Eleanor Rigby Chords

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Eleanor Rigby by Alice Cooper is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Em, C6, Em7, Em6 and Cm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
Speed
  			Intro:  
C                          Em     /\/\/\/\/\ C                          Em   /\/\/\/\/\  
Ah, look at all the lonely people,           Ah, look at all the lonely people.  

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Em                                                                C6               Em   
Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been, lives in a dream.  
Em                                                                   C6              Em  
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door, who is it for?  


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Em7            Em6                 Cm7              Em  
All the lonely people,       where do they all come from?  
Em7            Em6                 Cm7            Em  
All the lonely people,       where do they all belong?  


Em                                                             C6                 Em  
Father McKenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear, no one comes near.  
Em                                                                      C6                  Em  
Look at him working, darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there, what does he care?  


Em7            Em6                  Cm7              Em  
All the lonely people,        where do they all come from?  
Em7            Em6                  Cm7           Em  
All the lonely people,        where do they all belong?  


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


Em                                                             C6           Em  
Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name, nobody came.  
Em                                                                  C6                Em  
Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave, no one was saved.  


Em7            Em6                  Cm7              Em  
All the lonely people,        where do they all come from?  
Em7            Em6                  Cm7           Em  
All the lonely people,        where do they all belong? 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante