Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles - 1967
Album Chords |
Tracks:
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. With A Little Help From My Friends
3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
4. Getting Better
5. Fixing A Hole
6. She's Leaving Home
7. Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite
8. Within You Without You
9. When I'm Sixty Four
10. Lovely Rita
11. Good Morning, Good Morning
12. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Reprise
13. A Day In The Life
***Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band***
[Intro]
A7 A7 C7 G7
G7 A7
It was twenty years ago today
C7 G7
Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play
G7 A7
They've been going in and out of style
C7 G7
But they're guaranteed to raise a smile
A7
So may I introduce to you
C7
The act you've known for all these years
G7 C7 G7
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band
[Trumpet Solo]
C7 F7 C7 D7
[Chorus]
G Bb C7 G
We're Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band
C7 G7
We hope you will enjoy the show
G Bb C7 G
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band
A7 D7
Sit back and let the evening go
[Bridge]
C7
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely
G7
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely
A7
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely
C7 G7
Heart's Club Band
C7
It's wonderful to be here
F7
It's certainly a thrill
C7
You're such a lovely audience
D7
We'd like to take you home with us
D7
We'd love to take you home
G7 A7
I don't really wanna stop the show
C7 G7
But I thought you might like to know
G7 A7
That the singer's gonna sing a song
C7 G7
And he wants you all to sing along
A7
So may I introduce to you
C7
The one and only Billy Shears
G7 C7 G7
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band
C7 (Switch into "With A Little Help")
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***With A Little Help From My Friends***
C D E
Billy--------------------Shears
E B F#m
What would you think if I sang out of tune,
B E
Would you stand up and walk out on me.
E B F#m
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song,
B E
And I'll try not to sing out of key.
[Chorus]
D A E
I get by with a little help from my friends,
D A E
I get high with a little help from my friends,
D A E
Going to try with a little help from my friends.
E B F#m
What do I do when my love is away.
B E
(Does it worry you to be alone)
E B F#m
How do I feel by the end of the day
B E
(Are you sad because you're on your own)
[Chorus]
D A E
I get by with a little help from my friends,
D A E
I get high with a little help from my friends,
D A E
Hm Gonna to try with a little help from my friends.
[Bridge]
C#m F#
Do you need anybody,
E D A
I need somebody to love.
C#m F#
Could it be anybody
E D A
I want somebody to love.
E B F#m
Would you believe in a love at first sight,
B E
(Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time.)
E B F#m
What do you see when you turn out the light,
B E
(I can't tell you, but I know it's mine.)
[Chorus]
D A E
I get by with a little help from my friends,
D A E
I get high with a little help from my friends,
D A E
Hm Gonna to try with a little help from my friends.
[Bridge 2]
C#m F#
Do you need anybody,
E D A
I just need somebody to love,
C#m F#
Could it be anybody,
E D A
Oh I want somebody to love.
[Chorus]
D A E
Oh I get by with a little help from my friends,
D A E
Gonna try with a little help from my friends.
D A E
Oh I get high with a little help from my friends,
[Outro]
D A
Yes I get by with a little help from my friends, With a little help from my
C D E
frie------------------nds
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***Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds***
[Intro]
A A/G A/F# A/F
A A/G A/F# A/F
Picture yourself in a boat on a river
A A/G A/F# A/F
with tangerine trees and marmalade skies
A A/G A/F# A/F
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A A/G Dm
a girl with kaleidoscope eyes.
Bb C
Cellophane flowers of yellow and green
F Bb
towering over your head.
C G
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes,
D
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. Ah.
A A/G A/F# A/F
Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain
A A/G A/F# F
where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies.
A A/G A/F# A/F
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers
A A/G F
that grow so incredibly high.
Bb C
Newspaper taxis appear on the shore,
F Bb
waiting to take you away.
C G
Climb in the back with your head in the clouds,
D
and you're gone.
[Chorus]
G C D
Lucy in the sky with diamonds,
G C D
Lucy in the sky with diamonds,
G C D A
Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Ah.
G C D
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
G C D
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
G C D A
Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Ah.
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***Getting Better***
[Intro] Fadd9
C F
It's getting better all the time
G C G
I used to get mad at my school (No, I can't complain)
G C G
The teachers that taught me weren't cool (No, I can't complain)
G C G C
You're holding me down, turning me around
G C G
Filling me up with your rules
[Chorus]
C F
I've got to admit it's getting better
Em F
A little better all the time
C F
I have to admit it's getting better
Em F G
It's getting better since you've been mine
G C G
I used to be an angry young man
G C G
Me hiding me head in the sand
G C G C
You gave me the word I finally heard
G C G
I'm doing the best that I can
[Chorus]
C F
I've got to admit it's getting better
Em F
A little better all the time
C F
I have to admit it's getting better
Em F G
It's getting better since you've been mine
F C F C F C F C G
Getting so much better all the time
C F Em Fmaj7
It's getting better all the time, better, better, better
C F Em Fmaj7 G
It's getting better all the time, better, better, better
G C G
I used to be cruel to my woman
G C G
I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved
G C G C
Man I was mean but I'm changing my scene
G C G
And I'm doing the best that I can
C F
I've got to admit it's getting better
Em F
A little better all the time (it can t get no worse)
C F
I have to admit it's getting better
Em F G
It's getting better since you've been mine
F C F C F C F C G
Getting so much better all the time
C F Em Fmaj7
It's getting better all the time, better, better, better
C F Em Fmaj7 G
It's getting better all the time, better, better, better
F C F C F C F C G
Getting so much better all the time
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***Fixing A Hole***
F C F C
I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in and
Fm7 Fm6 Fm7 Fm6 ( C G# F D# D )
stops my mind from wandering where it will-- go
F C F C
I'm filling the cracks that ran through the door and
Fm7 Fm6 Fm7 Fm6 ( C G# F D# D )
kept my mind from wandering where it will -- go And it
F C F C F
really doesn't matter if I'm wrong I'm right, where I belong
C F
I'm right where I belong
C G C G
See the people standing there who disagree and never win and
C G C
wonder why they don't get in my door
F C F C
I'm painting the room in a colorful way and
Fm7 Fm6 Fm7 Fm6 ( C G# F D# D )
when my mind from wandering, where it will go And it
F C F C F
really doesn't matter if I'm wrong I'm right, where I belong
C F
I'm right where I belong
C G C G
Silly people run around who worry me and never ask me
C G C
why they don't get past my door
F C F C Fm7
I'm taking the time for a number of things that weren't important
Fm6 Fm7 Fm6 (C-G#-F-D#-D)
yesterday and I still go
F C F C
I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in and
Fm7 Fm6 Fm7 Fm6 ( C G# F D# D )
stops my mind from wandering, where it will go
(Repeat until fade out)
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***She's Leaving Home***
E Bm F#m C#m
Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins
F#m A
Silently closing her bedroom door
F#m A
Leaving the note that she hoped would say more
E Bm F#m C#m
She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching a handkerchief
F#m A
Quietly turning the backdoor key
F#m A
Stepping outside she is free
[Chorus]
E
She (we gave her most of our lives)
E
Is leaving (sacrificed most of our lives)
E E7 E C#m
Home (We gave her everything money could buy)
C#m F#m C#m
She is leaving home after living alone for so many years
E Bm F#m C#m
Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown,
F#m A
Picks up the letter that's lying there.
F#m A
Standing alone at the top of the stairs,
E Bm F#m C#m
She breaks down and cries to her husband Daddy our baby's gone.
F#m A
Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly?
F#m A
How could she do this to me?
[Chorus 2]
E
She (we never thought of ourselves)
E
Is leaving (never a thought for ourselves)
E E7 E C#m
Home (we struggled hard all our lives to get by)
C#m F#m C#m
She's leaving home after living alone for so many years
E Bm F#m C#m
Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away
F#m A
Waiting to keep the appointment she made
F#m A6 A
Meeting a man from the motor trade
[Chorus 3]
E
She (what did we do that was wrong?)
E
Is having - we didn't know it was wrong
E E7 E C#m
Fun (fun is the one thing that money can't buy)
C#m F#m C#m F#m
Something inside that was always denied for so many years
C#m F#m A E
She's leaving home, bye bye
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***Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite***
[Intro] Bb A7 Dm G
G7 Cm G
For - the benefit of Mr.Kite
Bb Dm G
There will be a show tonight on trampoline
Cm G
The Hendersons will all be there
Bb Dm A
Late of Pablo Fanques Fair- what a scene!
Dm Dm/C
Over man and horses hoops and garters
Bb A7 Dm
Lastly through a hogshead of real fire!
Bb A Dm Gm A7 Dm G
In this way Mr. K. will challenge the world!
Cm G
The celebrated Mr. K.
Bb Dm G
performs his feat on Saturday at Bishopsgate
Cm G
The Hendersons will dance and sing
Bb Dm A
As Mr. Kite flies through the ring- don't be late!
Dm Dm/C
Messrs. K. and H. assure the public
Bb A7 Dm
Their production will be second to none
Bb A Dm
And of course Henry The Horse dances the waltz!
F C A Dm F C B Em G
Cm G
The band begins at ten to six
Bb Dm G
When Mr. K. performs his tricks without a sound
Cm G
And Mr. H. will demonstrate
Bb Dm A
Ten summersets he'll undertake on solid ground
Dm Dm/C
We've been some days in preparation
Bb A7 Dm
A splendid time is guaranteed for all
Bb A Dm
And tonight Mr. Kite is topping the bill!
Dm A C Em A Dm A C Em B
Em Em/G C B7 Em C B Em
Em/G C B Em Em/G C B Em
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***Within You Without You***
(This song is done with the sitar, but sounds the best to me over a C chord.
There are sitar-translated tabs on UG, but acoustically,
I think it sounds better just strumming a C and singing over it.)
C
We were talking about the space between us all
And the people who hide themselves behind a wall of illusion
Never glimpse the truth, then it's far too late, when they pass away
We were talking about the love we all could share
When we find it, to try our best to hold it there with our love
With our love, we could save the world, if they only knew
Try to realise it's all within yourself
No one else can make you change
And to see you're really only very small
And life flows on within you and without you
We were talking about the love that's gone so cold
And the people who gain the world and lose their soul
They don't know, they can't see, are you one of them?
When you've seen beyond yourself then you may find
Peace of mind is waiting there
And the time will come when you see we're all one
And life flows on within you and without you
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***When I'm Sixty Four***
- Capo on I
- The chords in parenthesis are single notes
[Intro]
C F G C
E|--------------------------------------0-----------------------|
B|--------------------------1-----1--3-----3--1-----1--3--1-----|
G|-----------0-----0--2--0-----2-----------------2--------------|
D|--2--1--2-----2-----------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
C
When I get older losing my hair,
G
Many years from now,
Will you still be sending me a valentine
(G A Bb B) C
Birthday greetings bottle of wine?
C
If I'd been out till quarter to three
C7 F
Would you lock the door,
F Fm C/G A
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
D G7 C
When I'm sixty-four?
Am G Am
oo oo oo oooo oo oooo oo
Am E
You'll be older too,
Am Dm
(ah ah ah ah ah)
And if you say the word,
F G C G ( G G G G B D F )
I could stay with you.
C
I could be handy mending a fuse
G
When your lights have gone.
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
(G A Bb B) C
Sunday mornings go for a ride.
C
Doing the garden, digging the weeds,
C7 F
Who could ask for more?
F Fm C/G A
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
D G7 C
When I'm sixty-four?
Am G
Every summer we can rent a cottage in the Isle of Wight,
Am
If it's not too dear
Am E
We shall scrimp and save
Am Dm
(ah ah)
Grandchildren on your knee
F G C G ( G G G G B D F )
Vera, Chuck, and Dave
C
Send me a postcard, drop me a line,
G
Stating point of view.
Indicate precisely what you mean to say
(G A Bb B) C
Yours sincerely, Wasting Away.
C
Give me your answer, fill in a form
C7 F
Mine for evermore
F Fm C/G A
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
D G7 C
When I'm sixty-four?
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***Lovely Rita***
A G D A
Lovely Rita meter maid Lovely Rita meter maid
D C G D A
Lovely Rita meter maid nothing can come between us
Bm E7 A7
When it gets dark I tow your heart away
D G C F
Standing by a parking meter, when I caught a glimpse of Rita
D A7
filling in a ticket in her little white book
D G C F
In a cap he looked much older, and the bag across her shoulder
D A7
made her look a little like a military man
D C G D A
Lovely Rita meter maid may I enquire discreetly
Bm E7 A7
When are you free to take some tea with me?
A G D A
Lovely Rita meter maid Lovely Rita meter maid
D G C F
Took her out and tried to win her, had a laugh, and over dinner
D A7
told her I would really like to see her again
D G C F
Got the bill and Rita paid it, took her home, I nearly made it,
D A7
sitting on the sofa with a sister or two
D C G D A
Oh, lovely Rita, meter maid, where would I be without you?
Bm E7 A7
Give us a wink and make me think of you
A G D A
Lovely Rita meter maid Lovely Rita meter maid
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***Good Morning, Good Morning***
A D
A D A D A E
Good morning, good morning, good morning, good morning, good morning ah
A A7 G A
Nothing to do to save his life call his wife in
A A7 G A
Nothing to say but "What a day, how's your boy been?"
D E
Nothing to do, its up to you
E7 A A7 G
I've got nothing to say but it s okay
A D A
Good Morning, good morning, good morning ah
A A7 G A
Going to work, don't want to go feeling low down
A7 G A D A
Heading for home you start to roam when you're in town
D A
Everybody knows there's nothing doing
D A
Everything's closed, it's like a ruin
D A
Everyone you see is half asleep
D A
And you're on your own you're in the street
A A7 G A
After a while you start to smile, now you feel cool
A A7 G A
Then you decide to take a walk by the old school
D E
Nothing had changed it's still the same
A A7 G
I've got nothing to say but it's okay
A D A
Good morning, good morning, good morning ah
D A
People running round it's five o'clock
D A
Everywhere in town is getting dark
D A
Everyone you see is full of life
D A
It's time for tea and meet the wife
A A7 G A
Somebody needs to know the time, glad that I'm here
A A7 G A
Watching the skirts you start to flirt, now you're in gear
D E
Go to a show you hope she goes
A A7 G
I've got nothing to say, but it's okay
A D A D
Good morning, good morning, good
A D A D
Good morning, good morning, good (7x)
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***Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Reprise***
[Intro] F
F G# Bb F
We're Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band,
Bb F
We hope you have enjoyed the show
F G# Bb F
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
G C
We're sorry, but it's time to go
Bb F
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely,
G7 D
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely,
G Bb C G
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
C G
We'd like to thank you once again
Bb C G
Sergeant Pepper's one and only Lonely Hearts Club Band
Am D
It's getting very near the end
C G
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely
A7 C
Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts--- Club---
G
Band---
Bb C G (switch into "A Day In The Life")
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***A Day In The Life***
[Intro]
G Bm Em Em7 C C
G Bm Em Em7
I read the news today oh boy
C C/B Asus2
About a lucky man who made the grade
G Bm Em Em7
And though the news was rather sad
C F Em Em7
Well I just had to laugh
C F Em C
I saw the photograph
G Bm Em Em7
He blew his mind out in a car
C C/B Asus2
He didn't notice that the lights had changed
G Bm Em Em7
A crowd of people stood and stared
C F
They'd seen his face before
Em
Nobody was really sure
Em7 C
If he was from the House of Lords
G Bm Em Em7
I saw a film today oh boy
C C/B Asus2
The English Army had just won the war
G Bm Em Em7
A crowd of people turned away
C F Em
But I just had to look
Em7 C
Having read the book
I'd love to turn you on
E
Woke up, fell out of bed
Dsus2
Dragged a comb across my head
E B7sus4
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
E B7sus4 (B7)
And looking up I noticed I was late (ha ha ha.)
E
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Dsus2
Made the bus in seconds flat
E B7sus4
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke
E B7sus4
And somebody spoke and I went into a dream.
[Interlude]
C G D A E C G D A E D C D
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
G Bm Em Em7
I read the news today oh boy
C C/B Asus2
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
G Bm Em Em7
And though the holes were rather small
C F
They had to count them all
Em Em7 C
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall
I'd love to turn you on.
E
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