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Song title:      Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Original Album:	 The Beatles (aka "The White Album")

Words and Music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Copyright © 1968 Apple Music
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


NOTES:
Capo on 1. Chords and tab are relative to capo. Timing is 4/4.


INTRO:
Chords:
A  x02220

[play: 4/4 | A |]  [x4]


VERSE1:
Chords:
A   x02220    E7  020100
E   022100    D   xx0232

A                             E
Desmond has his barrow in the market place
E7                       A
Molly is the singer in a band
                                D
Desmond says to Molly, "Girl, I like your face"
          A                E                A
And Molly says this as she takes him by the hand


CHORUS:
Chords:
A     x02220
E     022100
F#m7  2x222x

     (A)                      E   F#m7
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!
A             E         A
La la how the life goes on

     (A)                      E   F#m7
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on, brah!
A             E         A
La la how the life goes on.


VERSE2:
Chords:
A  x02220    E7  020100
E  022100    D   xx0232

A                              E
Desmond takes a trolley to the jewelry store
E7                         A
Buys a twenty-carat golden ring
                               D
Takes it back to Molly waiting at the door
          A               E             A
And as he gives it to her she begins to sing


[repeat CHORUS]


BRIDGE:
Chords:
D     xx0232    A7  x02020
A     x02020    E   022100
Asus2 x02200

D
  In a couple of years,
                           | A  Asus2 | A  A7 |
they have built a home sweet home,
D
  With a couple of kids running in the yard,
   A                 E
Of Desmond and Molly Jones...


VERSE3:
Chords:
A  x02220    E7  020100
E  022100    D   xx0232

A                       E
Happy ever after in the market place
E7                               A
Desmond lets the children lend a hand
                                 D
Molly stays at home and does her pretty face
             A                E                A
And in the evening she still sings it with the band


[repeat CHORUS]

[repeat BRIDGE]

[repeat VERSE3]

[repeat CHORUS]


ENDING:

And if you want some fun,
     E            A
Say, ob-la-di-bla-da!