WOMAN

As recorded by John Lennon
(From the 1980 Album DOUBLE FANTASY)

Words and Music by John Lennon

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'John Lennon - Electric Guitar w/ capo 1st fret'


Intro
Q=85
Dsus4 D N.C. D Dsus4 D N.C. D
4/4
Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ capo 1st fret)
E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E
|-3-3-3-2--2--2-|------0-2--2--2-|-3-3-3-2--2--2-|------0-2--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-|-/4-----2--2--2-|-2-2-2-2--2--2-|-/4-----2--2--2-||
|-0-0-0-0--0--0-|--------0--0--0-|-0-0-0-0--0--0-|--------0--0--0-||
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||


1st Verse
D Em F#m Em D Bm Em AsAs4
E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E
|-2-2--2-0-0--0-|---2--2---0--0-|---2--2---2--2-|---0--0---0-0-0--|
|-3-3--3-0-0--0-|---2--2---0--0-|---3--3---3--3-|---0--0---3-2-2--|
|-2-2--2-0-0--0-|---2--2---0--0-|---2--2---4--4-|---0--0---2-2-2--|
|-0-0--0-2-2--2-|---4--4---2--2-|---0--0---4--4-|---2--2---2-2-2--|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|


G Em F#m AsAs4 D Em F#m Em
E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E
|---3--3---0--0-|---2--2---0-0-0-|---2--2---0--0-|---2--2---0--0--|
|---0--0---0--0-|---2--2---3-2-2-|---3--3---0--0-|---2--2---0--0--|
|---0--0---0--0-|---2--2---2-2-2-|---2--2---0--0-|---2--2---0--0--|
|---0--0---2--2-|---4--4---2-2-2-|---0--0---2--2-|---4--4---2--2--|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|


D Bm Em AsAs4 G Em F#m Asus4
2/4 4/4
E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E
|---2--2---2--2-|---0--0---0-0-0-|---3--3---0--0-|---2--2-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|---3--3---3--3-|---0--0---3-2-2-|---0--0---0--0-|---2--2-|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|---2--2---4--4-|---0--0---2-2-2-|---0--0---0--0-|---2--2-|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|---0--0---4--4-|---2--2---2-2-2-|---0--0---2--2-|---4--4-|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|--------|------------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|--------|------------------|


Chorus
A D Bm Em
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--------2-0------|-------2-0------|-------0---------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||o-----3-----3----|-----3-----3----|-----0---3-0-----|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||----2---------2--|---4---------2--|---0---------0---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||o----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|----------------|-----------------|


2nd Verse
A D Em F#m Em D Bm
E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E
|-------0----------||---2--2---0--0-|---2--2---0--0-|---2--2---2--2--|
|-----2---3-2-0---o||---3--3---0--0-|---2--2---0--0-|---3--3---3--3--|
|---2-----------2--||---2--2---0--0-|---2--2---0--0-|---2--2---4--4--|
|------------------||---0--0---2--2-|---4--4---2--2-|---0--0---4--4--|
|-----------------o||---------------|---------------|----------------|
|------------------||---------------|---------------|----------------|


Em AsAs4 G Em F#m AsAs4 D Em
E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E
|---0--0---0-0-0-|---3--3---0--0-|---2--2---0-0-0-|---2--2---0--0--|
|---0--0---3-2-2-|---0--0---0--0-|---2--2---3-2-2-|---3--3---0--0--|
|---0--0---2-2-2-|---0--0---0--0-|---2--2---2-2-2-|---2--2---0--0--|
|---2--2---2-2-2-|---0--0---2--2-|---4--4---2-2-2-|---0--0---2--2--|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|


F#m Em D Bm Em AsAs4 G Em F#m
2/4
E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E
|---2--2---0--0-|---2--2---2--2-|---0--0---0-0-0-|---3--3---0--0-|---2--2---|
|---2--2---0--0-|---3--3---3--3-|---0--0---3-2-2-|---0--0---0--0-|---2--2---|
|---2--2---0--0-|---2--2---4--4-|---0--0---2-2-2-|---0--0---0--0-|---2--2---|
|---4--4---2--2-|---0--0---4--4-|---2--2---2-2-2-|---0--0---2--2-|---4--4---|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------|


Chorus
Asus4 A D Bm
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--------2-0------|-------2-0------|
|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||o-----3-----3----|-----3-----3----|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||----2---------2--|---4---------2--|
|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||o----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|----------------|


3rd Verse
Em A Eb Fm Gm Fm
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------0--------|-------0----------||---3-3-3---1-1-1-|---3-3-3---1-1-1-|
|-----0---3-0----|-----2---3-2-0---o||---4-4-4---1-1-1-|---3-3-3---1-1-1-|
|---0---------0--|---2-----------2--||---3-3-3---1-1-1-|---3-3-3---1-1-1-|
|----------------|------------------||---5-5-5---3-3-3-|---5-5-5---3-3-3-|
|----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------|


Eb Cm Fm BbsuBb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---3-3-3---3-3-3-|---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|---4-4-4---4-4-4-|---1-1-1-4-4-3-3-|
|---3-3-3---5-5-5-|---1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|
|---5-5-5---5-5-5-|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|


Ab Fm Gm Bbsus4
2/4 4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---4-4-4---1-1-1-|---3-3-3-|---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|---4-4-4---1-1-1-|---3-3-3-|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|---5-5-5---1-1-1-|---3-3-3-|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|---6-6-6---3-3-3-|---5-5-5-|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|---------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------|-----------------|


Outro
Bb Eb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||--------3-1-------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||o-----4-----4---4-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||----3---------3---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||------------------|
|-----------------||o-----------------|
|-----------------||------------------|


Cm Fm Bb
E E E E E E Q E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E 4x
|-------3--------|-------1--------|-------1------------||
|-----4---6-4----|-----1---4-1----|-----3---4-3-1-----o||
|---5---------3--|---1------------|---3-----------3----||
|----------------|----------------|--------------------||
|----------------|----------------|-------------------o||
|----------------|----------------|--------------------||


Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
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
-----------
| - 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