Nowhere Man
 (Lennon/McCartney)
 Rubber Soul (1965) 
 
 
 
  
     
  Okay, the song is in E.  But the Boys played it with a capo on the second
 fret and played in D.  Go for it.
 
 
 
 [the opening two lines are a capella]
                                          riff 1: (guitar 2, capo 2nd fret)
 (D)         (A)                               |-0------------|
 He's a real nowhere man                       |-1------------|
 (G             (D)                            |-2--0---------|
 Sitting in his nowhere land                   |-------4--2---|
  Em             Gm                D [riff 1]  |------------0-|
 Making all his nowhere plans for nobody       |--------------|
 
 
   D              A                              riff 2:
 Doesn't have a point of view                  |---------------|
   G                   D                       |---------------|
 Knows not where he's going to                 |-2--0----------|
  Em         Gm              D [riff2]         |-------4--2----|
 Isn't he a bit like you and me                |------------0--|
                                               |---------------|
 
         F#m         G
 Nowhere man please listen 
            F#m               G
 You don't know what you're missing
         F#m     Em7                     A7
 Nowhere man the world is at your command
 
 
 [solo: see below]
  D              A 
  G              D
  Em             Gm           D
 
  D               A 
 He's as blind as he can be
  G                 D
 Just sees what he wants to see
  Em             Gm             D  [riff 2]
 Nowhere man can you see me at all
 
 
         F#m         G
 Nowhere man don't worry
           F#m         G
 Take your time don't hurry
          F#m       Em7                           A7
 Leave it all till somebody else lends you a hand
 
   D              A 
 Doesn't have a point of view
   G                    D
 Knows not where he's going to
  Em          Gm             D   [riff 2]
 Isn't he a bit like you and me
 
 
         F#m         G
 Nowhere man please listen 
            F#m               G
 You don't know what you're missing
         F#m     Em7                     A7
 Nowhere man the world is at your command
 
 
  D           A 
 He's a real nowhere man                            riff 3:
  G              D                               |-----------------------|
 Sitting in his nowhere land                     |---------------------2-|
  Em             Gm                D    [riff 3] |-2--0------------0-----|
 Making all his nowhere plans for nobody         |-------4--0--2---------|
  Em             Gm                D    [riff 3] |-----------------------|
 Making all his nowhere plans for nobody         |-----------------------|
  Em             Gm                D    [riff 2]
 Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
 
 
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 Solo: This is played on a normally tuned guitar, NO CAPO.  You'll be
       surprised how easy this is! The fingerings are mostly based on
       simple chord shapes (E and A).  When the "chorded" fingerings come
       up, don't strike all strings at once; use a downstroke that allows
       each string tosound on its own for an instant.  This will give you
       that "scratchy" sound--check out the record to hear what I 
       obviously can't put into words. Note the natural harmonic at the
       5th fret at the end.
   
         
                                                                 (harm.)
 |-0-0--0------------------------------------------------------------5-|
 |-5-5--0---4-5-7------2----------0------------------------------------|
 |----------4--------2---2----1-2------2-2-------2-2-------------------|
 |----------4--------2--------2--------2-2--4----2-2-------------------|
 |----------------------------2----------------------3---3\2--2\0------|
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------0---|
            ^        ^        ^        ^
            |        |        |        |
        A shape   A shape   E shape  A shape
        in the    2nd fret
      fourth fret