LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS- The Beatles

Main riff goes like this:

A
A-7
D
D/F
I---------------------------I---------------------------I
I-----------17------17------I----------17-----15p14-----I
I-------14--------------14--I------14---------------14--I
I---14----------17----------I--16----------15-----------I
I---------------------------I---------------------------I
I---------------------------I---------------------------I
These are just permutations of an A chord so you could play this down
on the second fret if you have an acoustic guitar. On electric, this riff
sounds really good when it sustains.
Follow the pattern or play the chords for the verse:
A
A-7
D
D/F
Picture yourself in a boat on a river
A
A-7
D
D/F --->
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
A
A-7
D
D/F
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly
A
A-7
F#m ---> Dm ---> C
A girl with kaleidiscope eyes

(play this part with riff)

Picture yourself in a boat on a river
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly
Fmaj7
(Dm7 C7sus) {optional chords}
A girl with caleidoscope eyes
Bb
C
Cellophane flowers of yellow and green
F
Bb
Towering over your head
C
G
D7 Em7
D
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes and she's gone
CHORUS:
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
Follow her down to a bridge by the fountain
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers
That grow so incredibly high
Newspaper taxis appear on the shore
Waiting to take you away
Climb in the back with your head in the clouds
And you're gone ...CHORUS
Picture yourself on a train in a station
With plasticine porters with looking glass ties
Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile
The girl with caleidoscope eyes ...CHORUS TWICE

E
B
G
D
A
E

MAIN RIFF:
-----0---0-------0---------------0---0-------0---------------------------------3p2-----------------------1-1-----0-----2---0---2---2---------2-----2---0---2---2---2-2-2-2-----2-----------4-----3---------2-----------4-----3---3---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

NOTE: The song sounds better by capoing it to a high fret.

(from Sgt. Pepper's, 1967)
(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)