Beatles : Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

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It was twenty years ago today

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Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play

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They've been going in and out of style

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But they're guaranteed to raise a smile

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So may I introduce to you

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The act you've known for all these years

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Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band |

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We're Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band

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We hope you will enjoy the show

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Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band

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D7

Sit back and let the evening go

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Sergeant Pepper's Lonely

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Sergeant Pepper's Lonely

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Sergeant Pepper's Lonely

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Heart's Club Band

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It's wonderful to be here

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It's certainly a thrill

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You're such a lovely audience

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We'd like to take you home with us

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We'd love to take you home

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A7

I don't really wanna stop the show

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But I thought you might like to know

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That the singer's gonna sing a song

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And he wants you all to sing along

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So may I introduce to you

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The one and only Billy Shears

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Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band

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Billy Shears!

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F#m

What would you think if I sang out of tune?

F#m

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Would you stand up and walk out on me?

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B

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Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song

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And I'll try not to sing out of key

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I get by with a little help from my friends

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I get high with a little help from my friends

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Going to try with a little help from my friends What do I do when my love is away? (Does it worry you to be alone?) How do I feel by the end of the day? (Are you sad because you're on your own?) I get by with a little help from my friends I get high with a little help from my friends Hmm gonna to try with a little help from my friends

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Do you need anybody? I need somebody to love

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Could it be anybody? I want somebody to love Would you believe in a love at first sight? (Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time) What do you see when you turn out the light? (I can't tell you, but I know it's mine) I get by with a little help from my friends I get high with a little help from my friends Hmm gonna to try with a little help from my friends Do you need anybody? I just need somebody to love Could it be anybody? Oh, I want somebody to love Oh, I get by with a little help from my friends Gonna try with a little help from my friends Oh, I get high with a little help from my friends

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Yes I get by with a little help from my friends

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With a little help from my friends.......

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/g

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/f#

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/f

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/g

/f#

/f

Picture yourself in a boat on a river

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/g

/f#

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With tangerine trees and marmalade skies

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/g

/f#

/f

Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly

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/g

/f#

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A girl with kaleidoscope eyes

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C

Cellophane flowers of yellow and green

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Towering over your head

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Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes and she's gone

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Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds

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Ah....

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/g

/f#

/e

Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain

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/g

/f#

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Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies

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/g

/f

Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers

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/g

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That grow so incredibly high

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Newspaper taxis appear on the shore

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Waiting to take you away

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Climb in the back with your head in the clouds and you're gone Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Ah... Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Ah...

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It's getting better all the time

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I used to get mad at my school (No, I can't complain)

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The teachers that taught me weren't cool (No, I can't complain)

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You're holding me down, turning me around

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Filling me up with your rules

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I've got to admit it's getting better

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A little better all the time

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I have to admit it's getting better

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It's getting better since you've been mine

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I used to be an angry young man

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Me hiding me head in the sand

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You gave me the word I finally heard

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I'm doing the best that I can

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I've got to admit it's getting better

Em

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A little better all the time

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I have to admit it's getting better

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It's getting better since you've been mine

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Getting so much better all the time

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Em

Fmaj7

It's getting better all the time, better, better, better

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Em

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It's getting better all the time, better, better, better

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C

G

I used to be cruel to my woman

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I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved

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Man I was mean but I'm changing my scene

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And I'm doing the best that I can

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I've got to admit it's getting better

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A little better all the time (it can't get no worse)

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I have to admit it's getting better

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It's getting better since you've been mine

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Getting so much better all the time

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Em

Fmaj7

It's getting better all the time, better, better, better

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Em

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It's getting better all the time, better, better, better

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Getting so much better all the time

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Fm6

I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in

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And stops my mind from wandering

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Where it will go

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I'm filling the cracks that ran through the door

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And kept my mind from wandering

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Where it will go

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And it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong, I'm right

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Where I belong, I'm right where I belong

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See the people standing there who disagree and never win

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And wonder why they don't get in my door

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I'm painting the room in a colourful way

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And when my mind from wandering

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Where it will go

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And it really doesn't matter if I'm wrong, I'm right

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Where I belong, I'm right where I belong

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Silly people run around who worry me and never ask me

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Why they don't get past my door

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I'm taking the time to do a number of things

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That weren't important yesterday

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And I still go

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Wednesday morning at five o'clock as the day begins

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Silently closing her bedroom door

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Leaving the note that she hoped would say more

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She goes downstairs to the kitchen clutching a handkerchief

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Quietly turning the back door key

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Stepping outside she is free

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She (we gave her most of our lives) Is leaving (sacrificed most of our lives)

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Home (we gave her everything money could buy)

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She is leaving home after living alone for so many years

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Father snores as his wife gets into her dressing gown

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Picks up the letter that's lying there

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Standing alone at the top of the stairs

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She breaks down and cries to her husband Daddy our baby's gone

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Why would she treat us so thoughtlessly?

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How could she do this to me?

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She (we never thought of ourselves) Is leaving (never a thought for ourselves)

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Home (we struggled hard all our lives to get by)

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She's leaving home after living alone for so many years

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Friday morning at nine o'clock she is far away

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Waiting to keep the appointment she made

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Meeting a man from the motor trade

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She (did we do that was wrong?) Is having (we didn't know it was wrong)

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Fun (fun is the one thing that money can't buy)

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Something inside that was always denied for so many years

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She's leaving home bye bye

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For the benefit of Mr Kite

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There will be a show tonight on trampoline

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The Hendersons will all be there

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A

Late of Pablo Fanques Fair, what a scene!

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Over man and horses, hoops and garters

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Dm

Lastly through a hogshead of real fire!

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Dm

In this way Mr K will challenge the world!

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The celebrated Mr K Performs his feat on Saturday at Bishopsgate The Hendersons will dance and sing As Mr Kite flies through the ring, don't be late! Messrs. K and H assure the public Their production will be second to none And of course Henry the horse dances the waltz!

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The band begins at ten to six When Mr K performs his tricks without a sound And Mr H will demonstrate Ten somersets he'll undertake on solid ground We've been some days in preparation A splendid time is guaranteed for all And tonight Mr Kite is topping the bill!

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We were talking

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About the space between us all

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And the people who hide themselves

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Behind a wall of illusion

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Never glimpse the truth

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Then it's far too late

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When they pass away....

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We were talking

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About the love we all could share

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When we find it

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To try our best to hold it there

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With our love, with our love

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We could save the world

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If they only knew

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Try to realize it's all within yourself

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No one else can make you change

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And to see you're really only very small

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And life flows on within you and without you

Break

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We were talking

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About the love that's gone so cold

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And the people who gain the world

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And lose their soul

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They don't know, they can't see

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Are you one of them?

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When you've seen beyond yourself, then you may find

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Peace of mind is waiting there

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And the time will come when you see we're all one

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And life flows on within you and without you

Capo:

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/g

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When I get older losing my hair, many years from now

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Will you still be sending me a valentine?

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Birthday greetings, bottle of wine?

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/g

/c

/g

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/g

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/c

If I'd been out till quarter to three, would you lock the door?

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Fm

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Will you still need me, will you still feed me

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C

When I'm sixty-four?

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Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

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You'll be older too

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And if you say the word

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/g

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/d

/f

I could stay with you

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G

I could be handy mending a fuse when your lights have gone

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You can knit a sweater by the fireside

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/a

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Sunday mornings go for a ride

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Doing the garden, digging the weeds, who could ask for more?

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Fm

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Will you still need me, will you still feed me

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C

When I'm sixty-four?

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Every summer we can rent a cottage in the Isle of Wight

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If it's not too dear

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E

We shall scrimp and save

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Grandchildren on your knee

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G

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/g

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/d

/f

Vera, Chuck and Dave

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G

Send me a postcard, drop me a line, stating point of view

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Indicate precisely what you mean to say

/g

/a

/bb

/b

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Yours sincerely, Wasting Away

C

C7

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Give me your answer, fill in a form, mine for evermore

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Fm

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Will you still need me, will you still feed me

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When I'm sixty-four? |

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Capo:

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Lovely Rita, meter maid

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Lovely Rita, meter maid

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Lovely Rita, meter maid

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Nothing can come between us

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A7

When it gets dark I tow your heart away

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G*

Standing by a parking meter

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When I caught a glimpse of Rita

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A7

Filling in a ticket in her little white book

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G*

In a cap she looked much older

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And the bag across her shoulder

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Made her look a little like a military man

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Lovely Rita, meter maid

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May I inquire discreetly

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G*

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When are you free to take some tea with me? (Rita!)

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Took her out and tried to win her

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F

Had a laugh and over dinner

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A7

Told her I would really like to see her again

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G*

Got the bill and Rita paid it

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F

Took her home I nearly made it

D

A7

D

Bm

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A

Sitting on the sofa with a sister or two. Oh!

D

C

G

Lovely Rita, meter maid

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A

Where would I be without you?

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E7

A

Give us a wink and make me think of you

A

G*

Lovely Rita, meter maid

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Lovely Rita, meter maid

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G*

Lovely Rita, meter maid

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Lovely Rita, meter maid |

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A

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Good morning, good morning

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Good morning, good morning

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Good morning ah

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A7

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Nothing to do to save his life call his wife in

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A7

G

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Nothing to say but "What a Day, how's your boy been?"

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E

Nothing to do, it's up to you

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A7

G

I've got nothing to say but it's OK

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A

Good Morning, good morning, good morning ah

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A7

G

A

Going to work, don't want to go feeling low down

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G

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Heading for home you start to roam when you're in town

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A

Everybody knows there's nothing doing

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A

Everything's closed, it's like a ruin

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A

Everyone you see is half asleep

D

A

And you're on your own you're in the street

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A7

G

A

After a while you start to smile, now you feel cool

A

A7

G

A

Then you decide to take a walk by the old school

D

E

Nothing had changed, it's still the same

A

A7

G

I've got nothing to say but it's OK

A

D

A

Good morning, good morning, good morning ah

D

A

People running round it's five o'clock

D

A

Everywhere in town is getting dark

D

A

Everyone you see is full of life

D

A

It's time for tea and meet the wife

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A7

G

A

Somebody needs to know the time, glad that I'm here

A

A7

G

A

Watching the skirts you start to flirt, now you're in gear

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E

Go to a show, you hope she goes

A

A7

G

I've got nothing to say, but it's OK

A

D

A

D

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Good morning, good morning, good

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G#

Bb

F

We're Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

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F

We hope you have enjoyed the show

F

G#

Bb

F

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

G

C

We're sorry, but it's time to go

Bb

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely

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Sergeant Pepper's Lonely

G7

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely

D

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely

G

Bb

C

G

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

C

G

We'd like to thank you once again

Bb

C

G

Sergeant Pepper's one and only Lonely Hearts Club Band

Am

D

It's getting very near the end

C

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely

G

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely

A7

C

G

Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

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G

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Em

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G

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Em

Em7

I read the news today oh boy

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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

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F

Em

C

I saw the photograph

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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

Em7

C

Nobody was really sure if he was from the House of Lords

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

Em

But I just had to look

Em7

C

Having read the book

Em

I'd love to turn you on

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

(

B7

) And looking up I noticed I was late (ha ha ha)

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

And somebody spoke and I went into a dream

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G

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A

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C

D

| Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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

I'd love to turn you on

Beatles : Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1967

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

With A Little Help From My Friends

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

Getting Better

Fixing A Hole

She's Leaving Home

Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!

Within You Without You

When I'm Sixty-Four

Lovely Rita

Good Morning, Good Morning

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

A Day In The Life

Beatles : Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 1967

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

With A Little Help From My Friends

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds

Getting Better

Fixing A Hole

She's Leaving Home

Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!

Within You Without You

When I'm Sixty-Four

Lovely Rita

Good Morning, Good Morning

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

A Day In The Life

Beatles : Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
1967