Paperback Writer - Rain SINGLE [1966] - Beatles Tabs And Lyrics

Written in the form of a letter from an aspiring author to a publisher, "Paperback Writer" was the first UK Beatles single that was not a love song (though "Nowhere Man", which was a single in the U.S., was their first album song released with that distinction).

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     N/C
Pa - per - back  wri - ter,   pa - per - back wri - ter,

      G7
Dear Sir or Mad-am will you read my book?
G7
It took me years to write  will you take a look?
G7
It's based on a nov-el by a man named Lear
G7                                             C
and I need a job so I want to be a pa-per-back writ - er
             G7
pa - per - back writ - er.

It's the dir-ty sto-ry of a dirt-y man and his cling-ing wife
does-n't un-der-stand. His son is work - ing for the dai-ly Mail
It's a stead-y job but he wants to be a pa-per-back writ-er
pa - per-back writ - er.

It's a thousand pag-es give or take a few, I'll be writ-ing more
in a week or two. I can make long-er if you like the style,
I can change it round and I want to be a pa-per-back writ - er
pa - per-back writ - er.

If you real - ly like it you can have the rights,
it could make a mil - lion for you o-ver-night.
If you must re - turn it you can send it  here,
But I need a break and I want to be a pa-per-back writ - er
pa - per-back writ - er.

Pa  -  per-back   writ  -  er  pa-per-back  writ  -  er

Tuning: 1 Step Down (D G C F A D)

Intro:
D|-------------|---------------|-------------|------------------||
A|-------------|-------------2-|-------------|------------------||
F|-------2---0-|-------------0-|-------2---0-|-------------0----||
C|---0h2-------|---0-----0h2---|---0h2-------|---0-----0h2------||
G|-0-------0---|-0-----0-------|-0-------0---|-0-----0----------||
D|-------------|---------------|-------------|------------------||

Verse:
D|----5-5-----------|----|-----5-----------|----|-----5------------||
A|----5-5-----------|----|-----5-----------|----|-----5------------||
F|----2-2-----------|----|-----2-----------|----|-----2------------||
C|-2--2-2---2--4--2-|-x4-|-2---2---2-2-4-2-|-x3-|-2---2---2-2-2-2--||
G|-0--0-0---0--0--0-|----|-0---0---0-0-0-0-|----|-0---0---0-0-0-0--||
D|------------------|----|-----------------|----|------------------||

Chorus:
D|-----5--------------|-----5----------|-------------|----------------||
A|-----3------------3-|-----3----------|-------------|-------------2--||
F|-----2---2--2--2--2-|-----2-----2--5-|-------2---0-|-------------0--||
C|-0---0---0--0--0----|-0---0--------5-|---0h2-------|---0-----0h2----||
G|--------------------|----------------|-0-------0---|-0-----0--------||
D|--------------------|----------------|-------------|----------------||

Verse:
D|----5-5-----------|----|-----5-----------|----||
A|----5-5-----------|----|-----5-----------|----||
F|----2-2-----------|----|-----2-----------|----||
C|-2--2-2---2--4--2-|-x4-|-2---2---2-2-4-2-|-x4-||
G|-0--0-0---0--0--0-|----|-0---0---0-0-0-0-|----||
D|------------------|----|-----------------|----||

Chorus:
D|-----5--------------|-----5----------|-------------|----------------||
A|-----3------------3-|-----3----------|-------------|-------------2--||
F|-----2---2--2--2--2-|-----2-----2--5-|-------2---0-|-------------0--||
C|-0---0---0--0--0----|-0---0--------5-|---0h2-------|---0-----0h2----||
G|--------------------|----------------|-0-------0---|-0-----0--------||
D|--------------------|----------------|-------------|----------------||

Verse:
D|----5-5-----------|----|-----5-----------|----||
A|----5-5-----------|----|-----5-----------|----||
F|----2-2-----------|----|-----2-----------|----||
C|-2--2-2---2--4--2-|-x4-|-2---2---2-2-4-2-|-x4-||
G|-0--0-0---0--0--0-|----|-0---0---0-0-0-0-|----||
D|------------------|----|-----------------|----||

Chorus:

D|--------------------|--------------------|------------------||
A|--------------------|--------------------|------------------||
F|-7---7---7--7--7--7-|--------------------|-------2-----0----||
C|-5---5---5--5--5--5-|-5----5--5----5--5--|---0h2------------||
G|--------------------|--------------------|-0---------0------||
D|--------------------|--------------------|------------------||

Bridge:
n/c

(Paaaaaperback wriiiiiiter, wriiiiiiiiiiiiteeer)

Breakdown:

D|-------------|-----------------||  D|--------------------||
A|-------------|-----------------||  A|--------------------||
F|-------2---0-|-----------------||  F|--------------------||
C|---0h2-------|---0-----0--0h2--||  C|-2---2-----2--4--2--||x2
G|-0-------0---|-0-----0---------||  G|-0---0-----0--0--0--||
D|-------------|-----------------||  D|--------------------||

D|-----------------------||
A|-----------------------||
F|--------------------2--||
C|-2---2--2--2--2--4-----||x2
G|-0---0--0--0--0--------||
D|-----------------------||

B Bend
R Release
/ slide up
\ slide down
H hammer-on
P pull-off
~ vibrato
+ harmonic
x Mute note
. - play note like a dot in standard notation
^ - ties two notes together
(. Pause

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