#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## X-NEWS: muvms6 rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature: 10393 Relay-Version: ANU News - V6.1 08/24/93 VAX/VMS V5.5-2; site muvms6 Path: marshall.wvnet.edu!wvnvms.wvnet.edu!darwin.sura.net!jabba.ess.harris.com!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!math.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!envoy!planders Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles,alt.guitar.tab,rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Subject: Re: REQ: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds guitar tabs Message-ID: <1994Mar17.070120.24342@news.unr.edu> From: planders@shadow.scs.unr.edu (Preston Landers) Date: Thu, 17 Mar 1994 07:01:20 GMT Sender: usenet@news.unr.edu (Usenet login account) References: <2m6q7e$f72@aggedor.rmit.edu.au> Organization: University of Nevada, Reno Lines: 99 Xref: muvms6 rec.music.beatles:12113 alt.guitar.tab:4104 rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature:10393 Walrus wrote: >Lucy in the Sky guitar tab's cannot be found. Does anyone have them off hand? Here is the tab file I have: 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 ---> G 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 PRECHORUS: Bb C F Bb Cellophane flowers of yellow and green towering over your head (slow bend) eI-------------------------------------------I----------------------------I bI-------------------------------------------I----------------------------I gI--5^w-5^w-5^w-5^w-5^w-5^w---5^1/2--5^w-5^w-I-5^w-5^w-5^w-5^w-5^w-5^w-5\3I C G D Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes and she's gone eI---------------------------------------------------------I--------------I bI---------------------------------------------------------I--------------I gI--5^w-5^w--5^w--5^w--5^w--5^w-5^w-5^w-5^w--5^w---5---4---I--2-----------I CHORUS: G C D G C D Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds G C D D ---> A Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. Ahhhhhhhhhhhh. To make D/F chord: D/F I-----0----I I-----3----I I-----2----I I-----3----I I-----x----I I-----x----I ^w - means whole bend ^1/2 - means half bend ------------------------------------------ cut here ------------------------------------------ Here is how I play it : (not like the above) |--------12-------12-----------12---------9-8-------| |----10----------------9-----------9-----------9----| |-9-----------12----------10-----------9------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| I think that's right. It's off the top of my head, no guitar in front of me. Good luck! -- ............................................................................. : Preston Landers : Not valid in all areas. Times approximate. : : : Some restrictions apply. Not the Beatles. : : planders@shadow.scs.unr.edu : [Finger for PGP public key.] Retain stub. : #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: Harlan L Thompson LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS- The Beatles (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 MAIN RIFF: E -----0---0-------0---------------0---0-------0------------- B ---------------------3p2-----------------------1-1-----0--- G ---2---0---2---2---------2-----2---0---2---2---2-2-2-2----- D -2-----------4-----3---------2-----------4-----3---3------- A ----------------------------------------------------------- E ----------------------------------------------------------- NOTE: The song sounds better by capoing it to a high fret. (from Sgt. Pepper's, 1967) (sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)