# The Beatles

**The Beatles** were an English [rock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_music "Rock music") band formed in [Liverpool](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverpool "Liverpool") in 1960, comprising [John Lennon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon "John Lennon"), [Paul McCartney](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCartney "Paul McCartney"), [George Harrison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Harrison "George Harrison") and [Ringo Starr](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringo_Starr "Ringo Starr"). They are regarded as the [most influential band of all time](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_impact_of_the_Beatles "Cultural impact of the Beatles")[\[1\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHasted2017425-1) and were integral to the development of [1960s counterculture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterculture_of_the_1960s "Counterculture of the 1960s") and the recognition of [popular music](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_music "Popular music") as an art form.[\[2\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrontani2007125-2) Rooted in [skiffle](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skiffle "Skiffle"), [beat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_music "Beat music") and 1950s [rock 'n' roll](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_and_roll "Rock and roll"), their sound incorporated elements of [classical music](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_music "Classical music") and [traditional pop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_pop "Traditional pop") in innovative ways.

# A Day in the life

<details id="bkmrk-%F0%9F%8E%BC-chords-%5Bspecial-ch"><summary>🎼 Chords</summary>

[![image.png](https://bookstack.thecartwrights.nz/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/scaled-1680-/OEMimage.png)](https://bookstack.thecartwrights.nz/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/OEMimage.png)

```
Special voicings
       E-A-D-G-B-e
Bm     2-2-4-4-3-2 (actually Bm/F#)
Em7    0-2-0-0-0-0
C/B    x-2-x-0-1-0
Asus2  x-0-2-2-0-0
 
Em/F#  2-x-2-0-0-0
Em/G   3-0-2-0-0-0
Em/A   x-0-2-0-0-0
Em/B   x-2-x-0-0-0
Em/C#  x-4-2-0-0-0
Em/C   x-3-2-0-0-0
Em/D   x-5-x-0-0-0 or x-x-0-0-0-0
 
Dsus2  x-x-0-2-3-0
B7sus4 x-2-4-2-5-2 or x-2-4-2-0-0
```

</details><details id="bkmrk-%F0%9F%93%BC-videos"><summary>📼 Videos</summary>

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</details><table border="1" id="bkmrk-%5Bintro%5D%7Cg-bm-%7C-em-em" style="height: 1447px; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: hidden;"><tbody><tr data-ln="13"><td style="width: 49.9383%;">**\[Intro\]**  
  
\|G Bm \| Em Em7 \| C \| C \|  
  
\* \* ***\[Verse 1\]**  
  
G           Bm             Em    Em7  
  
 I read the news today, oh boy  
  
C        C/B           Asus2  
  
 About a lucky man who made the grade  
  
G               Bm              Em   Em7  
  
 And though the news was rather sad  
  
C             F          Em   Em7  
  
 Well, I just had to laugh  
  
C          F       Em   C  
  
 I saw the photograph* \* ***\[Verse 2\]**  
  
G            Bm            Em   Em7  
  
 He blew his mind out in a car  
  
C          C/B             Asus2  
  
 He didn't notice that the lights had changed  
  
G           Bm               Em      Em7  
  
 A crowd of people stood and stared  
  
C                F  
  
 They'd seen his face before  
  
Em  
  
Nobody was really sure  
  
   Em7                      C  
  
If he was from the House of Lords* \* \*  
  
**\[Verse 3\]**  
  
G        Bm             Em   Em7  
  
 I saw a film today, oh boy  
  
C            C/B           Asus2  
  
 The English Army had just won the war  
  
G           Bm            Em   Em7  
  
 A crowd of people turned away  
  
C           F  
  
 But I just had to look  
  
Em      Em7      C  
  
 Having read the book  
  
            \| Em/F# Em/G \| Em/A  Em/B \| Em/C# Em/D \| Em \| ...  
  
I'd love to turn    you    on                      (orchestral glissando)</td><td style="width: 49.9383%;">**\[Middle 8\]**  
  
     E  
  
Woke up, fell out of bed  
  
                         Dsus2  
  
Dragged a comb across my head  
  
         E                  B7sus4  
  
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup  
  
    E            B7sus4  
  
And looking up I noticed I was late  
  
         E  
  
Found my coat and grabbed my hat  
  
                        Dsus2  
  
Made the bus in seconds flat  
  
         E                B7sus4  
  
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke  
  
E                    B7sus4  
  
Somebody spoke and I went into a dream.  
  
\* \* ***\[Interlude\]**  
  
\| C \| G \| D \| A \| E \| C \| G \| D \| A \| E D C D \|  
  
(Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh)* \* ***\[Verse 4\]**  
  
G          Bm            Em  Em7  
  
I read the news today oh boy  
  
C             C/B                 Asus2  
  
Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire  
  
G              Bm                Em    Em7  
  
And though the holes were rather small  
  
C           F  
  
They had to count them all  
  
Em                              Em7                      C  
  
Now they know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall  
  
            \| Em/F# Em/G \| Em/A  Em/B \| Em/C Em/D \| Em \| ...  
  
I'd love to turn    you    on                      (orchestral glissando)* \* \*  
  
**\[Coda\]**  
  
E</td></tr></tbody></table>

# Across The Universe

[![image.png](https://bookstack.thecartwrights.nz/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/scaled-1680-/ahjimage.png)](https://bookstack.thecartwrights.nz/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/ahjimage.png)

```
[Intro]
    D                         F#m                      A
e|--2-----/10-----9--7--5---|------------------------|-------------------------|
B|------------------------7-|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|-------------2-----------|
G|--2-----/11-----9--7--6---|-2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4-|-2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4--|
D|-----0-------0------------|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4-|-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
A|--------------------------|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|-0-----0-----0-----0-----|
E|--------------------------|-2-----2-----2-----2----|-------------------------|
```

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D                 Bm               F#m  
Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup  
     Em7                          A              A7  
They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe  
D                Bm               F#m  
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind  
  Em7            Gm  
Possessing and caressing me  
   
   
**\[Chorus\]**  
D             A7sus4  
Jai guru deva om  
A                         A7  
Nothing's gonna change my world  
G                         D  
Nothing's gonna change my world  
A                         A7  
Nothing's gonna change my world  
G                         D  
Nothing's gonna change my world  
   
   
**\[Verse 2\]**  
D         Bm                 F#m                            Em7  
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes  
                        A            A7  
They call me on and on across the universe  
D                Bm              F#m  
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letterbox  
     Em7                               A              A7  
They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe

</td><td>**\[Chorus\]**  
D             A7sus4  
Jai guru deva om  
A                         A7  
Nothing's gonna change my world  
G                         D  
Nothing's gonna change my world  
A                         A7  
Nothing's gonna change my world  
G                         D  
Nothing's gonna change my world  
   
   
**\[Verse 3\]**  
D                   Bm                 F#m  
Sounds of laughter, shades of life are ringing through my opened ears  
  Em7          Gm  
Inciting and inviting me  
D            Bm               F#m                             Em7  
Limitless, undying love which shines around me like a million suns  
                        A            A7  
And calls me on and on across the universe  
   
   
**\[Chorus\]**  
D             A7sus4  
Jai guru deva om  
A                         A7  
Nothing's gonna change my world  
G                         D  
Nothing's gonna change my world  
A                         A7  
Nothing's gonna change my world  
G                         D  
Nothing's gonna change my world  
   
   
**\[Outro\]**  
D  
Jai guru deva  
D  
Jai guru deva</td></tr></tbody></table>

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# Let it be

[![image.png](https://bookstack.thecartwrights.nz/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/scaled-1680-/hhjimage.png)](https://bookstack.thecartwrights.nz/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/hhjimage.png)

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C G Am F C G  
F C Dm C  
  
**\[Verse 1\]**  
  
      C              G                 Am          F  
When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me  
C                 G              F C Dm C  
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be  
  
   C             G                Am                F  
And in my hour of darkness, she is standing right in front of me  
C                 G              F C Dm C  
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be  
  
\* \* ***\[Chorus\]**  
  
C      Am         G          F          C  
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be  
C                G              F C Dm C  
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be* \* ***\[Verse 2\]**  
  
   C               G               Am            F  
And when the broken hearted people, living in the world agree  
C                G              F C Dm C  
There will be an answer, let it be  
  
   C                  G                Am                  F  
For though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see  
C                G              F C Dm C  
There will be an answer, let it be* \* \*  
  
**\[Chorus\]**  
  
C      Am         G          F          C  
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be  
C                G              F C Dm C</td><td style="width: 50%;">There will be an answer, let it be  
C      Am         G          F          C  
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be  
C                G              F C Dm C  
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be  
  
\* \* ***\[Instrumental\]**  
  
C G Am F C G  
F C Dm C* \* ***\[Chorus\]**  
  
C      Am         G          F          C  
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be  
C                G              F C Dm C  
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be* \* ***\[Verse 3\]**  
  
   C                 G                Am                 F  
And when the night is cloudy, there is still a light that shines on me  
C                 G            F C Dm C  
Shine on till tomorrow, let it be  
  
 C              G               Am          F  
I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comes to me  
C                 G              F C Dm C  
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be* \* \*  
  
**\[Chorus\]**  
  
C      Am         G          F          C  
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be  
C                G              F C Dm C  
There will be an answer, let it be  
  
C      Am         G          F          C  
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be  
C                G              F C Dm C   F Em Dm C  
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be</td></tr></tbody></table>

# Now And Then

[![image.png](https://bookstack.thecartwrights.nz/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/scaled-1680-/8HFimage.png)](https://bookstack.thecartwrights.nz/uploads/images/gallery/2024-03/8HFimage.png)

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Am   G6   Am   G6  
   
   
**\[Verse 1\]**  
Am             G6  
   I know it's true  
Am                  G6  
   It's all because of you  
Am          Fmaj7  
   And if I make it through  
     E     E7   E    Asus4    Am  
It's all because, of yoooohooohooh  
   
   
**\[Verse 2\]**  
Am             G6  
   And now and then  
Am            G6  
   If we must start again  
Am               Fmaj7  
   Well, we will know for sure  
     E     E7    E   Am/E E7\*    Asus4 Am  
That I-iii-iii-ii,          will love  you  
   
   
**\[Chorus\]**  
G                      Bm  
  Now and then, I miss you  
    Em              Am             D  
Oh, now and then, I want you to be there for me  
Am          D  
Always to return to me  
   
   
  
</td><td>**\[Verse 3\]**  
Am             G6  
   I know it's true  
Am                  G6  
   It's all because of you  
Am            Fmaj7  
   And if you go away  
    E         E7     E   Am/E E7\* Asus4     Am  
I know you'll neeeever            stay-aaaayay  
   
   
**\[Chorus\]**  
G                      Bm  
  Now and then, I miss you  
    Em              Am             D  
Oh, now and then, I want you to be there for me  
   
   
**\[Solo\]**  
\| Dm  \| Dm  \| C   \| C   \|  
\| Dm  \| Dm  \| C   \| C   \|  
\| Em  \| Em  \| Am  \| Am  \|  
\| D   \| D   \| Dm  \| G   \|  
   
   
**\[Verse 4\]**  
Am             G6  
   I know it's true  
Am                  G6  
   It's all because of you  
Am          Fmaj7  
   And if I make it through  
     E  E7      E   Am/E E7\* Asus4    Am  
It's all because,        of  yoooohooohooh  
   
   
**\[Outro\]**  
(Am)  G6   E7  
 Am   G6   E7  
 Am  Asus4  G6  Fmaj7  E  Am</td></tr></tbody></table>

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