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TAB: Lady Madonna
MUSIC BY: The Beatles (From the Lady Madonna/Inner Light Single) 
TABBED BY: The Beatles Central Team (jpgr_beatles@yahoo.com)

Okay, this one's pretty basic.  You got two basic riffs in the song: 

Riff 1:
E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------2---|
D|-----------------0---0---3-4-----|
A|-0---0---3---4-------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
   ^       ^       ^       ^            
Riff 2:
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------------
B|---------------------------------|--------------------------------
G|---------------------------------|--------------------------------
D|-----------------0---0---2---2---|-3---3---5---5---7--------------
A|-0---0---3---4-------------------|--------------------------------
E|---------------------------------|--------------------------------
   ^       ^       ^       ^         ^       ^       ^       ^                   

Verse 1:

(Riff 1)              (Riff 1) 
 A             D        A               D
Lady       Madonna     Children at your feet

(Riff 2)
 A             D             F    G    A
Wonder how you manage to make ends meet

(Riff 1)              (Riff 1)
 A              D        A               D
Who finds the money    When you pay the rent

(Riff 2)
 A                  D           F   G    A
Did you think that money was hea-ven sent?


Chorus:

 Dm7                           G7         
Friday night arrives without a suitcase
 C                             Am7        
Sunday evening creeping like a nun 
 Dm7                                  G7         
Monday's child has learned to tie his bootlace
 C        Bm7   E7  
See  how  they  run

Verse 2:

(Riff 1)              (Riff 1) 
 A             D        A            D
Lady       Madonna     Baby at your breast

(Riff 2)
 A              D            F   G    A 
Wonder how you manage to feed the rest

Instrumental Break:

(Riff 1)              (Riff 1)
A             D        A            D
(Riff 1)              (Riff 1)
A             D        A            D
(Riff 2)
A             D           F   G    A

Sax Solo:

 Dm7                           G7         
 
 C                             Am7        
 
 Dm7                           G7         
 
 C        Bm7   E7  
See  how  they  run

Verse 3: 

(Riff 1)            (Riff 1)
 A          D         A            D
Lady     Madonna     Lying on the bed

(Riff 2)
 A             D              F    G     A
Listen to the music playing in your head

Instrumental Break:

(Riff 1)              (Riff 1)
A             D        A            D
(Riff 1)              (Riff 1)
A             D        A            D
(Riff 2)
A             D           F   G    A

Chorus:

 Dm7                       G7         
Tuesday afternoon is never-ending
 C                              Am7        
Wednesday morning papers didn't come 
 Dm7                                  G7         
Thursday night your stockings needed mending
 C        Bm7   E7  
See  how  they  run

Coda:

(Riff 1)              (Riff 1) 
 A             D        A               D
Lady       Madonna     Children at your feet

(Riff 2)
 A             D             F    G    A    
Wonder how you manage to make ends meet

A      G/B     Cm  G/B  A

A      G/B     Cm  G/B  A


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