Nowhere Man
                             (Lennon/McCartney)
                                The Beatles
                             Rubber Soul (1965)



Okay, the song is in E.  But the Boys played it with a capo on the second
fret and played in D.  Go for it.



[the opening two lines are a capella]
                                         riff 1: (guitar 2, capo 2nd fret)
(D)         (A)                               |-0------------|
He's a real nowhere man                       |-1------------|
(G             (D)                            |-2--0---------|
Sitting in his nowhere land                   |-------4--2---|
 Em             Gm                D [riff 1]  |------------0-|
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody       |--------------|


  D              A                              riff 2:
Doesn't have a point of view                  |---------------|
  G                   D                       |---------------|
Knows not where he's going to                 |-2--0----------|
 Em         Gm              D [riff2]         |-------4--2----|
Isn't he a bit like you and me                |------------0--|
                                              |---------------|

        F#m         G
Nowhere man please listen 
           F#m               G
You don't know what you're missing
        F#m     Em7                     A7
Nowhere man the world is at your command


[solo: see below]
 D              A 
 G              D
 Em             Gm           D

 D               A 
He's as blind as he can be
 G                 D
Just sees what he wants to see
 Em             Gm             D  [riff 2]
Nowhere man can you see me at all


        F#m         G
Nowhere man don't worry
          F#m         G
Take your time don't hurry
         F#m       Em7                           A7
Leave it all till somebody else lends you a hand

  D              A 
Doesn't have a point of view
  G                    D
Knows not where he's going to
 Em          Gm             D   [riff 2]
Isn't he a bit like you and me


        F#m         G
Nowhere man please listen 
           F#m               G
You don't know what you're missing
        F#m     Em7                     A7
Nowhere man the world is at your command


 D           A 
He's a real nowhere man                            riff 3:
 G              D                               |-----------------------|
Sitting in his nowhere land                     |---------------------2-|
 Em             Gm                D    [riff 3] |-2--0------------0-----|
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody         |-------4--0--2---------|
 Em             Gm                D    [riff 3] |-----------------------|
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody         |-----------------------|
 Em             Gm                D    [riff 2]
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody


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Solo: This is played on a normally tuned guitar, NO CAPO.  You'll be
      surprised how easy this is! The fingerings are mostly based on
      simple chord shapes (E and A).  When the "chorded" fingerings come
      up, don't strike all strings at once; use a downstroke that allows
      each string tosound on its own for an instant.  This will give you
      that "scratchy" sound--check out the record to hear what I 
      obviously can't put into words. Note the natural harmonic at the
      5th fret at the end.
  
        
                                                                (harm.)
|-0-0--0------------------------------------------------------------5-|
|-5-5--0---4-5-7------2----------0------------------------------------|
|----------4--------2---2----1-2------2-2-------2-2-------------------|
|----------4--------2--------2--------2-2--4----2-2-------------------|
|----------------------------2----------------------3---3\2--2\0------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------0---|
           ^        ^        ^        ^
           |        |        |        |
       A shape   A shape   E shape  A shape
       in the    2nd fret
     fourth fret
           


transcribed by Chris Sears
cts@mail.utexas.edu