Come Together
The Beatles (Re-done by Aerosmith)
Standard Tuning
Intro:
E------------------------------|
B------------------------------| Play 4 Times.
G------------------------(10)--|
D------------------------(10)--|
A-------------(10)/(12)--------|
E-(10)--(10)-------------------|
Verse:
E-X--X
B-X--X Play 8 Times.
G-X--X
D-7--8
A-5--5
E-X--X
E-x--x E-x
B-x--x Play 4 Times, end on: B-x
G-x--x G-x
D-x--x D-x
A-7--8 A-5-|
E-5--5 E-3-|
Chorus:
E-x--x--x--x-|
B-x--x--x--x-|
G-x--x--x--x-|
D-x--x--x--x-| ...."over me" (don't play during those words"
A-9--7--5--7-|
E-7--5--3--5-|
There are two guitars in the solo. The background guitar, is standard tuning, like
The guitar that is actually playing the solo is Drop D tuning. So the background to the solo
played as followed:
E-x--x
B-x--x
G-x--x Play 8 Times.
D-7--8
A-5--5
E-x--x
E-x--x
B-x--x
G-x--x Play 8 Times.
D-x--x
A-7--8
E-5--5
Solo: (With Drop D tuning)
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-------(10)--(10)--------(10)--(12)--(12)--------(10)--(10)--(12)--(12--|
G-(10)--(10)--(10)--------(10)--(12)--(12)--------(10)--(10)--(12)--(12--|
D-------------------(12)--------------------(12)-------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------5--5--|
B-(10)------(10)--------------------------------------------------5--5--|
G-(10)------(10)-----------------------------------5-----5-----5--------|
D------(12)-------5--3--------------------------7-----7-----7-----------|
A-----------------------5--3--0-----------5-----------------------------|
E--------------------------------6--5--3-----0--------------------------|
E----------5--5-----------5--5-----------5--5-----------5--5--5--5-------|
B-7--5-----5--5--7--5-----5--5--7--5-----5--5--7--5-----5--5--5--5--7--5-|
G-7--5-----------7--5-----------7--5-----------7--5-----------------7--5-|
D-------7--------------7--------------7--------------7-------------------|
A------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----5--5-----------5--5--------------------------5--7--7--5-----(10)---|
B----5--5--7--5-----5--5--7--5-----5--7--7--5--7--5--7--7--5--7--(10)---|
G----------7--5-----------7--5-----5--7--7--5--7--------------7---------|
D-7--------------7--------------7---------------------------------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E-(12)------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-(12)------------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------7---7----------7--7-----5--------4--4------------|
D-----------------7--(10)--9--9----9--7--7-----0--------0--0------------|
A--------------5--5-------------------------5--5--5--7--5--5------------|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Thats it. Listen to the song for the order, and strumming patterns.
Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Ronan Average |
#1 by Ronan at Sep 25, 2007 at 9:53 PM EST |
| I like the music in the Aerosmith song better, but I like the way Lennon sang the original version. Either way, good song. | |
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Phillip Average |
#2 by Phillip Nguyen at Sep 26, 2007 at 5:05 AM EST |
| Fuck what I said a year ago. Aerosmith absolutly shit all over this. Steven Tyler just didn't understand the way the song was supposed to be. | |
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steven Lead Player |
#3 by steven ratliff at Sep 26, 2007 at 7:44 AM EST |
| i love this song, it dosent seem to meen anything, but its such a great song lol | |
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mike Average |
#4 by mike wellspeak at Sep 26, 2007 at 9:44 AM EST |
| I agree with Muzzy, Aerosmith did it better. The Beatles original version is still a great one. | |
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Bryan Average |
#5 by Bryan at Sep 27, 2007 at 1:07 AM EST |
| i would disagree the beatles did it better but this still is a good version but i prefer the beatles | |
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keith Lead Player |
#6 by keith at Sep 29, 2007 at 2:16 AM EST |
| Wow, I never realized this was a beatles song, I'll have to go check it out since I usually like most of the beatles songs. No one's comments yet have really helped me understand this song. For example, what the hell is toejam football? | |
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Kempy Lead Player |
#7 by Kempy at Sep 29, 2007 at 11:37 AM EST |
| Damn right it's gibberish. But stunning! Absolutely stunning, and I don't think any Beatles fan would disagree with me, there. | |
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Sam Average |
#8 by Sam the man at Sep 29, 2007 at 4:56 PM EST |
| To be fair here...Aerosmith originally did this song as part of the soundtrack to the movie "Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" back in 1978. It was that horrible movie with the Bee Gees and Peter Frampton playing the lead characters, in other words, the alter-egos of the Fab 4. Aerosmith was the "Future Villain Band" | |
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Glenn Average |
#9 by Glenn Campbell at Sep 29, 2007 at 6:46 PM EST |
| I think that it means that no matter our differences, we should come together at the times it matters the most. | |
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RHCP Average |
#10 by RHCP freak at Sep 30, 2007 at 4:52 AM EST |
| "(beatles songs are not about drugs)" What was 'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds'? LSD. Acid. DRUGS. Anyway, I like this version better than the beatles one. It just sounds better. Still don't understand it though... | |
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Ben Average |
#11 by Ben Asay at Oct 2, 2007 at 12:08 AM EST |
| Even though I LOVE the beatles and i dont really like re-makes, this song is AWESOME! | |
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Angus Rhythm Player |
#12 by Angus Young at Oct 2, 2007 at 11:25 AM EST |
| one of the greatest covers of all time, my friend who went to the aerosmith concert said they opened with a cover of "helter skelter" which i bet kicked arse too | |
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The Fever...The Average |
#13 by The Fever...The Focus x at Oct 3, 2007 at 12:34 AM EST |
| that is right FriscoKid.. Aerosmith simply did this song for a movie.. i doubt they EVER did it live and i doubt Steven still remembers all the lyrics.. It is still played on Radio to this day though.. both versions.. it's a good song.. 1 | |
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peter Wanna Be |
#14 by peter boony at Oct 3, 2007 at 4:48 AM EST |
| I think that it means that no matter our differences, we should come together at the times it matters the most. | |
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little Average |
#15 by little emo at Oct 3, 2007 at 4:15 PM EST |
| Absolutely hated Aerosmiths cover when I first heard it. I thought it was terrible. I was such a big Beatles fan at the time and had heard so little Aerosmith that hearing this almost turned me off Aerosmith. Aerosmith are now my favourite band and I think there version is an excellent interpretation. It's true that the song will always have more meaning to the original songwriter, but that doesn't mean Aerosmith can't cover it and have their own interpretation. Often a song can have several different meanings anyway, without the writer even realising. To me, this song (both versions) is about a threesome, the confused lyrics seem to represent the confusion of the situation, (Who's leg is this??? :p). OR - It could just be John trying to confuse his listeners again!!! Whatever the meaning may be we will never know, but it's a great song, and I love both versions! | |
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Vinnie Rhythm Player |
#16 by Vinnie Valium at Oct 4, 2007 at 6:55 AM EST |
| An awesome song, I love the music to it, but it sounds like jibberish to me. | |
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Dale Average |
#17 by Dale Sharp at Oct 4, 2007 at 7:29 AM EST |
| i think it's about a person, yt when listening to it i don't care! | |
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CoRey Rhythm Player |
#18 by CoRey TayLor at Oct 4, 2007 at 8:54 PM EST |
| To be honest I don't even think the writer knew much about what this song was about, Lennon got kicks out of people trying to figure his lyrics out (from what i've read elsewhere) so he would sometimes just write songs jam-packed with nonsense, take 'I Am The Walrus' for example. It's ironic that this song is even on SongMeanings seeing as it has no meaning (in my opinion). | |
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Kyle Average |
#19 by Kyle at Oct 5, 2007 at 2:55 PM EST |
| Lennon wrote the song for Thomas Leary's election campaign, one of the few beatles songs where, despite what everyone says (beatles songs are not about drugs) this one IS! | |
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Antolina Average |
#20 by Antolina Viramontes at Oct 5, 2007 at 6:54 PM EST |
| when the beatles did this it was supposed to be a verse for every member i think. the third is about john for sure bc it talks about yoko and bag production, the last is about paul. for aerosmith to redo this song it doesnt make a whole lot of sense in that aspect. the beatles did this song better imo | |
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David Wanna Be |
#21 by David Cairpre at Oct 5, 2007 at 10:00 PM EST |
| I too agree with muzzy. I love the Beatles, of course, but the music by Aerosmith is soo much better. John has full credit on lyrics and his own vocals. Both the cover and original are great, just in different ways. | |
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