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Song title:       Under My Thumb
Original Album:   Aftermath

Words and Music by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Copyright © 1966 Decca Records/London
Published by Decca Records/London

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
The INTRO Figure is played by the Marimba throughout, wherever there is that
| F#m | Em | D | % | sequence.



INTRO:


[play:]  [x2]

INTRO Figure

Marimba:

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------4---|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |




Marimba:
  F#m                               Em                                D                                 %
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------2-----------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-2---4-------4-------4-----------|-0---2---4-----------------------|-----0---2-----------------------|-----0---2-----------------------|
|-----------------------------2---|-------------2-------2-------0---|-4-----------0-------0-------0---|-4-----------0-------0-----------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|                                                                                                                                       |
Electric guitar:                                                                                                                        |
|             F#m                               Em                                D                                 D                   |
|-------------9-------9-----------|-------------7-------7-----------|-------------5-------5-----------|-------------5-------5-----------|
|-------------10------10----------|-------------8-------8-----------|-------------7-------7-----------|-------------7-------7-----------|
|-------------11------11----------|-------------9-------9-----------|-------------7-------7-----------|-------------7-------7-----------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |




VERSE1:
Chords:
F#m   244222    D  xx0232
E     022100    A  x02220


        | F#m       | E       | D          | %
Under my  thumb, the  girl who  once had me  down

        | F#m       | E       | D                | %
Under my  thumb, the  girl who  once pushed me a - round




CHORUS1:
Chords:
D    xx0232    E  022100
B7   x2120x    A  x02220
F#m  244222

            | A      | D                | B7
It's down to  me, the  difference in the  clothes that she wears,

       | F#m              | E           D       | A    | %
Down to  me the change has  come, she's under my  thumb

(Ain't it true, babe?)




VERSE2:
Chords:
F#m   244222    D  xx0232
E     022100    A  x02220


        | F#m       | E                  | D           | %
Under my  thumb, the  squirmin' dog who's  just had her  day

        | F#m     | E           | D               | %
Under my  thumb. a  girl who has  just changed her  way




CHORUS2:
Chords:
D    xx0232    E  022100
B7   x2120x    A  x02220
F#m  244222

            | A          | %
It's down to  me, yes, it  is,

  | D                | B7
The way she does just  what she's told

      | F#m               | E           D       | A     | %
Down to me, the change has  come, she's under my  thumb,

(Say it's alright)




VERSE3:
Chords:
F#m   244222    D  xx0232
E     022100    A  x02220


        | F#m     | E      | D       | %
Under my  thumb, a  Siamese  cat of a  girl,

        | F#m             | E       | D         | %
Under my  thumb, she's the  sweetest  pet in the  world 




CHORUS3:
Chords:
D    xx0232    E  022100
B7   x2120x    A  x02220
F#m  244222


                | A      | D                       | B7
It's all down to  me, the  way she talks when she's  spoken to

      | F#m               | E           D       | A    | %
Down to me, the change has  come, she's under my  thumb

(Ah, take it easy, babe)




[Guitar SOLO over these chords:]


[play:4/4| F#m | E | D | % |]  [x2]




CHORUS4:
Chords:
D    xx0232    E  022100
B7   x2120x    A  x02220
F#m  244222


            | A     | D                       | B7
It's down to  me the  way she talks when she's  spoken to

      | F#m               | E           D       | A    | %
Down to me, the change has  come, she's under my  thumb

(Yes, it feels alright)




VERSE4:
Chords:
F#m   244222    D  xx0232
E     022100    A  x02220


        | F#m       | E            | D
Under my  thumb, her  eyes are just  kept to herself

        | F#m        | E          | D
Under my  thumb, well, I can still  look at someone else.




CHORUS5:
Chords:
D    xx0232    E  022100
B7   x2120x    A  x02220
F#m  244222


            | A
It's down to  me - oh, that's what I say,

  | D                       | B7
The way she talks when she's  spoken to

      | F#m               | E           D       | A    | %
Down to me, the change has  come, she's under my  thumb

(Ah, say it's alright)


[play out over A to fade]