The song is in standard tuning, and the original has a capo on the 2nd fret.
The fingerpicking Eleanor uses is also available on the Pro tab I submitted a while ago but it is roughly
this pattern repeated throughout, altered slightly depending on the chord:
e|------------|------------|
B|----------a-|-a----------|
G|-------m----|----m-------|
D|----i-------|-------i----|
A|------------|-p--------p-|
E|-p----------|------------|
Intro: Em | B7 | Em | B7
Em | B7
You’ll hear better songs than this,
Em | A
With no trace of clumsiness.
C | G | Am | B7
Melodies and harmonies that compliment the rhyme.
Em | B7
Favourite songs that reminisce,
Em | A
Speak of times of happiness,
C | B7 | Em
Sentiments that make you warm inside.
Em | B7
You’ll hear voices pure and fine,
Em | A
Voices far surpassing mine,
C | G | Am | B7
Hitting notes I’d never reach and never will I s’pose.
Em | B7
Phrases I could never play,
Em | A
You will hear them any day,
C | B7 | Em
Played by people wearing younger clothes.
G | D
But this song has a prayer to you,
C | Em
No other song on earth can do.
C | G
This song swears my love for you,
Am B7
Until the end of time.
Em | B7
So if you need to hear the blues,
Em | A
Go put on those other tunes,
C | B7 | Em
But if you need my love, go put on mine.
Guitar Solo: Em | B7 | C | G | C | G | Am | B7
Em | B7 | C | G | C | B7 | Em
Em | B7
You’ll hear better songs than this,
Em | A
Songs so full of loveliness.
C | G | Am | B7
I would not compare this song to anyone of those.
Em | B7
When I need to play the blues,
Em | A
I will play those other tunes,
C | B7 | Em
But I will say I love you with my own.
G | D
But this song has a prayer to you,
C | Em
No other song on earth can do.
C | G
This song swears my love for you,
Am B7
Until the end of time.
Em | B7
So if you need to hear the blues,
Em | A
Go put on those other tunes,
C | B7 | Em
But if you need my love, go put on mine.
G | D
But this song has a prayer to you,
C | Em
No other song on earth can do.
C | G
This song swears my love for you,
Am B7
Until the end of time.
Em | B7
So if you need to hear the blues,
Em | A
Go put on those other tunes,
C | G | C | G
But if you need my love, if you need my love,
C | B7 | Em
Yeah, if you need my love, go put on mine.