A Day In The Life Chords by The Beatles

Tempo:
82 bpm
Chords used:

C

E

G

Em

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Beatles -  A Day in the Life chords
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[G] [Bm] [Em]
[C]
[G] I [Bm] read the news today, [G] oh boy, [C] [Em] about a lucky man [A] who made the [Am] grade.
[G] And though the news was rather sad, [C] well I [F] just had to laugh.
[Em] [C] I [F] saw the [Em] photograph, [C] [G] he blew his mind out in a [Em] car.
[C] He didn't [B] notice [A] that the lights had [C] changed.
[G] [Bm] A crowd of [G] people stood [E] and stared.
[Em] [C] They'd [F] seen his face [Em] before, nobody was really sure [E] if he was from [C] the house of God.
I [G] saw [B] a film today, [Em] oh boy, [Bm] [C] the [E] English army had just [A] won the war.
[G] A crowd [F#m] of people turned [Em] away, [C] but I [F] just had to [Em] look.
I read [C]
the [F#] news [Em] today, [C]
[Em] [N]
oh boy,
[A#] [C] [A#] [F#] [A]
[E] [A#] [Fm] [D#]
[E] about a lucky man who made the grade.
Woke up, fell out of bed, tried to comb [D] across my head.
[E] On the [C] way [C#] downstairs and drank a cup.
[E] [C#] Looking up, I [A] noticed I was [B] late.
[E] Found my coat and grabbed my hat.
Made the bus in second [D] class.
[C#m] On the way [E] upstairs and had [A] a smoke.
[E] Somebody spoke and I went into a dream.
[C] [G]
[D] [A]
[E] [C]
[G] I [D]
[A] [E] [D] [C] [D]
[G] read [Bm] the news today, oh boy,
[C] four thousand holes in black [Am] journal every year.
[G] Though [Bm] the holes were rather small,
[C] they had [F] to count them [Em] all.
Now they know how [G] many holes it takes to fill the [C] hour.
I read [B] the news [G] today.
[Am] [E] [C#m] [N]
[E] [A] [E] [A]
[E] [A] [E]
[N]
Key:  
C
3211
E
2311
G
2131
Em
121
A
1231
C
3211
E
2311
G
2131
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Let's start jamming The Beatles - (Remastered 2010) A Day In The Life chords, familiarize yourself with these chords - Em, C, F, D, A, E, C, G, Am, G, Bm and C in sequence. Begin your practice at a relaxed 41 BPM, then work your way up to the song's BPM of 82. To match your vocal range and chord inclination, adjust the capo in line with the key: E Minor.

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[G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] I [Bm] read the news today, [G] oh boy, _ _ [C] [Em] about a lucky man [A] who made the [Am] grade.
_ [G] And though the news was rather sad, _ _ [C] well I [F] just had to laugh.
[Em] _ _ _ _ [C] I [F] saw the [Em] photograph, _ _ [C] _ [G] _ he blew his mind out in a [Em] car.
_ _ [C] He didn't [B] notice [A] that the lights had [C] changed.
_ [G] [Bm] A crowd of [G] people stood [E] and stared.
[Em] _ _ [C] They'd [F] seen his face [Em] before, nobody was really sure [E] if he was from [C] the house of God.
I _ [G] saw [B] a film today, [Em] oh boy, [Bm] _ _ [C] the [E] English army had just [A] won the war.
_ [G] A crowd [F#m] of people turned [Em] away, _ _ _ [C] but I [F] just had to [Em] look.
I read _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ the [F#] news [Em] _ _ today, _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ oh boy, _ _ _
[A#] _ _ [C] _ _ [A#] _ _ [F#] _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ [A#] _ _ [Fm] _ [D#] _ _
[E] _ _ _ about a lucky man _ _ who made the grade.
Woke up, fell out of bed, tried to comb [D] across my head.
_ [E] On the [C] way [C#] downstairs and drank a cup.
[E] [C#] Looking up, I [A] noticed I was [B] late.
[E] Found my coat and grabbed my hat.
Made the bus in second [D] class. _
[C#m] On the way [E] upstairs and had [A] a smoke.
[E] Somebody spoke and I went into a dream.
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] I _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [D] _ [C] _ [D] _
[G] read [Bm] the news today, oh boy, _ _
[C] four thousand holes in black [Am] journal every year. _
[G] Though [Bm] the holes were rather small, _ _
[C] they had [F] to count them [Em] all.
Now they know how [G] many holes it takes to fill the [C] hour.
I read _ _ [B] the news [G] today.
_ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _

Facts about this song

This song was composed by Paul McCartney and John Lennon.

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