Chords for The History of The Beatles

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_ Hey, look at John, will ya?
What's the matter, John Love?
Blue meanies?
Newer and bluer meanies have been sighted within the vicinity of this theatre.
_ There's only one way to go out.
How's that?
Singing!
One, two, three, ah!
They were the Fab Four.
Welcome to WatchMojo.com, and today we're taking a look at the history of the Beatles.
The Beatles!
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[G] _ band [C#] The Beatles [D] formed in _ 1960 in [G] Liverpool, England.
The [B] group [D] originally consisted of guitarist [G] John Lennon, Paul [C#] McCartney, and George Harrison,
[D] along with bassist Stu Sutcliffe, [A] and drummer Pete Best.
[D] Much of the group's early time was spent playing shows in Hamburg, [E] Germany.
McCartney then took [D] on bass after Sutcliffe's _ [A] 1961 departure, and they [Bm] began recording as
a backing band.
[A] After meeting [E] their future manager [A#] Brian Epstein, the Beatles were signed to EMI's [C] Parlophone [D] label by producer George Martin in _ 1962.
That same [Bm] year, Ringo Starr [E] replaced Best during their first [D] recording session, and the classic Beatles [A] lineup was [G] solidified.
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All four [G] members contributed vocals, but Lennon [C] and McCartney's singing and songwriting partnership stood out.
The group released two successful singles [G] before their number one 1963 debut, [C]
Please Please [A] Me,
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and _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ followed that with [G] two more hits.
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_ _ [D#m] As _ _ _ _ _ [G#] they toured the UK in 1963, their [B] popularity generated frenzied [C#] fan reactions dubbed [F#] Beatlemania.
That [F#m] year, the foursome also released [F#] the chart-topping LP [D#m] With The Beatles.
Next [A#m] came their first number one single on the Billboard [F#] Hot 100 [B] chart.
_ [C#] _ [F#] The _ _ [D#m] _ _
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_ _ [B] _ song [C#] and their first [B] 1964 appearance on The Ed [F#] Sullivan Show kick-started the British invasion in America.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Screaming [G] _ fans continued to pursue the band on their international tour [F] dates in 1964.
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The group also starred in the successful comedy A Hard Day's Night and released a popular [Dm] soundtrack.
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_ [C] That year also saw the UK release of the number one album Beatles For Sale, and the US [F] release of the chart-topping record Beatles 65.
[A] The next year, their second film [C#m] Help!
and a number one soundtrack [E] that featured [F#m] the song Yesterday [G] came out. _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] Yesterday, all [B] my troubles seemed [E] so far _ away.
The Beatles recorded the folk rock LP Rubber Soul amid growing tensions.
That [D] effort [A] showcased the [E] band's musical and lyrical progression and is often considered one of the greatest albums ever made.
He's a [D]
real _ [B] man.
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[F#m] In _ 1966, _ [Am] controversy arose when [F#m] Lennon commented on the band's popularity.
[E] Are you burning your Beatles records?
Yes, sir, I burn them.
[B] _
You burn them all yourself?
I've already [E] burned them.
Despite [C] this, the band continued [D] to crank out hits.
They also topped the charts with the psychedelic rock record Revolver, and this [C] was another triumph. _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ After _
[G] their final tour came the [A] 1967 _
[G] record Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
The effort's successful [D] mix of musical [G] genres and its use of varied instruments and sounds [A] made it one of history's most important [G] pop albums. _ _ _ _
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_ The Beatles song All You Need Is Love premiered next and was followed by a meditation retreat in Bangor, Wales.
That was kind of stunning because we were off on this sort of finding the meaning of life and there he was _ [F#] dead.
Following the shocking death of [B] Epstein, the Beatles released a successful psychedelic rock soundtrack to their poorly reviewed Magical Mystery Tour [E] film.
_ _ _ _ In [G] _
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_ 1968, [C] the well-received animated movie Yellow _ [Cm] Submarine_
It's [A#] all in the mind.
[F#] _and
corresponding soundtrack were followed [G#] by the Beatles' first single on their label Apple [F] Records. _ _
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_ _ _ _ After _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ visiting the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi [D#] in India that same year_
It was a bit of a phase, but he's still a nice fella and everybody's [A] fine, but we don't go out with him anymore.
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[Em] group released a self-titled [B] LP [Am] commonly known as [Em] The White Album.
Despite tension-filled recording sessions and [Am] Lennon's romantic fixation with Yoko Ono, the record topped [E] the charts.
Over the course of their 1969 [B] recording sessions for the album Let It Be, the Beatles began to fall apart.
During this time, [Am] they made their final live performance on the rooftop of their recording [E] studio.
Don't let [F#m]
me down, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ don't [E] let me _ down.
Unable to resolve their issues, the Beatles put Let It Be on hold and began [F#m] work on Abbey Road.
They released that album later in the year and it became one of the [A] group's most commercially [E]
successful [C] efforts.
I'm falling _ away, _ she _ moves, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
attracts me like no other [F] lover.
_ Though it was recorded before Abbey Road, [D] Let It Be was the band's final album [C] release.
There will be a [G] time, sir, _ let it [F] _ [Em] be.
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It was finally [F] released in 1970 [C] along with an accompanying [A#] documentary.
I'll [G] play, you know, whatever you want me to play.
Well, I won't play at all if you don't want me to play.
Whatever it is that will please you, I'll [A#] do it.
[G] By this point, [F] both Lennon and [C]
McCartney had started releasing solo material.
[A#] Maybe [F] I'm the man to do _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
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Despite [A#] their subsequent breakup and the deaths of Lennon and Harrison, the band's [E] popularity [B] did not [C#m] diminish with time.
The members continued releasing solo albums and many projects were [E] released with and without input from [A#] the band.
Let me take you to _ [D#] the water.
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_ _ [G] Some of the most [Bm] successful of these included [Em] the Beatles' anthology documentary and Cirque du Soleil's [C] theatrical production, Love.
[G] The Beatles were artistic [E] innovators who quickly [Am] achieved massive success.
[G] With their colossal pop [Bm] culture influence, it is without a doubt [Em] that their musical legacy will [D#] live on.
I'd like to say [C#m] thank you on behalf of the group and I hope we pass the audition.
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