Get Back - PAUL MCCARTNEY - LIVE (1989/90) GET BACK (co-written with John Lennon) (c) 1969 Northern Songs Ltd. c = bend / release bend h = hammer-on p = pull-off s = slide u = pre-bend Chords used: EADGBE A: x02220 [second guitar: 577655] G: 320003 [second guitar: 355433] D: xx0232 [second guitar: 557775] INTRO: A G D A Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner D A [RIFF] But he knew it couldn't last RIFF: E:-----------12---------------------- B:----10-c12----u12-10--------------- G:-11------------------11-11\-------- D:----------------------------------- A:----------------------------------- E:----------------------------------- A Jojo left his home in Tuscon, Arizona D A [RIFF] For some California grass A [RIFF2] Get back, get back, get back to where you once belonged Get back, get back, get back to where you once belonged Get back, Jojo Get back, get back, get back to where you once belonged Get back, get back, get back to where you once belonged Get back Jo RIFF 2: E:--------------- B:--------------- G:-----------7--- D:--------9------ A:-----7--------- E:--9------------ SOLO: A D A G D A [G and D are played as whole chords] A D A G D E:------------------------12-------------------------------- B:----10-10-10-10--12-c12----u12-10----10\------------------ G:-11-------------------------------11----------7-5---5----- D:------------------------------------------7-9-----7------- A:----------------------------------------9----------------- E:---------------------------------------------------------- [two times, then:] A G D E:-------------------------- B:----7-5------c7-5---5----- G:--5--------5------7------- D:---------7---------------- A:-------------------------- E:-----------------------0-- Sweet Loretta Martin though she was a woman But she was another man All the girls around her say she's got it coming But she gets it while she can Get back, get back, get back to where you once belonged Get back, get back, get back to where you once belonged Get back Loretta Get back, get back, get back to where you once belonged Get back, get back, get back to where you once belonged Get back Loretta SOLO: A D A G D E:------------------------12-------------------------------- B:----10-10-10-10--12-c12----u12-10----10\------------------ G:-11-------------------------------11----------7-5---5----- D:------------------------------------------7-9-----7------- A:----------------------------------------9----------------- E:---------------------------------------------------------- A G D A E:----------------------------------------------------u12--- B:----7-5------c7-5---5--------10-10-10-10h12-12-c12---12--- G:--5--------5------7-------11------------------------------ D:---------7------------------------------------------------ A:---------------------------------------------------------- E:-----------------------0---------------------------------- D A E:-----12--------------------------------------------------- B:-u12-12-10----c12-10-c12-10-c12-10-c12-10-10-c12-10----10- G:-----------11---------------------------------------12---- D:---------------------------------------------------------- A:---------------------------------------------------------- E:---------------------------------------------------------- G D E:---------------------- B:-10-c12-10----10-12--- G:-----------12--------- D:---------------------- A:---------------------- E:---------------------- Your mother's waiting for you Wearing her high-heel shoes And her low-neck sweater Get on home, Loretta Get back, get back, get back to where you once belonged END ON D: x577xx NOTE: "Many people have since claimed to be the Jo Jo and they're not, let me put that straight. I had no particular person in mind, again it was a fictional character, half man, half woman, all very ambiguous. I often left things ambiguous. I like doing that in my songs." (Paul McCartney, 1997)