Date: Mon, 14 Jan 1980 19:02:58 -0600
From: Jordan Kelly
Subject: Guitar Tab: The Beatles; From Me To You
From Me To You
Words and Music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Transcribed and Typed by Jordan Kelly jordan@webzone.net
Intro
C Am
Da da da da da dum dum da
C Am
Da da da da da dum dum da
Verse 1
C Am
If there's anything that you want,
C G7
If there's anyhting I can do,
F7 Am C G7 C
Just call on me and I'll send it along with love from me to you
Verse 2 (Same Chords as Verse 1)
If there's anything that you want,
Like a heart that's oh, so true,
Just call on me and I'll send it along with love from me to you
Bridge
Gm C7
I got arms that long to hold you
F
and keep you by my side.
D7
I got lips that long to kiss you
G G+
And keep you satisfied
(Repeat Verse 1)
Harmonica/Guitar Solo
C Am
From me
C
To you.
F Am C G G7 C C7
Just call on me and I'll send it along with love, from me to you.
(Bridge, Verse 1)
Chords as used in this song.
EADGBE
C- X32010
Am- X02210
G7- 320001
F7- 131231
C7- x32310
Gm- 355333
F- 133211
D7- xx0212
G- 355433
G+- 3X5443
The Beatles - Tell Me What You See
The Beatles - Tell Me What You See
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Copyright -1965 EMI Records Ltd.
Tell Me What You See" is a Beatles song that first appeared on their UK album Help! and the US album Beatles VI. As with all Beatles compositions by either of the two, the song is credited to Lennon/McCartney, although it was written mainly by Paul McCartney.
Despite being one of the least well known songs in The Beatles' entire catalog, even to its composer (McCartney's only comment: "I seem to remember it as mine... Not awfully memorable"), "Tell Me What You See" is notable for a number of reasons. The instrumentation shows just how far The Beatles had come since Please Please Me, foreshadowing their further exploration on Rubber Soul and Revolver. Following each repetition of the title phrase, there is a short, accompanied riff on a Hohner Pianet electric piano. This same instrument is featured on a number of tracks from Help!, including "You Like Me Too Much" and "The Night Before", both recorded the day before "Tell Me What You See." Also, Starr's drumming on this track is augmented with a trio of percussion instruments; a güiro, a tambourine, and a pair of claves. Although The Beatles had been using additional percussion instruments to beef up their recordings as early as "Don't Bother Me" in 1964, they had rarely been featured this prominently in the mix.
Compositionally, the song is evidence of the group's growing interest in folk music, with lyrics that are somewhat more mature and reflective than most of their earlier output. Lennon's "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" and "Help!" are two other fine examples of this growth. Although the guitar on the recording appears to be an electric, it is strummed more like an acoustic, the choice instrument of folk musicians. This effect is achieved by strumming the chord before each stanza from the bottom string to the top (high to low), then down, then up again.
Recorded 18 February 1965
Lyrics:
If you let me take your heart
I will prove to you
We will never be apart
If I'm part of you
Open up you eyes now
Tell me what you see
It is no surprise now
What you see is me
Big and black the cloud may be
Time will pass away
If you put your trust in me
I'll make bright your day
Look into these eyes now
Tell me what you see
Don't you realize now
What you see is me
Tell me what you see
Listen to me one more time
How can I get through
Can't you try to see that I'm
Tryin' to get to you
Open up your eyes now
Tell me what you see
It is no surprise now
What you see is me
Tell me what you see
Listen to me one more time
How can I get through
Can't you try to see that I'm
Tryin' to get to you
Open up your eyes now
Tell me what you see
It is no surprise now
What you see is me
Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm
The Beatles - From Me To You
The Beatles - From Me To You
High Quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xik1x1hklKU&feature=email&fmt=18
Copyright - 1963 EMI Records Ltd.
"From Me to You" is a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and released by The Beatles as a single in 1963. The single was the Beatles' first number one in some of the United Kingdom charts, second in others, but failed to make an impact in the United States at the time of its initial release. It was one of the very last songs to be credited "McCartney/Lennon; soon afterwards their songs began appearing credited to "Lennon/McCartney".
Composition
Lennon and McCartney began writing "From Me to You" while on a coach heading to Shrewsbury as part of the Beatles' tour with Helen Shapiro. They had been reading the New Musical Express and noticed the letters section of the magazine: From You to Us. McCartney noted that their early songs tended to include the words I, me, or you in them, as a way of making them "very direct and personal".
In his 1980 interview with Playboy, Lennon recalled writing the song:
We were writing it in a car I think, and I think the first line was mine. I mean I know it was mine. [Hums melody of first line.] And then after that we took it from there. It was far bluesier than that when we wrote it. The notes—today you could rearrange it pretty funky. We were just writing the next single after 'She Loves You'."
McCartney also talked about rearranging the song in 1964:
"From Me to You"—it could be done as an old ragtime tune—especially the middle eight—and so we're not writing the tunes in any particular idiom. In five years time we may arrange the tunes differently. But we'll probably write the same old rubbish!
McCartney was not the only one on the bus who called it rubbish—singer Kenny Lynch, upon hearing The Beatles singing "ooh", remarked "You can't do that. You'll sound like a bunch of fucking fairies!" Soon afterwards he stormed off, declaring the Beatles didn't know anything about songwriting. Roger Greenway recounted the story:
John and Paul were sitting at the back of the coach and Kenny Lynch, who at this time fancied himself as a songwriter, sauntered up to the back of the coach and Kenny Lynch ... decided he would help them write a song. After a period of about half-an-hour had elapsed and nothing seemed to be coming from the back, Kenny rushed to the front and shouted, 'Well, that's it. I am not going to write any more of that bloody rubbish with those idiots. They don't know music from their backsides. That's it! No more help from me!'" Regardless, the song was regarded by the Beatles as innovative and catchy enough to be released as a single. This was one Lennon/McCartney song that the duo truly co-wrote; McCartney described it as "very much co-written".
Recording and U.K. release
The recording on 5 March 1963 at Abbey Road Studios went without a hitch and on 11 April Parlophone Records released "From Me to You" in Britain as a single, with "Thank You Girl" on the B-side. Nine days later, it kicked off a twenty-one week run in the British charts, culminating with reaching number one on 4 May, a position it would retain for seven weeks.
"From Me to You" was the first song to reach number one in Britain and is widely considered to be their first chart-topping song, for although "Please Please Me" reached the summit on almost every chart, it was only number two on Record Retailer's chart, generally considered to be the most authoritative for the time. "From Me to You" would be the first of eleven consecutive British number one singles by the Beatles.
"From Me to You" replaced Gerry and the Pacemakers' "How Do You Do It", a song that had been offered to the Beatles but rejected by them in favour of "Please Please Me".
Lyrics:
Da da da da da da da da
Da da da da da da da da
If there's anything that you want
If there's anything I can do
Just call on me and I'll send it along
With love, from me to you
I've got everything that you want
Like a heart that's oh so true
Just call on me and I'll send it along
With love, from me to you
I got arms that long to hold you
and keep you by my side
I got lips that long to kiss you
and keep you satisfied
Ooo, if there's anything that you want
If there's anything I can do
Just call on me and I'll send it along
With love, from me to you
To you, just call on me and I'll send it along
With love, from me to you
I got arms that long to hold you
and keep you by my side
I got lips that long to kiss you
and keep you satisfied
Ooo, if there's anything that you want
If there's anything I can do
Just call on me and I'll send it along
With love, from me to you
To you, to you, to you
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