LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS
(Lennon/McCartney)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) 



 
    
 That cool riff that underlines John's section of the song is played on
a keyboard instrument and is a little awkward to play on the guitar.  
If you're stuck on playing it on a guitar, I recommend capoing on the
12th fret and playing the following (you could play this without the 
capo--the riff would just be an octave lower).  The chords that go a
long the riff are simple enough--just an A chord with a bass line 
moving beneath it.


let ring:

       A/E         A/G         A/F#        A/F         
     |----------0-------0----------------0---------------|
     |------------------------------------------3p2------|
     |------2-------0------2---------2----------------2--|
     |--2-----------------------4-----------3------------|
     |---------------------------------------------------|
     |---------------------------------------------------|


       A/E         A/G         A/F#        A/F         
     |----------0-------0----------------0---------------|
     |------------------------------------------3p2------|
     |------2-------0------2---------2----------------2--|
     |--2-----------------------4-----------3------------|
     |---------------------------------------------------|
     |---------------------------------------------------|
       Picture yourself in  a  boat on  a  river

       A/E         A/G         A/F#       Fmaj7
     |----------0-------0---------------0----------------|
     |--------------------------------------1------1-----|
     |------2-------0-------2-------2-------2---2-----2--|
     |--2-----------------------4-----------3---------3--|
     |---------------------------------------------------|
     |---------------------------------------------------|
   With tangerine trees    and marmalade  skies

       A/E         A/G         A/F#        A/F         
     |----------0-------0----------------0---------------|
     |------------------------------------------3p2------|
     |------2-------0------2---------2----------------2--|
     |--2-----------------------4-----------3------------|
     |---------------------------------------------------|
     |---------------------------------------------------|
       Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly

       A/E         A/G        A/F#               Dm
     |----------0-------0----------0-----0-----0-----1-----1--|
     |--------------------------2-----2-----2-----3-----3-----|
     |------2-------0-------2---------------------------------|
     |--2-----------------------------------------------------|
     |--------------------------------------------------------|
     |--------------------------------------------------------|
     A girl with caleidoscope eyes


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 A/E        A/G       A/F#       A/F

 A/E        A/G       A/F#       A/F
Picture yourself in a boat on a river
      A/E       A/G      A/F#      Fmaj7 
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
  A/E     A/G            A/F#         A/F
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly
   A/E        A/G        A/F#    Dm
A girl with caleidoscope eyes

 Bb                      C
Cellophane flowers of yellow and green
 F                  Bb
Towering over your head
 C                          G                         D
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes and she's gone


 G           C          D
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
 G           C          D
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
 G           C          D       D  A
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, ahhhhh


  A/E       A/G       A/F#          A/F
Follow her down to a bridge by the fountain
       A/E           A/G       A/F#        Fmaj7
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies
  A/E     A/G           A/F#            A/F
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers
      A/E      A/G      A/F#   Dm
That grow so incredibly high

Bb                C
Newspaper taxis appear on the shore
F                   Bb
Waiting to take you away
C                           G                              D
Climb in the back with your head in the clouds and you're gone


 G           C          D
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
 G           C          D
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
 G           C          D       D  A
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, ahhhhh



  A/E       A/G       A/F#        A/F
Picture yourself on a train in a station
      A/E        A/G          A/F#         Fmaj7
With plasticine porters with looking glass ties
  A/E     A/G       A/F#          A/F
Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile
     A/E        A/G        A/F#    Dm
The girl with caleidoscope eyes


[repeat and fade:]

 G           C          D
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
 G           C          D
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
 G           C          D       D  A
Lucy in the sky with diamonds, ahhhhh  


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 A/E      A/G      A/F#     A/F

 -0-      -0-      -0-      -0-
 -2-      -2-      -2-      -2-
 -2-      -2-      -2-      -2-
 -2-      -2-      -2-      -2-
 -0-      -x-      -x-      -x-
 -0-      -3-      -2-      -1-