Chords for I've Just Seen A Face - Beatles Free Guitar Lesson
Tempo:
95.75 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Em
A
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em]
[Am] [Em]
[Am] [G]
I want to take a look [A] at a song that I love to have my, not exactly [D#] beginning students,
but ones who have been playing for a few months, work on.
I've just seen a face by the Beatles.
Now this is of course a Paul McCartney song that came out in 1965 on the album Help.
But
one of the reasons I like people to work on [G] this is what we can play here is a kind of
bluegrass-y [N] strumming, a country pattern that when you do it faster sounds like a bluegrass
pattern.
It sounds [G] like this.
[Em] Like Boggy Mountain Breakdown.
[C] [A] [G]
And of course we've got [C#] verses
and choruses.
The verse, [G] I'll sing a little bit of it for you, goes, I've just seen a
face I can't forget, time or place where we just met, she's just a girl to me, and I want
all the world to [C] see we've met.
Na [E] na na na [G] na na.
Had it been another day, I might have
looked the other way, and I'd have never been aware, but as it is I'll [E] dream of her tonight.
[C] Na na na [G] na na na.
And [D] the chorus, falling, yes [C] I'm falling, and she [G] keeps calling me
back again.
Now, [A] there's another verse, I've never known the like of this, I've been alone
anyway, that's on the chart that you can print out.
And the chart just has the chord progression
at the top and the words at the bottom.
[N] And again, I like separating the chords and words
because I like to memorize the chords and not see them over the words, because then
you'll memorize it as well.
But I also have a page of [D] tablature that you can get as a
PDF.
Now, a more elaborate version of this lesson is available in the Target program
where we look at [Em] everything, like the little lead I played in the beginning.
We're not
going to cover that in this lesson.
There were two lead guitar parts at the beginning.
Paul McCartney was doing this, and George was playing something similar in harmony,
and John was playing chords.
[C] [E] Now, they were doing it in the key of A, and in this version,
this basic version, we're going to play it in the key of G, but if you want to play it
along with the album, put a capo at the [G] second fret and you'll be in the same key.
There
are a lot of reasons I like to have people learn it in G, and the main one is to get
the hang of this strum, bass, down, bass, down, up.
But, on [F#] the chords we're using here
in particular on the G chord, the E minor chord, and the C chord, we want to get a hammer
on on the second bass note.
So, what we're going to be doing in this lesson is picking,
occasionally picking out a little bit of a melody, so you're going to have to [G] follow
the tab.
But what we're going to do on the G chord is hit the sixth string in the bass
first and then a down strum, then on the second bass note, which is on the third beat of the
measure, [B] a hammer on on the fifth string from open to the [G] second fret, from A to B.
So,
that first measure of tab, [G] bass, down, hammer, down, up.
Do that for three measures on the
G chord, and in the fourth measure, we want to have a passing bass note using F sharp
in the bass, which would be at the second fret of the sixth string, to get us to our
E minor chord.
Now, it sounds pretty dissonant right there, [Gm] but it'll sound fine when [E] we
get to here.
[Em] And on the E minor, we keep the same similar pattern, where we're hitting
the sixth and the fifth [N] strings, hitting the sixth string open and then the fifth
string with a hammer on from zero to two.
So, on E minor, same deal.
Three measures
just like that, and in the fourth measure, we have a similar descending bass pattern,
[Em] [E] leading us [C] to the C chord.
On the C, we keep the same hammer on, going for one measure,
and now a descending bass line, going [Bm] to B in the bass, to our D chord, but on this D,
we hit the fifth string open in the [A] bass, the A, [D] and then just two [G] extra bass notes,
[F#]
a G and an F sharp, [G] before we land back on the G chord and do our [C] down-up strum.
So,
that is the verse to the song.
Now, you could simplify this a little bit and not even put
in [G] the passing bass notes and just keep a steady bass, down, bass, down, up.
[G] And if
you're working on [E] it that way, which is a lot of times how I have people do this first,
[G] hit the sixth string and the fourth string for G, which would be this, and the sixth
and fourth again for the [Em] E minor, fifth and fourth for C, [C] fourth [D] and fifth for D.
So,
on the D chord, we would start with the fourth [G#m] string as the first bass note, and then the
fifth string for the second bass note, and then back to the G.
[N] The chorus is just more
of the same, two measures of D, two measures of C, a G, a C, and two more Gs.
So, you just
have to be able to play those four chords.
That makes this a really simple song.
Two
things make it not an absolute beginner song.
One is it goes kind of fast, and you have
to hit those bass notes pretty accurately.
And then, of course, adding in the hammer-ons
and the passing bass notes add a lot to it as well.
I'll play through the whole thing
once exactly the way the tablature is, slowly, hopefully with no mistakes, [G] so you can hear
what's going on.
And then, don't forget, I have a much more detailed lesson on this available
in the Target program, where we look at all the stuff, oh, including the lead.
[A] [G]
[F#] Anyway,
so we break it down a lot more over there.
But I really like people to get started on
this version of it.
So, here is one [G] time through the tab very slowly.
G, three measures [A] of
this.
[G]
And in the fourth measure, I have the descending bass.
[Em] To E minor, three measures
of [A] this.
[Em]
Then the descending bass on the E minor.
[D] C, [C]
descending bass [Em] here.
To D with
A in the bass and [G] two bass notes.
To G.
Chorus.
[D] D, C, [C]
G, [G]
[C] C, and back to G [G] for two more.
[A] And
that is all there is to it.
I really recommend you pick up the album.
Help.
Fabulous album.
Got all kinds of great tunes.
[E] Ah, another song that I do have in the Target [G#] program
as well.
What else is on there?
Of course, Help.
[B] [G]
[A] There's some [G] cool licks in it and stuff.
Another song that I [N] have, I think, in the free side at Totally Guitars.
So, anyway,
that should be all you need to get started on I've Just Seen a Face.
And again, if you're
interested in working on a little bit more elaborate version, check out the Target version,
which is also available as a pay-per-lesson.
But that is it.
I've Just Seen a Face.
Fun to play.
[Am] [Em]
[Am] [G]
I want to take a look [A] at a song that I love to have my, not exactly [D#] beginning students,
but ones who have been playing for a few months, work on.
I've just seen a face by the Beatles.
Now this is of course a Paul McCartney song that came out in 1965 on the album Help.
But
one of the reasons I like people to work on [G] this is what we can play here is a kind of
bluegrass-y [N] strumming, a country pattern that when you do it faster sounds like a bluegrass
pattern.
It sounds [G] like this.
[Em] Like Boggy Mountain Breakdown.
[C] [A] [G]
And of course we've got [C#] verses
and choruses.
The verse, [G] I'll sing a little bit of it for you, goes, I've just seen a
face I can't forget, time or place where we just met, she's just a girl to me, and I want
all the world to [C] see we've met.
Na [E] na na na [G] na na.
Had it been another day, I might have
looked the other way, and I'd have never been aware, but as it is I'll [E] dream of her tonight.
[C] Na na na [G] na na na.
And [D] the chorus, falling, yes [C] I'm falling, and she [G] keeps calling me
back again.
Now, [A] there's another verse, I've never known the like of this, I've been alone
anyway, that's on the chart that you can print out.
And the chart just has the chord progression
at the top and the words at the bottom.
[N] And again, I like separating the chords and words
because I like to memorize the chords and not see them over the words, because then
you'll memorize it as well.
But I also have a page of [D] tablature that you can get as a
PDF.
Now, a more elaborate version of this lesson is available in the Target program
where we look at [Em] everything, like the little lead I played in the beginning.
We're not
going to cover that in this lesson.
There were two lead guitar parts at the beginning.
Paul McCartney was doing this, and George was playing something similar in harmony,
and John was playing chords.
[C] [E] Now, they were doing it in the key of A, and in this version,
this basic version, we're going to play it in the key of G, but if you want to play it
along with the album, put a capo at the [G] second fret and you'll be in the same key.
There
are a lot of reasons I like to have people learn it in G, and the main one is to get
the hang of this strum, bass, down, bass, down, up.
But, on [F#] the chords we're using here
in particular on the G chord, the E minor chord, and the C chord, we want to get a hammer
on on the second bass note.
So, what we're going to be doing in this lesson is picking,
occasionally picking out a little bit of a melody, so you're going to have to [G] follow
the tab.
But what we're going to do on the G chord is hit the sixth string in the bass
first and then a down strum, then on the second bass note, which is on the third beat of the
measure, [B] a hammer on on the fifth string from open to the [G] second fret, from A to B.
So,
that first measure of tab, [G] bass, down, hammer, down, up.
Do that for three measures on the
G chord, and in the fourth measure, we want to have a passing bass note using F sharp
in the bass, which would be at the second fret of the sixth string, to get us to our
E minor chord.
Now, it sounds pretty dissonant right there, [Gm] but it'll sound fine when [E] we
get to here.
[Em] And on the E minor, we keep the same similar pattern, where we're hitting
the sixth and the fifth [N] strings, hitting the sixth string open and then the fifth
string with a hammer on from zero to two.
So, on E minor, same deal.
Three measures
just like that, and in the fourth measure, we have a similar descending bass pattern,
[Em] [E] leading us [C] to the C chord.
On the C, we keep the same hammer on, going for one measure,
and now a descending bass line, going [Bm] to B in the bass, to our D chord, but on this D,
we hit the fifth string open in the [A] bass, the A, [D] and then just two [G] extra bass notes,
[F#]
a G and an F sharp, [G] before we land back on the G chord and do our [C] down-up strum.
So,
that is the verse to the song.
Now, you could simplify this a little bit and not even put
in [G] the passing bass notes and just keep a steady bass, down, bass, down, up.
[G] And if
you're working on [E] it that way, which is a lot of times how I have people do this first,
[G] hit the sixth string and the fourth string for G, which would be this, and the sixth
and fourth again for the [Em] E minor, fifth and fourth for C, [C] fourth [D] and fifth for D.
So,
on the D chord, we would start with the fourth [G#m] string as the first bass note, and then the
fifth string for the second bass note, and then back to the G.
[N] The chorus is just more
of the same, two measures of D, two measures of C, a G, a C, and two more Gs.
So, you just
have to be able to play those four chords.
That makes this a really simple song.
Two
things make it not an absolute beginner song.
One is it goes kind of fast, and you have
to hit those bass notes pretty accurately.
And then, of course, adding in the hammer-ons
and the passing bass notes add a lot to it as well.
I'll play through the whole thing
once exactly the way the tablature is, slowly, hopefully with no mistakes, [G] so you can hear
what's going on.
And then, don't forget, I have a much more detailed lesson on this available
in the Target program, where we look at all the stuff, oh, including the lead.
[A] [G]
[F#] Anyway,
so we break it down a lot more over there.
But I really like people to get started on
this version of it.
So, here is one [G] time through the tab very slowly.
G, three measures [A] of
this.
[G]
And in the fourth measure, I have the descending bass.
[Em] To E minor, three measures
of [A] this.
[Em]
Then the descending bass on the E minor.
[D] C, [C]
descending bass [Em] here.
To D with
A in the bass and [G] two bass notes.
To G.
Chorus.
[D] D, C, [C]
G, [G]
[C] C, and back to G [G] for two more.
[A] And
that is all there is to it.
I really recommend you pick up the album.
Help.
Fabulous album.
Got all kinds of great tunes.
[E] Ah, another song that I do have in the Target [G#] program
as well.
What else is on there?
Of course, Help.
[B] [G]
[A] There's some [G] cool licks in it and stuff.
Another song that I [N] have, I think, in the free side at Totally Guitars.
So, anyway,
that should be all you need to get started on I've Just Seen a Face.
And again, if you're
interested in working on a little bit more elaborate version, check out the Target version,
which is also available as a pay-per-lesson.
But that is it.
I've Just Seen a Face.
Fun to play.
Key:
G
C
Em
A
E
G
C
Em
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ I want to take a look [A] at a song that I love to have my, not exactly [D#] beginning students,
but ones who have been playing for a few months, work on.
I've just seen a face by the Beatles.
Now this is of course a Paul McCartney song that came out in 1965 on the album Help.
But
one of the reasons I like people to work on [G] this is what we can play here is a kind of
bluegrass-y [N] strumming, a country pattern that when you do it faster sounds like a bluegrass
pattern.
It sounds [G] like this. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ Like Boggy Mountain Breakdown.
[C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _
And of course we've got [C#] verses
and choruses.
The verse, [G] I'll sing a little bit of it for you, goes, I've just seen a
face I can't forget, time or place where we just met, she's just a girl to me, and I want
all the world to [C] see we've met.
Na [E] na na na [G] na na.
Had it been another day, I might have
looked the other way, and I'd have never been aware, but as it is I'll [E] dream of her tonight.
[C] Na na na [G] na na na.
And [D] the chorus, falling, yes [C] I'm falling, and she [G] keeps calling me
back again. _ _
Now, [A] there's another verse, I've never known the like of this, I've been alone
anyway, that's on the chart that you can print out.
And the chart just has the chord progression
at the top and the words at the bottom.
[N] And again, I like separating the chords and words
because I like to memorize the chords and not see them over the words, because then
you'll memorize it as well.
But I also have a page of [D] tablature that you can get as a
PDF.
Now, a more elaborate version of this lesson is available in the Target program
where we look at [Em] everything, like the little lead I played in the beginning.
We're not
going to cover that in this lesson.
There were two lead guitar parts at the beginning.
Paul McCartney was doing this, _ _ _ _ and George was playing something similar in harmony,
_ _ and John was playing chords.
_ _ [C] _ [E] Now, they were doing it in the key of A, and in this version,
this basic version, we're going to play it in the key of G, but if you want to play it
along with the album, put a capo at the [G] second fret and you'll be in the same key.
There
are a lot of reasons I like to have people learn it in G, and the main one is to get
the hang of this strum, bass, down, bass, down, up. _
_ _ _ _ But, on [F#] the chords we're using here
in particular on the G chord, the E minor chord, and the C chord, we want to get a hammer
on on the second bass note.
So, what we're going to be doing in this lesson is picking,
occasionally picking out a little bit of a melody, so you're going to have to [G] follow
the tab.
But what we're going to do on the G chord is hit the sixth string in the bass
first and then a down strum, then on the second bass note, which is on the third beat of the
measure, [B] a hammer on on the fifth string from open to the [G] second fret, from A to B.
So,
that first measure of tab, _ _ [G] _ bass, down, hammer, down, up.
Do that for three measures on the
G chord, and in the fourth measure, _ we want to have a passing bass note using F sharp
in the bass, which would be at the second fret of the sixth string, to get us to our
E minor chord.
_ _ _ Now, it sounds pretty dissonant right there, [Gm] but it'll sound fine when [E] we
get to here.
[Em] _ And on the E minor, we keep the same similar pattern, where we're hitting
the sixth and the fifth [N] strings, hitting the sixth string open and then the fifth
string with a hammer on from zero to two.
So, on E minor, same deal.
Three measures
just like that, and in the fourth measure, we have a similar descending bass pattern,
[Em] _ [E] _ leading us [C] to the C chord. _
On the C, we keep the same hammer on, going for one measure, _ _
and now a descending bass line, _ _ _ going [Bm] to B in the bass, to our D chord, but on this D,
we hit the fifth string open in the [A] bass, the A, [D] _ _ and then just two [G] extra bass notes,
[F#]
a G and an F sharp, [G] before we land back on the G chord _ _ and do our [C] down-up strum.
So,
that is the verse to the song.
Now, you could simplify this a little bit and not even put
in [G] the passing bass notes and just keep a steady bass, down, bass, down, up.
[G] And if
you're working on [E] it that way, which is a lot of times how I have people do this first,
[G] hit the sixth string and the fourth string for G, which would be this, _ _ _ _ _ _ and the sixth
and fourth again for the [Em] E minor, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
fifth and fourth for C, [C] _ _ _ fourth [D] and fifth for D.
So,
on the D chord, we would start with the fourth [G#m] string as the first bass note, and then the
fifth string for the second bass note, and then back to the G.
_ _ [N] The chorus is just more
of the same, two measures of D, two measures of C, a G, a C, and two more Gs.
So, you just
have to be able to play those four chords.
That makes this a really simple song.
Two
things make it not an absolute beginner song.
One is it goes kind of fast, and you have
to hit those bass notes pretty accurately.
And then, of course, adding in the hammer-ons
and the passing bass notes add a lot to it as well.
I'll play through the whole thing
once exactly the way the tablature is, slowly, hopefully with no mistakes, [G] so you can hear
what's going on.
And then, don't forget, I have a much more detailed lesson on this available
in the Target program, where we look at all the stuff, oh, including the lead. _
[A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] Anyway,
so we break it down a lot more over there.
But I really like people to get started on
this version of it.
So, here is one [G] time through the tab very slowly.
_ G, three measures [A] of
this.
[G] _ _
And in the fourth measure, I have the descending bass.
_ [Em] To E minor, _ _ three measures
of [A] this.
[Em] _ _
_ Then the descending bass on the E minor.
[D] C, [C] _
_ descending bass [Em] here.
To D with
A in the bass and [G] two bass notes.
To G.
_ Chorus.
[D] D, _ _ _ _ C, [C] _ _ _
_ _ G, [G] _ _ _ _
[C] C, and back to G [G] for two more. _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] And
that is all there is to it.
I really recommend you pick up the album.
Help.
Fabulous album.
Got all kinds of great tunes. _
_ _ _ [E] Ah, another song that I do have in the Target [G#] program
as well.
_ What else is on there?
Of course, Help.
[B] _ [G] _ _
[A] There's some [G] cool licks in it and stuff.
Another song that I [N] have, I think, in the free side at Totally Guitars.
So, _ anyway,
that should be all you need to get started on I've Just Seen a Face.
And again, if you're
interested in working on a little bit more elaborate version, check out the Target version,
which is also available as a pay-per-lesson.
But that is it.
I've Just Seen a Face.
Fun to play. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ I want to take a look [A] at a song that I love to have my, not exactly [D#] beginning students,
but ones who have been playing for a few months, work on.
I've just seen a face by the Beatles.
Now this is of course a Paul McCartney song that came out in 1965 on the album Help.
But
one of the reasons I like people to work on [G] this is what we can play here is a kind of
bluegrass-y [N] strumming, a country pattern that when you do it faster sounds like a bluegrass
pattern.
It sounds [G] like this. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ Like Boggy Mountain Breakdown.
[C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _
And of course we've got [C#] verses
and choruses.
The verse, [G] I'll sing a little bit of it for you, goes, I've just seen a
face I can't forget, time or place where we just met, she's just a girl to me, and I want
all the world to [C] see we've met.
Na [E] na na na [G] na na.
Had it been another day, I might have
looked the other way, and I'd have never been aware, but as it is I'll [E] dream of her tonight.
[C] Na na na [G] na na na.
And [D] the chorus, falling, yes [C] I'm falling, and she [G] keeps calling me
back again. _ _
Now, [A] there's another verse, I've never known the like of this, I've been alone
anyway, that's on the chart that you can print out.
And the chart just has the chord progression
at the top and the words at the bottom.
[N] And again, I like separating the chords and words
because I like to memorize the chords and not see them over the words, because then
you'll memorize it as well.
But I also have a page of [D] tablature that you can get as a
PDF.
Now, a more elaborate version of this lesson is available in the Target program
where we look at [Em] everything, like the little lead I played in the beginning.
We're not
going to cover that in this lesson.
There were two lead guitar parts at the beginning.
Paul McCartney was doing this, _ _ _ _ and George was playing something similar in harmony,
_ _ and John was playing chords.
_ _ [C] _ [E] Now, they were doing it in the key of A, and in this version,
this basic version, we're going to play it in the key of G, but if you want to play it
along with the album, put a capo at the [G] second fret and you'll be in the same key.
There
are a lot of reasons I like to have people learn it in G, and the main one is to get
the hang of this strum, bass, down, bass, down, up. _
_ _ _ _ But, on [F#] the chords we're using here
in particular on the G chord, the E minor chord, and the C chord, we want to get a hammer
on on the second bass note.
So, what we're going to be doing in this lesson is picking,
occasionally picking out a little bit of a melody, so you're going to have to [G] follow
the tab.
But what we're going to do on the G chord is hit the sixth string in the bass
first and then a down strum, then on the second bass note, which is on the third beat of the
measure, [B] a hammer on on the fifth string from open to the [G] second fret, from A to B.
So,
that first measure of tab, _ _ [G] _ bass, down, hammer, down, up.
Do that for three measures on the
G chord, and in the fourth measure, _ we want to have a passing bass note using F sharp
in the bass, which would be at the second fret of the sixth string, to get us to our
E minor chord.
_ _ _ Now, it sounds pretty dissonant right there, [Gm] but it'll sound fine when [E] we
get to here.
[Em] _ And on the E minor, we keep the same similar pattern, where we're hitting
the sixth and the fifth [N] strings, hitting the sixth string open and then the fifth
string with a hammer on from zero to two.
So, on E minor, same deal.
Three measures
just like that, and in the fourth measure, we have a similar descending bass pattern,
[Em] _ [E] _ leading us [C] to the C chord. _
On the C, we keep the same hammer on, going for one measure, _ _
and now a descending bass line, _ _ _ going [Bm] to B in the bass, to our D chord, but on this D,
we hit the fifth string open in the [A] bass, the A, [D] _ _ and then just two [G] extra bass notes,
[F#]
a G and an F sharp, [G] before we land back on the G chord _ _ and do our [C] down-up strum.
So,
that is the verse to the song.
Now, you could simplify this a little bit and not even put
in [G] the passing bass notes and just keep a steady bass, down, bass, down, up.
[G] And if
you're working on [E] it that way, which is a lot of times how I have people do this first,
[G] hit the sixth string and the fourth string for G, which would be this, _ _ _ _ _ _ and the sixth
and fourth again for the [Em] E minor, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
fifth and fourth for C, [C] _ _ _ fourth [D] and fifth for D.
So,
on the D chord, we would start with the fourth [G#m] string as the first bass note, and then the
fifth string for the second bass note, and then back to the G.
_ _ [N] The chorus is just more
of the same, two measures of D, two measures of C, a G, a C, and two more Gs.
So, you just
have to be able to play those four chords.
That makes this a really simple song.
Two
things make it not an absolute beginner song.
One is it goes kind of fast, and you have
to hit those bass notes pretty accurately.
And then, of course, adding in the hammer-ons
and the passing bass notes add a lot to it as well.
I'll play through the whole thing
once exactly the way the tablature is, slowly, hopefully with no mistakes, [G] so you can hear
what's going on.
And then, don't forget, I have a much more detailed lesson on this available
in the Target program, where we look at all the stuff, oh, including the lead. _
[A] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] Anyway,
so we break it down a lot more over there.
But I really like people to get started on
this version of it.
So, here is one [G] time through the tab very slowly.
_ G, three measures [A] of
this.
[G] _ _
And in the fourth measure, I have the descending bass.
_ [Em] To E minor, _ _ three measures
of [A] this.
[Em] _ _
_ Then the descending bass on the E minor.
[D] C, [C] _
_ descending bass [Em] here.
To D with
A in the bass and [G] two bass notes.
To G.
_ Chorus.
[D] D, _ _ _ _ C, [C] _ _ _
_ _ G, [G] _ _ _ _
[C] C, and back to G [G] for two more. _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] And
that is all there is to it.
I really recommend you pick up the album.
Help.
Fabulous album.
Got all kinds of great tunes. _
_ _ _ [E] Ah, another song that I do have in the Target [G#] program
as well.
_ What else is on there?
Of course, Help.
[B] _ [G] _ _
[A] There's some [G] cool licks in it and stuff.
Another song that I [N] have, I think, in the free side at Totally Guitars.
So, _ anyway,
that should be all you need to get started on I've Just Seen a Face.
And again, if you're
interested in working on a little bit more elaborate version, check out the Target version,
which is also available as a pay-per-lesson.
But that is it.
I've Just Seen a Face.
Fun to play. _ _ _