Chords for How to Play "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" by The Beatles on Guitar

[Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [F] Hey _ guys, what's up?
[D] It's Jen.
I have [E] wiped the [C] sleep from my eyes.
I [B] have put product
in my hair.
I [Bb] have eaten a bagel with cream cheese to now bring you Oh Bloody Oh Blah-Dah.
I [E] just love saying that.
[Ab] Say it again.
Oh [C] Bloody Oh Blah-Dah by the Beatles.
Oh, this
is a fun campfire [F]-y sing-along [Bb] song.
_ _ Chords, [C] not that simple [Ebm] unless you've got a guitar
and you've got your bar chords happening.
[Gb] I encourage you to get your bar chords happening
because [Ab] you will play them [Gb] everywhere.
I know it's scary in the beginning and it doesn't
feel good, but it is so incredibly useful.
So I really encourage you to get your [Eb] bar
chords happening, especially if you want [Bb] to play this song.
_ Let's [D] go over the chords first
and then we'll talk about the rhythm.
Now, it's mainly [Bb] a piano song, but the [E] chords transfer
just fine so that [Bb] everybody knows what you're playing when you're playing it.
B flat, B
flat major right here [F] to F7.
_ _ [C] Those are your main chords right there.
Then we've got [Eb] E
flat.
_ _ Let's just start [Gb] there.
That's your verse.
No, [C] no, no.
There's not, yeah, there
is an E flat in there.
Focus, I'm focused, I'm focused.
[Bb] Okay, here we go.
So we've got
E flat.
_ We've got B flat.
Just kidding.
No, I'm going to focus now, I swear.
B flat to
[F] F7.
Stay on F7.
[Bb] Back to B flat.
Stay on B flat.
[Eb] Now we go to E flat. _
[Bb] Go B flat, quick
change, F7, back to B flat.
_ That's your verse.
[C] Now, I like to play it [G] on the upbeats because
I think it [Ab] sounds nice and bouncy and fun.
[Bb] So that's how I'm going to teach it.
_ _ That's
mainly what the piano [F] feel is.
I'll explain.
So it [Bb] goes one and two and three and four
and one and [F] two and three and four and one [Cm] and two.
_ _ I'm just doing [Bb] down strokes. _
_ Two
and three and four [Eb] and E flat, two and three and.
_ Quick change to F7.
_ [Bb]
That's your verse.
_ _ Okay?
[Gb] I know it's a little bit challenging, but I think it's worth it for this [E] song.
It's
worth it for [A] any Beatles song.
I'm just going to say it.
Now we're going to go into the
chorus.
A couple more chords [D] happening, but we're going to stick [Eb] with the same [E] rhythm.
So we've [Bb] got B flat, one and two and three and four [C] and to [Bb] D minor [Dm] seven, one and two
and quick [Bb] change to [Gb] G minor seven, [Gm] three and four and _ [Ab] B [Bb] flat, one and two and quick change
to F7, [F] three and four and back to [Bb] B flat, one and two and three and four and.
[Ab] So let's
play that in time.
_ Three, [Bb] four, one. _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
B flat.
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ Okay?
You feeling that?
You feeling good?
All right.
[Eb] It's getting warmed up, stretching it out.
Let's go to the bridge now.
E flat.
In a couple of years they have a [Bb] home suite.
B flat, _ then B flat seven, _ [Eb] then E flat.
A
couple of kids running in the [Bb] yard and B flat [F] to F7.
_ [Bb] Same rhythm.
Let's try it out in time.
[Eb] Three, four, one. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
B flat seven, [Eb] E flat.
Oh, I messed up the rhythm.
E flat. _
_ _ _ _ Now B [Bb] flat. _
_ _ [F] F7.
_ _ So that's your parts.
[G] It's just the verse, the [C] chorus and [A] the bridge.
Now there's a little
bit [Bb] of an [Eb] outro, but it's just a three bar outro.
And that is just [G] G minor for two [Gm] bars
one.
[B] And it's [Ab] when it says, if you want some fun, I think.
[E] If you want some fun.
[Eb] _ [Gb] Am I messing
up the lyrics?
I don't know.
[G] If you want some fun.
And _ [F] then quick [Dbm] _ [F] F7, one and two and
_ [Bb]
end on B flat.
So G minor, F7, [Gm] B flat.
One, two and three and four and one and two and
three and four and one, two [Bb] and three. _ _
_ _ _ [Db] That's Obla-di Obla [Em]-da.
You cannot [C] say that without
smiling.
And that's what I love about this song.
Enjoy.
Let me know [F] if you have any questions.
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I don't care.
Just play some [Bb] guitar like I know [E] you
do.
Bye guys.
[Bbm] Hey guys, thanks for watching.
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