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Beatles - Petty - Johnny Cash - Eagles - John Denver - Dylan

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    Hey Jude

    The Beatles

     

    Chord Guide

             132

    D:    xx0232

            123

    A:    x02220

            1 3

    A7:   x02020

          3    4

    G:    3x0003

             213

    D7:   xx0212

            2    4

    G/F#:   2x0003

           12

    Em:   022000

           32 1

    C:    x32010

     

    Strum: D d D d D d D DU       d = soft downstrum

           1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

     

    Capo 3

     

             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 (2, hold last measure)

    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 (2, hold last measure)

    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.