ELEANOR RIGBY
                              (Lennon/McCartney)
                                 The Beatles
                               Revolver (1966)


I recommend palm-muting throughout the song.  See below for fingering
suggestions.  



 C                            Em
Ahh, look at all the lonely people.
 C                            Em
Ahh, look at all the lonely people.


 Em                                                 Em7          C
Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in a church where a wedding has been.
            Em
Lives in a dream.
 Em                                                     Em7         C
Waits at the window, wearing a face that she keeps in a jar by the door,
          Em
Who is it for?


Em7              Em6
All the lonely people,
      C                 Em
Where do they all come from?
Em7             Em6
All the lonely people,
      C             Em
Where do they all belong?


 Em                                                  Em7          C
Father MacKenzie, writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear,
              Em
No one comes near.
 Em                                                               Em7    C
Look at him working, darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there.
              Em
What does he care?


Em7              Em6
All the lonely people,
      C                 Em
Where do they all come from?
Em7             Em6
All the lonely people,
      C             Em
Where do they all belong?


 C                            Em
Ahh, look at all the lonely people.
 C                            Em
Ahh, look at all the lonely people.

 Em                                            Em7            C
Eleanor Rigby died in a church and was buried along with her name,
        Em
Nobody came.
 Em                                                    Em7             C
Father MacKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave,
            Em
No one was saved.


Em7              Em6
All the lonely people,
      C                 Em
Where do they all come from?
Em7             Em6
All the lonely people,
      C             Em
Where do they all belong?




Here's my suggestion for playing the Em7-Em6-C-Em section:


   Em7            Em6              C              Em
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|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
|--5---5---5---5---4---4---4---4---3---3---3---3---2---2---2---2--|
|--0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|

  All the lonely people,    Where do they all come from?



  


transcribed by Chris Sears
cts@mail.utexas.edu