[durning]

Could someone please tab out the melody for Imagine, I want to be able to play it as some sort of guitar solo. So if anyone could help I would love you for ever. I tried to figure it out myself playing with the chords to it but I'm not quite good enough for that.

[dadfad]

If you just mean a melody following the vocal-line, let me know what key you're doing it in or better yet copy your chord-tab here that your using and I'll do it.

[durning]

Riff A Riff A (alternate)
C F C F
e -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B -------------0---|-1---1---1-----0-|-------------0---|---------------0-|
G -0---0---0---0---|-2---2---2--2h3--|-0---0---0---0---|-2---2---2--2h3--|
D -2---2---2---2---|-3---3---3-------|-2---2---2---2---|-3---3---3-------|
A ---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3-----|---3---3---3---3-|---3---3---3-----|
E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Riff B
F Am Dm G5 C(add9) G
e -----------------|-1---1-1h3-3-2---|-3---3-3-3---3-3-|(3)--------------|
B -1---1---1---1---|-3---3-3-3-3-3---|-3---3-3-3---3-3-|(3)--------------|
G -2---2---2---2---|-2---2-2-2-2-2---|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|(0)--------------|
D -3---3---2---2---|---0--------0--0-|-0---0-0-0---2-0-|(0)--------------|
A ---3---3---0---0-|-----------------|-2-2-2--2--2-3-2-|(2)--------------|
E -----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3--3--3---3-|(3)--------------|

Riff C Riff D
v v v^v ^ v v^ v v v v^ v v v^v ^ v v^ v v v^v ^ v ^
F G C E E7 F G(III) C
e -1-------3-------|-0---0-0-0---0---|-1-------3-------|-3-------0---0---|
B -1-------0-------|-1---0-1-0---3---|-1-------3-------|-1-------3---1---|
G -2-------0-------|-0---0-0-1---1---|-2-------4-------|-0-------0---0---|
D -3-------0-------|-2---2-2-2---2---|-3-------5-------|-2-------2---2---|
A -3-------2-------|-3-3-3-3-2---2---|-3-------5-------|-3-------3---3---|
E -1-------3-------|---------0---0---|-1-------3-------|-----------------|





This is the tab I used. It has not showed up perfect here but im sure u get the idea. I got it from this site and yes it is the melody following the vocal line I would like. Thanx for ur help DADFAD. Have a pint on me.

[Craig61]

I got a copy of it from a special "Guitar World" on Lennon that they did in December marking the 25th anniversary of his murder.

[dadfad]

Do you prefer all or mostly single notes, or do you want simple chording and chord-fragments mixed in? (For playing with a second guitar, either would work fine. For a solo guitar, chording would sound a bit fuller.)

[Captain_Trips]

oohh . . . I cant wait for this one myself . . .

[durning]

Mostly single notes with maybe some chord fragments put in as well would be brilliant. thanx again DADFAD.

[dadfad]

(I'm just about done. I need to check it over, etc. I'll have it up later today.)

[durning]

Brilliant. I cant wait.

[dadfad]

Okay, here it is. I couldn't post it yesterday afternoon because GTU kept being messed up when I'd try to post. Which was okay because as I looked at it, I wanted to add some more stuff, so actually I did it twice. I did the first one and I thought after I looked at it I started getting a little too "chord-y" in how I did it, and so I did another one that was almost completely single-notes close to the vocal-melody with very few chords. I also did a sort of simple intro at the beginning just loosely going between the C to F thing, a few hammers, etc, thrown in. I did a Sound Click (LINK) for the first one where it was a little more complex timing-wise played fairly slowly (please excuse the crappy tone from Audacity). I didn't think the second one I did later really needed it. Anyway, I hope one or the other of them (or a mixture of both) is sort of what you were looking for. (If you need anything here in more detail, like fingering positions or something, just let me know.) And let me know if it helps.

CODE

IMAGINE
by John Lennon

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

========================================================================

Chords (more or less!)

[C]Imagine there's no [F]heaven. [or use Cmaj7 X32000 & Fmaj7 XX3210]
[C]It's easy if [F]you try
[C]No hell [F]below us
[C]Above us [F]only sky
[F]Imagine [Am}all the [Dm}people
[G]Living for [C]to[G]day... [G7}(ah-ahh...)

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace... (you-ooo...)

[F]You may [G]say I'm a [C]dreamer [E7 020100]
[F]But I'm [G]not the only [C]one [E7]
[F]I hope [G]someday you'll [C]join [E7]us
[F]And the [G]world will [C]be as one



==================================(A)=========================================

LEAD BREAK FOR SECOND GUITAR (generally following the vocal line melody with
both single-notes and mixed chording fragments)
With Sound Click:
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/songInfo.cfm?bandID=350509&songID=4127193


Possible Intro Riff (or a similar semi-repeating riff)
E)------------------0-------------------------------------0-----------------
B}-------1-1-1-----0h1-----1----1-1-1-------0-----1------0h1-----1----------
G)---0---0-0-0------------0h2---2-2-2---2-3-------0-------------0h2---(etc)-
D)--0h2--2-2-2------------------3-3-3------------0h2------------------------
A)--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E)--------------------------------------------------------------------------



E)--3----3----3----7----7----5----------5h6h7------------
B}-(5)--(5)--(5)--(6)--(6)--(6)--------------------------
G)-(5)--(5)--(5)--(5)--(5)--(5)--------------------------
D)-------------------------------------------------------
A)-------------------------------------------------------
E)-------------------------------------------------------
...Im-agine there's no heav-en.............(It's).....


E)------0--0--0--7--5----------5--0-----
B}------8--8--8--8--6-------------------
G)---------------9--5-------------------
D)-----------------(0)------------------
A)-----------------(0)------------------
E)--------------------------------------
...It's easy if you try


E)--3---3---7---7---5----------5--0-----
B}-(5)-(5)-(6)-(6)--6-------------------
G)-(5)-----(5)------5-------------------
D)-----------------(0)------------------
A)-----------------(0)------------------
E)--------------------------------------
...No hell be-low us


E)-----3---3---7--7--5-------------------
B}-5--(5)-(5)--5-(5)-6-------------------
G)----(5)-(5)--5-(5)-5---------5----4----
D)------------------(0)------------------
A)------------------(0)------------------
E)---------------------------------------
...A-bove us on-ly sky



E)-------------------------(0)---------0--------
B}-------5--------5---------1----------1--------
G)-----5--------5---------2------------2--------
D)---7--------5---------3-----------------------
A)-(0)------------------------------------------
E)--------(3)-------(1)-------------------------
...Imagine all the people

E)-------------------------0h3p0----------
B}-----------------3--------------3-------
G)--4---4---4---5--0----------------------
D)--5---5---5---3--0----------------------
A)--5---5---5---5--2----------------------
E)-----------------3----------------------
...Liv-ing for to-day...(ahh-ahhh...)


E)---------------------------------------0-------
B}------1---0-------0---1------0-----------------
G)--2---2---0----2------0----------0--1----------
D)--3-------0-----------2------------------------
A)----------------------3------------------------
E)-----------------------------------------------
...You may say I'm a dreamer

E)---------------------------------0---------
B}--------1---3-------------0------0---------
G)----2---2---4----2-----2-----2---1---------
D)----3-------5----3-----0---------0---------
A)-----------------------2---------2---------
E)-----------------------0---------0---------
...But I'm not the only one


E)-------------------------------------0---------
B}--------1---0--------0---1----0--1------0------
G)---2----2---0----2------(0)--------------------
D)---3----3---0----------------------------------
A)---3-------------------------------------------
E)-----------------------------------------------
...I hope someday you'll join us


E)--5--8----7-----5----7-----8------------
B}--6--6----6-----6----------5------------
G)--5--5----7-----7----------5------------
D)--0-------5----------------5------------
A)----------------------------------------
E)----------------------------------------
...And the world will be as one


========================(B)=======================================

LEAD BREAK FOR SECOND GUITAR (using mostly single-string notes
closely following the vocal-melody)


E)-----3--3--3----7---7----5---------------
B}-/5----------------------6---------------
G)-------------------------5---------------
D)-----------------------------------------
A)-----------------------------------------
E)-----------------------------------------
...Imagine there's no heaven


E)------3--3--3---7---5-------------------
B}-/5-----------------6-------------------
G)--------------------5-------------------
D)----------------------------------------
A)----------------------------------------
E)----------------------------------------
...It's easy if you try


E)-/3---3----7--7--5---------------------
B}---------------------------------------
G)---------------------------------------
D)---------------------------------------
A)---------------------------------------
E)---------------------------------------
...No hell be-low us


E)----3---3--3--7---5--------------------
B}-/5---------------6--------------------
G)------------------5--------------------
D)---------------------------------------
A)---------------------------------------
E)---------------------------------------
...Above us on-ly sky


E)------------------------------------------
B}------------------------------------------
G)----5------5---9---9po7-------------------
D)-7-----7----------------------------------
A)------------------------------------------
E)------------------------------------------
...Imagine all the people


E)-----------------3--------0h3po0----------
B}-----------------3----------------3-------
G)---2h2---4---5---4------------------------
D)-----------------0------------------------
A)------------------------------------------
E)------------------------------------------
...Living for to-day... (ah-ahhh..)



E)---------------------------------------0---
B}-------1--1h3po1po0------------------------
G)--0h2---------------2--2--0---------1------
D)-------------------------------------------
A)-------------------------------------------
E)-------------------------------------------
...You may say I'm a dreamer


E)-------------------------------------------
B}-------1--0---------0--1-------0-----------
G)--0h2------------2-----0-------1-----------
D)-----------------------2-------0-----------
A)-------------------------------2-----------
E)-------------------------------------------
...But I'm not the only one


E)---------------------------------0--------
B}-----------------------------0-1----------
G)---------5--4----2h4---/5-----------------
D)-5---7------------------------------------
A)------------------------------------------
E)------------------------------------------
...I hope someday you'll join us


E)----------------------0-----0-------------
B}------1----1h3---1h3-----1--1-------------
G)--2-------------------------0-------------
D)----------------------------2-------------
A)------------------------------------------
E)------------------------------------------
...And the world will be as one



==========================================================

[Captain_Trips]

a million thanks, dadfad

[durning]

Thanx Dadfad. This is much appreciated. I'm goin to play with both versions and see which I prefer playing, maybe even a combination of both. If I'm ever in America I will find you and buy you a beer.

[dadfad]

No problem, guys. Let me know how it works out for you.

[stormweaver]

muchas gracias, padrefad

[Captain_Trips]

just an added thought . . . on the booklet to the John Lennon Acoustic album there are chord charts for all of the songs on the disc, including Imagine . . . and John used the Fmaj7 chord extensively . . . where dadfad has the choice between the F, Cmaj7, and Fmaj7 . . .

sounds great though

[dadfad]

Being a person who moreless improvises every tune I do, and generally playing in a sort of "moving-fingerstyle" I don't usually define a chord in an exact hard and fast way, or will just call it in its simplest form, expecting little voicing changes and permutations around it as its being played. In that tune I'd use the major-7 form most often, but often adding a lower note(s) as a sort of walking-bass in places. So in that first chorded-verse part I just called simple basic chords.

[fingerpickinkid]

Hey, One of the best guitarist in the world, Chet Atkins aranged it for solo gutiar a long time ago if you wish the tab send an email to georgecoyne@hotmail.co.uk ill try posting it on the site as well but emailing me will be your quickest bet

[Cornix]

can anybody tab this???

it is a classical arrangement of imagine

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=QIxTrPN-O_A