Taxman The Beatles Written by George Harrison; released on "Revolver" album George's song about the very high rate of tax they had to pay. This was the Beatles' most "political" song by that time, it was only preceded by "Think For Yourself" - also by George... Paul played the guitar solo, which was artifically added to the end of the song once more. The original recording had a complete ending where the "second" solo would begin; this can be heard on the "Anthology 2" album. That version has John and Paul very rapidly singing "Anybody got a bit of money, anybody got a bit of money, anybody got a bit of money" (a sixteenth note for each syllable) instead of "Ha! Ha! Mr. Wilson/Heath" on the version heard on "Revolver" album. There were high D notes played on the lead guitar in the second verse, which were deleted from the official version, it can be heard well as those few seconds were also deleted from the tambourine part. The original recording also missed the cowbell part which starts at the beginning of the second refrain. 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G|------- ------- ----5-- -------|------- 7------ h---5-- -------| D|---------------/7--------------|--------------757-----7----/7--| A|5-------5----------------------|5------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| 'Cause the I'm Refrain: G|------- 5------ h---3-- -------|------- 5------ h---3-- -------| D|--------------335--------------|--------------335--------------| A|3------------------------------|3------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| tax - man, yeah, I'm the G|------- ------- ------- -------|------- 7------ h---5-- -------| D|--------5-------h---3----------|--------------557--------------| A|--------------335--------------|5------------------------------| E|3------------------------------|-------------------------------| tax - man G|------- 7------ h---5-- -------| D|--------------557--------------| A|5------------------------------| E|-------------------------------| If you drive Bridge: G|-------/7------/7------ -------|-------/7------/7------ -------| D|--------------------7---5\-----|--------------------7\---------| A|5------------------------------|5------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| I'll tax the street a car, car If you try G|-------/7------/7------ -------|------- ------- ------- -------| D|--------------------7\---------|-------------------------------| A|5------------------------------|3-------3-----3-3---3---3------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| I'll tax your seat to sit, sit If you get G|-------/7------/7------ -------|-------/7------/7------ -------| D|--------------------7\---------|--------------------7\---------| A|5------------------------------|5------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| I'll tax the heat too cold, cold If you take G|-------/7------/7------ -------|------- ------- ------- -------| D|--------------------7\---------|-------------------------------| A|5------------------------------|3-------3-----3-3---3---3------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| I'll tax your feet a walk, walk G|------- ------- ------- -------| D|-------------------------------| A|3-------3-------3-------3---/--| E|-------------------------------| Verse (solo): G|------- 7------ h---5-- -------|------- 7------ h---5-- -------| D|--------------557--------------|--------------557--------------| A|5------------------------------|5------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| Tax - man! G|------- ------- ----5-- -------|------- 7------ h---5-- -------| D|----------------5/7------------|--------------557--------------| A|5-------5----------------------|5------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| G|------- 7------ h---5-- -------|------- 7------ h---5-- -------| D|--------------557--------------|--------------557--------------| A|5------------------------------|5------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| G|------- ------- ----5-- -------|------- 7\----- ----5\- -------| D|----------------5/7------------|----------------7--------------| A|5-------5----------------------|5------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| 'Cause the I'm Refrain: G|------- 5------ h---3-- -------|------- 5------ h---3-- -------| D|--------------335--------------|--------------335--------------| A|3------------------------------|3------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| tax - man, yeah, I'm the G|------- ------- ------- -------|------- 7------ h---5-- -------| D|--------5-------h---3----------|--------------557--------------| A|--------------335--------------|5------------------------------| E|3------------------------------|-------------------------------| tax - man G|------- 7------ h---5-- -------| D|--------------557--------------| A|5------------------------------| E|-------------------------------| Don't ask Verse G|------- 7------ h---5-- -------|------- 7------ h---5-- -------| D|--------------557--------------|--------------557--------------| A|5------------------------------|5------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| me what I want it for G|------- ------- ----5-- -------|------- 7------ h---5-- -------| D|----------------5/7------------|--------------557--------------| A|5-------5----------------------|5------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| If you Ha! Ha! Mister Wil - son G|------- 7------ h---5-- -------|------- 7------ h---5-- -------| D|--------------557--------------|--------------557--------------| A|5------------------------------|5------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| don't want to pay some more G|------- ------- ----5-- -------|------- 7\----- ----5\- -------| D|----------------5/7------------|----------------7--------------| A|5-------5----------------------|5------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| 'Cause I'm the Ha! Ha! Mister Heath Refrain: G|------- 5------ h---3-- -------|------- 5------ ----3-- -------| D|--------------335--------------|--------------3h5-----------5--| A|3------------------------------|3------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| tax - man, yeah, I'm the G|------- ------- ------- -------|------- 7------ h---5-- -------| D|--------5-----------3----------|--------------557-----------7--| A|--------------3h5-----------5--|5------------------------------| E|3------------------------------|-------------------------------| tax - man G|------- 7------ h---5-- -------| D|--------------557--------------| A|5------------------------------| E|-------------------------------| Now my Verse G|------- 7------ h---5-- -------|------- 7------ h---5-- -------| D|--------------557--------------|--------------557--------------| A|5------------------------------|5------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| ad - vice for those who die G|------- ------- ----5-- -------|------- 7------ h---5-- -------| D|----------------5/7------------|--------------557--------------| A|5-------5----------------------|5------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| De- clare Tax - man! G|------- 7------ h---5-- -------|------- 7------ h---5-- -------| D|--------------557--------------|--------------557--------------| A|5------------------------------|5------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| the pen - nies on your eyes! G|------- ------- ----5-- -------|------7 ----5-- ------- -------| D|----------------5/7------------|----------7-----5-/-7---5\-----| A|5-------5----------------------|5------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| 'Cause I'm the Tax - man! Refrain: G|------- 5------ h---3-- -------|------- 5------ h---3-- -------| D|--------------335-----------5--|--------------335-----------5--| A|3------------------------------|3------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| tax - man, yeah, I'm the G|------- ------- ------- -------|------- 7------ h---5-- -------| D|--------5-----------3----------|--------------557-----------7--| A|--------------3h5-----------5--|5------------------------------| E|3------------------------------|-------------------------------| tax - man And your Outro: G|------- ------- ------- -------|------- ------- ------- -------| D|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| A|8-------8-------8-------8------|8-------7-------5-------3------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| wor - king for no one, but G|------- 7------ h---5-- -------|------- 7------ h---5-- -------| D|--------------557--------------|--------------557--------------| A|5------------------------------|5------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| me Tax - man! G|------- ------- ----5-- -------|------- 7------ h---5-- -------| D|----------------5/7------------|--------------557--------------| A|5-------5----------------------|5------------------------------| E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------| Fade out... Please e-mail me for any corrections, or write a comment.