My Sweet Lord-George Harrison

Sasquatch

I have personal reasons I will not play this song, but I want to thank you for submitting it to Easy Song Database.

Wes

Sasquatch,

Many thanks for this one, I've been struggling with another version of this downloaded off one of those tab sites which is in Em and uses Bm for -- really want to--- B7 for ---so long my lord--- D7 and B7 for --to see you--- and C#m, F#m and B(9) later in the song long after I gave up trying for the Bm.
I've been playing for a year and still find Bm difficult to change to or to make sound good.
It's great to get yet another song I love playable so fast with my limited knowledge. If I can work out the up & down strokes I use for your version I'll post them on here.

Thanks again

Chris

I always played it as F#m to Bm x 4, then EMaj to C#m x 4, then I forget the next part. But thats most the song. For the strum pattern, it sounds very similar to While My Guitar Gently Weeps. Basically what I figured is that each chord is 2 quarter notes then 4 eighth notes.. So I play it as D D DUDU . Does that make sense or am I rambling? =)

(editing). Just noticed you mentioned having a problem with Bm.. I had a problem with it for a long time too. You just have to fight for barre chords because you are unstoppable once you have it down. With Barre Chords you can turn major and minor into 7th chords, then 9th chords, 11th chords, and have a whole bunch of cool new chords to play with. =) But if your looking for an easy B minor for right now, try just playing the back half of the barre chord shape, similar to what many people do with the Fmajor chord. Just play xx4432, from low e to high e.

Harrison also throws in some diminished chords, but the F#m/ B E/ C#m is on target. I play a B, not a Bm.

I can dig up the chord progression if you like. I've got it at home, but not here at work.

Your right about the B, my mistake.. Doh! :oops: And I just figured out the last part. When he does E Major to C# minor 3 times, on the fourth time he does E Major to F Diminished from what I can tell. then rinse and repeat =)

Yep. Here's the sequence:
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F#m B F#m E C#m E

At the end of the chorus before the verse
Fdim G#dim then back to F#m B etc.

Second chorus:
E E7 C#7 F# Gdim A#dim then
everything continues a step higher than before (after several rinse and repeat cycles):

G#m C# G#m C#
F# D#m F#
and Gdim A#dim for the turnaround

At least that's what's in the sheet music.

any body know the lead? It doesn't sound too hard except maybe for the part where it sounds like two guitars are playing the lead in harmony maybe a third apart or something. I think it's probably overdubbed but maybe George was playing both notes at the same time

E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G ------11/13----------11------9-----------11--------9---------------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------11--------11-------9-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G -------13------10-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------12-----9---------12------11-------11-------11--------9--------------------------------------------------------
A-----11-------9---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Not so easy, but here's how I play it. (Had to tab it last year for a mate, so that's how I've got it.) Tell me if it works, please.

Bumping this to get some feedback ('scuse the pun) on my tab for the solo. :)

I'm kind of bored at work and going through the ESD, throwing in my 2 cents. :oops:

This is what I'm using to work on My Sweet Lord.
Capo @ 2nd fret

F#m B
Hm, Hm (Gurur Brahma)
F#m B
Hm, Hm (Gurur Vishnu)
F#m B
Hm, Hm (Gurur Devo)
F#m B
Hm, Hm (Maheshwara)
F#m B
My sweet lord (Gurur Sakshaat)
F#m B
My sweet lord (Parabrahma)
F#m B
My, my, my lord (Tasmayi Shree)
F#m B
My, my, my, my lord (Guruve Namah)
F#m B
My sweet lord (Hare Rama)
F#m B
(Hare Krishna)
F#m B
My sweet lord (Hare Krishna)
F#m B
My sweet lord (Krishna Krishna)
F#m B
My lord (Hare Hare)


Here is an easier uncapoed version but it's just not got the same sound.
Am & D (x4) G & Em (x2) A7 Am D

This has got to be one of the weirdest songs of all time to learn. Minotaur's tab looks and sounds OK - but take a look back at Musenfreund's post and there's all sorts of dim chords in there. Sometimes you play the song, it sounds OK - sometimes it sounds like you're missing something, like a diminished chord.

Musenfreund - if you've got the official sheet music, would you care to share? With the usual disclaimer, of course - "this tab is for educational purposes.....?

:D :D :D

Vic