Sun King (ver 2) by The Beatles
SUN KING
As recorded by The Beatles
(From the 1969 Album ABBEY ROAD)
Words and Music by John Lennon & Paul McCartney
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'George Harrison - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'John Lennon - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=75
E
4/4
Gtr I
H E E S S E a W H E E S S E
|----------------|------------|-----------------|
|----------------|------------|-----------------|
|----------------|------------|-----------------|
|--------------7-|------------|--------------7--|
|--------------7-|------------|--------------7--|
|--------7-7s9---|-9s7--------|--------7-7s9----|
1st & 2nd Verses
$
F#m7/E
a W H E E a E E W
|------------|----------------||-----------------------------|
|------------|----------------||-----------------------------|
|------------|----------------||-----------------------------|
|------------|----------------||-----------------------------|
|------------|--------------2-||-4---------------------------|
|-9s7--------|--------0-2s4---||-----------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W E S S +S S E E S S +S S E
|------------|----------------||-0---------2---0---------2---|
|------------|----------------||-----2-(2)---2-----2-(2)---2-|
|------------|----------------||---2-------------2-----------|
|------------|----------------||-----------------------------|
|------------|----------------||-----------------------------|
|------------|----------------||-----------------------------|
E6
W H E E S S E a W
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|--------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|--------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|--------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------7-|--------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------7-|--------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------7-7s9---|-9s7----|
|
| E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E +H W
|-0---------2---0---------4---|-0-------------------------|--------|
|-----2-(2)---2-----2-(2)---4-|-----------2---------------|--------|
|---2-------------2-----------|-----1-(1)---1-(1)---------|--------|
|-----------------------------|---2-----------------------|--------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|--------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|--------|
F#m7/E
W
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|
| E S S +S S E E S S +S S E
|-0---------2---0---------2---|
|-----2-(2)---2-----2-(2)---2-|
|---2-------------2-----------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
E6
W H E E S S E
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------7--|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------7--|
|-----------------------------|-------------------7-7s9----|
|
| E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E +H
|-0---------2---0---------4---|-0--------------------------|
|-----2-(2)---2-----2-(2)---4-|-----------2----------------|
|---2-------------2-----------|-----1-(1)---1-(1)----------|
|-----------------------------|---2------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
To Coda
F#m7/E E6
a W W W H E E S S E
|------------|-----------------|------------------|---------------------|
|------------|-----------------|------------------|---------------------|
|------------|-----------------|------------------|---------------------|
|------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------7--|
|------------|-----------------|------------------|------------------7--|
|-9s7--------|-----------------|------------------|------------7-7s9----|
|
| |--3--| |--3--|
| W Q Q Q H +H Q Q Q Q Q +H
|------------|-^2-^2-^2-^2-----|-(2)----^2-^3-^4--|----^0--(0)----------|
|------------|-^2-^2-^2-^2-----|-(2)----^2-^3-^4--|----^2--(2)----------|
|------------|-^2-^2-^2-^2-----|-(2)----^2-^3-^4--|----^1--(1)----------|
|------------|-----------------|------------------|----^2--(2)----------|
|------------|-----------------|------------------|----^2--(2)----------|
|------------|-----------------|------------------|----^0--(0)----------|
Chorus
F C
a W W Q E E E E S S E W
|-------------||-----------|---------13-12-10-------||-------------------|
|-------------||-----------|------10----------10s13-||-------------------|
|-------------||-----------|------------------------||-12----------------|
|-------------||-----------|------------------------||-------------------|
|-------------||-----------|------------------------||-------------------|
|-9s=7--------||-----------|------------------------||-------------------|
|
| W W W E E E E E E E E
|---^9--------||-^1--------|------------------------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|---^9--------||-^1--------|------------------------||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
|---^9--------||-^2--------|------------------------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|---^9--------||-^3--------|------------------------||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-------------||-----------|------------------------||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-------------||-----------|------------------------||-------------------|
Gm A7 C
H. Q W E E E E +E E Q W
|-7------------5---|-3---------------|---------------5---|------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-8-5---5-(5)-5-5---|------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----6-------6-6---|-12---------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E 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--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-|------------------|
Gm
H. Q W
|--------------------|-----------------|
|-12------------10---|-8---------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|--1--1-1-1-1-1--1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|--0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|--2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|--3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|--------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Bridge
A7 F
H a a E E E E W
|---------------------||-----------------|
|-------------8-7-6-5-||-----------------|
|-----------6---------||-----------------|
|---------7-----------||-----------------|
|---------------------||-----------------|
|---------------------||-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E Q E E +E Q E
|-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-||------1-(1)-1--1-|
|-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-||------1-(1)-1--1-|
|-6-6-6-6-----6-6-6-6-||------2-(2)-2--2-|
|-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-||------3-(3)-3--3-|
|-7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7-||------3-(3)-3--3-|
|-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-||------1-(1)-1--1-|
Chorus
D7 F D7 C
H a a E E E E W W W
|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------||-------------------|
|-------------8-7-6-5-|-----------------|-----------------||-^-8---------------|
|-----------6---------|-----------------|-----------------||-^-9---------------|
|---------7-----------|-----------------|-----------------||-^10---------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------||-------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------||-------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E Q. E +E Q 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-|-1----1-(1)-1--1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-1-1-1-1-----1-1-1-1-|-1----1-(1)-1--1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-|-2----2-(2)-2--2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-|-3----3-(3)-3--3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|---------------------|-3----3-(3)-3--3-|-----------------||---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|---------------------|-1----1-(1)-1--1-|-----------------||-------------------|
D.S. al Coda
Em7 C7 F
W W Q E E E E E +E
|-^7---------------|-^-8-------------|----------5---------------||
|-^8---------------|-^-8-------------|-------6-----8-5pb7r(5)---||
|-^9---------------|-^-9-------------|--------------------------||
|------------------|-^10-------------|--------------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|--------------------------||
|------------------|-----------------|--------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E Q. E +E E Q
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0-0--0-0-0--0-|-1-----1-(1)-1-1----------||
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---1-1--1-1-1--1-|-1-----1-(1)-1-1----------||
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---3-3--3-3-3--3-|-2-----2-(2)-2-2----------||
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---2-2--2-2-2--2-|-3-----3-(3)-3-3----------||
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-3-----3-(3)-3-3----------||
|------------------|-----------------|-1-----1-(1)-1-1----------||
&
E6
H E E S S S S W
|-------------------|-------*|
|-------------------|-------*|
|-------------------|-------*|
|---------------7---|-------*|
|---------------7---|-------*|
|---------7-7s9---9s|==7----*|
|
| W W
|-^0----------------|-^9----*|
|-^2----------------|-^9----*|
|-^1----------------|-^9----*|
|-^2----------------|-^9----*|
|-^2----------------|-------*|
|-^0----------------|-------*|
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
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