The Beatles was an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. With a line-up comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they are regarded as one of the most influential bands of all time. The group was integral to the development of 1960s counterculture and popular music's recognition as an art form. Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, their sound incorporated elements of classical music and traditional
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BAbm7Dbm7Gb7 Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs BAbmBm7 Of every head he's had the pleasure to know Abm7-5Gmaj7 And all the people that come and go Gb7sus4Gb7Gb7sus4Gb7 Stop and say hello
BAbm7Dbm7Gb7 On the corner is a banker with a motorcar BAbm7Bm7 The little children laugh at him behind his back Abm7-5Gmaj7 And the banker never wears a mac Gb7sus7 Gb7E In the pouring rain, very strange
CHORUS 1: AA/C#D Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes AA/C#D Wet beneath the blue suburban skies BbdimGb7 I sit, and meanwhile back in Penny...
BAbmDbm7Gb7 Lane there is a fireman with an hourglass BAbmBm7 And in his pocket is a portrait of the queen Abm7-5G He likes to keep his fire engine clean GbE It's a clean machine
CHORUS 2: AA/C#D Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes AA/C#D Full of fish and finger pies Gb7 In summer, meanwhile back behind the...
BAbm7Dbm7Gb7 shelter in the middle of a roundabout BAbm7Bm7 The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray Abm7-5Gmaj7 And though she feels as if she's in a play Gb7sus4G7Gb7sus4Gb7 She is anyway
BAbm7Dbm7Gb7 In Penny Lane the barber shaves another customer BAbmBm7 We see the banker sitting, waiting for a trend Abm7-5Gmaj7 And then the fireman rushes in Gb7sus4Gb7E From the pouring rain, very strange
CHORUS 1 (again): AA/C#D Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes AA/C#D Wet beneath the blue suburban skies Gb7 I sit, and meanwhile back...
[Key change all up a whole tone – straight through, don’t stop]
Coda CHORUS: BB/D#E Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes BB/D#E (2 bars) Wet beneath the blue suburban skies B Penny Lane
Note the original song (for the chorus) starts in the key of “just slightly higher than” A, then last chorus modulates to “just shy of” Bb. Ask George Martin why. (He does know).