Eleanor Rigby Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays707

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

Transpose
C
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16
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C                   Em              
Ah! look at all the lonely people 
C                    Em 
Ah! look at all the lonely people.  
                                            C6 
Eleanor Ribgy, picks up the rice in a church where a wedding has been, 
          Em 
Lives in a dream  
                                                                         C6                                         
Waits at the window wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door 
             Em   
Who is it for 
Em7          Em6          C               Em  
All the lonely people where do they all come from 
Em7          Em6           C            Em                 
All the lonely people where do they     all belong 
                                                                                                  C 
Father McKenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear 
                             Em 
No one comes near 
                                                                                                               C                                      
Look at him working darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there 
                           Em 
What does he care 
Em7               Em6            C                             Em  
All the lonely people where do  they all come  from 
Em7              Em6                      C                 Em 
All the lonely people where do they    all belong 
 C                     Em                   
Ah! look at all the lonely people 
C                       Em 
Ah! look at all the lonely people  
                                                                                                    C 
Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name  
                    Em 
Nobody came      
                                                            C 
Father McKenzie Wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks  from the grave            
Em                
No one was saved     
C                      Em 
Ah! look at all the lonely people  
Em7             Em6                C                            Em 
All the lonely people where do they all come  from 
C                     Em 
Ah! look at all the lonely people 
Em7             Em6                C                     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