A DAY IN THE LIFE
( Lennon - McCartney )

piano:
|G Bm/F# |Em Em7 |C | |
g g g g g g g g g g
e e e e e e e e e e
c c c c c c c c c c

G Bm/F# Em Em/D
I read the news today oh boy

C C/B Am9 piano:
About a lucky man who made the grade c
b a a

G Bm/F# Em Em/D
And though the news was rather sad

C F Em Em/D
Well I just had to la-a-a-ugh

C F Em
I saw the photogra-a-aph.

G Bm/F# Em
He blew his mind out in a car

C C/B Am9 piano:
He didn't notice that the lights have changed c c
b a b a

G Bm/F# Em Em/D
A crowd of people stood and stared

C F
They'd seen his face before

Em
Nobody was really sure

Em/D C
If he was from the House of Lords.

G BmF# Em
I saw a film today oh boy

C Em+7/B Am9 piano
The English Army had just won the war c
b a

G Bm/F# Em Em/D
A crowd of people turned away

C F
But I just had to look

Em Em/D C
Having read the book

Em Em/D N.C...........
I'd love to turn you on.

orchestra crescendo.. .....( instruments slowly go up in pitch chromatically )


piano and bass:
|E | |
g# g# g# g# g# g# g# g# g# g# g# g# g# g# g# g# g# g#
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E


E
Woke up, fell out of bed,

Dadd9
Dragged my comb across my head

E F#m7/B
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup,

E F#m7/B
And looking up I noticed I was late.

E
Found my coat and grabbed my hat

Dadd9
Made the bus in seconds flat

E F#m7/B
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke,

E F#m7/B
Somebody spoke and I went into a dream.

|C |G |D |A |E |
ahhhh ah ah ah ahhh ah ah ahhhn ah ah ah ahhhhh

orch: (in octaves)
|C |G |D |A |E | G
ahhhh ah ah ah ahhh ah ah ahhhn ah ah ah ahhhhh e d c d g

Bm/F# Em
I read the news today oh boy

C C/B Am9
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire
piano: c c c
b b a b a
G BmF# Em
And though the holes were rather small

C F
They had to count them all

Em Em/D C
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.

Em Em/D...NC
I'd love to turn you on ..

orchestral crescendo.....( instruments slowly go up in pitch chromatically )

piano:
E.........................................

RH e( first above middle C )
'b
'g#
........
LH 'e
/B
/G#
/E




transcribed by Peter Kruger JKRUGERC506@rogers.com