Eleanor Rigby Acordes

Eleanor Rigby
as performed by the Beatles
Words and Music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
 
4/4 Time
Standard Tuning
(String Quartet arranged for Guitar Chords)
 
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Optional voicings for verses 2 and 3 following the string arrangement
 
[Verse 2] second part
  Em            Em    Emadd9     Em      Em7         C                        Em
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--------------3-|------2-------0-|--------------0-|----------------|----------------|
B|--------------0-|------0-------0-|------3-------1-|1---1---1---1---|1---1-----------|
G|0---0---0---0---|0---0-----------|------0-------0-|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|
D|2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---|2---2-2-2---2---|2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---|
A|2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---|3---3---3---3---|3---3---2---2---|
E|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|----------------|--------0---0---|
 
[Verse 3] first part
  Em                     Em    Esus4      Em         Am                       Em
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|------0---------|--------------1-|----------------|----------------|
G|0---0---0---0---|0---0-0-------2-|------0-------2-|2---2---2---2---|2---2---0---0---|
D|2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2-2-|2---2-2-2---2---|2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---|
A|2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---2---2---|
E|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---0---|----------------|--------0---0---|
 
[Coda]
  Em
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|3---0-----------|
B|0-------0-------|
G|0-----------2---|0
D|2---------------|2
A|2---------------|2
E|0---------------|0
 
 
 
[Chorus 1]
C                             Em
Ah, look at all the lonely people.
C                             Em
Ah, look at all the lonely people.
 
 
[Verse 1]
Em
Eleanor Rigby, picks up the rice in the church
                       C                Em
Where a wedding has been, lives in a dream.
 
Em
Waits at the window, wearing a face 
                    Em/D       C               Em
That she keeps in a jar by the door, who is it for?
 
[Chorus 2]
Em7               Em6          Cmaj7/E          Em
All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
Em7               Em6          Cmaj7/E       Em
All the lonely people, where do they all belong?
 
[Verse 2]
Em
Father McKenzie, writing the words of a sermon
                   C                Em
That no one will hear, no one comes near.
 
Em               [ Em            Emadd9       Em
Look at him working, darning his socks in the night
             Em7 ]     C                  Em
When there's nobody there. What does he care?
 
[Chorus 2]
Em7               Em6          Cmaj7/E          Em
All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
Em7               Em6          Cmaj7/E       Em
All the lonely people, where do they all belong?
 
[Chorus 1]
C                             Em
Ah, look at all the lonely people.
C                             Em
Ah, look at all the lonely people.
 
[Verse 3]
Em                          [ Em            Esus4 ]
Eleanor Rigby, died in the church and was buried
[ Em ]           Am           Em
Along with her name, nobody came.
 
Em
Father McKenzie, wiping the dirt from his hands
                        C6               Em
As he walks from the grave, no one was saved.
 
[Chorus 2]
Em7                 Em6                       Cmaj7/E                Em
Ah,         look at all the lone - ly     peo - ple.
All the lone  -  ly peo-ple,         where do        they all come from?
 
Em7                 Em6                       Cmaj7/E           |  Em | Em
Ah,         look at all the lone - ly     peo - ple.              (= Coda)
All the lone  -  ly peo-ple,         where do        they all belong?
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