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MOTHER NATURE'S SON
As recorded by The Beatles
Transcribed by Probably Jeff Perrin, I don't know
Words and Music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic 2'
Intro Slowly Q=66 Moderately Q=86 4/4 5/4 4/4 Gtr I Q Q Q Q Q Q H. E E E E E S S E E|----2-----2--|----2----------||-5-----2-3---------||----3-----3--|----3----------||---3-3-3---3-3-3-3-||-4-----2-----|-1-------------||---2-2-2---2---2-2-||-------------|---------------||-0-------0---------||-------------|---------------||-------------------||-------------|-------0-------||-------------------|
E S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E|-0-------2-3-3p2-----------|-0h2---------2-2h3-----3-3-2-||---3-3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-3-|-----3-3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-3-||---2---2---2-----2---2---2-|-----2---2---2-----2---2---2-||-0-----------0-------------|-0-------------0-------------||---------------------------|-----------------------------||---------------------------|-----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E|-0h2---2-2-2---0-0h2---------2-|||-----3---3-3-3-------3-3-3-3-3-|||-----2---2---2-------2---2---2-|||-0---------------0-------------|||-------------------------------|||-------------------------------||
1st Verse E S S S S E S S S S S S E|-2---------2-2h3---------3-||---3-3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-3-||---2---2---2-----2---2---2-||-0-----------0-------------||---------------------------||---------------------------|
E S S S S a E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E|-3---------3p2-2---------2-|---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2--||---3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3-3-|---3---3---3---3---3---3--||---2---2-----2---2---2---2-|-4-----------4------------||-0-------------0-----------|--------------------------||---------------------------|--------------------------||---------------------------|--------------------------|
E S S S S E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E e|---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-||---3---3---3---3-3-3-3-|-----3---2---3---|-2---3---2---3-3-||-1---------1---1-----1-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2-----||-----------------------|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-||-----------------------|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---||-------------0---------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E S S e E E S S a S S E S S S S e E E S S E E E S S E E S S S S a E|-2-----3-2-1-----3-3s4p3-|-3-3-3-3-5-3-2-------2-|-2-----3p2-1-1-1-1-3-3s5-||---3-3-3-3---1-1---------|---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|---3-3-3-----1-1-1-1-----||---2-2-------2-2---------|-4-4---4---0---2-2---2-|---2-2-------2---2-------||-0---------0-------------|-0-----------0---------|-0---------0-------------||-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
E S S S S e E S S S S E|-3-3-3-3-5-3-2---------2-||---3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-3-||---4---4-------2---2---2-||-0-----------0-----------||-------------------------||-------------------------|
2nd and 3rd Verses E S S S S E S S S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E||--2---------2-2h3-----3---3-|-3-----3---3-2-----------|||o---3-3-3-3-3-----3-3-3---3-|---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-|||----2---2---2-----2-----2-2-|---2-------2---2---2---2-|||--0-----------0-------------|-0-----------0-----------|||o---------------------------|-------------------------|||----------------------------|-------------------------|
E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E a E E E E E E E E E E E|---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2-2-----------|---5---5---5---5-||---3---3---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3-----------|-2---3---2---3---||-4-----------2-----------|-1---------------------|---2---2---2---2-||-------------------------|---------------------2-|---2---2---2---2-||-------------------------|-------------------2---|-0---0---0---0---||-------------------------|-------------0-2s4-----|-----------------|
E E E E E E E e E S S S S e E S S S S a E E S S S S E E S S E E|---5---5---5---5-|-2-------3-2-1-------3-3s5-|-3-3-3-3-5p3-2-2-2-2-3--|||-2---3---2---3---|---3-3-3-3-3---1-1-1-1-----|-3-3-3-3-3-----3-3-3----|||---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2---2-------|-4-4-4-4-4-----2-2-2----|||---2---2---2---2-|-0-----------0-------------|-0-----------0-------0--|||-0---0---0---0---|---------------------------|------------------------|||-----------------|---------------------------|------------------------||
Chorus E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E|-5---2---3---5---|-7---3---5---------|-5---2---3---5----||---3---3---3-----|-------0---7-7-7---|---3---3---3------||---2---2---2---x-|---0---0---7-7-7---|---2---2---2---x--||-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0-------0-|-0---0---0---0----||-----------------|-------------------|------------------||-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
2/4 4/4 E E E E E S S S S e E S S S S e E S S S S E E E E E|-7---3---|-5-5-5-5-7-5-5-5-5-5-7-5-|-5-5-5-5-7-5-7---5---||-------0-|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7---7---7-||---0---0-|-7-7---------6-6-6-6-6-6-|-5-------------5---5-||-0---0---|-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0---0---||---------|-------------------------|---------------------||---------|-------------------------|---------------------|
1. E S S S S e E S S S S e E S S S S E E E S S E|-3-3-3-3-5-3---3-3-3-5-3-|-2-----------2----------|||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-o|||-4-4-4-4-----3-3-3-3-3-3-|---2-2-2-2-2---2-2---2--|||-0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0----------|||-------------------------|-----------------------o|||-------------------------|------------------------||
2. E S S S S E S S S S S S E|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2h3-3-3-3-3-3--|||---3-3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-3--|||---2-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-2--|||-0-----------0--------------|||----------------------------|||----------------------------||
Interlude E S S S S E S S S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E|-2-----------2h3-----------|-3-----------2-----2---2-||---3-3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-3-|---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-||---2---2---2-----2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2---2---2-||-0-----------0-------------|-0-----------0-----------||---------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------------|-------------------------|
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| Gtr II| ~| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q|---------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------------|-------------------------||---2-------2-----2-------2-|---2-------2---2S==7-----||-4-----4-----5-------5-----|-5-----5-----4-----------||---------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------------|-------------------------|
E S S S S E E S S S S E E E S S E E a E E E E E E E E E E E|----2-2--2-2-2---2-2--2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2-----------|---5---5---5---5-||----3----3---3---3----3---3-|---3-3---3-----------|-----3---2---3---||--4------------2------------|-1-------------------|---2---2---2---2-||----------------------------|-------------------2-|---2---2---2---2-||----------------------------|-----------------2---|-0---0---0---0---||----------------------------|-----------0-2s4-----|-----------------|
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| E E E E E E S S E H E a E E E Q Q Q Q|-10-----10-----9-----10s9p7-|-7-------------------|-----------------||---------------7------------|---------------------|-5---4---2-------||----7--------7---7--------7-|---------------------|-------------4---||--9------9-----7------7-----|-6-----------------2-|-----------------||----------------------------|-----------------2---|-0---0---0---0---||----------------------------|-----------0-2s4-----|-----------------|
E E E E E E E e E E S S e E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S S S|---5---5---5---5-|-2-------3-2-1---1---3s5-|-3-3-3-3-5p=3--2-2---2---2---|||-2---3---2---3-3-|---3---3-3-3---1---1-1---|---3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-3-3---|||---2---2---2-----|---2---2---2---2---2-----|-4-4---4-----------------2p0-|||---2---2---2---2-|-0-----------0-----------|-0-------------0-------------|||-0---0---0---0---|-------------------------|-----------------------------|||-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------||
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| ~~| Q Q Q Q Q a E E E e E e E e E e Q Q|-----------------|-------------5s1---1s==7-|-7s4---4s==10-10-----x-------|||-----------------|-------------------------|---------------------x-------|||-2---------------|-----------2-5s2---2s==7-|-7s3---3s==11-11-----x-------|||-----5---4---2---|-0---2s4-----------------|---------------------x-------|||-0---0---0---0---|-------------------------|---------------------x-------|||-----------------|-------------------------|---------------------x-------||
Outro E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S +S S e H|-2-----------1-1-1-1-3-1-|-3---3-(3)-----2----*||---3-3-3-3-3---1-1-1-1-1-|---3-------3--------*||---2---2---2---2---2---2-|-4-----------0------*||-0-----------0-----------|-0-------------0----*||-------------------------|--------------------*||-------------------------|--------------------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
