Eight Days a Week chords
by The BeatlesSong Key: D Major
Time Signature: 4/4
Tempo: 132 bpm
Guitar Tuning: E A D G B e
Skill Level: Beginner 🟢
Guitar Chords: D, E, G, A, Bm
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Eight Days a Week
Song Key is highlighted - Transpose to any other key D E G D
Intro: 4/4 ‖ | | | ‖
D E G D
1. Ooh I need your love babe Guess you know it's true
D E G D
Hope you need my love babe Just like I need you
Bm G Bm E
Chorus: Hold me Love me Hold me Love me
D E G D
I Ain't got noth-in 'but love babe Eight days a week
D E G D
2. Love you ev'-ry day girl Al-ways on my mind
D E G D
One thing I can say girl Love you all the time
Bm G Bm E
Chorus: Hold me Love me Hold me Love me
D E G D
I ain't got noth-in 'but love babe Eight days a week
A Bm
Bridge: Eight days a week I lo-o-o-o-o-ove you
E G A
Eight days a week Is not e-nough to show I care
D E G D
3. Ooh I need your love babe Guess you know it's true
D E G D
Hope you need my love babe Just like I need you
Bm G Bm E
Chorus: Hold me Love me Hold me Love me
D E G D
I ain't got noth-in 'but love babe Eight days a week
A Bm
Bridge: Eight days a week I lo-o-o-o-o-ove you
E G A
Eight days a week Is not e-nough to show I care
D E G D
4. Love you ev'-ry day girl Al-ways on my mind
D E G D
One thing I can say girl Love you all the time
Bm G Bm E
Chorus: Hold me Love me Hold me Love me
D E G D
I ain't got noth-in 'but love babe Eight days a week
G D G D
Eight days a week _ Eight days a week
D E G D
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Arrangement Details:
- Key Signature: D Major - 2 sharps (F#, C#)
- Time Signature: 4/4 — Four quarter-note beats per measure
- Metronome: ♩ = 132
- Voice Range: B3 - G4
- Tempo: Brightly with a swing feel
- Swing Feel:
- Refers to a rhythmic interpretation where eighth notes are played unevenly.
- Instead of straight eighths (evenly spaced), the rhythm is interpreted like a triplet feel: the first eighth is longer, the second is shorter.
Straight: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (even eighths) Triplet: ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ (three notes per beat) Swing: ♩ ♪ ♩ ♪ ♩ ♪ ♩ ♪ (long-short, long-short...)
Song Details:
- Songwriters: Paul McCartney and John Lennon
- Date: 1964
- Lyrics Begin: Ooh I need your love, babe, guess you know it's true, hope you need my love, babe, just like I need you.
- Genre: Pop rock
- Featured Artists: The Beatles
- Album: Beatles for Sale
Recorded: 11 August – 26 October 1964
Released: 4 December 1964 - Single:
Recorded: 6 and 18 October, 1964
Released: 15 February 1965 (US)
