Im A Believer - The Monkees

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Song: I'm a believer
Artist: The Monkees
Composer: Neil Diamond
Tabbed by: DJ   13th Aug 2014

Play the (G) riff triplets by barring the 4th and 5th strings with
the index finger, and adding the hammer-ons with the little finger.
In the choruses, instead of the straight G7, you could substitute it
with a G7(no3)= 3x0031, to simulate the keyboard riff.

 (no3) = xxx031     = x00232      = xx0232
()      = xxx010       = x32010     = xx0212
        = 320033       = 133211     = 320001

h = hammer-on note

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[Intro]
       
e |------1-1--
B |------3-3--
G |--0---0-0--
D |-----------
A |-----------
E |-----------
              

       
0-0--|--------
1-1--|--------
0-0--|--------
-----|-------3
-----|--3-h5--
-----|--------
       /__/__/

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--------------
--------------
-------3------
--3-h5----3-h5
--------------
 /__/__/ /__/_

---|----------
---|----------
---|----------
3--|-------3--
---|--3-h5----
---|----------
_/   /__/__/ /

-----------|
-----------|
-----------|
-----3-----|
3-h5----3--|
-----------|
__/__/  /

[Verse 1]
             
I thought love

           
 was only true

    
 in fairy tale

s,
             
Meant for some

           
one else, but 

        
not for me,
             
Oh, love was o

             
ut to get me, 

              
(Du - du, du -

          
 du, du - doo!

)
              
That's the way

             
 it seemed,   

              
(Du - du, du -

          
 du, du - doo!

)
              
Disappointment

            
 haunted all m

            
y dreams!

[Chorus]
              
Oh, then I saw

           
 her face,    

            
   now I'm a b

             
e - liever,
                                  (I'm a be - liever!)

          
Not a trace---

            
-  ...of doubt

             
 in my mind,
                      (Doubt in my mind!)

            
I'm in love---

             
---,    I'm a 

             
be - liever, I

          
 couldn't leav

e her...
           (Ummm,  oh----------, yeah----------!)

        
...if I tried!
    e |-------
    B |-------
    G |-------
    D |-------
    A |--3-h5-
    E |-------
        /__/__

--------------
--------------
--------------
-3--------3---
----3-h5-----3
--------------
/ /__/__/ /__/

-------|------
-------|------
-------|------
---3---|------
-h5----|--3-h5
-------|------
__/     /__/__

---------------|
---------------|
---------------|
-3-------3-----|
----3-h5----3--|
---------------|
/ /__/__/  /

[Verse 2]
             
I thought love

           
 was, more or 

        
less, a giving

 thing,
             
Seems the more

           
 I gave, the l

      
ess I got,
             
What's the use

             
 in trying?  (

              
Du - du, du - 

         
du, du - doo!)
              
All you get is

             
 pain!  (Du - 

              
du, du - du, d

    
u - doo!)
              
When I needed 

            
sunshine I got

        
 rain!

[Chorus]
              
Oh, then I saw

           
 her face,    

            
   now I'm a b

            
e - liever,
                                  (I'm a be - liever!)

          
Not a trace---

            
-  ...of doubt

             
 in my mind,
                      (Doubt in my mind!)

            
I'm in love---

             
---,    I'm a 

             
be - liever, I

          
 couldn't leav

e her...
           (Ummm,  oh----------, yeah----------!)

        
...if I tried!
    e |-------
    B |-------
    G |-------
    D |-------
    A |--3-h5-
    E |-------
         /__/_

--------------
--------------
--------------
-3--------3---
----3-h5-----3
--------------
_/ /__/__/ /__

-------|------
-------|------
-------|------
---3---|------
-h5----|--3-h5
-------|------
/__/     /__/_

---------------|
---------------|
---------------|
-3-------3-----|
----3-h5----3--|
---------------|
_/ /__/__/  /

[Middle 8]
           
|  /  /  /  / 

            
 |  /  /  /  /

           
  |  /  /  /  

           
/  |  /  /  / 

 / |

           
|  /  /  /  / 

            
 |  /  /  /  /

           
  |  /  /  /  

           
/  |  /  /  / 

 
 / |

[Verse 3]
             
Oh---, love wa

             
s out to get m

              
e, (Du - du, d

             
u - du, du - d

oo!)
              
Now that's the

             
 way it seemed

              
,  (Du - du, d

             
u - du, du - d

oo!)
              
Disappointment

            
 haunted all m

            
y dreams!

[Chorus]
              
Oh, then I saw

           
 her face,    

            
   now I'm a b

            
e - liever,
                                  (I'm a be - liever!)

          
Not a trace---

            
-  ...of doubt

             
 in my mind,
                      (Doubt in my mind!)

            
I'm in love---

             
---,    I'm a 

             
be - liever, I

          
 couldn't leav

e her...
           (Ummm,  oh----------, yeah----------!)

        
...if I tried!

              

        Yes, I

 saw her...
    e |-------
    B |-------
    G |-------
    D |-------
    A |--3-h5-
    E |-------
        /__/__

--------------
--------------
--------------
3-------3-----
---3-h5----3-h
--------------
/ /__/__/ /__/

-----|--------
-----|--------
-----|--------
--3--|-------3
5----|--3-h5--
-----|--------
__/   /__/__/ 

-----------|
-----------|
-----------|
-------3---|
--3-h5-----|
-----------|
/__/__/ /

[Coda]
          
...Face,      

             
  now I'm a be

           
 - liever,
                   (I'm a be - liever!)

           
Well, not a tr

            
ace------  ...

             
of doubt in my

       
 mind,
                              (Doubt in my mind!)

             
Said, I'm a be

            
 - liever, yea

             
h, yeah -yeah,

 
 yeah -yeah,
     (I'm a be - liever!)

           
 Yeah---------

           
-----!
(I'm a be - liever!)

             
Said, I'm a be

            
 - liever, yea

             
h! (I'm a be -

 
 liever!)

             
I said, I'm a 

            
be - liever, y

             
eah! (I'm a be

            
 - liever!)

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B |-----3-3---
G |--0--0-0---
D |-----------
A |-----------
E |-----------
              

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-----|-------3
-----|--3-h5--
-----|--------
       /__/__/

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B |-----------
G |-----------
D |-------3---
A |--3-h5----3
E |-----------
    /__/__/ /_

              
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----3--------|
-h5----3-h5--|
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_/__/ /__/__/ 

   
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