SOMETHING

(Harrison)
The Beatles
Abby Road (1969)

Riff 1:
F
Eb G C
|-------------------------------|--10--b(13)12--10--11--12--13--|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------C

Cmaj7
Something in the way she moves
C7
F
Attracts me like no other lover
D
G
Something in the way she woos me
Am
G#dim7
I don't want to leave her now
Am7
D/F#
F Eb G C
You know I believe in how (riff 1)
C

Cmaj7
Somewhere in her smile she knows
C7
F
That I don't need no other lover
D
G
Something in her style that shows me
Am
G#dim7
I don't want to leave her now
Am7
D/F# F Eb G A
You know I believe in how (riff 2)

[Riff 2:]
F
Eb G A
|-----------------------------|
|-10--b(13)12--10--11--12--14-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

A
C#m/G#
F#m
You're asking me will my love grow
A/E
D
G
A (Bass line: G# G F# F E)
I don't know I don't know
A
C#m/G#
F#m
You stick around and it may show
A/E
D
G
C (Bass line: B A G E D)
I don't know I don't know

[Solo: see below]

C Cmaj7 C7 F D G
Am G#dim7 Am7 D/F#
F Eb G

Cmaj7
Something in the way she knows
C7
F
And all I have to do is think of her
D
G
Something in the things she shows me
Am
G#dim7
I don't want to leave her now
Am7
D
F Eb G A
You know I believe in how (riff 3)

F Eb G C

[riff 3:]
F
Eb G A
F
Eb G C
|---------------------------------16-15-14-------------------------------|
|-10--b(13)12--10--11--12--14--14-----------10--b(13)12--10--11--12--13--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[solo:]
C
Cmaj7
C7
|-------------------------------------------------------------8----|
|-------8----------8b(10)-b(10)8-------------8--10--8---8/10-------|
|--7/9-----9--7/9----------------9------7/9------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
F
D
|--8--10--b(12)10--8-------------8--8\-----------------------------|
|---------------------10-----/10--------------8--8-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------/9--------\2---4\2-------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G
|-------------------------------------------------9-8-7--/12-11-10-|
|-------7--7--b(11)10--10b(11)10 10b(11)10--8---8------------------|
|--2/7-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Am
G#dim7
Am7
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----b(9)7--b(9)7--5----b(9)7-b(9)7-b(9)7--5-- b(9)7--b(9)7--5----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D
F
Eb G C
|----------10/12--10--8--10--8-------------------------------------|

|-------8-----------------------10--b(13)12--10--11--12--13--------|
|--7/9-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

----------------------------------------------------------------------G#dim7
---5-5-6-7-5-

This chord is basically an Am with a G# bass.

Guess you could think of it as an A minor major 7th.

transcribed by Chris Sears

cts@mail.utexas.edu