Steven Hull's Ozark Mountain Daredevils Site presents:  

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 C
add9 Bb Cadd9
Cellophane flowers of yellow and green towering over your head

Bb C
add9 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 C
add9 Bb Cadd9
Newspaper taxis appear on the shore waiting to take you away

Bb C
add9 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

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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 -|| ----------------------------------

  

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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')

 

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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.

 

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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

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