Recorded: Ascot Sound Studios (Ascot), and Record Plant East (New York)
Released: Oct 11, 1971 from the album of the same name.
Music: Key of C Major in 4/4 time at ~ 72
bpm (♩)
Chords: C, Cmaj7, F, F/C, G, G7, E7, Am/E, Dm7
Imagine
Song Key is highlighted - Transpose to any other key
C Cmaj7 F C Cmaj7 FIntro: 4/4 ‖ 1& 2& 3& 4& | 1&2&3&4& | 1& 2& 3& 4& | 1&2&3&4& ‖
C Cmaj7 F C Cmaj7 F
1. Im-agine there’s no hea-ven It's easy if you try-y
C Cmaj7 F C Cmaj7 F
No hell be - low us A-bove us on - ly sky
F Am/E Dm7 F/C G G7
Imag-ine all the peo-ple Li-ving for to-day Ah...
C Cmaj7 F C Cmaj7 F
2. Im-agine there's no count-ries It isn't hard to do-o
C Cmaj7 F C Cmaj7 F
Noth-ing to kill or die for And no re-li-gion too-oo
F Am/E Dm7 F/C G G7
Im-agine all the peo - ple Li-ving life in peace Yoo-hoo...
F G C Cmaj7 E7Chorus: You may sa-a-a-ay I'm a | dream-er-er-er |
F G C Cmaj7 E7
But I'm not the on-ly | one / |
F G C Cmaj7 E7
I hope some da-a-a-ay You'll | join u-u-us |
F G C
And the wo-o-o-orld Will be as one
C Cmaj7 F C Cmaj7 F
3. Im-agine no pos–ses-sions I won-der if you ca-an
C Cmaj7 F C Cmaj7 F
No need for greed or hun-ger A bro-ther-hood of ma-an
F Am/E Dm7 F/C G G7
Im-agine all the peo-ple _ Shar-ing all the world Yoo-hoo...
F G C Cmaj7 E7Chorus: You may sa-a-a-ay I'm a | dream-er-er-er |
F G C Cmaj7 E7
But I'm not the on-ly | one / |
F G C Cmaj7 E7
I hope some da-a-a-ay You'll | join u-u-us |
F G C
And the wo-o-o-orld Will live as one...
This live version has a 2 bar intro whereas the recorded version has a 4 bar intro. I included the 4 bars which is simply a repeat of the first 2 bars.
| C / / Cmaj7 | - The simile marks ( / ) indicate the previous chord is to be repeated. In this example the C chord is played for 3 beats, while the Cmaj7 is played for 1 beat.
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