Polythene Pam Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays963

Polythene Pam by The Beatles is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords D/E, A, E, D, G and B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: D/E  A  E  (2x) 

E                   D   A         E 
Well, you should see Polythene Pam 
               D              A            E 
She's so good looking but she looks like a man 
                   G                             B 
Well, you should see her in drag, dressed in her polythene bag 
                D   A         E 
Yes, you should see Polythene Pam. 
D     A     E 
Yeah, yeah, yeah 

D/E  A  E (2x) 

E       D             A         E 
Get a dose of her in jackboots and kilt 
               D              A            E 
She's killer diller when she's dressed to the hilt 
                   G                             B 
She's the kind of a girl that makes the _News of the World_ 
                D             A          E 
Yes, you could say she was attractively built. 
 D      A    E 
Yeah, yeah, yeah 

D/E  A  E (2x) 

D  A  E  (9x) 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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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).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante