Beatles - Eleanor Rigby Chords & Tabs

Eleanor Rigby
as performed by the Beatles
Words and Music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

4/4 Time
Standard Tuning
(String Quartet arranged for Guitar Chords)


Chorus 1

C                             Em
Ah, look at all the lonely people.
C                             Em
Ah, look at all the lonely people.


Verse

Em
Eleanor Rigby, picks up the rice in the church
                       C                Em
where a wedding has been, lives in a dream.

Em
Waits at the window, wearing a face that she keeps
     Em/D          C             Em
in a jar by the door, who is it for?


Chorus 2

Em7               Em6          Cmaj7/E          Em
All the lonley people, where do they all come from?
Em7               Em6          Cmaj7/E       Em
All the lonely people, where do they all belong?


Verse

Em
Father McKenzie, writing the words of a sermon
                   C                Em
that no one will hear, no one comes near.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/beatles/eleanor_rigby_tab_ver_3.html ]
Em
Look at him working, darning his socks in the night
                       C                  Em
when there's nobody there. What does he care?


Chorus 2

Em7               Em6          Cmaj7/E          Em
All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
Em7               Em6          Cmaj7/E       Em
All the lonely people, where do they all belong?


Chorus 1

C                             Em
Ah, look at all the lonely people.
C                             Em
Ah, look at all the lonely people.


Verse

Em
Eleanor Rigby, died in the church and buried
                 C            Em
along with her name, nobody came.

Em
Father McKenzie, wiping the dirt from his hands
                        C6               Em
as he walks from the grave, no one was saved.


Chorus 2

Em7                 Em6                       Cmaj7/E                Em
Ah,         look at all the lone - ly     peo - ple.
All the lone  -  ly peo-ple,         where do        they all come from?

Em7                 Em6                       Cmaj7/E               Em
Ah,         look at all the lone - ly     peo - ple.
All the lone  -  ly peo-ple,         where do        they all belong?