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Eleanor Rigby

by the beatles · posted by chibluesteve

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How to read this tab — notation key
+
Blow note
−
Draw note
b or '
Half-step bend
bb or ''
Two half-step bend
bbb or '''
Three half-step bend
(###)
Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *
Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab
6    -6  7  -7   7  -6  6  -4  3 
Ah, look at all the lonely people
-3 -4  3 -4 <-2 -4  3 -4  2 -4
6    -6  7  -7   7  -6  6  -4  3 
Ah, look at all the lonely people
-3 -4  3 -4 <-2 -4  3 -4  2 -4

3 -3 -4  3 2
Eleanor Rigby 
 3    -3 -4   -5  <5 -4    <5    -4  -3  -4 -3   3   -3
picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
  3   -3 -4  4 -4
Lives in a- dream
  3   -3 -4   3  2
Waits at the window, 
 3  -3  -4   -5   <5  -4   <5   -4 -3 -4  -3  3  -3
wearing the face that she keeps in a- jar by the door
 3  -3 -4 4 -4
Who is it for-?

-3   3  -3 -4   3  2
All the lonely people
  2   6   -4  -3 3  3    2    
Where do they all- come from?
-3   3  -3 -4   3  2
All the lonely people
  2   7   6   -4 -3  -3 3
Where do they all-- belong?

 3 -3  -4 3 2
Father McKenzie 
 3  -3  -4   -5   <5 -4 <5 -4   -3  -4 -3   3   -3
writing the words of a- sermon that no one will hear
3  -3   -4   4 -4
No one comes near
 3   -3 -4   3  2
Look at him working, 
 3  -3  -4   -5   <5 -4   <5    -4   -3     -4 -3 3  -3
darning his socks in the night when there's nobody- there
 3    -3  -4 4 -4
What does he care?

-3   3  -3 -4   3  2
All the lonely people
  2   6   -4  -3 3  3    2    
Where do they all- come from?
-3   3  -3 -4   3  2
All the lonely people
  2   7   6   -4 -3  -3 3
Where do they all-- belong?

3 -3 -4  3 2
Eleanor Rigby 
 3   -3 -4    -5   <5  -4  <5 -4  -3 -4  -3   3   -3
died in the church and was buried along with her name
3 -3 -4 4 -4
Nobody- came
 3 -3  -4 3  2
Father McKenzie 
 3 -3  -4   -5   <5  -4   <5   -4 -3  -4    -3   3   -3
wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave
 3 -3  -4  4 -4
No one was saved

-3   3  -3 -4   3  2
All the lonely people
  2   6   -4  -3 3  3    2    
Where do they all- come from?
-3   3  -3 -4   3  2
All the lonely people
  2   7   6   -4 -3  -3 3
Where do they all-- belong?
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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