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

In My Life chords & lyrics

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                   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
|    -    |
```