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Across The Universe

The Beatles
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Intro}
{sot}|--2-----/10-----9--7--5-----------------------------------------------------
|------------------------7---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--------------2-----------
|--2-----/11-----9--7--6-----2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4--
|-----0-------0--------------4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--
|----------------------------x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--0-----0-----0-----0-----
|----------------------------2-----2-----2-----2-----------------------------{eot}
Another Version:
{section: Intro}
{sot}-|--0-----/8-----7--5--3-----------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------5--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--
-|-----0--/9-----7--5--4-----0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--
-|---------------------------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--
-|--3------------------------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--
-|------------8--------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--{eot}
{section: Verse 1}
{section: Chorus}
Nothing's gonna change my world
{sot}Tab Special Notations:
----0---- play the open string ('fret zero')
----5---- play fret five{eot}
----5~--- play fret five with vibrato
---5/7--- play fret five, slide up to fret seven
---7\5--- play fret seven, slide down to fret five
--8b(9)-- play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach
the pitch of fret nine
--b(9)8-- play fret eight already bent to the pitch of fret nine,
unbending until it reaches the normal pitch of fret eight
----h7--- hammer-on to fret seven
----p5--- pull-off to fret five
---/7---- slide up to fret 7 (the starting fret of the slide is
undefined, judge by ear)
---15\--- play fret 15, slide down (the ending fret of the slide is
undefined, judge by ear)
---0h3--- play the open string and immediately hammer-on to fret
three
---7p5--- play fret seven and immediately pull-off to fret five

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Arrangement source for Across The Universe by The Beatles

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{section: Intro}
{sot}|--2-----/10-----9--7--5-----------------------------------------------------
|------------------------7---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--------------2-----------
|--2-----/11-----9--7--6-----2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4--
|-----0-------0--------------4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--
|----------------------------x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--0-----0-----0-----0-----
|----------------------------2-----2-----2-----2-----------------------------{eot}

        [D]Words are flowing [Bm]out like endless [F#m]rain into a paper cup
        [Em7]They slither while they pass they slip [A]away across the Uni[A7]verse.
        [D]Pools of sorrow, [Bm]waves of joy are [F#m]drifting through my opened mind
        [Em7]Possessing and ca[Gm]ressing me.

        [D]Jai Guru Deva [A7Sus4]Om
        [A7]Nothing's gonna change my world
        [G]Nothing's gonna change my [D]world
        [A7]Nothing's gonna change my world
        [G]Nothing's gonna change my [D]world

        [D]Images of [Bm]broken light which [F#m]dance before me like a million [Em7]eyes
        They call me on and on a[A]cross the Universe.[A7]
        [D]Thoughts meander [Bm]like a restless [F#m]wind inside a letterbox
        They [Em7]tumble blindly as they make their [A]way across the Uni[A7]verse.

        [D]Jai Guru De Va  [A7Sus4]Om
        [A7]Nothing's gonna change my world
        [G]Nothing's gonna change my [D]world
        [A7]Nothing's gonna change my world
        [G]Nothing's gonna change my [D]world

        [D]Sounds of laughter, [Bm]shades of earth are [F#m]ringing through my opened ears
        [Em7]Inciting and [Gm]inviting me.
        [D]Limitless, un[Bm]dying love which [F#m]shines around me like a million [Em7]suns
        And calls me on and on a[A]cross the Uni[A7]verse.

        [D]Jai Guru Deva [A7Sus4]Om
        [A7]Nothing's gonna change my world
        [G]Nothing's gonna change my [D]world
        [A7]Nothing's gonna change my world
        [G]Nothing's gonna change my [D]world

        [D]Jai Guru Deva.  (Repeat)

Another Version:

{section: Intro}
{sot}-|--0-----/8-----7--5--3-----------------------------------------------------
-|------------------------5--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--
-|-----0--/9-----7--5--4-----0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--0--2--
-|---------------------------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--
-|--3------------------------2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--
-|------------8--------------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--{eot}

{section: Verse 1}
Wo[C]rds are flowing [Am]out like endless r[Em]ain into a paper cup

They sli[Dm]ther as they fall they make their w[G]ay across the universe

Po[C]ols of sorrow w[Am]aves of joy are dr[Em]ifting through my open mind

In[Dm]citing and inv[Fm]iting me

{section: Chorus}
J[C]ai Guru Da La  [G]Om

Nothing's gonna change my world

No[F]thing's gonna change my w[C]orld

No[G]thing's gonna change my world

No[F]thing's gonna change my w[C]orld

{sot}Tab Special Notations:
----0----  play the open string ('fret zero')
----5----  play fret five{eot}
----5~---  play fret five with vibrato
---5/7---  play fret five, slide up to fret seven
---7\5---  play fret seven, slide down to fret five
--8b(9)--  play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach
             the pitch of fret nine
--b(9)8--  play fret eight already bent to the pitch of fret nine,
             unbending until it reaches the normal pitch of fret eight
----h7---  hammer-on to fret seven
----p5---  pull-off to fret five
---/7----  slide up to fret 7 (the starting fret of the slide is
             undefined, judge by ear)
---15\---  play fret 15, slide down (the ending fret of the slide is
             undefined, judge by ear)
---0h3---  play the open string and immediately hammer-on to fret
             three
---7p5---  play fret seven and immediately pull-off to fret five

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