Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - JOHN LENNON - LIVE (1974, with Elton John) LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS (co-composed with Paul McCartney) (c) 1967 Northern Songs Chords used: EADGBE A: x02220 A7/G: 302020 D/F#: 200232 Dm/F: 100231 A/E: 002220 F/C: x33211 C9: x32330 F6: 133231 G: 320003 C: x32010 D: xx0232 Bb: 113331 Dmaj7: xx0222 Intro: E:-----5---5-------5---3-2-------- B:---3-------3---3---------3------ G:-2-----5-----4-----3------------ D:-------------------------------- A:-------------------------------- E:-------------------------------- A A7/G D/F# Dm/F Picture yourself in a boat on a river A/E A7/G D/F# F/C With tangerine trees and marmalade skies A/E A7/G D/F# Dm/F Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly A/E A7/G Dmaj7 Dm The girl with kaleidoscope eyes Bb C9 Cellophane flowers of yellow and green F6 Bb Towering over your head C9 G D Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes and she's gone G C D Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds A Ooh Follow her down to s bridge by a fountain Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers That grow so incredibly high Newspaper taxis appear on the shore Waiting to take you away Climb in the back with your head in the clouds and you're gone Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Ooh Solo Picture yourself on a train in a station With plasticine porters with looking-glass ties Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile The girl with kaleidoscope eyes Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Ooh Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Lucy in the sky with diamonds Ooh NOTE: The original Beatles recording has the intro starting on the ninth fret, and uses the tenth, eleventh and twelfth fret. The guitar chords are slightly different as well, Lennon opted for a pseudo-reggae sound for this live performance.