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Paperback Writer

by the beatles · posted by chibluesteve

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How to read this tab — notation key
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Blow note
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Draw note
b or '
Half-step bend
bb or ''
Two half-step bend
bbb or '''
Three half-step bend
(###)
Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
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Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab
 4 -4  5   5 -4   -7 6  6    6  5   
Paperback writer, paperback writer

-7 7  -8 -8 -8 -8   7   -7   -8  -8  -8  
Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book?
-8  -8  8   -9   -9  -8     8   -8   8  -8  -8
It took me years to write, will you take a look?
 7    -8  -8 -8 -8 -8 7 -7 -8   -8    -8
It's based on a novel by a man named Lear
-8  8  -9 -9 -9   8 -8  8   -8 -8 6  6  6 -7   7  7 
And I need a job, so I want to be a paperback writer
-8 -8 -9   9  9
Paperback writer

 -7   7  -8 -8 -8 -8 7 -7 -8 -8 -8 
It's the dirty story of a dirty man
-8   8    -9 -9   -9   8  -8  8  -8  -8 
And his clinging wife doesn't understand
 7  -8  -8 -8  -8   7  -7  -8 -8  -8
His son is working for the Daily Mail
 -8  8 -9  -9 -9   8  -8   8   -8 -8 6  6  6 -7   7  7 
It's a steady job but he wants to be a paperback writer
-8 8  -9   9  9
Paperback writer

 4 -4  5   5 -4   -7 6  6    6  5   
Paperback writer, paperback writer

 -7  7  -8 -8   -8 -8   7   -7  -8 -8 -8
It's a thousand pages, give or take a few
-8   8   -9 -9   -9  8 -8  8   -8 -8
I'll be writing more in a week or two 
-7 7   -8  -8  -8 -8 7  -7   -8  -8   -8
I can make it longer if you like the style
-8 8    -9   -9   -9   8 -8  8   -8 -8 6  6  6 -7   7  7
I can change it round and I want to be a paperback writer
-8 8  -9   9  9
Paperback writer

-7  7  -8 -8   -8  -8  7  -7   -8  -8   -8
If you really like it you can have the rights
-8   8    -9 -9  -9 -9   8  -8  8 -8 -8
It could make a million for you overnight
-7  7   -8  -8 -8  -8   7  -7   -8  -8  -8
If you must return it, you can send it here
-8  8  -9 -9  -9    8 -8  8   -8 -8 6  6  6 -7   7  7
But I need a break and I want to be a paperback writer
-8 8  -9   9  9
Paperback writer

 4 -4  5   5 -4   -7 6  6    6  5   
Paperback writer, paperback writer

(repeat and fade)
-7  7 -8  -8 7 -7
Paperback writ-er 
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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