A DAY IN THE LIFE
                             (Lennon/McCartney)
                                 The Beatles
                 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
 

 

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  I read the news today oh boy,
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  About a lucky man who made the grade.
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  And though the news was rather sad,
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  Well I just had to laugh,
C            F       Em     C
  I saw the photograph.


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  He blew his mind out in a car,
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  He didn't notice that the lights had changed,
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  A crowd of people stood and stared,
C                  F
  They'd seen his face before,
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  Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords.


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 I saw a film today oh boy
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 The English army had just won the war
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 A crowd of people turned away 
C            F
 But I just had to look
Em       Em7      C
 Having read the book


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I'd love to turn     you    on....


(Orchestral climax leading to an E chord)


     E                                              D
Woke up, fell out of bed, dragged a comb across my head
          E                   B
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
      E              B
And looking up, I noticed I was late
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Found my coat and grabbed my hat, made the bus in seconds flat
          E                       B
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke
      E                                B
And somebody spoke and I went into a dream


 C         G           D      A       E
Aah ah ah ah   Aah ah ah  Ah ah  
 C         G           D      A       E       D     C    D     G
Aah ah ah ah   Aah ah ah  Ah ah


G             Bm            Em      Em7
  I read the news today oh boy,
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  Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire.
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  And though the holes were rather small,
C              F          
  They had to count them all,
Em                                 Em7                      C
  Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.


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I'd love to turn     you    on


(Orchestral climax leading to a massive E chord)

 
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transcribed by Chris Sears
cts@mail.utexas.edu