ELEANOR RIGBY
(Lennon-McCartney)
1966


Revolver was also the album where Paul matched John's output.  Released as a 
double A side single (backed by "Yellow Submarine") on the same day as the 
album, Paul's "Eleanor Rigby" is a simple story of loneliness.  The main 
character came to Paul when he passed a wine merchants called Rigby and 
Evens while visiting Jane Asher who was performing in Bristol.  Later it was 
discovered that a woman of the same name had been buried in 1939 at St 
Peter's Church in Woolton, the backdrop for John and Paul's first meeting in 
1957.  The name may well have lurked in the depths of Paul's mind over the 
years.  As he later said, "I was looking for a name that was natural.  
Eleanor Rigby sounded natural."  Goegre Martin's sophisticated baroque 
string quartet arrangement creates an air of melancholy desperation that 
transforms the song into one of the most haunting records to ever grace the 
top of the hit parade.



C                         Em
Ah look at all the lonely people
C                         Em
Ah look at all the lonely people



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



Em7            Em6          C                Em
All the lonley people where do they all come from
Em7            Em6          C         Em
All the lonely people where do they belong



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



Em7            Em6          C                Em
All the lonely people where do they all come from
Em7            Em6          C             Em
All the lonely people where do they all belong



C                         Em
Ah look at all the lonely people
C                         Em
Ah look at all the lonely people



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



Em7            Em6          C                Em
All the lonely people where do they all come from
(Ah look at all the lonely people)
Em7            Em6          C             Em
All the lonely people where do they all belong
(Ah look at all the lonely people)