FIRST NOTE SUNG IS THE TOP STRING OF AN F CHORD
[F] Ah, all the lonely [Am] people. [F] Ah, all the lonely [Am] people.
[Am] Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has [F] been. Lives in a dream. [Am] Waits at the window. wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the [F] door. Who is it [Am] for?
[CHORUS] – – – – – [Am7] All the lonely [Am6] people . . . Where [F] do they all come [Am] from? – – – – – Am7] All the lonely [Am6] people . . . [F] Where ? Where do they all [Am] belong?
[Am] Father McKenzie: Writing the words of a sermon that no one will [F] hear. No one comes near. [Am] Look at him working. Darning his socks in the night when there’s nobody [F] there. What does he [Am] care?
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[F] Ah, Look at all the lonely [Am] people. [F] Ah, Look at all the lonely [Am] people.
[Am] Eleanor Rigby: Died in the church and was buried along with her [F] name. Nobody came. [Am] Father McKenzie: Wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the [F] grave. No one was [Am] saved.
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