LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS Year : 1974 Album : None (Released as a bonus track on the Classic Years reissue of CAPTAIN FANTASTIC AND THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY) Writers : John Lennon & Paul McCartney Intro: Melody: D - G - D F - D - G E - G - D Eb - C-Bb - G {Repeat} Chords: G G/F C/E Cm/Eb G G/F C/E Cm/Eb G/D G/F C/E Cm/Eb Eb-F/C Picture yourself in a boat on a river - tangerine trees & marmalade skies. G G/F C/E Cm/Eb G/D G/F C/E C C/Bb Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly-a girl w/ kaleidoscope eyes. Ab Bb9 Cm/Eb Ab Cellophane flowers of yellow and green towering over your head. Bb9 F C Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes and she's gone. CHORUS: F /G /A Bb C F /G /A Bb C Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Lucy in the sky with diamonds. F /G /A Bb C C Lucy in the sky with diamonds. Ohhh G G/F C/E Cm/Eb Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain - G/D G/F C/E Cm/Eb Eb-F/C where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies. G G/F C/E Cm/Eb G/D G/F C/E C /Bb Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers that grow so incredibly high. Ab Bb9 Cm/Eb Ab Newspaper taxis appear on the shore waiting to take you away. Bb9 F C Climb in the back with your head in the clouds and you're gone. {Repeat Chorus} MELODY: B G D B D B G D E B A G A Bb A G A Bb C CHORDS: G G/F C/E Cm/Eb MELODY: D B G D G D C B G G D G A B C CHORDS: G/D G/F C/E Cm/Eb Eb-F/C MELODY: B G D B D B G D E B A G A Bb A G A Bb C CHORDS: G G/F C/E Cm/Eb MELODY: B G D D B G D D C B G CHORDS: G/D G/F C/E Cm/Eb Eb-F/C MELODY: C F C F C A C F C F C F C A C F C F C F C A C F CHORDS: Cm Bb Ab Bb Newspaper taxis appear on the shore. Eb Ab\Eb Eb Ab Waiting to take you away Bb Eb Climb in the back with your head in the clouds C And you're gone. (Chorus) G G/F C/E Cm/Eb Picture yourself on a train in a station - G/D G/F C/E Cm/Eb Eb-F/C with plasticine porters with looking glass ties. G G/F C/E Cm/Eb G/D G/F C/E Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile - the girl with kaleidoscope eyes. (Chorus, repeat, ad lib, fade) Chorded by David Bisese Edited by Rob Davies