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
A major A7 E major E7 F#m D major Dm G major B7
A major A7 E major E7 F#m D major Dm G major B7

In My Life

Song Key is highlighted - Transpose to any other key
  
                   A          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
    |    -    |
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