Eleanor Rigby as performed by the Beatles Words and Music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney 4/4 Time Standard Tuning (String Quartet arranged for Guitar Chords) Chorus 1 C Em Ah, look at all the lonely people. C Em Ah, look at all the lonely people. Verse Em Eleanor Rigby, picks up the rice in the church C Em where a wedding has been, lives in a dream. Em Waits at the window, wearing a face that she keeps Em/D C Em in a jar by the door, who is it for? Chorus 2 Em7 Em6 Cmaj7/E Em All the lonley people, where do they all come from? Em7 Em6 Cmaj7/E Em All the lonely people, where do they all belong? Verse Em Father McKenzie, writing the words of a sermon C Em that no one will hear, no one comes near. Em Look at him working, darning his socks in the night C Em when there's nobody there. What does he care? Chorus 2 Em7 Em6 Cmaj7/E Em All the lonely people, where do they all come from? Em7 Em6 Cmaj7/E Em All the lonely people, where do they all belong? Chorus 1 C Em Ah, look at all the lonely people. C Em Ah, look at all the lonely people. Verse Em Eleanor Rigby, died in the church and buried C Em along with her name, nobody came. Em Father McKenzie, wiping the dirt from his hands C6 Em as he walks from the grave, no one was saved. Chorus 2 Em7 Em6 Cmaj7/E Em Ah, look at all the lone - ly peo - ple. All the lone - ly peo-ple, where do they all come from? Em7 Em6 Cmaj7/E Em Ah, look at all the lone - ly peo - ple. All the lone - ly peo-ple, where do they all belong?