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This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation
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or research.
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SONG TITLE: I´m A Believer
ARTIST/GROUP: Monkees
ALBUM:
TRANSCRIBED BY: qualitytabs@qualitytabs.tk
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CHORDS:
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EADGBE
G (320003)
C (x32010)
D (xx0232)
F (133211)
D7 (xx0212)
Great song, this is of course the Monkees version and not that
horrible Smash Mouth version from Shrek.
Two riffs you need to know for this song,
we'll call them RIFF 1 and RIFF 2:
RIFF 1: [Played in the choruses]
G C G C G C G C
E|---1--1--0--0----------1--1--0--0------|
B|---3--3--1--1--3-------3--3--1--1--3---|
G|-0-0--0--0--0--4-----0-0--0--0--0--4---|
D|---------------5-------------------5---|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
RIFF 2 [Played at the end of each chorus]
D7
E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------| h = hammer-on
D|-----3-----3----3--------3-----3----3--|
A|-3h5---3h5---3h5-----3h5---3h5---3h5---|
E|---------------------------------------|
INTRO:
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Kind of a combination of the two riffs above,
RIFF 1 is played by a keyboard and RIFF 2 by
a guitar but I´m combining them so you can
play the intro alone on your guitar.
E|----1-1--0-0--------------------------------------|
B|----3-3--1-1--------------------------------------|
G|--0-0-0--0-0--------------------------------------|
D|-----------------3-----3----3-------3-----3----3--|
A|-------------3h5---3h5---3h5----3h5---3h5---3h5---|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
VERSE 1:
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G D G
I thought love was only true in fairytales
G D G
Meant for someone else but not for me
C G
Love was out to get me
C G
That's the way it seemed
C G D7 [stop]
Dissapointment haunted all my dreams
CHORUS: [Play RIFF 1 for the first four lines in the chorus]
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G C G
Then I saw her face
C G C G
Now I'm a believer
C G C G
Not a trace
C G C G
Of doubt in my mind
C G <-[strum once, strum all chords in next line only once]
I'm in love (oooooooh)
C G F D7 <-Play RIFF 2 on D7 chord
I'm a believer I couldn't leave her if I tried
VERSE 2: [Play like VERSE 1]
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I thought love was more or less a given thing
Seems the more I gave the less I got
What's the use in trying
All you get is pain
When I needed sunshine I got rain
CHORUS: [Play like first CHORUS]
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Then I saw her face
Now I'm a believer
Not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
I'm in love
I'm a believer I couldn't leave her if I tried
SOLO:
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It´s one octave higher than the real solo but the real
solo isn´t played on guitar, this is the best I could do.
G D G
E|-----------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------
D|--5-5--3----------3-4-5--5-3-----3-4-5--5-3----
A|---------5-5-5--5------------5-5------------5--
E|-----------------------------------------------
G D G
E----------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------|
D----3-4-5-5--3----------3-4-5--5-3-----3-4-5-5-3-5--|
A--5------------5-5-5--5------------5-5--------------|
E----------------------------------------------------|
BRIDGE:
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C G
Love was out to get me
C G
Now that's the way it seemed
C G D7 [stop]
Dissapointment haunted all my dreams
CHORUS: [Play like first CHORUS]
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Then I saw her face
Now I'm a believer
Not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
I'm in love
I'm a believer I couldn't leave her if I tried
OUTRO: [Play with RIFF 1 the whole time]
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G C G
Yes I saw her face
C G C G
Now I´m a believer
C G C G
Not a trace
C G C G
Of doubt in my mind
C G C G C G C G
Said I´m a believer yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah (I´m a believeR)
C G C G
Said I´m a believer yeah (I´m a believer)
C G C G...
Said I´m a believer yeah
[fades out...]
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