Or how to make two Telecasters sound like a 12-string Rickenbacker !



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This world famous tune was released in 1965 by the Byrds even before Bob Dylan, the composer, himself recorded it with his acoustic guitar and harmonica.

James, alias Roger, MacGuinn was the only member of the band to be admitted by the producer at the recording session. This latter was so uncertain of the result that he had cautiously replaced all the other members with studio musicians !

A few years ago Roger MacGuinn had the good idea to tab himself the first bars of the tune and to publish it on his web page. Unfortunately he did not go on and this web page is today nowhere to be found. For me it was an excellent start to tab the tune fully !

I tabbed 3 guitars and the bass. In the intro and the outro only MacGuinn's 12 string guitar is heard but I tabbed two guitar parts, one for the "low" string and one for the "high" string, thus played together or by overdubbing you can hear the sound of a 12 string guitar as shown just here above. The tab for the low string is the one I found on Roger MacGuinn's personal page.

You can hear the full mp3 demo of the song here :

mp3 demo


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Mr TAMBOURINE MAN 
by Bob Dylan

tabbed as arranged by Roger MacGuinn
and played by the BYRDS

LEGEND :

    h  : hammer-on
    /  : slide-up
    ^^ : let ring
    (n): optional
    n__   : linger on this note (rough way of noting rhythm !)
 


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INTRO :

Guitar 1       
E+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+-------------------+
B+----------------------+-------3-----------+----------------------+-------3-----------+
G+------2----4--2--0----+-------------------+------2----4--2--0----+-------------------+
D+---0----0----------4--+-2-0h2---2--0--2---+---0----0----------4--+-2-0h2---2--0--2---+
A+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+-------------------+
E+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+-------------------+

Guitar 2
E+-----------7----------+-------------------+-----------7----------+------------------+
B+-----10------10--8-7--+-------------------+-----10------10--8-7--+------------------+
G+---7----7-------------+-9-7h9-9-9--7--9---+---7----7-------------+-9-7h9-9-9--7--9--+
D+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+------------------+
A+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+------------------+
E+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+------------------+

BASS
G+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+------------------+
D+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+------------------+
A+----------------------+-------------------+---5_____ 5/(67891011/12_______---------+
E+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+------------------+
                                                 (slow slide up)

VERSE AND CHORUS

Guitar 1
    G        A            D         G          D         G        A  sus4   A su4
E+--3--------5---------+------2----(3)------+------2----(3)-----+------------------0--+
B+--3---3----5----5----+----3--(3)--3---3---+----3--(3)--3---3--+-2-2-3-----2-2_-3----+
G+--4-4---4--6--6---6--+----2---2---4-4-----+----2---2---4-4----+-2-----2---2---------+
D+--5-5--(5)-7--7--(7)-+--0---------5-5-----+--0---------5-5----+-2-------2-2---------+
A+--5--------7---------+------------5-------+------------5------+-0---------0---------+
E+--3--------5---------+------------3-------+------------3------+---------------------+

Guitar 2
    G        A            D         G          D         G        A  sus4   A su4
E+--3-3-3-2--0------0--+-(2)-2------3-------+-(2)-2------3------+-------0-----------0-+
B+--3--------2--2-3----+--3---3-----3---3---+--3---3-----3---3--+-2-2-3-----2-2-2-3---+
G+--4--------2---------+--2-----2---4-4-----+--2-----2---4-4----+-2---------2---------+
D+--5--------2---------+--0---------5-5-----+--0---------5-5----+-2---------2---------+
A+--5--------0---------+------------5-------+------------5------+-0---------0---------+
E+--3------------------+------------3-------+------------3------+---------------------+

Guitar 3 (rhythm)
    G        A            D         G          D         G        A  sus4   A su4
E+---------------------+--------------------+-------------------+-------------------0-+
B+--3---3----5----5----+------------3---3---+------------3---3--+-2-2-2-3-0-2-2-2-3---+
G+--4-4---4--6--6---6--+--2-4-0-2-4-4-4---4-+--2-4-0-2-4-4-4--4-+-2-------2-2---------+
D+--5--------7---------+--0---------5-------+--0---------5------+-2-------2-2---------+
A+--5--------7---------+--0---------5-------+--0---------5------+-0-------0-0---------+
E+--3--------5---------+------------3-------+------------3------+---------------------+

BASS
G+---------------------+--------------------+-------------------+---------------------+
D+--5_-5-5---7_-7-7----+-----------5_-5-5---+------------5_-5-5-+-7_-7-7----7_-7-7----+
A+---------------------+--5_-5-5------------+--5_-5-5-----------+---------------------+
E+---------------------+--------------------+-------------------+---------------------+


Guitar 1
    G        A            D         G          D         G        A         D        ^^
E+--3--------5---------+------2----(3)------+------2----(3)-----+-----------2--0--2--3-----+
B+--3---3----5----5----+----3--(3)--3---3---+----3--(3)--3---3--+-2-2-3-2---3-3-3--3-------+
G+--4-4---4--6--6---6--+----2---2---4-4-----+----2---2---4-4----+-2-2-------2--------------+
D+--5-5--(5)-7--7--(7)-+--0---------5-5-----+--0---------5-5----+-2---------0--------------+
A+--5--------7---------+------------5-------+------------5------+-0------------------------+
E+--3--------5---------+------------3-------+------------3------+--------------------------+

Guitar 2
    G        A            D         G          D         G        A  sus4   D
E+--3-3-3-2--0------0--+-(2)-2------3-------+-(2)-2------3------+-----------2--0--2--3-----+
B+--3--------2--2-3----+--3---3-----3---3---+--3---3-----3---3--+-2-2-3-2---3---3--3--(3)--+
G+--4--------2---------+--2-----2---4-4-----+--2-----2---4-4----+-2-2-------2-2--2--2---(2)+
D+--5--------2---------+--0---------5-5-----+--0---------5-5----+-2---------0--------------+
A+--5--------0---------+------------5-------+------------5------+-0------------------------+
E+--3------------------+------------3-------+------------3------+--------------------------+

Guitar 3 (rhythm)
    G        A            D         G          D         G        A         D
E+---------------------+--------------------+-------------------+--------------------------+
B+--3---3----5----5----+------------3---3---+------------3---3--+-2-2-3-2---3--------------+
G+--4-4---4--6--6---6--+--2-4-0-2-4-4-4---4-+--2-4-0-2-4-4-4--4-+-2---------2-4024-4024-420+
D+--5--------7---------+--0---------5-------+--0---------5------+-2---------0--------------+
A+--5--------7---------+--0---------5-------+--0---------5------+-0------------------------+
E+--3--------5---------+------------3-------+------------3------+--------------------------+

BASS
G+---------------------+--------------------+-------------------+--------------------------+
D+--5_-5-5---7_-7-7----+-----------5_-5-5---+------------5_-5-5-+-7_-7-7-------------------+
A+---------------------+--5_-5-5------------+--5_-5-5-----------+-----------5_-5-5--5_-5-5-+
E+---------------------+--------------------+-------------------+--------------------------+



OUTRO :

Guitar 1       
E+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+-------------------+
B+----------------------+-------3-----------+----------------------+-------3-----------+
G+------2----4--2--0----+-------------------+------2----4--2--0----+-------------------+
D+---0----0----------4--+-2-0h2---2--0--2---+---0----0----------4--+-2-0h2---2--0--2---+
A+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+-------------------+
E+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+-------------------+

Guitar 2
E+-----------7----------+-------------------+-----------7----------+------------------+
B+-----10------10--8-7--+-------------------+-----10------10--8-7--+------------------+
G+---7----7-------------+-9-7h9-9-9--7--9---+---7----7-------------+-9-7h9-9-9--7--9--+
D+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+------------------+
A+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+------------------+
E+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+------------------+

BASS
G+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+------------------+
D+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+------------------+
A+----------------------+-------------------+---5_____--5/(67891011/12----------0-----+
E+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+------------------+
                                                 (slow slide up)



REPEAT
    
Guitar 1       
E+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+-------------------+
B+----------------------+-------3-----------+----------------------+-------3-----------+
G+------2----4--2--0----+-------------------+------2----4--2--0----+-------------------+
D+---0----0----------4--+-2-0h2---2--0--2---+---0----0----------4--+-2-0h2---2--0--2---+
A+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+-------------------+
E+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+-------------------+

Guitar 2
E+-----------7----------+-------------------+-----------7----------+------------------+
B+-----10------10--8-7--+-------------------+-----10------10--8-7--+------------------+
G+---7----7-------------+-9-7h9-9-9--7--9---+---7----7-------------+-9-7h9-9-9--7--9--+
D+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+------------------+
A+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+------------------+
E+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+------------------+

BASS
G+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+------------------+
D+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+------------------+
A+---5__-----5/(67891011/12-----------0-----+---5_____--5/(67891011/12---------0------+
E+----------------------+-------------------+----------------------+------------------+
                                                 (slow slide up)





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Tabbed by myself

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