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Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds

The Beatles
Bass Tab
4.8(62)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

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Verse

00:06

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Picture yourself on a

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boat on a river, with

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tangerine trees and

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marmalade skies

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00:18

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Somebody calls you, you

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answer quite slowly, a

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girl with kaleidoscope

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eyes.

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00:32

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Cellophane flowers of

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yellow and green,

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Towering over your

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          D|--------0-------3------|--------3--------------|
          A|1----------------------|----------------1------|
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head

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          D|-----------------------|-----------------------|
          A|3-------3-------3------|-----------------------|
          E|-----------------------|3-------3-------3------|

Look for the girl with the

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sun in her eyes and she's

X X X

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          A|5------------------------------|
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gone

Chorus

00:50

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  E|3---3---5----------------------|----------------------------2--|

Lucy in the sky diamonds

with

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  D|------------------------2------|-------------------------------|
  A|------------2---3---5-------5--|----5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5\-----|
  E|3---3---5----------------------|----------------------------2--|

Lucy in the sky diamonds

with

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  A|------------2---3---5-------5--|----5-5-5-----5-5---555-5-----5|
  E|3---3---5----------------------|-------------------------------|

Lucy in the sky diamonds

with

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  D|----7-------7-------7-------7\-|
  A|5-------5-------5-------5------|
  E|-------------------------------|

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Verse

01:08

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Follow her down to a

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh

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bridge by a fountain where

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rocking horse people eat

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marshmallow pies

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01:20

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Everyone smiles as you

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drift past the flowers that

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grow so incredibly

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high

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          A|5-------5-------5------|3-------3-------3------|
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01:33

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Newspaper taxis appear

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on the shore

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Waiting to take you away

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Climb in the back with

your

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head the clouds and you're

in

X X X

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gone

Chorus

01:50

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  A|------------2---3---5-------5--|----5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5\-----|
  E|3---3---5----------------------|----------------------------2--|

Lucy in the sky diamonds

with

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  D|------------------------2------|-------------------------------|
  A|------------2---3---5-------5--|----5-5-5---5-5-5-----5-5------|
  E|3---3---5----------------------|--------------------------2----|

Lucy in the sky diamonds

with

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  D|------------------------2------|-------------------------------|
  A|------------2---3---5-------5--|----5-5-5-----5-5-----5-5------|
  E|3---3---5----------------------|----------------------------5--|

Lucy in the sky diamonds

with

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  D|-------------------------------|
  A|5-------5-------5-------5------|
  E|----5-------5-------5-------0--|

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Verse

02:08

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          D|-----------------------|5----------------------|
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Picture yourself on a

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh

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train in a station with

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          A|0-------4--------------|-----------------------|
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plasticine porters with

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          D|4----------------------|3---------------3------|
          A|-----------------------|--------3--------------|
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looking glass ties

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          D|----------------0------|
          A|3-----------3----------|
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02:20

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Suddenly someone is

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there at the turnstyle, the

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girl with kaleidoscope

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          A|-----------------------|-----------------------|
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eyes.

X X X

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          D|-------------------------------|
          A|5------------------------------|
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Chorus

02:33

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  A|------------2---3---5-------5--|----5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5\-----|
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Lucy in the sky diamonds

with

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  D|------------------------2------|-------------------------------|
  A|------------2---3---5-------5--|----5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5\-----|
  E|3---3---5----------------------|----------------------------2--|

Lucy in the sky diamonds

with

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  D|------------------------2------|-------------------------------|
  A|------------2---3---5-------5--|----5-5-5-----5-5---5-5-5------|
  E|3---3---5----------------------|----------------------------5--|

Lucy in the sky diamonds

with

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  D|----4---7---4-------4-------4--|--------2---------------2------|
  A|5---------------5-------5------|0---4-------4-------4-------0--|
  E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh

02:53

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  D|------------------------2------|-------------------------------|
  A|------------2---3---5-------5--|----5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5\-----|
  E|3---3---5----------------------|----------------------------2--|

Lucy in the sky diamonds

with

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  D|------------------------2------|------------------7-------7----|
  A|------------2---3---5-------5--|--------5-----5-5-------5----5\|
  E|3---3---5----------------------|-------------------------------|

Lucy in the sky diamonds

with

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  D|------------------------2------|-------------------------------|
  A|------------2---3---5-------5--|----5-5-5---5-5-5-----5-5------|
  E|3---3---5----------------------|----------------------------5--|

Lucy in the sky diamonds

with

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  D|--------4---7-------4---7------|------------2------------------|
  A|5---5-----------5-----------5--|0---0---4-------0---0---0------|
  E|-------------------------------|----------------------------4--|

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

03:12

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  A|------------2---3---5-------5--|----5--------------------------|
  E|3---3---5----------------------|--------------------10---------|

Lucy in the sky diamonds

with

......................... Fade out .............................

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  D|------------------------2------|-------------------------------|
  A|------------2---3---5-------5--|5------------------------------|
  E|3---3---5----------------------|-----------10----10-----10-----|

Lucy in the sky diamonds

with

...............................................................

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  D|------------------------2------|-------------------------------|
  A|------------2---3---5-------5--|-------------------------------|
  E|3---3---5----------------------|-------------------------------|

Lucy in the sky diamonds

with

..............................

B Bend

R Release

/ slide up

\ slide down

H hammer-on

P pull-off

~ vibrato

+ harmonic

x Mute note

. - play note like a dot in standard notation

^ - ties two notes together

(. Pause

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