“Imagine” is a song written and performed by English rock musician John Lennon. It is the opening track on his album Imagine, released in 1971. “Imagine” was released as a single in the United States where it reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100. When asked about the song in one of his last interviews, Lennon declared “Imagine” to be as good as anything he had written with the Beatles.^[1] The song is one of three Lennon solo songs, along with “Instant Karma!” and “Give Peace a Chance“, in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Rolling Stone Magazine ranked “Imagine” the 3rd greatest song of all time.^{[2] (Wikipedia)}

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John Lennon/ Imagine.

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Imagine

John Lennon

C       Cmaj7  F

C       Cmaj7  F

C             Cmaj7       F

Imagine there’s no heaven

C            Cmaj7   F

It’s easy if you try

C      Cmaj7   F

No hell below us

C        Cmaj7  F

Above us only sky

Am/E       Dm7  F/C

G          C/G   G7

Living for to – day

Imagine there’s no countries

It isn’t hard to do

Nothing to kill or die for

And no religion too

Imagine all the people

Living life in peace

(chorus)

F       G         C       Cmaj7  E  E7

You may say I’m a dreamer

F       G              C  Cmaj7  E E7

But I’m not the only one

F           G          C     Cmaj7  E E7

I hope some day you’ll join us

F       G          C

And the world will be as one

Imagine no posses – sions

I wonder if you can

No need for greed or hunger

A brotherhood of man

Imagine all the people

Sharing all the world

You may say I’m a dreamer

But I’m not the only one

I hope some day you’ll join us

And the world will live as one

Imagine all the people

Chords

C- X32010         G- 320003

Cmaj7- X32000     C/G-320001

F- XX3211         E – 022100

Am/E- XX2210      E7- 022130

Dm7- XX0211       F/C- X33211

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“In My Life” is a song by The Beatles written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The song originated with Lennon, and while McCartney contributed to the final version, the extent of his contribution is in dispute. Released on the 1965 album Rubber Soul, it is ranked 23rd on the Rolling Stone article “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time“, and placed second on CBC’s 50 Tracks. Mojo magazine named it the best song of all time in 2000. (Wikipedia)

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                               In My Life
							Lennon/McCartney

G     D     G     D

            G            Em    G7         C   Cm         G
There are places I'll remember    all my li--ife though some have changed,

        G             Em    G7            C   Cm      G
Some forever not for better,    some have go--one and some remain.

            Em              C             F                     G
All these places had their moments, with lovers and friends I still can recall,

          Em                A7        Cm            G                  D
Some are dead and some are living, in my life I've loved them all.

        G                     Em    G7          C  Cm      G
But of all these friends and lovers,   there is no one compares with you,

           G                   Em     G7          C       Cm      G
And these memories lose their meaning,   when I think of love as something new.

          Em                     C           F                      G
Though I know I'll never lose affection for people and things that went before,

   Em                              A7           Cm            G               D
I know I'll often stop and think about them, in my life I'll love you more.

(Piano/Harpsichord solo)

   G                   Em     G7          C       Cm      G

   G                   Em     G7          C       Cm      G

          Em                     C           F                      G
Though I know I'll never lose affection for people and things that went before,

   Em                              A7           Cm            G               D
I know I'll often stop and think about them, in my life I'll love you more.

   Cm                     G      D    D7   G
In my life I'll love you more.

“Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)” is a song by The Beatles which first appeared on the 1965 album Rubber Soul. While credited to Lennon/McCartney, it was primarily written by John Lennon, though Paul McCartney contributed to the middle eight section. It is notable as the first example of a rock band actually playing the sitar in one of their songs; it was played by George Harrison.^[1] The song is a lilting acoustic ballad featuring Lennon’s lead vocal and signature Beatle harmonies in the middle eight.

“Norwegian Wood” was one of several songs on Rubber Soul in which the singer faces an antagonistic relationship with a woman. In direct contrast to earlier Beatles songs such as “She Loves You” and “I Want to Hold Your Hand“, the songs on Rubber Soul were considerably darker in their outlook towards romantic relationships.

The exotic instrumentation and oblique lyric represented one of the first indications to fans of the expanding musical vocabulary and experimental approach that the group was rapidly adopting. (Wikipedia)

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The confusing “Wood” – Obviously inspired by this song, Japanese writer Haruki Murakami wrote a popular novel “ノルウェイの森, Noruwei no Mori,” which literally means “the Norwegian forest.” But the song clearly means the material “wood” not “forest.” confusingly the novel title in turn translated into English as “Norwegian Wood,” same withe the song. I think this is either a misunderstanding of the Japanese writer, or a deliberate change to make the title of the novel more attactive in Japanese.

Extramarital affairs - According to Wikipedia, the song is about a real exmarital affair John Lennon had.

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C/B 03200

Dadd2 x52232

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(Capo 2nd fret)

        [D]I once had a girl 

        [C]Or, should I [C/B]say, [Dadd2]she once had [D]me 

        [D]She showed me her room

        [C]Isn't it [C/B]good—[Dadd2]Norwegian [D]Wood

                        [Dm]She asked me to stay

                And she [Gadd4]told me to sit anywhere

                [Dm]So, I looked around                                                                     

                               And I noticed there [Em7]wasn't a [A7]chair

        I sat on a rug

        Biding my time, drinking her wine

        We talked until two

        And then she said, it's time for bed     (D Thing x2)

                She told me she worked in the morning

                And started to laugh

                I told her I didn't

                And crawled off to sleep in the bath

        And, when I awoke

        I was alone, this bird had flown

        So, I lit a fire

        Isn't it good-- Norwegian Wood...  (D Thing, end on D~)