In My Life chords
by The Beatles
- In My Life was written by John Lennon & Paul McCartney.
- Recorded: EMI Studios, London on Oct 18th, 1965.
- Released: Dec 3rd, 1965.
- Album: Rubber Soul
- Music: Key of A Major in 4/4 time at 102 bpm (♩)
- Chords: A, A7, E, E7, F#m, D, Dm, G, B7
Chart Legend
Numbered Circles: Fingers used to play chords O: Optional Note
Barre Line: One finger holds down multiple strings R: Root Note
Unmarked strings: Play open X: Don't play string B: Bass Note
Barre Line: One finger holds down multiple strings R: Root Note
Unmarked strings: Play open X: Don't play string B: Bass Note


















In My Life chords & lyrics
Song Key is highlighted - Transpose to any other keyA E A E Intro: 4/4 | (Riff) | | (Riff) | | A F#m A7 1. There are pla-ces I re-mem-ber - D Dm A All my life - Though some have changed A F#m A7 Some for-e-ver not for bet-ter - D Dm A Some have gone - And some re-main F#m D ** All these pla-ces had their mom-ents G A With lov-ers and friends I still can re-call F#m B7 Some are dead and some are liv-ing D Dm A In my life I’ve loved them all A E | (Riff) | | A F#m A7 2. But of all these friends and lov-ers - D Dm A There is no - one Com-pares with you A F#m A7 And these mem-‘ries lose their mean-ing - D Dm A When I think of love as some-thing new F#m D ** Though I know I’ll ne-ver lose af-fec-tion G A For peop-le and things that went be-fore F#m B7 I know I’ll of-ten stop and think a-bout them D Dm A In my life I’ll love you more A F#m A7 D Dm A A F#m A7 D Dm A Instr: | | – | – | | | – | – | | F#m D ** Though I know I’ll ne-ver lose af-fec-tion G A For peop-le and things that went be-fore F#m B7 I know I’ll of-ten stop and think a-bout them D Dm A In my life I’ll love you more A E | (Riff) | In | my life I’ll love you (more) A E E7 A | more | - | 𝄑 | (End Riff)
Tabs:
* Each row represents a string from Top e - highest sounding
to bottom E - lowest sounding
* Each number represents the fret which the note is played on
* retain the order of notes played from left to right
Riff: e|---5-------4-|
B|-2---2-3-5---|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|
End e|---5-------4--4--2--4-5----|
Riff: B|-2---2-3-5-----------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
Notes:
- Level Of Ease: Fairly... need to know some barre chords
- Song Key: A Major (3 Sharps - F# C# G#)
- The introduction consists of a Riff which is written in Tab on the song sheet. It is played on the first 2 strings of the guitar (E & B string), between the 2nd and 5th frets.
Notice there is a Riff and an End Riff. The Riff is played twice during the Intro, and once everywhere else. Each Riff is 2 bars in length, while the End Riff is 3 bars in length. - If you can't read Tab, don't worry - you can just play an A chord for 1 bar followed by an E chord for 1 bar. It is very easy though... listen carefully and copy.
There are several other positions that you can play it, but that position is the same as the Tab, and probably the easiest. - Wherever you see a hyphen between 2 chords, that means 2 beats for each chord, e.g., D - Dm means 2 beats on D and 2 beats on Dm. The same applies to F#m - A7, and E - E7.
- The Transposer doesn't enable bars on the same line as chords, therefore the bars and hyphens are placed directly below the chords e.g.,
E E7 | - |