Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles
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)
Chorus 1
C Em
Ah, look at all the lonely people.
C Em
Ah, look at all the lonely people.
Verse
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 that she keeps
Em/D C Em
in a jar by the door, who is it for?
Chorus 2
Em7 Em6 Cmaj7/E Em
All the lonley people, where do they all come from?
Em7 Em6 Cmaj7/E Em
All the lonely people, where do they all belong?
Verse
Em
Father McKenzie, writing the words of a sermon
C Em
that no one will hear, no one comes near.
Em
Look at him working, darning his socks in the night
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
Em
Eleanor Rigby, died in the church and buried
C 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
Ah, look at all the lone - ly peo - ple.
All the lone - ly peo-ple, where do they all belong?
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