The Beatles - Cry For A Shadow Tab


THE BEATLES - CRY FOR A SHADOW (Harrison/Lennon) Recorded in just one session after MY BONNIE, WHEN THE SAINTS and WHY, backing Tony Sheridan at the Fiedrich Ebert Halle Hamburg on June 22 & 23 1961 for Polydor. First release in France on April 1962 Polydor EP-21914. A side: WHEN THE SAINTS/ CRY FOR A SHADOW. B side: MY BONNIE/ WHY. -------------------------------------------------------------- It is obvious that John & George were having a laugh imitating The Shadows, whose "Apache" was then a top

selling hit. That was the birth of this instrumental.

According to Sheridan, Lennon used his Gibson ES-175 through a Fender amp to record it. Some people said that George could have used John's '58 Rickenbacker, but hearing the track, it seems more likely that it was the high action of his Futurama which was giving him a little trouble, mostly while trying to play the

bridges.

I think it is not so obvious, however, that George used John's Rickenbacker's tremolo bar or his Futurama's one in a more than sparse way, let's say the first bending

of the four from the opening and recurrent solo guitar

phrase, at most. The other three bendings are too close and he should have had to pluck the string as he lifted the vibrato arm in a single movement. (?!) I also think that a whole tone-up must have been hard to perform, though Bigsby assured their tremolo arm could sharpen or flatten a tone as much as a semitone (the semitone downwards bending was the most usual at that time).

Although there are two guitars in this INTRO, which

we can find two more times along the track, as an

Interlude, I think it is pretty easy playing it as if

there was just one. The parenthetical notes are not actually played, but it is very easy keeping the fingering and they fit perfectly.

INTRO

G7 Am7+5 G7 Am7+5
e 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
B0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1
G0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 2
D3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
A
E
G7 Am7+5 Bbm6 G7
e 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
B0 0 0 0 1 1 1 x 2 2 3 3 3
G0 0 0 0 2 2 2 x 3 3 4 4 4
D3 3 3 3 3 3 3 x (3 3 3 3 3)
A
E
00:06 C Am C Am C
e 0 0 0 0
B1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
G0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 0
D2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
A3 3 3 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 3
E
e
B15 B 17 15B17 15B17 15B1717R15 13
G
D
A
E
e 0 0 0 0
B 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
G 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 2
D 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
A 3 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 0
E
e
B15 B 17 15B17 15B17 15B1717R15 13
G
D
A
E
F G
e 3 3 3
B 1 1 1 3 3 3
G 2 2 2 4 4 4
D 3 3 3 5 5 5
A 3 3 3 5 5 5
E 1 1 1 3 3 3
e
B13 13 13 13 13 /15 15/
G14 14 14 14 /16 15/
D
A
E
C Am C Am C
e 0 0 0 0
B 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
G 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 0
D 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
A 3 3 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 3
E
e 17
B17 17 17
G17 17 17
D
A
E
00:19
e 0 0 0 0
B 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
G 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 2 0
D 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
A 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 3
E
e
B15 B 17 15B17 15B17 15B1717R15 13
G
D
A
E
e 0 0 0
B1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
G0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 2
D2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
A3 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 0
E
e
B15 B 17 15B17 15B17 15B1717R15 13
G
D
A
E
e 1 1 1 3 3 3
B 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3
G 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4
D 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5
A 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5
E 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3
e
B13 13 13 13 13 /15 15/
G14 14 14 14 /16 15/
D
A
E
e 0 0
B 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
G 0 0 2 2 2 0 0
D 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
A 3 3 0 0 0 3 3
E
e 17 17 16 15
B17 17 17 17 16 15
G17 17 17 17 16 15
D
A
E

BRIDGE 1

00:33 E7
e0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B3 3 3 3 3 3 3
G1 1 1 1 1 1 1
D2 2 2 2 2 2 2
A2 2 2 2 2 2 2
E0 0 0 0 0 0 0
e 12 12 12 12
B 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
G 14 14 14 14 14 14
D
A
E
A
e 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
G 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
D 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
E
e 12 12 12 121516 12
B 15B17 15B17 15B17 B 15 12 12
G 1416 1412
D B 14
A
E
D7
e
B 3 3 3 3 3 3
G 5 5 5 5 5 5
D 4 4 4 4 4 4
A 5 5 5 5 5 5
E
e
B 15 1718 1817 15
G 10 10 12 14 17 B R
D 10 12 12
A 12
E
G6
e 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
B 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3
G 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
D 5
A 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
E 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
e 15 1718 18 18 1817 15
B17 B R
G
D
A
E
00:46
e0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
G0 0 2 2 2 0 0 2 2
D2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
A3 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 0
E
e
B15 B 17 15B17 15B17 15B1717R15 13
G
D
A
E
C
e0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
G0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2
D2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
A3 3 3 3 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 0 0 0
E
e
B15 B 17 15B17 15B17 15B1717R15 13
G
D
A
E
F6 G6
e 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 0
B 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 1
G 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 0
D 2
A 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 3
E 1 1 1 3 3 3 3
e
B13 13 13 13 13 /15 15/
G14 14 14 14 /16 15/
D
A
E
e 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
B 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
G 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0
D 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
A 3 0 0 3 3 3 3 0 0 0
E
e 17
B17 17 17 17
G17 17 17 17
D
A
E

00:59 INTERLUDE

e3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
B0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1
G0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2
D3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
A
E
e3 3 3 3 3 0 3 3 3 3 3
B0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 2 3 3 3
G0 0 0 2 2 2 0 3 3 3 4 4 4
D3 3 3 3 3 3 3 (3) (3) (3) (3) (3) (3)
A
E
01:06 ....
e 17
B
G
D
A
E
01:16
e 17 17 17
B1517 1517 1517
G / / /
D
A
E
01:19
e
B
G7 B 9 7B9 7B9 7B9 9R7 5
D
A
E
e
B
G7 B 9 7B9 7B9 7B9 9R7 5
D
A
E
e
B
G5 5 5 5/6/7
D6 6 6/7/8
A
E
e5 5 5 5 5
B3B5 3B5 3B5
G
D
A
E

BRIDGE 2

01:32
e 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
B 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
G 14 14 14 14 14 14
D
A
E
e 12 12 12 121516 12 1215 17 1718 1715
B 15B17 15B17 15B17 B 15 B R P 17
G
D
A
E
e
B 15 1718 1817 15
G 10 10 12 14 14 17 B R
D 10 12 12
A 12
E
e 15 1718 18 181715
B17 B R
G
D
A
E
01:45 .... 01:59 INTELUDE ENDING 02:05
e 12 12
B15 B 17 15B17 15B17 1513
G 14
D
A
E
e
B15 B 17 15B17 15B17 15B1717R15 13
G
D
A
E
e
B13 13 13 13 13 /15
G14 14 14 14 /16
D
A
E
(. C6/9
e7/8 3
B 7/8 3
G 8/9 2
D 9/10 2
A 3
E 3
B Bend R Release / Slide up \ Slide down H Hammer-on P Pull-off ~ Vibrato + Harmonic x Mute note . Play note like a dot in standard notation ^ Ties two notes together (. Pause

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