Beautiful Boy Darling Boy - John Lennon
Tuning: D, E A D G B E
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Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) – John Lennon
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Written by: John Lennon
From: "Double Fantasy" (1980)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
The | D D6 | changes in the verses are probably not actually played.
They mainly serve as a substitute if you’re playing solo and the riff is missing.
If a second player takes over the riff, a plain D works well as accompaniment
throughout the verses.
In the middle 8, the marimba plays a descending line. The acoustic guitars, however,
seem to stay on A. With two players, it might sound nice if one guitar holds the A
while the other plays the “[Link] (high)” voicings.
For a single guitar, the “[Link] (low)” shapes could be used to bring those chords
into the part.
Further suggestions are highly welcome!
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[Riff]
[D
1 + 2 + 3 +
e|7-----------
B|7-10--7-----
G|--9---7-----
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
4 + 1 + 2 + 3
----|---------
----|------7--
--9-|7---9-7--
--9-|7---9----
----|---------
----|---------
+ 4 +
-------|
-------|
-------|
-------|
-------|
-------|
[Chorus]
[Em [Em/G
1 + 2 + 3 +
e|0-------0---
B|0-------0---
G|0-------0---
D|2-------2---
A|2-------x---
E|0-------3---
[Em/B [Em7
4 + 1 + 2 + 3
----|0-------0
----|0-------0
----|0-------0
----|x-------0
----|2--------
----|---------
/D [D [
+ 4 + 1 + 2
-------|2-----
-------|3-----
-------|2-----
-------|0-----
-------|------
-------|------
D6 8D
+ 3 + 4 + 1 +
2---------|2--
3---------|3--
4---------|2--
0---------|0--
----------|---
----------|---
[D6
2 + 3 + 4 +
---2---------|
---3---------|
---4---------|
---0---------|
-------------|
-------------|
[Link] (low)
[A [G/A
1 + 2 + 3 +
e|0-----------
B|2-------0---
G|2-------0---
D|2-------0---
A|0-------0---
E|------------
[F#m/A [Em/
4 + 1 + 2 + 3
----|---------
----|2-------0
----|2-------0
----|4-------2
----|0-------0
----|---------
[
A [A [A
+ 4 + 1
-------| |9
---2---| |1
---2---| |9
---2---| or |1
---0---| |0
-------| |-
Link] (high)
[G/A [
+ 2 + 3 + 4 +
-------7------
0------8------
-------7------
1------9------
-------0------
--------------
F#m/A [Em/A [
1 + 2 + 3 +
-|5-------3---
-|7-------5---
-|6-------4---
-|7-------5---
-|0-------0---
-|------------
A
4 +
0---|
2---|
2---|
2---|
0---|
----|
Electric guitar
[Fast sweep ar
[D
1 + 2
e --2--|------
B ---0-|------
G ----2|------
D -----|0-----
A -----|------
E -----|------
(let ring)
peggio in the Verses - D6]
+ 3 + 4 +
----------|
----------|
----------|
----------|
----------|
----------|
[Chorus]
[Em
1 + 2 + 3 +
e|------------
B|--------+12-
G|+12---------
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------
4 + 1 + 2 + 3
----|+12------
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------
----|---------
[D
+ 4 + 1 + 2
-------|------
-------|--12/1
-------|------
-------|------
-------|------
-------|------
(sli
+ 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
------------|----------------|
0--10/7---7/|3---------------|
------------|----------------|
------------|----------------|
------------|----------------|
------------|----------------|
de)
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CHORDS
E-A-D
D x-x-0
D6 x-x-0
Em 0-2-2
Em/G 3-x-2
-G-B-e
-2-3-2
-4-3-2
-0-0-0
-0-0-0
(=
Em/B x-2-x
Em7/D x-x-0
Bm(maj7) x-2-4
Bm7 x-2-4
B7 x-2-4
Asus2 x-0-2
A5 x-0-2
A7 x-0-2
-0-0-0
-0-0-0
-3-3-2
-2-3-2
-2-4-2
-2-0-0
-2-x-x
-0-2-0
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[Intro]
| | % | % | % |
[Verse 1]
Close your eye
s
Have no fear
The monster's
gone, he's on
the run
And your Daddy
's here
[Chorus]
Beautiful, bea
utiful, beauti
|
ful, beautiful
| % |
boy
Beautiful, bea
utiful, beauti
|
ful, beautiful
| % |
boy
[Verse 2]
Before you go
to sleep
Say a little p
rayer
Every day, in
every way
It’s getting b
etter and bett
er
[Chorus]
Beautiful, bea
utiful, beauti
|
ful, beautiful
| % |
boy
Beautiful, bea
utiful, beauti
|
ful, beautiful
| % |
boy
[Middle 8]
Out on the o
cean, sail
ing away
I can hardly
wait
To see you co
me of age
| | % |
But I guess w
e'll both just
|
have to have
|
patient
|
(Cause it's
a ...)
[= [Link]]
Cause it's a l
ong way to go
A hard row to
hoe
| | % |
Yes, it's a lo
ng way to go b
|
ut in the mean
|
time
|
(Before you ..
.)
[= [Link]]
[Verse]
Before you cro
ss the street
Take my hand
Life is what h
appens to you
While you're b
usy making oth
er plans
[Chorus]
Beautiful, bea
utiful, beauti
|
ful, beautiful
| % |
boy
Beautiful, bea
utiful, beauti
|
ful, beautiful
| % |
boy
[Verse 3]
Before you go
to sleep
Say a little p
rayer
Every day, in
every way
It’s getting b
etter and bett
er
[Chorus] (+ coda)
Beautiful, bea
utiful, beauti
|
ful, beautiful
| % |
boy
(break)
Darling, dar
ling, darling
... darling Se
an
| | % | % |
(marimba and
% |
drums, freely)