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She Said She Said

The Beatles
Tab
4.7(7)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Verse 1

A7 G A7

She said . . . , “I know what it's like to be dead . . .

Riff 1

e|----------------|
B|------2h3-2-----|
G|--2h4-------2---|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

Dsus2 A7

I know what it is to be sad. . . .”

Riff 2

e|---------------0-----|
B|------2h3--2h3-------|
G|--2h4------------2---|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

A7 G D A7

And she's making me feel like I've never been born

Riff 3

e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|--5b4-2-4-0—2p0--------|
D|----------------2------|
A|------------------0----|
E|-----------------------|

Verse 2

A7 G A7

I said . . . , "Who put all those things in your head . . . ?

Riff 1

e|----------------|
B|------2h3-2-----|
G|--2h4-------2---|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

Dsus2 A7

Things that make me feel that I'm mad . . .

Riff 2

e|---------------0-----|
B|------2h3--2h3-------|
G|--2h4------------2---|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

A7 G D A7

And you're making me feel like I've never been born."

Riff 3

e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|--5b4-2-4-0—2p0--------|
D|----------------2------|
A|------------------0----|
E|-----------------------|

Chorus

A7 G A7

She said, "You don't understand what I said.”

G A7

I said, "No, no, no, you're wrong,

Em

When I was a boy . . .

Riff 4

e|-----------------------|
B|—3-2-0-----------------|
G|-------2-0-------------|
D|-----------4-2---------|
A|---------------0-------|
E|-----------------------|

A7 Dsus2

. . . everything was right,

A7 Dsus2

Everything was right.”

Verse 3

A7 G A7

I said . . . , "Even though you know what you know . . .

Riff 1

e|----------------|
B|------2h3-2-----|
G|--2h4-------2---|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

Dsus2 A7

I know that I'm ready to leave . . .

Riff 2

e|---------------0-----|
B|------2h3--2h3-------|
G|--2h4------------2---|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

A7 G D A7

'Cause you're making me feel like I've never been born."

Riff 3

e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|--5b4-2-4-0—2p0--------|
D|----------------2------|
A|------------------0----|
E|-----------------------|

Chorus

A7 G A7

She said, "You don't understand what I said.”

G A7

I said, "No, no, no, you're wrong,

Em

When I was a boy . . .

Riff 4

e|-----------------------|
B|—3-2-0-----------------|
G|-------2-0-------------|
D|-----------4-2---------|
A|---------------0-------|
E|-----------------------|

A7 Dsus2

. . . everything was right,

A7 Dsus2

Everything was right.”

Verse 4

A7 G A7 D

I said . . . , "Even though you know what you know . . .

Riff 1

e|----------------|
B|------2h3-2-----|
G|--2h4-------2---|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|

Dsus2 A7

I know that I'm ready to leave . . .

Riff 2

e|---------------0-----|
B|------2h3--2h3-------|
G|--2h4------------2---|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

A7 G D A7

'Cause you're making me feel like I've never been born."

Riff 3

e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|--5b4-2-4-0—2p0--------|
D|----------------2------|
A|------------------0----|
E|-----------------------|

Coda

A7 A7sus4

She said . . . , (She said . . . ,)

A7 A7sus4

"I know what it's like to be dead. (I know what it's like to be dead.)

A7 A7sus4

I know what it is to be sad." (I know what it is to be sad.)

A7 A7sus4

"I know what it's like to be dead, (I know what it's like to be dead.)

A7 A7sus4

I know what it is to be sad." (I know what it is to be sad.)

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| h Hammer-on

| p Pull-off

| b Bend

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