Cheap Beatles Merchandise <img src="../banners/cdwow.jpg" width="468" height="60" border="0">
Loads of Cheap Beatles Posters!

Buy Beatles Albums

One Beatles For Sale Abbey Road
Yellow Submarine A Hard Day's Night Help!
Let It Be Magical Mystery Tour Sgt. Pepper's
Please Please Me White Album Revolver
Rubber Soul   With The Beatles
 

Buy Solo Albums

George - All Things Must Pass George - Best Of
John - Anthology John - Lennon Legend John - Imagine
Paul - All The Best Paul - Wingspan Ringo - Anthology

Ob-la-di Ob-la-da

Lennon/McCartney
Album: The Beatles (The White Album)

Chords used:
       {eADGBE}
Bb      x13331
F       133211
Eb      x68876
Cm      x35543
Gm      355333
       or
G       320033
D       xx0232
C       x32010
Bm      224432
Em      022000 




You can play the chords as they are, or Capo the third fret and, 
instead of playing the chords that are shown, swop for:
Bb=G F=D Eb=C  Cm=Bm  Gm=Em  


  F

  Bb                          F
Desmond has a barrow in the marketplace,
                          Bb
Molly is the singer in a band.
                             Eb
Desmond says to Molly girl I like your face,
           Bb               F                Bb
And Molly says this as she takes him by the hand:

                              Cm   Gm
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on   bra'  
Bb              F       Bb
La-la how the life goes on.
                              Cm   Gm  
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on   bra'
Bb             F        Bb
La-la how the life goes on


  Bb                            F
Desmond takes a trolly to the jewler's store,
                            Bb
Buys a twenty carat golden ring
                               Eb
Takes it back to Molly waiting at the door
           Bb              F             Bb
And as he gives it to her she begins to sing:

                              Cm   Gm
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on   bra'  
Bb             F        Bb
La-la how the life goes on.
                              Cm   Gm  
Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on   bra'
Bb             F        Bb
La-la how the life goes on


 Eb                                                Bb
In a couple of years they have built a home sweet home
 Eb                                        
With a couple of kids running in the yard, 
     Bb                F
of Desmond and Molly Jones


 Bb                       F
Happy ever after in the marketplace,
                                  Bb
Desmond lets the children lend a hand
                                  Eb
Molly stays at home and does her pretty face
            Bb                F                 Bb
And in the evening she still sings it with the band.


                                   Cm   Gm
Yes! Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on   bra'  
Bb              F       Bb
La-la how the life goes on.
                                   Cm   Gm  
Yea! Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on   bra'
Bb             F        Bb
La-la how the life goes on


Eb                                                 Bb
In a couple of years they have built a home sweet home
Eb                                         
With a couple of kids running in the yard, 
     Bb                F
of Desmond and Molly Jones


      Bb                        F
Hey, happy ever after in the marketplace,
                                Bb
Molly lets the children lend a hand
                                     Eb
Desmond stays at home and does his pretty face
             Bb              F              Bb
And in the evening she's a singer with the band.


                                   Cm   Gm
Yea! Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on   bra'  
Bb              F       Bb
La-la how the life goes on.
                                   Cm   Gm  
Yea! Ob-la-di, ob-la-da, life goes on   bra'
Bb             F        Gm
La-la how the life goes on
                     

And if you want some fun, 
      F           Bb
Sing ob-la-di-bla-da! 
© Colin Hawkes