Here is my first tab. I seemed to have found all these very complicated ways of
playing this song so i decided to make it simpler for our young players.
capo 3rd fret
G D
Desmond has his barrow in the market place...
G
Molly is the singer in a band...
G7 C
Desmond says to Molly "Girl, I like your face"
G D G
And Molly says this as she takes him by the hand...
G Bm Em
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!...
G D G
Lala how the life goes on...
G Bm Em
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!...
G D G
Lala how the life goes on.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/beatles/ob_la_di_crd_ver_7.html ]
G D
Desmond takes a trolley to the jewelry store...
G
Buys a twenty carat golden ring...
G7 C
Takes it back to Molly waiting at the door...
G D G
And as he gives it to her she begins to sing...
G Bm Em
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!...
G D G
Lala how the life goes on...
G Bm Em
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!...
G D G
Lala how the life goes on.
C G
In a couple of years they have built a home sweet home,
C G
With a couple of kids running in the yard,
G D
Of Desmond and Molly Jones... (Ha ha ha ha ha)
G D
Happy ever after in the market place...
G
Desmond lets the children lend a hand...
G7 C
Molly stays at home and does her pretty face...
G D G
And in the evening she still sings it with the band...
G Bm Em
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!...
G D G
Lala how the life goes on...
G Bm Em
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!...
G D G
Lala how the life goes on.
C G
In a couple of years they have built a home sweet home,
C
With a couple of kids running in the yard,
G D
Of Desmond and Molly Jones...
G D
Happy ever after in the market place...
G
Molly lets the children lend a hand...
G7 C
Desmond stays at home and does his pretty face...
G D G
And in the evening she's a singer with the band...
G Bm Em
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!...
G D G
Lala how the life goes on...
G Bm Em
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!...
G D G
Lala how the life goes on.
