Chords for How To Play The Beatles If I Fell (intro only)
Tempo:
105.65 bpm
Chords used:
Ebm
A
Eb
D
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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If I Fell is in the key of D, but you wouldn't know it from the harmonically very sophisticated introduction, which actually starts in E-flat minor.
[Ebm] If I fell in love with you, would [D] you promise to be true?
[Db] And help me [Bbm] understand?
[Ebm] Cos I've been in love before, and [Bm] I've found that love was more [Em] than just holding [A] hands.
[E] [Eb]
If
[Ebm]
[Eb]
I
This actually is more effective, I think, if it descends just that one fret from sixth fret to make a fifth fret bar, and the A shape in front of the bar, either with three fingers or lie one finger down.
Play the same block [D] chord figure.
1, 2, 3, 4
Now this shape, which is D [Eb] here, comes down one more fret to the fourth and sixth frets, where it becomes D-flat.
[Db] 1, 2, 3, 4
And bring [Eb] the bar down to the first fret, put the A-minor shape in front of the bar, you've now got the [Ab] chord of B-flat minor, play the [G] same block chord figure.
[Bbm]
So [B] that's bars 1 to 4 of your tab.
[Ebm] If I fell in love with you, [D] would you promise to be true?
[Db] And help me [Bbm] understand?
Cos I've
[B] Come back now to E-flat minor, we're going to play E-flat minor to D, the same way we did at [Ebm] bars 1 and 2.
Been in love before, [D] and I found that love was more than
And now he establishes [A] the key of D once and for all by coming down to E-minor 7, which [B] is E-minor plus the second string third fret, one of the Beatles' favourite chords.
And we begin to set up what will [Eb] become our standard pattern here.
[Em]
6, [G] down-up, where down-ups in this song are just back of the fingernail strums of the high strings, very brushy, almost implied.
And then follow it with 6-3, down-up, that will be our standard pattern.
Bass note of the chord, third string, down-up.
1, 2 and 3 and 4 and
And to an A chord, [A] 5-3, down-up, 5-3, down-up.
1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and
[G] And I won't give you the count anymore in this song [B] because every single bar is going to [A] go bass note of the chord, 3, brushy down-up.
[E] So from the E-minor 7
[Em] Just holding [A] hands,
[Ebm] If I fell in love with you, would [D] you promise to be true?
[Db] And help me [Bbm] understand?
[Ebm] Cos I've been in love before, and [Bm] I've found that love was more [Em] than just holding [A] hands.
[E] [Eb]
If
[Ebm]
[Eb]
I
This actually is more effective, I think, if it descends just that one fret from sixth fret to make a fifth fret bar, and the A shape in front of the bar, either with three fingers or lie one finger down.
Play the same block [D] chord figure.
1, 2, 3, 4
Now this shape, which is D [Eb] here, comes down one more fret to the fourth and sixth frets, where it becomes D-flat.
[Db] 1, 2, 3, 4
And bring [Eb] the bar down to the first fret, put the A-minor shape in front of the bar, you've now got the [Ab] chord of B-flat minor, play the [G] same block chord figure.
[Bbm]
So [B] that's bars 1 to 4 of your tab.
[Ebm] If I fell in love with you, [D] would you promise to be true?
[Db] And help me [Bbm] understand?
Cos I've
[B] Come back now to E-flat minor, we're going to play E-flat minor to D, the same way we did at [Ebm] bars 1 and 2.
Been in love before, [D] and I found that love was more than
And now he establishes [A] the key of D once and for all by coming down to E-minor 7, which [B] is E-minor plus the second string third fret, one of the Beatles' favourite chords.
And we begin to set up what will [Eb] become our standard pattern here.
[Em]
6, [G] down-up, where down-ups in this song are just back of the fingernail strums of the high strings, very brushy, almost implied.
And then follow it with 6-3, down-up, that will be our standard pattern.
Bass note of the chord, third string, down-up.
1, 2 and 3 and 4 and
And to an A chord, [A] 5-3, down-up, 5-3, down-up.
1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and
[G] And I won't give you the count anymore in this song [B] because every single bar is going to [A] go bass note of the chord, 3, brushy down-up.
[E] So from the E-minor 7
[Em] Just holding [A] hands,
Key:
Ebm
A
Eb
D
B
Ebm
A
Eb
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ If I Fell is in the key of D, but you wouldn't know it from the harmonically very sophisticated introduction, which actually starts in E-flat minor.
_ [Ebm] If I fell in love with you, would [D] you promise to be true?
[Db] And help me _ [Bbm] understand?
[Ebm] Cos I've been in love before, and [Bm] I've found that love was more [Em] than just holding [A] hands. _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ If _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I_
_ This actually is more effective, I think, if it descends just that one fret from sixth fret to make a fifth fret bar, and the A shape in front of the bar, either with three fingers or lie one finger down.
Play the same block [D] chord figure.
_ 1, 2, 3, 4
_ _ Now this shape, which is D [Eb] here, comes down one more fret to the fourth and sixth frets, where it becomes D-flat.
[Db] 1, 2, 3, 4 _
And bring [Eb] the bar down to the first fret, put the A-minor shape in front of the bar, you've now got the [Ab] chord of B-flat minor, play the [G] same block chord figure.
[Bbm] _ _ _
_ So [B] that's bars 1 to 4 of your tab.
[Ebm] If I fell in love with you, [D] would you promise to be true?
[Db] And help me _ _ [Bbm] understand?
Cos I've_
_ [B] Come back now to E-flat minor, we're going to play E-flat minor to D, the same way we did at [Ebm] bars 1 and 2.
Been in love before, [D] and I found that love was more _ than_
And now he establishes [A] the key of D once and for all by coming down to E-minor 7, which [B] is E-minor plus the second string third fret, one of the Beatles' favourite chords.
And we begin to set up what will [Eb] become our standard pattern here.
[Em]
6, [G] down-up, where down-ups in this song are just back of the fingernail strums of the high strings, very brushy, almost implied. _
_ _ _ And then follow it with 6-3, down-up, that will be our standard pattern.
Bass note of the chord, third string, down-up.
_ 1, 2 and 3 and 4 and_
And to an A chord, [A] 5-3, down-up, 5-3, down-up.
1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and_
_ [G] And I won't give you the count anymore in this song [B] because every single bar is going to [A] go bass note of the chord, 3, _ brushy down-up.
_ _ _ _ [E] So from the E-minor 7_
[Em] Just holding [A] hands,
_ _ If I Fell is in the key of D, but you wouldn't know it from the harmonically very sophisticated introduction, which actually starts in E-flat minor.
_ [Ebm] If I fell in love with you, would [D] you promise to be true?
[Db] And help me _ [Bbm] understand?
[Ebm] Cos I've been in love before, and [Bm] I've found that love was more [Em] than just holding [A] hands. _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ If _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I_
_ This actually is more effective, I think, if it descends just that one fret from sixth fret to make a fifth fret bar, and the A shape in front of the bar, either with three fingers or lie one finger down.
Play the same block [D] chord figure.
_ 1, 2, 3, 4
_ _ Now this shape, which is D [Eb] here, comes down one more fret to the fourth and sixth frets, where it becomes D-flat.
[Db] 1, 2, 3, 4 _
And bring [Eb] the bar down to the first fret, put the A-minor shape in front of the bar, you've now got the [Ab] chord of B-flat minor, play the [G] same block chord figure.
[Bbm] _ _ _
_ So [B] that's bars 1 to 4 of your tab.
[Ebm] If I fell in love with you, [D] would you promise to be true?
[Db] And help me _ _ [Bbm] understand?
Cos I've_
_ [B] Come back now to E-flat minor, we're going to play E-flat minor to D, the same way we did at [Ebm] bars 1 and 2.
Been in love before, [D] and I found that love was more _ than_
And now he establishes [A] the key of D once and for all by coming down to E-minor 7, which [B] is E-minor plus the second string third fret, one of the Beatles' favourite chords.
And we begin to set up what will [Eb] become our standard pattern here.
[Em]
6, [G] down-up, where down-ups in this song are just back of the fingernail strums of the high strings, very brushy, almost implied. _
_ _ _ And then follow it with 6-3, down-up, that will be our standard pattern.
Bass note of the chord, third string, down-up.
_ 1, 2 and 3 and 4 and_
And to an A chord, [A] 5-3, down-up, 5-3, down-up.
1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and_
_ [G] And I won't give you the count anymore in this song [B] because every single bar is going to [A] go bass note of the chord, 3, _ brushy down-up.
_ _ _ _ [E] So from the E-minor 7_
[Em] Just holding [A] hands,