"Julia" by The Beatles
From "The Beatles" (a.k.a. the "White Album")
LENNON/McCartney
Copyright © 1968 Northern Songs Ltd.
Transcribed by T-rev http://www.t-rev.net
Capo up two frets.
Pick:
Beat 1 2 and 3 and 4
Strings 1,5 4 3 6 2 4
Except for "In the sun" where beat 1 is 2,5
D/A Bm7/F# F#m
Half of what I say is meaningless,
D/A Bm7/F# F#m A
But I say it just to reach you Julia.
D/A Bm7/F# Am7 Am7,9 B7 B7 G7,9 Gm7
Julia, Julia, ocean child, calls me.
D/A Bm7/F# F#m A
So I sing a song of love, Julia.
Julia, seashell eyes, windy smile, calls me.
So I sing a song of love, Julia.
C#m/G# D/A
Her hair of floating sky is shimmering,
Bm7/F# Bm6/F# F#m7 F#m6 F#m5+ F#m
Glimmering, in the sun.
Julia, Julia, morning moon, touch me.
So I sing a song of love, Julia.
When I cannot sing my heart
I can only speak my mind, Julia.
Julia, sleeping sand, silent cloud, touch me.
So I sing a song of love, Julia.
Mmm. Calls me.
D/A Bm7/F# A D/A
So I sing a song of love for Julia.
A D/A F#m A strum Dmaj7
Julia, Julia.
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Sorry the chord names are not relative to the capo. I had no notion of
convention at the time, and I was only recording it for my own use.
D/A is actually C/G, etc. Anyway, here they are:
332010 D/A
002213 Bm7/F#
022003 F#m
320033 A
353333 Am7
353335 Am7,9
575655 B7
131213 G7,9
131114 Gm7
224432 C#m/G#
002212 Bm6/F#
02203X F#m7
02202X F#m6
02201X F#m5+
02200X F#m (following F#m5+)
332000 Dmaj7
And here's actual tab for the first four bars (and this IS relative to
the capo):
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
E-|3--------------|3--------------|3--------------|3--------------|
B-|----------1----|----------1----|----------0----|----------0----|
G-|------0--------|------2--------|------0--------|------0--------|
D-|----2-------2--|----2-------2--|----2-------2--|----2-------2--|
A-|3--------------|0--------------|2--------------|2--------------|
E-|--------3------|--------0------|--------0------|--------0------|
D/A............ Bm7/F#......... F#m............................
This exact picking pattern continues throughout the entire song
(even--as you can see--on chords whose root is not on the 5th string),
the only variation being in the bridge when the 2nd string is played
instead of the first string:
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
E-|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
B-|3---------3----|2---------2----|1---------1----|0---------0----|
G-|------0--------|------0--------|------0--------|------0--------|
D-|----2-------2--|----2-------2--|----2-------2--|----2-------2--|
A-|2--------------|2--------------|2--------------|2--------------|
E-|--------0------|--------0------|--------0------|--------0------|
F#m7........... F#m6........... F#m5+.......... F#m............
If you are new to finger-picking, it might help to start by isolating
the bass line:
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
D-|----2-------2--|----2-------2--|----2-------2--|----2-------2--|
A-|3--------------|0--------------|2--------------|2--------------|
E-|--------3------|--------0------|--------0------|--------0------|
D/A............ Bm7/F#......... F#m............................
and once that's drilled in adding the treble notes. Before long you
will have mastered the picking pattern, and then all that's left is to
finger the correct chords. Good luck.
Transcribed 8/20/1994 by T-rev, revised 4/3/1998
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