Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
 (Lennon/McCartney)
 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) 
 
 
 
  
     
  That cool riff that underlines John's section of the song is played on
 a keyboard instrument and is a little awkward to play on the guitar.  
 If you're stuck on playing it on a guitar, I recommend capoing on the
 12th fret and playing the following (you could play this without the 
 capo--the riff would just be an octave lower).  The chords that go a
 long the riff are simple enough--just an A chord with a bass line 
 moving beneath it.
 
 
 let ring:
 
        A/E         A/G         A/F#        A/F         
      |----------0-------0----------------0---------------|
      |------------------------------------------3p2------|
      |------2-------0------2---------2----------------2--|
      |--2-----------------------4-----------3------------|
      |---------------------------------------------------|
      |---------------------------------------------------|
 
 
        A/E         A/G         A/F#        A/F         
      |----------0-------0----------------0---------------|
      |------------------------------------------3p2------|
      |------2-------0------2---------2----------------2--|
      |--2-----------------------4-----------3------------|
      |---------------------------------------------------|
      |---------------------------------------------------|
        Picture yourself in  a  boat on  a  river
 
        A/E         A/G         A/F#       Fmaj7
      |----------0-------0---------------0----------------|
      |--------------------------------------1------1-----|
      |------2-------0-------2-------2-------2---2-----2--|
      |--2-----------------------4-----------3---------3--|
      |---------------------------------------------------|
      |---------------------------------------------------|
    With tangerine trees    and marmalade  skies
 
        A/E         A/G         A/F#        A/F         
      |----------0-------0----------------0---------------|
      |------------------------------------------3p2------|
      |------2-------0------2---------2----------------2--|
      |--2-----------------------4-----------3------------|
      |---------------------------------------------------|
      |---------------------------------------------------|
        Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly
 
        A/E         A/G        A/F#               Dm
      |----------0-------0----------0-----0-----0-----1-----1--|
      |--------------------------2-----2-----2-----3-----3-----|
      |------2-------0-------2---------------------------------|
      |--2-----------------------------------------------------|
      |--------------------------------------------------------|
      |--------------------------------------------------------|
      A girl with caleidoscope eyes
 
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
  A/E        A/G       A/F#       A/F
 
  A/E        A/G       A/F#       A/F
 Picture yourself in a boat on a river
       A/E       A/G      A/F#      Fmaj7 
 With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
   A/E     A/G            A/F#         A/F
 Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly
    A/E        A/G        A/F#    Dm
 A girl with caleidoscope eyes
 
  Bb                      C
 Cellophane flowers of yellow and green
  F                  Bb
 Towering over your head
  C                          G                         D
 Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes and she's gone
 
 
  G           C          D
 Lucy in the sky with diamonds
  G           C          D
 Lucy in the sky with diamonds
  G           C          D       D  A
 Lucy in the sky with diamonds, ahhhhh
 
 
   A/E       A/G       A/F#          A/F
 Follow her down to a bridge by the fountain
        A/E           A/G       A/F#        Fmaj7
 Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies
   A/E     A/G           A/F#            A/F
 Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers
       A/E      A/G      A/F#   Dm
 That grow so incredibly high
 
 Bb                C
 Newspaper taxis appear on the shore
 F                   Bb
 Waiting to take you away
 C                           G                              D
 Climb in the back with your head in the clouds and you're gone
 
 
  G           C          D
 Lucy in the sky with diamonds
  G           C          D
 Lucy in the sky with diamonds
  G           C          D       D  A
 Lucy in the sky with diamonds, ahhhhh
 
 
 
   A/E       A/G       A/F#        A/F
 Picture yourself on a train in a station
       A/E        A/G          A/F#         Fmaj7
 With plasticine porters with looking glass ties
   A/E     A/G       A/F#          A/F
 Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile
      A/E        A/G        A/F#    Dm
 The girl with caleidoscope eyes
 
 
 [repeat and fade:]
 
  G           C          D
 Lucy in the sky with diamonds
  G           C          D
 Lucy in the sky with diamonds
  G           C          D       D  A
 Lucy in the sky with diamonds, ahhhhh