Dear Prudence - JOHN LENNON - HOME RECORDING (1968) DEAR PRUDENCE (co-composed with Paul McCartney) (c) 1968 Northern Songs Chords used [tune 6th string D]: DADGBE [see tablature] D: xx0232 D/C: x3x232 D/B: x2x232 D/Bb: x1x232 Dadd9 D C/D G/D Intro: E:--12---------------------------8-------------7-------- B:-------------10---------10--------------8------------- G:-------11---------11----------------9-------------7--- D:-----0----------0----------0------0-------0-----0----- A:--0----------0-----------------0-------------0-------- D:----------0----------0----------------0--------------- A/D C/D C/D Intro: E:----------5--------------3--------------3------------- B:----8--------------5--------------5--------------5---- G:---------------6-----0--------5--------------5-------- D:------0------0--------------0-------0------0-------0-- A:----------0--------------0--------------0------------- D:--0--------------0--------------0--------------0------ D D/C D/B D/Bb Intro: E:--2---------------2---------------2---------------2-------------- B:--------3----3----------3---3----------3-----3---------3-----3--- G:----------------------------------------------------------------- D:-----0---------0---------------------0---------0-----0---------0- A:--0------------------0---------0--2------------------------------ D:----------0-------3-------0---------------0-------1-------0------ D D/C D/B D/Bb Verse 1: E:--2----------------2---------------2---------------2------------- B:-------3-----3----------3-----3---------3-----3--------3-----3--- G:--------------------------------0---------------0---------------- D:-----0---------0------0---------------0--------------0---------0- A:--0----------------3---------------2----------------------------- D:----------0----------------0---------------0-------1------0------ D D/C D/B D/Bb D D/C D/B D/Bb Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play D D/C D/B D/Bb D D/C D/B D/Bb Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day D D/C The sun is up, the sky is blue D/B D/Bb It's beautiful and so are you D C G D D/C D/B D/Bb Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play Dear Prudence, open up your eyes Dear Prudence, see the sunny skies The wind is low, the birds will sing That you are part of everything D G/D A/D G/D Verse 2: E:--3---------------3---------------5-------------3------------- B:------------3----------------3-------------5-------------3---- G:-------2---------------4---------------6-------------4-------- D:-----0--------0------0---------0-----0-------0-----0-------0-- A:------------------0---------------0-------------0------------- D:--0------0----------------0--------------0-------------0------ D C G D G/D A/D G/D Dear Prudence, won't you open up your eyes D G/D A/D G/D Middle: E:--3---------------3---------------5-------------3------------- B:------------3----------------3-------------5-------------3---- G:-------2---------------4---------------6-------------4-------- D:-----0--------0------0---------0-----0-------0-----0-------0-- A:------------------0---------------0-------------0------------- D:--0------0----------------0--------------0-------------0------ D G/D A/D G/D Look around, around D G/D A/D G/D Look around, round round F Ab G Middle: E:--1---------------4---------------3---------------- B:------------1----------------4--------------3------ G:-------2---------------5---------------4----------- D:-----3--------3------6---------6-----5--------5---- A:--3------3--------6-------6-------5------5--------- D:--------------------------------------------------- F Ab G Look around D D/C D/B D/Bb Dear Prudence, let me see you smile Dear Prudence, like a sleeping child The clouds will be a daisy chain So let me see you smile again Dear Prudence, won't you let me see you smile Look around, around Look around, round round Look around [next verse: play chords] D D/C D/B D/Bb D D/C D/B D/Bb D D/C D/B D/Bb Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play D D/C D/B D/Bb D D/C D/B D/Bb Dear Prudence, greet the brand new day D D/C The sun is up, the sky is blue D/B D/Bb It's beautiful and so are you D Dear Prudence, [last line: finger-picked] C G D Won't you come out to play [play this scheme: D D/C D/B D/Bb over following spoken text] '....in the middle of that meditation course in Rishikesh, India... Who was to know that sooner or later she was going completely berserk under the care of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.... And all the people around were very worried about the girl because she was going insane... So we sang to her... NOTE: "[this song] is me. Written in India. A song about Mia Farrow's sister, who seemed to go slightly barmy, meditating too long, and couldn't come out of the little hut that we were livin' in. They selected me and George to try and bring her out because she would trust us. If she'd been in the West. they would have put her away. [...] Well, we got her out of the house. She'd been locked in for three weeks and was trying to reach God quicker than anybody else. That was the competition in Maharishi's camp: who was going to get cosmic first. What I didn't know was I was already cosmic." (John Lennon, 1980)