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Hey Jude

The Beatles

D A

Hey, Jude, don't make it bad
A7 D

Take a sad song and make it better

G D
Remember to let her into your heart
A D

Then you can start to make it better

D A

Hey, Jude, don't be afraid

A7 D
You were made to go out and get her

G D
The minute you let her under your skin

A D
Then you begin to make it better.

D7

And any time you feel the

G (½) G/F#(½) Em

pain, hey, Jude, refrain, don't carry the

A7 D

world upon your shoulders

D7
Well don't you know that it’s a

G (½) G/F#(½) Em

fool who plays it cool by making his

A7 D
world a little colder da da

D7 (½) A7 (1 ½, hold last two beats)

Da da da da da da

D A

Hey, Jude, Don't let me down

A7 D
You have found her, now go and get her

G D
Remember, to let her into your heart

A D
Then you can start to make it better.

D7

So let it out and let it in,

G (½) G/F#(½) Em

hey, Jude, begin, you're waiting for

A7 D

someone to perform with

D7
And don't you know that it's just

G (½) G/F#(½) Em

you, hey, Jude, you'll do, the movement you need

A7 D

is on your shoulder da da

D7 (½) A7 (1 ½, hold last two beats)

Da da da da da da

D A

Hey, Jude, don't make it bad
A7 D

Take a sad song and make it better

G D
Remember to let her into your heart
A D (2)

Then you can start to make it better

D C G D

Na na na na-na na na, na-na na na, hey, Jude (repeat)

This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.