Song: In My Life
Artist: The Beatles/ Ed Sheeran (Beatles Tribute)
Album: Rubber Soul, 1965; Remastered, 2009
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqPQXuxO7m8
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22dbdj_the-beatles-in-my-life_music
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_My_Life
Tempo: 4|4
Tuning: Standard
Capo 2 (As played by Ed Sheeran)
Chords:
F#BEAC#F#
G 320003
D XX0232
Em 022000
G7 320003
C/G 332010
Cm 3310XX
F 133211
A X02220
Cm7 XX8888
INTRO:
|G |D |G |D |(Riff 1 over)
Riff 1:(On Capo 2)
G D
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B||———X——0————0h1—3———————|——0————0h1—3———————|
G||———X———————————————————|———————————————————|
D||———X———————————————————|———————————————————|
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2
VERSE 1:
G D Em G7
There are places I remember,
C/G Cm G
All my life though some have changed.
G D Em G7
Some forever not for better,
C/G Cm G
Some have gone and some remain.
BRIDGE 1:
Em C/G
All these places have their moments,
F
With lovers and friends I still can recall.
Em A
Some are dead and some are living,
Cm7 G
In my life I've loved them all.
|A |E |
VERSE 2:
G D Em G7
But of all these friends and lovers,
C/G Cm G
There is no-one compares with you.
G D Em G7
And these memories lose their meaning,
C Cm G
When I think of love as something new.
BRIDGE 2:
Em C/G
Though I know I'll never lose affection,
F G
For people and things that went before.
Em A
I know I'll often stop and think about them,
Cm7 G
In my life I love you more.
:: INSTRUMENTAL ::(Keyboards over)
|G D |Em G7 |C/G Cm |G |
BRIDGE 3:
Em C/G
Though I know I'll never lose affection,
F G
For people and things that went before.
Em A
I know I'll often stop and think about them,
Cm7 G
In my life I love you more.
CODA:
|G |D |(Riff 2 over)
Riff 2:(On Capo 2)
G D
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|Cm7 |N.C. |G |
In my life I love you more.
|G |D |G |(Riff 3 over)
Riff 3:(On Capo 2)
G D G
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[End]
NOTES:
1. Lennon regarded In My Life particularly highly, citing it - along with Strawberry Fields Forever,
I Am The Walrus and Help! - as among his best. “…For In My Life, I had a complete set of lyrics after
struggling with a journalistic vision of a trip from home to downtown on a bus naming every sight. …
And it was, I think, my first real major piece of work. Up till then it had all been sort of glib and
throwaway. And that was the first time I consciously put my literary part of myself into the lyric.
Inspired by Kenneth Alsopf [sic], the British journalist, and Bob Dylan….” - John Lennon, All We Are Saying,
David Sheff. http://www.beatlesbible.com/songs/in-my-life/
2. “…The song was recorded on 18 October 1965, and was complete except for the instrumental bridge.
At that time, Lennon had not decided what instrument to use, but he subsequently asked George Martin
to play a piano solo, suggesting "something Baroque-sounding". Martin wrote a Bach-influenced piece
that he found he could not play at the song's tempo. On 22 October, the solo was recorded with the
tape running at half speed, so when played back at normal pace the piano was twice as fast and an octave
higher, solving the performance challenge and also giving the solo a unique timbre, reminiscent of a
harpsichord. …” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_My_Life