't need no other lover
Something in her style that shows me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe in how
(sig riff, but end with A instead of C)
Middle part:
A C#m F#m
You're asking me will my love grow
A/E D G A G# G F# F E
I don't know I don't know
A C#m F#m
You stick around and it may show
A/E D G C
I don't know I don't know
Guitar solo:
C Cmaj7 C7
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|-------8------------------------------------8--10--8--11/13--13---
-|--7/9-----9--7/9--12b(14)--b(14)12--9--7/9------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
F
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|--b(15)13--b(17)15--13-----------13--13---------------------------
-|------------------------14--/14----------14-------12--12----------
-|---------------------------------------------/14----------14------
-|--------------------------------------------------------------12--
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
D G
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
-|-------------------11--11--b(16)14--b(16)14--b(16)14--12----------
-|--------------/12-------------------------------------------------
-|--12--14--12------------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------------------------------------------------
Am G#+
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------
-|------14--13--12/16--15--14-------------------------------------------
-|--12-------------------------b(9)7--b(9)7--5--b(9)7--b(9)7--b(9)7--5--
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------
C/G D F Eb G C
-|---------------------------10/12--10--8--10--8------------------------------
-|------------------------8-----------------------10--b(13)12--10--11--12--13-
-|--b(9)7--b(9)7--5--7/9------------------------------------------------------
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Verse:
Something in the way she knows
And all I have to do is think of her
Something in the things she shows me
I don't want to leave her now
You know I believe in how
Ending:
F Eb G A F Eb G C
-|-----------------------------------16--15--14-------------------------------
-|--10--b(13)12--10--11--12--14--14--------------10--b(13)12--10--11--12--14--
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is A. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.