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  10 <h1 class="songtitle">Here Today</h1>
  11 <p>Written by Paul McCartney<br />
  12   Released on <span class="recordlink">Tug of War</span> (1982)<br />
  13   Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem </p>
  14 <hr />
  15 <p>Here's a tab of the beginning of the song, and the chords to the rest of it.<br />
  16   The &quot;Oooh&quot; part could also be played at the third fret:</p>
  17 <pre class="tab">
  18   Cm7               Cm6               Cm7               Gm7     Cm/g
  19   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  20 |-6-------6---6---|-5-------5---5---|-3---------------|-----------------|
  21 |-----4-----------|-4-------4---4---|-4-------4-------|-6-------4-------|
  22 |-----------------|-----5-----------|-----3-------3---|-----------------|
  23 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  24 |-3-----------3---|-3-----------3---|-3---------------|-----------------|
  25 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|
  26
  27 Live he plays the much simpler:
  28
  29 C#m7-5  x4200x
  30 Cmmaj7  x3100x
  31
  32 in the intro, and, in the &quot;Ooo&quot; bit:
  33
  34   Cm                Cm9               Cm
  35   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :
  36 |---------3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|(3)----
  37 |---------4---4---|-3---3---3---3---|-4-----
  38 |---------5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-5-----
  39 |-----5-----------|-----5-------5---|-5-----
  40 |-3---------------|-3---------------|-3-----
  41 |-----------------|-----------------|-------
  42   Oooh              Oooh              Ooh
  43
  44 Chords:
  45
  46 Em6/c#    x4200x
  47 F7/c      x3121x
  48 Cm7       x35343  or 8-10-8-8-11-8
  49 Cm6       x35545  or 8-10-10-8-10-8
  50 F6        13x231
  51 </pre>
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  53 <pre class="tab">
  54
  55    Em6/c#                              F7/c
  56    :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  57 |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  58 |--------------0---|-------------0---|-------------1---|-------------1---|
  59 |----------0-------|---------0-------|---------2-------|---------2-------|
  60 |------2-----------|-----2-----------|-----1-----------|-----1-----------|
  61 |-/4---------------|-4---------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|
  62 |------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  63          And if I said                       I really knew you well, what
  64
  65   G                                   Em
  66   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  67 |-------------3---|-3-------3-------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
  68 |-------------0---|-0---------------|-0-----------0---|---------0-------|
  69 |-------------0---|-0-----------0---|---------0-------|-----------------|
  70 |---------0-------|-0---------------|-----2-----------|-----2-------0---|
  71 |-----2-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  72 |-3---------------|---------2-------|-0---------------|-----------------|
  73   would your answer be                       If you were here today
  74
  75   Cm7               Cm6               Cm7               Gm7     Cm/g
  76   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
  77 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  78 |-11------11--11--|-10------10--10--|-8---------------|-6-------4-------|
  79 |-----8-----------|-8-------8---8---|-8-------8-------|-----------------|
  80 |-----------------|-----10----------|-----8-------8---|-----------------|
  81 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  82 |-8-----------8---|-8-----------8---|-8---------------|-3-------3-------|
  83  Oooh                                                   Here    to-
  84   G                                    Em6/c#
  85   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .      :   .   .   .
  86 |-----------------|-3---------------||-----------------|
  87 |-3-----------3---|-----3-----------||-------------0---|
  88 |---------4-------|---------4-------||---------0-------|  etc.
  89 |-----5-----------|-----------------||-----2-----------|
  90 |-----------------|-------------5---||-4---------------|
  91 |-3---------------|-----------------||-----------------|
  92   day.
  93
  94 </pre>
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  96 <pre class="verse">
  97 Em6/c#
  98   And if I said
  99 F7/c
 100   I really knew you well
 101      G
 102 What would your answer be,
 103 Em
 104   If you were here today?
 105 Cm7 Cm6 Cm7 Gm7  Cm/g G
 106 Ooh ooh ooh here to - day.
 107
 108
 109 Well knowing you,
 110 You'd probably laugh and say that
 111 we were worlds apart,
 112 If you were here today.
 113 Ooh ooh ooh here today.</pre>
 114 <pre class="refrain">
 115 C
 116  But as for me,
 117 F6                       C
 118  I still remember how it was before.
 119 F6                         C     Am Em
 120  And I am holding back the tears no more.
 121 C   Am  Em
 122 Ooh ooh ooh
 123   Fmaj7
 124 I love you
 125 D7
 126 Oooh</pre>
 127 <pre class="bridge2">
 128 G
 129 What about the time we met,
 130        D#dim                                   Em
 131 Well I suppose that you could say that we were playing hard to get.
 132 Em
 133 Didn't understand a thing.
 134              Am     D7     Em
 135 But we could always sing.
 136
 137 Em
 138 What about the night we cried,
 139               D#dim                     Em
 140 Because there wasn't any reason left to keep it all inside.
 141 Em
 142 Never understood a word.
 143              Am     D7           Em        /d Em6/c#
 144 But you were always there with a smile.</pre>
 145 <pre class="verse">
 146 And if I say I really loved you
 147 And was glad you came along.
 148 Then you were here today.
 149 Ooh ooh ooh for you were in my song.
 150 Ooh ooh ooh here today.
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