Source : perso.club-internet.fr/pbuffay/imagine.htm
Okay, okay, I know this isn't a Beatles song, but a number of people
have asked me to post it. This song is very simple, so if you are
planning to learn how to play the piano, this is a good song to start
with (it's one of the few songs I will actually perform on piano!).
Here goes a guitar version...
intro: riff 1: This will follow all F chords
in the verses
C Cmaj7 F (riff 1) |---------|
C Cmaj7 F |------0--|
|-2-h3----|
|---------|
C Cmaj7 F |---------|
Imagine there's no heaven |---------|
C Cmaj7 F
It's easy if you try
C Cmaj7 F
No hell below us
C Cmaj7 F
Above us only sky
F Am/E Dm F/C
Imagine all the people,
G C/G G7
Living for today. I...
C Cmaj7 F
Imagine there's no countries
C Cmaj7 F
It isn't hard to do
C Cmaj7 F
No greed or hunger
C Cmaj7 F
And no religion too
F Am/E Dmin F/C
Imagine all the people,
G C/G G7
Living life in peace. You...
F G C Cmaj7 E E7
You may say I'm a dreamer,
F G C Cmaj7 E E7
But I'm not the only one.
F G C Cmaj7 E E7
I hope someday you'll join us,
F G C C/G C/A C/B
And the world will live as one.
C Cmaj7 F
Imagine no possessions
C Cmaj7 F
I wonder if you can
C Cmaj7 F
Nothing to kill or die for
C Cmaj7 F
A brotherhood of man
F Am/E Dmin F/C
Imagine all the people,
G C/G G7
Sharing all the world. You...
F G C Cmaj7 E E7
You may say I'm a dreamer
F G C Cmaj7 E E7
But I'm not the only one
F G C Cmaj7 E E7
I hope someday you'll join us
F G C
And the world will live as one.
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C Cmaj7 F Am/E Dm F/C C/G G7 E7
-0- -0- -1- -0- -1- --- -0- -1- -0-
-1- -0- -1- -1- -3- -1- -1- -3- -3-
-0- -0- -2- -2- -2- -2- -0- -0- -1-
-2- -2- -3- -2- -0- -3- -2- -0- -0-
-3- -3- -3- -0- --- -3- -3- -2- -2-
-3- -3- -1- -0- --- --- -3- -3- -0-
transcribed by
Chris Sears
cts@mail.utexas.edu