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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.
G7(no3) = xxx031 D/A = x00232 D = xx0232
(C) = xxx010 C = x32010 D7 = xx0212
G = 320033 F = 133211 G7 = 320001
h = hammer-on note
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[Intro]
G7(no3)C G
e |------1-1--0-0--|-------------------------|---------------------|
B |------3-3--1-1--|-------------------------|---------------------|
G |--0---0-0--0-0--|-------------------------|---------------------|
D |----------------|-------3-------3------3--|-------3-------3-----|
A |----------------|--3-h5----3-h5----3-h5---|--3-h5----3-h5----3--|
E |----------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
/__/__/ /__/__/ /__/__/ /__/__/ /__/__/ /
[Verse 1]
G D/A G
I thought love was only true in fairy tales,
G D/A G
Meant for someone else, but not for me,
C G C
Oh, love was out to get me, (Du - du, du - du, du - doo!)
G C
That's the way it seemed, (Du - du, du - du, du - doo!)
G F D D7 D
Disappointment haunted all my dreams!
[Chorus]
G7 C G C G7 C G
Oh, then I saw her face, now I'm a be - liever,
(I'm a be - liever!)
C G7 C G C G7 C G
Not a trace---- ...of doubt in my mind,
(Doubt in my mind!)
C G C G F
I'm in love------, I'm a be - liever, I couldn't leave her...
(Ummm, oh----------, yeah----------!)
G
...if I tried!
e |----------------------------|---------------------|
B |----------------------------|---------------------|
G |----------------------------|---------------------|
D |--------3--------3------3---|-------3-------3-----|
A |--3-h5-----3-h5-----3-h5----|--3-h5----3-h5----3--|
E |----------------------------|---------------------|
/__/__/ /__/__/ /__/__/ /__/__/ /__/__/ /
[Verse 2]
G D/A G
I thought love was, more or less, a giving thing,
G D/A G
Seems the more I gave, the less I got,
C G C
What's the use in trying? (Du - du, du - du, du - doo!)
G C
All you get is pain! (Du - du, du - du, du - doo!)
G F D D7 D
When I needed sunshine I got rain!
[Chorus]
G7 C G C G7 C G
Oh, then I saw her face, now I'm a be - liever,
(I'm a be - liever!)
C G7 C G C G7 C G
Not a trace---- ...of doubt in my mind,
(Doubt in my mind!)
C G C G F
I'm in love------, I'm a be - liever, I couldn't leave her...
(Ummm, oh----------, yeah----------!)
G
...if I tried!
e |----------------------------|---------------------|
B |----------------------------|---------------------|
G |----------------------------|---------------------|
D |--------3--------3------3---|-------3-------3-----|
A |--3-h5-----3-h5-----3-h5----|--3-h5----3-h5----3--|
E |----------------------------|---------------------|
/__/__/ /__/__/ /__/__/ /__/__/ /__/__/ /
[Middle 8]
G G7 D7 G D7 G D7
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
G G7 D7 G D7 G G7 G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 3]
C G C
Oh---, love was out to get me, (Du - du, du - du, du - doo!)
G C
Now that's the way it seemed, (Du - du, du - du, du - doo!)
G F D D7 D
Disappointment haunted all my dreams!
[Chorus]
G7 C G C G7 C G
Oh, then I saw her face, now I'm a be - liever,
(I'm a be - liever!)
C G7 C G C G7 C G
Not a trace---- ...of doubt in my mind,
(Doubt in my mind!)
C G C G F
I'm in love------, I'm a be - liever, I couldn't leave her...
(Ummm, oh----------, yeah----------!)
G
...if I tried! Yes, I saw her...
e |--------------------------|-------------------|
B |--------------------------|-------------------|
G |--------------------------|-------------------|
D |-------3-------3-------3--|-------3-------3---|
A |--3-h5----3-h5----3-h5----|--3-h5----3-h5-----|
E |--------------------------|-------------------|
/__/__/ /__/__/ /__/__/ /__/__/ /__/__/ /
[Coda]
G7 C G C G7 C G
...Face, now I'm a be - liever,
(I'm a be - liever!)
C G7 C G C G7 C G
Well, not a trace------ ...of doubt in my mind,
(Doubt in my mind!)
C G7 C G
Said, I'm a be - liever, yeah, yeah -yeah, yeah -yeah,
(I'm a be - liever!)
C G7 C G
Yeah--------------!
(I'm a be - liever!)
C G7 C G
Said, I'm a be - liever, yeah! (I'm a be - liever!)
C G7 C G C
I said, I'm a be - liever, yeah! (I'm a be - liever!)
[Suggestion for ending]
G7(no3) C G
e |-----1-1---0-0--|-------------------------|
B |-----3-3---1-1--|-------------------------|
G |--0--0-0---0-0--|-------------------------|
D |----------------|-------3-------3------3--|
A |----------------|--3-h5----3-h5----3-h5---|
E |----------------|-------------------------|
/__/__/ /__/__/ /__/__/
G
e |------------------------|---3---||
B |------------------------|---3---||
G |------------------------|---4---||
D |-------3-------3--------|---5---||
A |--3-h5----3-h5----3-h5--|---5---||
E |------------------------|---3---||
/__/__/ /__/__/ /__/__/ /