How To Play Something In The Way She Moves
by James Taylor

On this page I'd like to explain to you how to play Something In The Way She Moves by James Taylor. Check out my acoustic demo clip and grab some free tabs in the lower right hand menu.

Now you might have thought, like I did when I first saw this title, that this was a re-make of the song written by George Harrison called "Something". But in fact the reverse is true.

Taylor was going to call this somg "I Feel Fine" but the title was already taken by The Beatles. So he went with his second choice.

George Harrison liked the title of the song so much that he used it as the first line in his yet to be completed song called "Something." Keep in mind that this was 1968 and Taylor was recording in London under the Apple label along side of The Beatles.

This was James Taylor's debut album when it was released in the UK in later 1968 and in the US in Feb 1969. George Harrison and Paul McCartney both performed on the song "Carolina In My Mind" which was a single from this album. But it did poorly because Taylor was battling drugs and was unable to properly promote the album with public appearances.

Something In The Way She Moves was never released as a single but it was re-recorded along with Carolina In My Mind for Taylor's 1976 Greatest Hits album.



This one is played with a capo on the third and starts in A with an Em, D, G, C, A7, Esus, D/C, D/B, Gbm, Bm and a Bm/E.

. It's best to grab the free tab to follow along with this one. There is no lead break but is a song that should be played via finger-picking. But Im simply using a pick for my version.

There are a few suttle things to watch for like hammering on the B string from an open while playing the A Chord. Also in the verses where it moves from a C to the D chord and then does a bottom string hammer on and a walking bass run on the C-B-A- to the G chord. I fully explain all of these in the full instructional tutorial.

                 

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What Im really doing here is for the most part playing a steady up and down while plucking a few strings in the middle of the fretboard .. in combo with a few hammer-ons in key places.

You could do the same thing without plucking any strings. Just strum it until you get the chord changes nailed down .. then do some plucking.

Wtach for the last line in the chorus ... he stays on the Bm but plays an E in the bass. Or you could go to an Esus.

Check out the classic video in the right hand menu and grab the free lyrics and tab as well.

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