How to Play Eleanor Rigby on Guitar?

The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby can be played in the key of C using the C, Em chords. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play Eleanor Rigby with the ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.

The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby Chords

Chord reference C, Em

Rhythm tips ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

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

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

[Em]All the lonely [Em]people, [C]Where do they all come [Em]from? [Em]All the lonely [Em]people, Where [C]do they all [Em]belong?

[Em]Father McKenzie, writing the words To a sermon that no one will [C]hear, no-one comes [Em]near. [Em]Look at him working, darning his socks, in the night when There’s nobody [C]there, what does he [Em]care?

[Em]All the lonely [Em]people, [C]where do they all come [Em]from? [Em]All the lonely [Em]people, Where [C]do they all [Em]belong?

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

[Em]Eleanor Rigby died in the church And was buried along with her [C]name, nobody [Em]came. [Em]Father McKenzie, wiping the dirt From his hands as he walks, from the [C]grave, no-one was [Em]saved.

[Em]All the lonely [Em]people, [C]Where do they all come [Em]from? [Em]All the lonely [Em]people, Where [C]do they all [Em]belong?

Artist The Beatles

Album Yellow Submarine

Genres Rock

Year 1966

Key C

The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby can be played in the key of C using the C, Em chords.

For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For Em, To play Em, let low E, G, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Eleanor Rigby with the ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.