SOMETHING
                              (Harrison)
                             The Beatles
                           Abby Road (1969)



Riff 1:
    F                Eb  G   C
|--------------------------------
|--10--b(13)12--10--11--12--13---
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------
|--------------------------------


C                          Cmaj7
  Something in the way she moves
C7                            F
  Attracts me like no other lover
    D                       G
  Something in the way she woos me
     Am                    G#dim7
  I don't want to leave her now
       Am7              D/F#    F  Eb  G  C
  You know I believe in how  (riff 1)


C                            Cmaj7
  Somewhere in her smile she knows
C7                            F
  That I don't need no other lover
   D                           G
  Something in her style that shows me               [Riff 2:]
    Am                     G#dim7             F                Eb  G   A
  I don't want to leave her now            |-----------------------------|
      Am7               D/F#  F Eb G A     |-10--b(13)12--10--11--12--14-|
  You know I believe in how   (riff 2)     |-----------------------------|
                                           |-----------------------------|
                                           |-----------------------------|
                                           |-----------------------------|

  A         C#m/G#             F#m
You're asking me will my love grow
A/E          D     G        A  (Bass line: G#  G  F#  F  E)
   I don't know   I don't know
 A        C#m/G#             F#m
You stick around and it may show
A/E         D     G        C   (Bass line: B  A  G  E  D)
   I don't know   I don't know



[Solo: see below]
C  Cmaj7  C7  F  D  G
Am  G#dim7  Am7  D/F#
F  Eb  G


C                        Cmaj7
  Something in the way she knows
C7                         F     
  And all I have to do is think of her
   D                           G
  Something in the things she shows me
     Am                    G#dim7
  I don't want to leave her now
       Am7               D    F Eb G A   F Eb G C
  You know I believe in how  (riff 3)


[riff 3:]

   F                Eb  G   A                F                Eb  G   C
|---------------------------------16-15-14-------------------------------|
|-10--b(13)12--10--11--12--14--14-----------10--b(13)12--10--11--12--13--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|



[solo:]

  C        Cmaj7                      C7
|-------------------------------------------------------------8----|
|-------8----------8b(10)-b(10)8-------------8--10--8---8/10-------|
|--7/9-----9--7/9----------------9------7/9------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

              F                                     D        
|--8--10--b(12)10--8-------------8--8\-----------------------------|
|---------------------10-----/10--------------8--8-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------/9--------\2---4\2-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

                         G
|-------------------------------------------------9-8-7--/12-11-10-|
|-------7--7--b(11)10--10b(11)10 10b(11)10--8---8------------------|
|--2/7-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

   Am                 G#dim7                   Am7
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----b(9)7--b(9)7--5----b(9)7-b(9)7-b(9)7--5-- b(9)7--b(9)7--5----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

              D                  F               Eb  G   C
|----------10/12--10--8--10--8-------------------------------------|
|-------8-----------------------10--b(13)12--10--11--12--13--------|
|--7/9-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|



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  G#dim7     This chord is basically an Am with a G# bass.
   ---       Guess you could think of it as an A minor major 7th.
   -5-
   -5-
   -6-
   -7-
   -5-



transcribed by Chris Sears
cts@mail.utexas.edu