Act Naturally (tab) — Beatles

Act Naturally The Beatles

Verse

They`re gonna put me in the movies They`re gonna make a big star out of me They`ll make a film about a man that`s sad and lonely And all I gotta do is Act Naturally.

Middle: Well I bet you I`m gonna be a big star I might win an Oscar You can never tell The movies gonna make me a big star `Cos I can play the part so well.

Verse

We`ll make a film about a man that`s sad and lonely And begging down upon his bended knee I`ll play the part But I won`t need rehearsin` Cos all I gotta do is Act Naturally.

Guitar Solo (play this twice):

Well I bet you I`m gonna be a big star I might win an Oscar You can never tell The movies gonna make me a big star `Cos I can play the part so well.

Well I hope you come and see me in the movies Then I know that you will plainly see The biggest fool that ever hit the big time And all I gotta do is Act Naturally.

Ending:

Assorted guitar licks:

Example licks for verse: They`re gonna put me in the movies

They`re gonna make a big star out of me

They`ll make a film about a man that`s sad and lonely

And all I gotta do is Act Naturally

Example licks for middle part: Well I bet you I`m gonna be a big star I might

..win an Oscar You can never tell (repeat above)

The movies gonna make me a big star `Cos I

can play the part so well.

One other famous lick: Then I know that you will plainly see

Tab Special Notations: ----0---- play the open string (`fret zero`) ----5---- play fret five ----5~--- play fret five with vibrato ---5/7--- play fret five, slide up to fret seven ---75--- play fret seven, slide down to fret five --8b(9)-- play fret eight, bend the string (at fret eight) to reach the pitch of fret nine --b(9)8-- play fret eight already bent to the pitch of fret nine, unbending until it reaches the normal pitch of fret eight ----h7--- hammer-on to fret seven ----p5--- pull-off to fret five ---/7---- slide up to fret 7 (the starting fret of the slide is undefined, judge by ear) ---15--- play fret 15, slide down (the ending fret of the slide is undefined, judge by ear) ---0h3--- play the open string and immediately hammer-on to fret three ---7p5--- play fret seven and immediately pull-off to fret five