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Massachusetts 
MASSACHUSETTS

As recorded by Bee Gees
(From the 1968 Album HORIZONTAL)

Words and Music by Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Barry Gibb - Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Strings '


 Intro
  Q=108
  G
 4/4
  Gtr I (Ac. Gtr.)
  Q  E E E E Q    Q   E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q   E E E E Q
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|-3---3-3-3-3-3--|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|-3---3-3-3-3-3--||
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0---0-0-0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0---0-0-0-0-0--||
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0---0-0-0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0---0-0-0-0-0--||
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0---0-0-0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0---0-0-0-0-0--||
|-2--2-2-2-2-2--|-2---2-2-2-2-2--|-2--2-2-2-2-2--|-2---2-2-2-2-2--||
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|-3---3-3-3-3-3--|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|-3---3-3-3-3-3--||
|
| Gtr II (Strings arr. for Gtr.)
| H      Q   Q    E Q   E H        H      Q   Q    E Q   E H
|---------------|----------------|------------3--|-5-7---5-7------||
|---------------|----------------|-3------5------|----------------||
|---------------|---4-----4------|---------------|----------------||
|------------5--|-7-----7--------|---------------|----------------||
|-5------7------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||


   1st - 3rd Verses
    G               Am     C        G
    Gtr I
    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q
||--3--3-3-3-3-3--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|-3--3-3-3-3-3---|
||o-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-1--1-1-1-1-1--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0-0-0---|
||--0--0-0-0-0-0--|-2--2-2-0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0-0-0---|
||--0--0-0-0-0-0--|-2--2-2-2-2-2--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0-0-0---|
||o-2--2-2-2-2-2--|-0--0-0-3-3-3--|-2--2-2-2-2-2--|-2--2-2-2-2-2---|
||--3--3-3-3-3-3--|---------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|-3--3-3-3-3-3---|


                  Am     C        G
  Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-1--1-1-1-1-1--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-2--2-2-0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-2--2-2-2-2-2--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2--|-0--0-0-3-3-3--|-2--2-2-2-2-2--|-2--2-2-2-2-2--|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|---------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|


                                                  1.,2.
                                  C
  Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q     Q  E E  E  E Q
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|-0--0-0-0-0-0---|-0--0-0--0--0-0--|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-1--1-1-1-1-1---|-1--1-1--1--1-1--|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0-0-0---|-0--0-0--0--0-0--|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-2--2-2-2-2-2---|-2--2-2--2--2-2--|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2--|-2--2-2-2-2-2--|-3--3-3-3-3-3---|-3--3-3--3--3-3--|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|----------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W               W               H      E E E E   H      +H
|---------------|---------------|--------8-7-5-3-|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|-5------(5)------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------|


  G               D               G               D
  Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q     E  E   E   E  E  E  E  E  3x
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|-2--2-2-2-2-2--|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|--2--2---2---2--2--2--2--2--||
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|--3--3---3---3--3--3--3--3-o||
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-2--2-2-2-2-2--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|--2--2---2---2--2--2--2--2--||
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|--0--0---0---0--0--0--0--0--||
|-2--2-2-2-2-2--|---------------|-2--2-2-2-2-2--|---------------------------o||
|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|---------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|----------------------------||
|
| W               W               Q  Q   Q   Q     E  E  +E   E  E  E  E  E  3x
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------10--------||
|---------------|---------------|------------8--|-10-12-(12)-10-12----12-10-o||
|---------------|---------------|----7---9------|----------------------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------------o||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------------------||


                                                          Outro
  3.                                        ritardando QIn time Q=108
  C                  G                      D              G
   Q  E E  E E  Q     Q   E  E     E E Q      W            Q  E E E E Q
|--0--0-0--0-0--0--|--3---3--3-----3-3-3--|---2---------||-3--3-3-3-3-3--|
|--1--1-1--1-1--1--|--0---0--0-----0-0-0--|---3---------||-0--0-0-0-0-0--|
|--0--0-0--0-0--0--|--0---0--0-----0-0-0--|---2---------||-0--0-0-0-0-0--|
|--2--2-2--2-2--2--|--0---0--0-----0-0-0--|---0---------||-0--0-0-0-0-0--|
|--3--3-3--3-3--3--|--2---2--2-----2-2-2--|-------------||-2--2-2-2-2-2--|
|------------------|--3---3--3-----3-3-3--|-------------||-3--3-3-3-3-3--|
|
|  H       Q    Q     Q   E.    S  H         +W            W
|------------------|----------------------|-------------||---------------|
|------------------|-----12-------15------|-(15)--------||---------------|
|---------12-------|-----------17---------|-------------||---------------|
|-14-----------14--|-12-------------------|-------------||---------------|
|------------------|----------------------|-------------||---------------|
|------------------|----------------------|-------------||---------------|


  Am     C        G               Am     C          G
  Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q      Q  E E E E Q
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--||--3--3-3-3-3-3--|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-1--1-1-1-1-1--||o-0--0-0-0-0-0--|
|-2--2-2-0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-2--2-2-0-0-0--||--0--0-0-0-0-0--|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-2--2-2-2-2-2--||--0--0-0-0-0-0--|
|-0--0-0-3-3-3--|-2--2-2-2-2-2--|-0--0-0-3-3-3--||o-2--2-2-2-2-2--|
|---------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|---------------||--3--3-3-3-3-3--|


  Am     C        G               Am     C
  Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q    Q  E E E E Q
|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|-0--0-0-0-0-0---||
|-1--1-1-1-1-1--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-1--1-1-1-1-1--o||
|-2--2-2-0-0-0--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-2--2-2-0-0-0---||
|-2--2-2-2-2-2--|-0--0-0-0-0-0--|-2--2-2-2-2-2---||
|-0--0-0-3-3-3--|-2--2-2-2-2-2--|-0--0-0-3-3-3--o||
|---------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3--|----------------||


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
 
 
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About the artist behind Massachusetts:

The Bee Gees were a singing trio of brothers — Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb — that became one of the most successful musical acts of the 20th century. They were born on the Isle of Man to English parents, lived in Chorlton, Manchester, England and moved to Brisbane, Australia during their childhood years, where they began their musical careers. Their worldwide success came when they returned to England and signed with producer Robert Stigwood.

The multiple Grammy Award-winning group was successful for most of its forty years of recording music, but it had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a harmonic "soft rock" act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as the foremost stars of the disco music era in the late 1970s.

No matter the style, the Bee Gees sang tight three-part harmonies that were instantly recognizable; as brothers, their voices blended perfectly, in the same way that The Everly Brothers' did. Barry sang lead on many songs, and an R&B falsetto introduced in the disco years; Robin provided the clear vibrato lead that was a hallmark of their pre-disco music; Maurice sang high and low harmonies throughout their career. The three brothers co-wrote most of their hits, and they said that they felt like they became 'one person' when they were writing. The group's name was retired after Maurice died in January 2003.

The Bee Gees were inducted into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997; fittingly, the presenter of the award to "Britain's first family of harmony"[1] was Brian Wilson, leader of the Beach Boys, America's first family of rock harmony.

It has been estimated that the Bee Gees' record sales total more than 220 million, easily making them one of the best-selling music artists of all-time. The above figure in record sales does not include record sales for artists for whom they have written and with whom they have collaborated. Their 1997 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame citation says "Only Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Garth Brooks and Paul McCartney have outsold the Bee Gees".[2]

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