Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
The Beatles
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1967
(John Lennon & Paul McCartney)
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Chords, Guitar Tablature & Lyrics
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I'm going to show you the chords & the tab - you can take it from there.
By the way, I interpreted these chords from listening to the
recording.
I did not use any other written music as an aid in writing the tab
presented on this page.
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(INTRO)
D D/C D/B D/Bb
Picture yourself in a boat on a river
D D/C D/B D/Bb
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
D D/C D/B D/Bb
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly
D D/B D/Bb D/C
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes
Bb Cadd9 Bb Cadd9
Cellophane flowers of yellow and green towering over your head
Bb Cadd9 D
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes and she's gone
CHORUS:
G C D
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
G C D
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
G C D
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (ahhhh)
D D/C D/B D/Bb
Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain
D D/C D/B D/Bb
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies
D D/C D/B D/Bb
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers
D D/B D/Bb D/C
That grow so incredibly high
Bb Cadd9 Bb Cadd9
Newspaper taxis appear on the shore waiting to take you away
Bb Cadd9 D
Climb in the back with your head in the clouds and you're gone
CHORUS
D D/C D/B D/Bb
Picture yourself on a train in a station
D D/C D/B D/Bb
With plasticine porters with looking glass ties
D D/C D/B D/Bb
Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile
D D/C D/Bb
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes
CHORUS
CHORUS
Chords
(fingers are on the left, frets on the right)
D
1 -|| ---------------2----------------2
2 -|| -----------------------3--------3
3 -|| ---------------1----------------2
4 -|| --0-----------------------------0
5 -|| ---------------------------------
6 -|| ---------------------------------
D/C
1 -|| ---------------2----------------2
2 -|| -----------------------3--------3
3 -|| --0-----------------------------0
4 -|| --0-----------------------------0
5 -|| ------------------------1-------3
6 -|| ---------------------------------
D/B
1 -|| ---------------2----------------2
2 -|| -----------------------3--------3
3 -|| --0-----------------------------0
4 -|| --0-----------------------------0
5 -|| ---------------1----------------2
6 -|| ---------------------------------
D/Bb
1 -|| ---------------2----------------2
2 -|| -----------------------3--------3
3 -|| --0-----------------------------0
4 -|| --0-----------------------------0
5 -|| ---------1----------------------1
6 -|| ---------------------------------
Bb
1 -|| --1-----------------------------1
2 -|| -(1)-----------3----------------3
3 -|| -(1)-----------3----------------3
4 -|| -(1)-----------3----------------3
5 -|| --1-----------------------------1
6 -|| --1-----------------------------1
Cadd9
1 -|| ---------------------------------
2 -|| ---------(1)-----------4-------3
3 -|| --0-----------------------------0
4 -|| ---------------2----------------2
5 -|| -----------------------3--------3
6 -|| ----------------------------------
G
1 -|| ---------------------4---------3
2 -|| --0----------------------------0
3 -|| --0----------------------------0
4 -|| --0----------------------------0
5 -|| -------------2-----------------2
6 -|| ---------------------3---------3
C
1 -|| --0-----------------------------0
2 -|| ---------1----------------------1
3 -|| --0-----------------------------0
4 -|| ---------------2----------------2
5 -|| -----------------------3--------3
6 -|| ----------------------------------
Try fingerpickin' the verses:
D D/C D/B D/Bb D D/C D/B D/Bb
1 |---2--2--2----2--0------2--0--------2--------2--3--5---2--0------5--3--2----------
2 |---------3----------3---------3------3---3---------3---------3---3--3--3---3----3-
3 |------2-------------0---------0---------0-------2------------0---0--0--0---0---0--
4 |---0-------------0---------0-----------0-----0------------0------0--0--0---0--0---
5 |--------------3---------2-----------1------------------3---------2--2--2---1------
6 |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 32 3 3 3 3 3 2 strum these
T T T T T T T T T T TTT T T T T T T TTT
D D/C D/B D/Bb D D/B D/Bb D/C
1 |---2--2--2----2--0------2--0--------2-----------2--0----5--3--2-------------------
2 |---------3----------3---------3------3---3----3-3----3--3--3--3----3----3---3--3--
3 |------2-------------0---------0---------0-------2-------0--0--0--------0-------0--
4 |---0-------------0---------0-----------0--------0-------0--0--0-------0-------0---
5 |--------------3---------2-----------1-------------------2--2--2----1--------3-----
6 |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 2 32 2 3 2 strum 3 3 3
T T T T T T T T T T TTT T T TTT T TT
Bb Cadd9 Bb Cadd9
1 |------1-----1---------------------------- ------1-----1----------------------------
2 |-3----3--3-----3----1--3---3---3--3---3-- -3----3--3-----3----1--3---3---3--3---3--
3 |-----3--------------------0---0--0----0-- -----3--------------------0---0--0----0--
4 |----3-------3----------2---2---2----2---- ----3-------3----------2---2---2----2----
5 |-1-------------1----3-------------3------ -1-------------1----3-------------3------
6 |---------1------------------------------- ---------1-------------------------------
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 13 13 13 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 13 13 13 3
T TTT T T T T T T T T T T T TTT T T T T T T T T T T
Bb Cadd9 D/A knock 3 times on guitar an go to chorus
1 |------1-----1-------------------------------
2 |-3----3--3-----3----1--3---3---3--1--0--2---
3 |-----3--------------------0---00--0--0--3---
4 |----3-------3----------2---2---2--2--2--0---
5 |-1-------------1----3----------3--3--3--0---
6 |---------1----------------------------------
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 13 13 13
T TTT T T T T T T T T
1 = first finger
2 = second finger
3 = third finger
T = thumb
^ = beat
(if you think of the beat as 'one-two-three', then the '^' is
'one')
Disclaimer
The D D/C D/B D/Bb chord names are not technically correct -
the song is easier to play if you think of these chords being
related
this way. The D chord is a D chord - as for the rest, I have no
idea.
Note
The verses in this song are supposed to be in the key of A - I
have written them in
the key of D. If you want to play the verses in the original key of A
- put a capo on
the 7th fret. Of course you need to adjust your chords for the
chorus!
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I hope you enjoyed playing this.
Remember, that by learning this song, you are helping
to preserve the music of John Lennon & Paul McCartney.
Thanks for stopping by - steve
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Lyrics & Music: John Lennon & Paul
McCartney
Copyright 1967, Northern Songs Ltd.
chords & music interpreted by Steven
Hull
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Created 8 February 2003
Updated 8 February 2003