“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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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.

“Hey Jude” is a song written by Paul McCartney, credited to Lennon/McCartney, and released as a single by The Beatles in 1968. Originally titled “Hey Jules”, McCartney wrote the ballad to comfort John Lennon‘s son Julian during his parents’ divorce.

“Hey Jude” was the first single from The Beatles’ record label Apple Records. Over seven minutes in length, “Hey Jude” was at the time the longest single ever to top the British charts.^[2] It also spent nine weeks as number one in the United States—the longest run at the top of the American charts for a Beatles single. The single has sold approximately eight million copies and is frequently included on professional lists of the all-time best songs, such as number eight on Rolling Stone‘s list of the 500 greatest songs.

“Hey Jude” begins with a verse-bridge structure based around McCartney’s vocal performance and piano accompaniment; further details are added as the song progresses to distinguish sections. After the fourth verse, the song shifts to a fade-out coda that lasts for more than four minutes. (Wikipedia)

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E                       B7

Hey Jude, don't make it bad

                                    E

Take a sad song and make it better

A                                   E

Remember to let her into your heart

                  B7                         E

Then you can start to make it better

E                   B7

Hey Jude, don't be afraid

                                     E

You were made to go out and get her

A                                 E

The minute you let her under your skin

       B7                          E

Then you begin to make it better

                            A

And anytime you feel the pain

A          A

Hey Jude, refrain

            B7                               E

Don't carry the world upon your shoulders

                                 A

For well you know that it's a fool

A

Who plays it cool

               B7                    E

By making his world a little colder

E                            B7

Hey Jude, don't let me down

                                        E

You have found her, now go and get her

A                                E

Remember to let her into your heart

                 B7                          E

Then you can start to make it better

             A

So let it out and let it in

A        A

Hey Jude, begin

            B7                                 E

You're waiting for someone to perform with

                                   A

And don't you know that it's just you

A       A

Hey Jude, you'll do

           B7                            E

The movement you need is on your shoulder

E                        B7

Hey Jude, don't make it bad

                               E

Take a sad song and make it better

A                              E

Remember t let her under your skin

           B7                         E

Then you'll begin to make it better

E      E     E     E     E

Better, Better, Better, Bettter, Better

E           D

Na- na na, Na na na na

A             E

Na na na na, Hey Jude                 Repeat till fade.

“Blowin’ in the Wind” is a song written by Bob Dylan and released on his 1963 album The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan. Although it has been described as a protest song, it poses a series of rhetorical questions about peace, war, and freedom. The refrain “The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind” has been described as “impenetrably ambiguous: either the answer is so obvious it is right in your face, or the answer is as intangible as the wind”.^[1]

In 1999, the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2004, it was ranked #14 on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”.

In 2009, the song was licensed for commercial use when The Co-operative Group used it as the soundtrack to a £10 million brand re-launch.^[2]

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Blowing In The Wind

[D] How many [G]roads must a [D]man walk down before they [G]call him a [A4 A]man? [D]How many [G]seas must a [D]white dove sail before she [C]sleeps in the [A4 A] sand? [D]How many [G]times must the [D]cannonballs fly before they’re [G]forever [A4]banned? The [G]answer, my [A]friend, is [D]blowing [F#]in the [Bm]wind. The [G]answer is [A]blowing in the [D]wind.

How many years must a mountain exist before it is washed to the sea? How many years can some people exist before they’re allowed to be free? How many times can a man turn his head, and pretend that he just doesn’t see? The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind. The answer is blowing in the wind.

How many times must a man look up before he can see the sky? How many ears must one man have before he can hear people cry? How many deaths will it take ’til he knows that too many people have died? The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind. The answer is blowing in the wind. The answer is blowing in the wind.

“Yesterday” is a song originally recorded by The Beatles for their 1965 album Help!. According to the Guinness Book of Records, “Yesterday” has the most cover versions of any song ever written. The song remains popular today with more than 3,000 recorded cover versions, the first hitting the United Kingdom top 10 three months after the release of Help!. Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) asserts that it was performed over seven million times in the 20th century alone. The song was not released as a single in the UK at the time of the US release, and thus never gained number 1 single status in that country. However, “Yesterday” was voted the best song of the 20th century in a 1999 BBC Radio 2 poll of music experts and listeners. In 2000, Yesterday was voted the #1 Pop song of all time by MTV and Rolling Stone Magazine.

“Yesterday” takes the form of a melancholic acoustic ballad about a break-up. It was the first official recording by The Beatles that relied upon a performance by a single member of the band: Paul McCartneywas accompanied solely by a string quartet. The final recording differed so greatly from other works by The Beatles that the other three members of the band vetoed the release of the song as a single in the United Kingdom (however; in 1976, it was eventually issued as a single there). Although credited to “Lennon/McCartney“, the song was written solely by McCartney. (Wikipedia)

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Yesterday by The Beatles
Transcribed by Christopher Kulka

F: xx3211  Em: x22xxx  A7: xx2x2x  Dm: xxx231 Bb: x13331  C: x32x1x
C/E: xx2x1x  Dm7: xxx211  G7: 32xxx1 G/A: xxxxx3 Bbmaj7: x13231
Gm: 233222  C7: x3231x  F/C: x33211  G/B: x2xx33
(F)

(F)Yesterday(Em)all my(A7)troubles seemed so(Dm)far away, (Bb)Now it (C)looks
as though they're (Bb)here (F)to stay (C/E)oh (Dm7)I believe (G7)in
(Bb)yes(F)terday.

(G/A)Why (A7)she (Dm)had (C)to (Bbmaj7)go (Dm)I don't (Gm)know, she
(C7)wouldn't say.  (F)  (G/A)I (A7)said (Dm)some(C)thing (Bbmaj7)wrong,
(Dm/A)now I (Gm)long for (C)yester(F)day.

Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be.  There's a shadow hanging over
me, oh yesterday came suddenly.

Chorus:

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play.  Now I need a place to hide
away, oh I believe in yesterday.

(F/C)Mm mm (G/B)mm mm (Bb)mm (F)

“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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        [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~)

Yellow Submarine” is a 1966 song by The Beatles (credited to Lennon/McCartney), with lead vocals by Ringo Starr. Although it had previously been released on the Revolver album, it became the title song for the 1968 animated United Artists film, also called Yellow Submarine. It is also the title for the soundtrack album to the film, released as part of The Beatles’ music catalogue. (Wikipedia)

The song was better received in Britain than in the United States. The single went to number 1 on every major British chart, remained at number 1 for four weeks and charted for 13 weeks. It won an Ivor Novello Award for the highest certified sales of any single issued in the UK in 1966. However, it failed to reach number 1 on the American charts. A contributing factor may have been the “Bigger than Jesus” controversy.^{[2] (Wikipedia)}

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#085
{title:Yellow Submarine}
{st:John Lennon/Paul McCartney}
In the [D]town where [C]I was [G]born
[Em]Lived a [Am]man who sailed the [D]sea.
And he told us [C]of his [G]life
[Em]In the [Am]land of subma[D]rines.

So we sailed up to the sun
‘Till we found the sea of green,
And we lived beneath the waves
In our yellow submarine.

[G]We all live in a [D]yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, [G]yellow submarine.
[G]We all live in a [D]yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, [G]yellow submarine.

And our friends are all aboard,
Many more of them live next door,
And the band begins to play.

We all live in a yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
We all live in a yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.

As we live a life of ease,
Everyone of us has all we need.
Sky of blue and sea of green
In our yellow submarine.

We all live in a yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
We all live in a yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
#
# Submitted to the ftp.nevada.edu:/pub/guitar archives
# by Steve Putz <putz@parc.xerox.com>
# 7 September 1992

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