LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS (Lennon/McCartney) The Beatles 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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- transcribed by Chris Sears cts@mail.utexas.edu