Lennon's son, Julian, inspired the song with a nursery school drawing he called "Lucy — in the sky with diamonds". Shortly after the song's release, speculation arose that the first letter of each of the title nouns intentionally spelled LSD/ Although Lennon consistently denied it, the BBC banned the song. In a 2004 interview, Paul McCartney claimed that the song is about LSD.
The song modulates between musical keys, using the key of A major for verses, B♭ major for the pre-chorus, and G major for the chorus. It is sung by Lennon over an increasingly complicated underlying arrangement which features a tamboura, played by George Harrison, lead electric guitar put through a Leslie speaker, played by Lennon, and a counter melody on Lowrey organ played by McCartney and taped with a special organ stop sounding "not unlike a celeste". Session tapes from the initial 1 March 1967 recording of this song reveal Lennon originally sang the line "Cellophane flowers of yellow and green" as a broken phrase, but McCartney suggested that he sing it more fluidly to improve the song.
Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds chords
*The Beatles*
Verse (it all follows the same progression)
A A7 F#m Dm A A7 F#m
Picture yourself on a boat on a river with tangerine trees and marmalade
F A A7 F#m Dm A
skies. Somebody calls you and you answer quite slowly a girl with
A7 F Bb C
kaelidoscope eyes (change key) Celophane flowers of yellow and green
Dm Bb C G
towering over your head. Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes and
D
she's gone
Chorus
G C D
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
G C D
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
G C D D D A
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds ahhhhhhhh (at end of song) ahhhhh/ahhhhh
No comments:
Post a Comment