Eleanor Rigby
by the beatles · posted by zephyrazure
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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
4/4 time moderate with a steady-4 lilt.
-8 8 9 9 9 8 8 6 5
Ah,____look at all___ the lone-ly peo-ple!
-5 6 -6 -5 4 -5 6 -6 7 -7 -6 -7
El-ea-nor Rig-by, picks up the rice__ in the church_
-6 6 -6 6 -5 6
__where a wed-ding has been,___
-5 6 6 7 -6
lives in a dream____
-5 6 -6 -5 -4 -5 6 -6 7 -7 -6 -7
Waits at the win-dow, wear-ing the face___ that she keeps__
-6 6 6 6 -5 6
__in a jar___ by the door___
-5 6 -6 7 -6
who is it for?____
Chorus:
6 -5 6 -6 -5 4 -4 -8 -6 6 -5 -4
All the lone-ly peo-ple, where do they all___ come from?
6 -5 6 -6 -5 4 -4 -9 -8 -6 6 -5
All the lone-ly peo-ple, where do they all be-long?
-8 8 -9 9 -9 8 -8 6 -5
Ah,___ look at all___ the lone-ly peo-ple____
-5 6 -6 -5 4 -5 6 -6 7
El-ea-nor Rig-by, died in the church__
-7 -6 7 -6 6 -6 6 -5 6
__and was bur-ied a-long___ with her name,____
-5 6 6 -7/ -6
no-bod-y came.____
-5 6 -6 5 -4 -5 6 -6 7 -7 -6 -7
Fa-ther Mc Ken-zie, wip-ing the dirt__ from his hands__
-6 6 -6 6 -5 6
__as he walks__ from the grave,__
-5 6 -6 -7/ -6
no one was saved.__
Verse 2:
Father McKenzie, writing the wrods of a sermon
that no one will hear, no one comes near.
Look a him working, darning his socks in the night
when there's nobody there, what does he care?
Repeat Chorus
*The -7/ bend down 1/2 step to Bb.Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound
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