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Eleanor Rigby

Beatles

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Eleanor Rigby:The Beatles.
Revolver Album - 1966. Top of charts same year. 

INTRO:
C	                   Em
Ah, look at all the lonely peop
C	                   Em
Ah, look at all the lonely people. 

#1.
Em
Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in
                                 C
the church where her wedding has been. 
           Em
Lives in a dream.
Em
Waits at the window, wearing the face
                               C
that she keeps in a jar by the door.
          Em
Who is it for?

CHORUS:
Em
All the lonely people.
      C                Em
Where do they all come from?
Em
All the lonely people.
      C             Em
Where do they all belong?

#2. 
Em
Father MacKenzie writing the words of a
                        C
sermon that no one will hear.
             Em
No one comes near.
Em
Look at him working, darning his socks
                                 C
in the night when there's nobody there. 
             Em
What does he care?

CHORUS:
Em
All the lonely people.
      C                Em
Where do they all come from?
Em
All the lonely people.
      C             Em
Where do they all belong?

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

#3. 
Em
Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was
                      C            Em
buried along with her name. Nobody came.
Em
Father MacKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands
                     C	               Em
as he walks from the grave. No one was saved.

CHORUS:
Em
All the lonely people.
      C                Em
Where do they all come from?
Em
All the lonely people.
      C             Em
Where do they all belong?


A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Eleanor Rigby

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