While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles


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      (barre)              Thumb bass      
      5 7 7 6 5 5     2 0 2 2 1 0           2 4 4 2 2 2

      (barre)
    x 4 6 6 5 4        x 2 4 4 3 2         1 3 3 2 1 0
     x 0 2 2 1 0         0 3 2 0 1 0             3 2 0 0 0 3
   3 0 2 2 1           x 0 0 2 3 2        

[the G on the end of the line is a 'passing' chord: one beat, one up+down
 strum, emphasis on the down... the rythm in the verse is all about the 
walk-down bass line.]
 

[Verse 1]

            
I look at you 

         
all, see the l

          
ove there that

       
's sleeping
           
 While my guit

             
ar gently weep

     
s
            
I look at the 

        
floor and I se

/        
e it needs swe

  
eping
           
 Still my guit

             
ar gently weep

    
s


[Verse 2]
 
             
 I don't know 

       
why   nobody t

#          
old you   how 

              
to unfold your

 
 love
             
 I don't know 

        
how  someone c

  
ontrolled you
            
 They bought a

        
nd sold you

 
[Verse 3]

            
I look at the 

        
world and I no

/       
tice it's turn

 
ing
           
 While my guit

             
ar gently weep

     
s
            
With every mis

         
take we must s

     
urely be learn

,   
ing
           
 Still my guit

             
ar gently weep

     
s
 

[Verse 4]

             
 I don't know 

        
how   you were

   
 diverted
            
 You were perv

         
erted too
             
 I don't know 

        
how  you were 

  
inverted
            
 No one alerte

     
d you

 
[Verse 5]

            
I look at you 

        
all see the lo

/           
ve there that'

     
s sleeping
           
 While my guit

             
ar gently weep

     
s
           
 Look at you a

               
ll...
           
 Still my guit

             
ar gently wee_

     
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