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This is the tab for verses 1 & 3:
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That is the tab for the hook:
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Chorus:
C Em
Ah, look at all the lonely people
C Em
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Verse 1:
Em7 Em6 Cmaj7 Em
Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
C
Lives in a dream
Em7 Em6 Cmaj7 Em
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
C
Who is it for?
Hook:
Em7 Em6
All the lonely people
Cmaj7 Em
Where do they all come from?
Em7 Em6
All the lonely people
Cmaj7 Em
Where do they all belong?
Verse 2:
Em7 Em6 Cmaj7 Em
Father McKenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear
C
No one comes near
Em7 Em6 Cmaj7 Em
Look at him working, darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there
C
What does he care?
Hook:
Em7 Em6
All the lonely people
Cmaj7 Em
Where do they all come from?
Em7 Em6
All the lonely people
Cmaj7 Em
Where do they all belong?
Chorus:
C Em
Ah, look at all the lonely people
C Em
Ah, look at all the lonely people woah
C Em
Ah, look at all the lonely people
C Em
Ah, look at all the lonely people ooh ooh ooh ooooh
C Em
Ah, look at all the lonely people
C Em
Ah, look at all the lonely people ooh ooh ooh ooooh
C Em
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Verse 3:
Em7 Em6 Cmaj7 Em
Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name
C
Nobody came
Em7 Em6 Cmaj7 Em
Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave
C
No one was saved
Hook:
Em7 Em6
All the lonely people
Cmaj7 Em
Where do they all come from?
Em7 Em6
All the lonely people
Cmaj7 Em
Where do they all belong?
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Last Updated: September 10, 2025