# A Day in the life

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```
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
```

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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)* \* \*  
  
**\[Coda\]**  
  
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