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How Kind Of You – Paul McCartney
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Written by: Paul McCartney
From: "Chaos And Creation In The Backyard" (2005)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
I left out the different bass notes and decided to use fixed voicings for
the multi-layered chords used here. The open strings make for complicated
chord names. Do not let that scare you off: they are all quite easy to play.
Want to know what this tab sounds like?
Here's a demo recording I made:
https://soundcloud.com/maguri/how-kind-of-you
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CHORDS and SPECIAL VOICINGS
E-A-D-G-B-e
F#m7add11 (t)2-4-4-2-0-0 or (easier): x-4-4-2-0-0
C#m x-4-6-6-5-0
Em/A x-0-5-4-5-0
D6(add9)/A x-0-4-4-3-0
Dm6(add9)/A x-0-3-4-3-0
A(add9) x-0-2-2-0-0
A(add9)/B x-2-x-2-0-0
A(add9)/C x-3-x-2-0-0
Fmaj7 1-x-2-2-1-0
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[Verse]
A F#m7add11
How kind of you to think of me
A F#m7add11
When I was out of sorts
A F#m7add11
It really meant a lot to be
C#m Em/A
In someone else's thoughts
[Bridge]
C#m Em/A
Someone else's mind
C#m D6(add9)/A Dm6(add9)/A A
Someone else as kind ... as you
[Verse]
A F#m7add11
The thoughtfulness you showed has made
A F#m7add11
A difference in my life
A F#m7add11
I won't forget how unafraid
C#m Em/A
You were that long dark night
[Bridge]
C#m Em/A
I thought that all was lost
C#m Em/A
I thought I'd never find
D6(add9)/A Dm6(add9)/A A
A someone quite as kind ... as you
[Bridge]
C#m Em/A
I thought my faith had gone
C#m Em/A
I thought there couldn't be
D6(add9)/A Dm6(add9)/A A
A someone who was there ... for me
[Interlude]
| A(add9) A(add9)/B | A(add9)/C A(add9)/B |
| A(add9) A(add9)/B | A(add9)/C A(add9)/B |
| A(add9) A(add9)/B | A(add9)/C A(add9)/B |
| Esus4 | E |
[Verse]
A F#m7add11
How kind of you to stick by me
A F#m7add11
During the final bout
A F#m7add11
And listen to the referee
C#m Em/A
As I was counted out
[Bridge]
C#m Em/A
I thought my time was up
C#m Em/A
I thought I'd never find
D6(add9)/A Dm6(add9)/A A
A someone quite as kind ... as you
[Bridge]
C#m Em/A
I thought my faith had gone
C#m Em/A
I thought there couldn't be
D6(add9)/A Dm6(add9)/A A
A someone who was there ... for me
[Interlude]
| A(add9) A(add9)/B | A(add9)/C A(add9)/B |
| A(add9) A(add9)/B | A(add9)/C A(add9)/B |
| A(add9) A(add9)/B | A(add9)/C A(add9)/B |
| Esus4 | E |
[Verse] (part)
| A(add9) | F#m7add11 | A(add9) | F#m7add11 |
A(add9) F#m7add11
How kind of you to think of me
A(add9) [ F#m7add11 ]
How kind of you
[Outro]
| F#m7add11 | % | % | % |
| F#m7add11 | % |
| Fmaj7 | % | % |
| Esus4 | % | % | % |
| Fmaj7 | % | % | % |
| Esus4 | % | % | % | % | % |
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| Esus4 | % |
[Coda] (melody)
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| A | % | A