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Strawberry Fields Forever

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The Beatles was an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as one of the most influential bands of all time. The group was integral to the development of 1960s counterculture and popular music's recognition as an art form. Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, their sound incorporated elements of classical music and traditional

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Song: Strawberry Fields forever
Artist: The Beatles
Composers: Lennon and McCartney
Album: Magical Mystery Tour
Tabbed by: DJ
7th April 2015

The recording is not in concert pitch, so the only way to play along
will require some retuning. Using a chromatic tuner, tune all strings
up approx.+40 above standard tuning.

CAPO: 2nd fret (Song will then sound in the approx. recorded key of E)

Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
D = xx0232 G = 320033 C/B = x2xxxx
Dmaj7/C# = x40222 G * = xx5433 C/A = x0xxxx
D7/C = x30212 Dm7 = xx0211 Em7/D = xx0000
Am7 = x02010 Dm7/C = x30211 D7 = xx0212
Adim = x01212 F = xx3211 D/F# = xx4232
Em = xx2000 Bdim = x2313x C/E = xx2010
C = x32010 E = 022100 C/D = xx0010
E4 = 022200

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[Intro]
D Dmaj7/C# D7/C Am7 Adim Em D C G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / |

[Chorus]
G * Dm7
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to ...Strawberry Fields,
Dm7/C F Bdim C E E4 E
Nothing is real, and nothing to get hung about,
C C/B C/A G
Strawberry Fields for - ever!

[Verse 1]
D Dmaj7/C# D7/C Am7 Adim
Living is easy with eyes closed,
Em Em7/D C
Misunder - standing all you see,
D7 G * D/F# Em Em7/D
It's getting hard to be some - one, but it all works out,
C D C G
It doesn't matter much to me!
e|--0---------3---|
B|--1---------0---|
G|--0---------0---|
D|--2---------0---|
A|--3---2--0--2---|
E|------------3---|

[Chorus]
G * Dm7
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to ...Strawberry Fields,
Dm7/C F Bdim C D E E4 E
Nothing is real, and nothing to get hung about,
C G
Strawberry Fields for - ever!

e|----------------|------------------|
B|--1--p0---------|------------------|
G|---------0------|------------------|
D|------------3---|---0--------------|
A|----------------|-------3--2-------|
E|----------------|--------------3---|

[Verse 3]
D Dmaj7/C# D7/C Am7 Adim
No one, I think, is in my--- tree,
Em Em7/D C C/E C/D C
I mean, it must be high or low,
D7 G * D/F# Em Em7/D
That is, you can't, you know, tune - in, but it's al - right,
C D7 C G
That is, I think it's not too bad!

[Chorus]
G * Dm7
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to ...Strawberry Fields,
Dm7/C F Bdim C D E E4 E
Nothing is real, and nothing to get hung about,
C G
Strawberry Fields for - ever!

e|----------------|------------------|
B|--1--p0---------|------------------|
G|---------0------|------------------|
D|------------3---|---0--------------|
A|----------------|-------3--2-------|
E|----------------|--------------3---|

[Verse 4]
D Dmaj7/C# D7/C Am7 Adim
Always, no ...some - times, think it's me,
Em Em7/D C C/E C/D C
But, you know, I know when it's a dream,
D7 G * D/F# Em Em7/D
I think, er... no, I mean, er... yes, but it's all wrong,
C D7 C G
That is, I think I disa - gree!

[Chorus]
G * Dm7
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to ...Strawberry Fields,
Dm7/C F Bdim C D E E4 E
Nothing is real, and nothing to get hung about,
C G Em C G
Strawberry Fields for - ever, Strawberry Fields for - ever,
C D7 C
Strawberry Fields for - ever!

[Suggestion for a coda]
G
e|--0----------------------|---3---||
B|-----3------0--h1--0-----|---0---||
G|--------0-------------0--|---0---||
D|-------------------------|---0---||
A|-------------------------|---2---||
E|-------------------------|---3---||

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The track is a combination of two separate recording sessions, the simpler
arrangement was used for the intro, verse 1 and first chorus, then there's
a tape edit and the rest of the recording is the cello and trumpet version.
The two versions had been performed in different keys a semi-tone apart,
and also at very slightly different tempos.
The producer, George Martin, speeded up the first version, and slowed
down the second one until the pitches and tempos matched. With todays
digital recording this is easy, but in the 1960's George Martin had to edit
this manually and it was as much luck as skill.
That's why none of the final record is in concert pitch.

In the songs fade out some believed John says,'I buried Paul', furthering
silly rumours Paul McCartney had died and been replaced with a look-alike.
John actually says,'Cranberry sauce', as described by Mark Lewisohn in his
authorised book. Mark had access to the original multitrack tapes and could
listen to individual isolated tracks.
Information sourced from the book-
'The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions:
The Official Story of the Abbey Road years 1962-1970'