A Day In The Life Chords & Tabs

by The Beatles

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Verse:
BPM: 78
Denominator: 8
Triplet: No
Measures: [1, 101, 1, 101, 1, 101, 1, 101]
A Day In The Life
Artists: The Beatles
Tabbed by: Paul Brannigan
Tuning: Standard
Special voicings
E-A-D-G-B-e
Bm     2-2-4-4-3-2 (actually Bm/F#)
Em7    0-2-0-0-0-0
C/B    x-2-x-0-1-0
Asus2  x-0-2-2-0-0
Em/F#  2-x-2-0-0-0
Em/G   3-0-2-0-0-0
Em/A   x-0-2-0-0-0
Em/B   x-2-x-0-0-0
Em/C#  x-4-2-0-0-0
Em/C   x-3-2-0-0-0
Em/D   x-5-x-0-0-0 or x-x-0-0-0-0
Dsus2  x-x-0-2-3-0
B7sus4 x-2-4-2-5-2 or x-2-4-2-0-0

[Intro]
|G Bm | Em Em7 | C | C |

[Verse 1]
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       EmC
I saw the photograph

[Verse 2]
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

[Verse 3]
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          
But I just had to look
Em     Em7      C   
Having read the book
              Em/F# Em/G   Em/A  Em/B   Em/C# Em/D   Em                  
I'd love to turn    you    on                      (orchestral glissando)

[Middle 8]
     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
And looking up I noticed I was late
         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
Somebody spoke and I went into a dream.

[Interlude]
  C   G   D   A   E   C   G   D   A
(Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh)

[Verse 4]
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
              Em/F# Em/G   Em/A  Em/B   Em/C Em/D   Em                   
I'd love to turn    you    on                      (orchestral glissando)

[Coda]
E