Chords for The Beatles - Concerts in Chicago, 1964-1966
Tempo:
101.85 bpm
Chords used:
G
F
E
G#
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G#] Chicago had waited through seven long months of Beatlemania [F] before the Fab Four
finally arrived here and when it did it arrived with a deafening roar.
[N]
They put cotton in our ears because they knew it was going to be [F] loud.
Well we got outside the
dressing room at the Beatles [F#] and took them onto the stage and opened the
curtain and it was [F] like the most [N] incredible thing you ever heard in your
life you just couldn't believe the noise.
You literally could not hear there was
just this ringing and ringing and ringing in your ears and the [Gm] blinking of
thousands of [F]
flashbulbs for instamatic cameras.
This rare home movie captures
the madness of that first night at the [G#] International Amphitheater.
[G] We all alone and [A] nobody else, you still monkey [Gm] blind, you still blind [C] blind.
On a beautiful August [G] day in 1965 Chicago's White [C] Sox Park was the [G#] scene of two
triumphant [G] outdoor performances and running defense against a hungry press
Chicago's Sherman Wolf.
[N] They broke the bandstand at second base and then used
all the grandstands and all of the breaches [E] for seats.
We had [G] obtained a golf
cart between the shows we put the golf cart underneath the bandstand and I
[N] don't for some reason when they were playing a song Lennon happened to see
what was under the curtains and [E] he kind of smiled and he [A] turned and
pointed [G#] up to the ringo and he said that's [D] how we're getting out.
But by [G] 1966
the joy had [E] subsided a bit.
Don't you forget what the Beatles have said.
Don't
forget to take your Beatle records and your Beatle paraphernalia to any one of
our 14 pickup points in Birmingham [C] Alabama.
[D] The controversy over John Lennon's remarks about Christianity nearly forced
the Beatles to cancel their 1966 American tour.
It was a frightened John
Lennon who apologized in the first city on that tour, Chicago.
It was here at what
was then called the Astor Tower Hotel and asking the first question with a
young daily news reporter Richard Christensen.
We meant more [F#] to kids than
Jesus did or religion at that time.
I wasn't knocking it or putting it down I
was just saying it for the fact.
That was a lot of fun just just to be there and
then to be in that fairly historic moment.
That night we were on the six
o'clock news ten o'clock news every newspaper front page and I think all
over the country and maybe all over the world.
A question just popped into to my
head and I said [E] to start things off Mr.
Lennon after [F#] you've made these remarks
about Jesus do you feel you're being [G] crucified?
No I wouldn't say that [B] at all.
[E] But in the high [B]-pressure days of touring the [F#] Beatles saw little more than hotel
rooms [C#m] and limos.
The [E] Beatles would never get the real feel of Chicago until [A] years
after they broke up.
I met Ringo [F] years ago at a party we're up [G] on the top of
the Hancock building and he was looking out over the [F] lights of the city and he
said you know we we toured we never really got to see these [G] cities like this
and it's [A#] and it's a beautiful city.
[F]
finally arrived here and when it did it arrived with a deafening roar.
[N]
They put cotton in our ears because they knew it was going to be [F] loud.
Well we got outside the
dressing room at the Beatles [F#] and took them onto the stage and opened the
curtain and it was [F] like the most [N] incredible thing you ever heard in your
life you just couldn't believe the noise.
You literally could not hear there was
just this ringing and ringing and ringing in your ears and the [Gm] blinking of
thousands of [F]
flashbulbs for instamatic cameras.
This rare home movie captures
the madness of that first night at the [G#] International Amphitheater.
[G] We all alone and [A] nobody else, you still monkey [Gm] blind, you still blind [C] blind.
On a beautiful August [G] day in 1965 Chicago's White [C] Sox Park was the [G#] scene of two
triumphant [G] outdoor performances and running defense against a hungry press
Chicago's Sherman Wolf.
[N] They broke the bandstand at second base and then used
all the grandstands and all of the breaches [E] for seats.
We had [G] obtained a golf
cart between the shows we put the golf cart underneath the bandstand and I
[N] don't for some reason when they were playing a song Lennon happened to see
what was under the curtains and [E] he kind of smiled and he [A] turned and
pointed [G#] up to the ringo and he said that's [D] how we're getting out.
But by [G] 1966
the joy had [E] subsided a bit.
Don't you forget what the Beatles have said.
Don't
forget to take your Beatle records and your Beatle paraphernalia to any one of
our 14 pickup points in Birmingham [C] Alabama.
[D] The controversy over John Lennon's remarks about Christianity nearly forced
the Beatles to cancel their 1966 American tour.
It was a frightened John
Lennon who apologized in the first city on that tour, Chicago.
It was here at what
was then called the Astor Tower Hotel and asking the first question with a
young daily news reporter Richard Christensen.
We meant more [F#] to kids than
Jesus did or religion at that time.
I wasn't knocking it or putting it down I
was just saying it for the fact.
That was a lot of fun just just to be there and
then to be in that fairly historic moment.
That night we were on the six
o'clock news ten o'clock news every newspaper front page and I think all
over the country and maybe all over the world.
A question just popped into to my
head and I said [E] to start things off Mr.
Lennon after [F#] you've made these remarks
about Jesus do you feel you're being [G] crucified?
No I wouldn't say that [B] at all.
[E] But in the high [B]-pressure days of touring the [F#] Beatles saw little more than hotel
rooms [C#m] and limos.
The [E] Beatles would never get the real feel of Chicago until [A] years
after they broke up.
I met Ringo [F] years ago at a party we're up [G] on the top of
the Hancock building and he was looking out over the [F] lights of the city and he
said you know we we toured we never really got to see these [G] cities like this
and it's [A#] and it's a beautiful city.
[F]
Key:
G
F
E
G#
F#
G
F
E
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] Chicago had waited through seven long months of Beatlemania [F] before the Fab Four
finally arrived here and when it did it arrived with a deafening roar.
[N] _ _
_ They put cotton in our ears because they knew it was going to be [F] loud.
Well we got outside the
dressing room at the Beatles [F#] and took them onto the stage and opened the
curtain and it was [F] like the most [N] incredible thing you ever heard in your
life you just couldn't believe the noise. _ _ _
You literally could not hear there was
just this ringing and ringing and ringing in your ears and the [Gm] blinking of
thousands of [F]
flashbulbs for instamatic cameras. _ _ _ _
This rare home movie captures
the madness of that first night at the [G#] International Amphitheater.
[G] We all alone and [A] nobody else, you still monkey [Gm] blind, you still blind [C] blind.
On a beautiful August [G] day in 1965 Chicago's White [C] Sox Park was the [G#] scene of two
triumphant [G] outdoor performances and running defense against a hungry press
Chicago's Sherman Wolf.
[N] They broke the bandstand at second base and then used
all the grandstands and all of the breaches [E] for _ seats.
We had [G] obtained a golf
cart between the shows we put the golf cart underneath the bandstand and I
[N] don't for some reason when they were playing a song Lennon happened to see
what was under the curtains and [E] he kind of smiled and he [A] turned and
pointed [G#] up to the ringo and he said that's [D] how we're getting out.
But by [G] 1966
the joy had [E] subsided a bit.
Don't you forget what the Beatles have said.
Don't
forget to take your Beatle records and your Beatle paraphernalia to any one of
our 14 pickup points in Birmingham [C] Alabama. _ _ _ _
_ [D] The controversy over John Lennon's remarks about Christianity nearly forced
the Beatles to cancel their 1966 American tour.
It was a frightened John
Lennon who apologized in the first city on that tour, Chicago.
It was here at what
was then called the Astor Tower Hotel and asking the first question with a
young daily news reporter Richard Christensen.
We meant more [F#] to kids than
Jesus did or religion at that time.
I wasn't knocking it or putting it down I
was just saying it for the fact.
That was a lot of fun _ just just to be there and
then to be in that fairly historic moment.
That night we were on the six
o'clock news ten o'clock news every newspaper front page and I think all
over the country and maybe all over the world.
A question just popped into to my
head and I said [E] to start things off Mr.
Lennon after [F#] you've made these remarks
about Jesus do you feel you're being [G] crucified?
No I wouldn't say that [B] at all.
_ [E] _ _ But _ in the high [B]-pressure days of touring the [F#] Beatles saw little more than hotel
rooms [C#m] and limos.
The [E] Beatles would never get the real feel of Chicago until [A] years
after they broke up.
I met Ringo [F] years ago at a party we're up [G] on the top of
the Hancock building and he was looking out over the [F] lights of the city and he
said you know we we toured we never really got to see these [G] cities like this
and it's [A#] and it's a beautiful city.
[F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] Chicago had waited through seven long months of Beatlemania [F] before the Fab Four
finally arrived here and when it did it arrived with a deafening roar.
[N] _ _
_ They put cotton in our ears because they knew it was going to be [F] loud.
Well we got outside the
dressing room at the Beatles [F#] and took them onto the stage and opened the
curtain and it was [F] like the most [N] incredible thing you ever heard in your
life you just couldn't believe the noise. _ _ _
You literally could not hear there was
just this ringing and ringing and ringing in your ears and the [Gm] blinking of
thousands of [F]
flashbulbs for instamatic cameras. _ _ _ _
This rare home movie captures
the madness of that first night at the [G#] International Amphitheater.
[G] We all alone and [A] nobody else, you still monkey [Gm] blind, you still blind [C] blind.
On a beautiful August [G] day in 1965 Chicago's White [C] Sox Park was the [G#] scene of two
triumphant [G] outdoor performances and running defense against a hungry press
Chicago's Sherman Wolf.
[N] They broke the bandstand at second base and then used
all the grandstands and all of the breaches [E] for _ seats.
We had [G] obtained a golf
cart between the shows we put the golf cart underneath the bandstand and I
[N] don't for some reason when they were playing a song Lennon happened to see
what was under the curtains and [E] he kind of smiled and he [A] turned and
pointed [G#] up to the ringo and he said that's [D] how we're getting out.
But by [G] 1966
the joy had [E] subsided a bit.
Don't you forget what the Beatles have said.
Don't
forget to take your Beatle records and your Beatle paraphernalia to any one of
our 14 pickup points in Birmingham [C] Alabama. _ _ _ _
_ [D] The controversy over John Lennon's remarks about Christianity nearly forced
the Beatles to cancel their 1966 American tour.
It was a frightened John
Lennon who apologized in the first city on that tour, Chicago.
It was here at what
was then called the Astor Tower Hotel and asking the first question with a
young daily news reporter Richard Christensen.
We meant more [F#] to kids than
Jesus did or religion at that time.
I wasn't knocking it or putting it down I
was just saying it for the fact.
That was a lot of fun _ just just to be there and
then to be in that fairly historic moment.
That night we were on the six
o'clock news ten o'clock news every newspaper front page and I think all
over the country and maybe all over the world.
A question just popped into to my
head and I said [E] to start things off Mr.
Lennon after [F#] you've made these remarks
about Jesus do you feel you're being [G] crucified?
No I wouldn't say that [B] at all.
_ [E] _ _ But _ in the high [B]-pressure days of touring the [F#] Beatles saw little more than hotel
rooms [C#m] and limos.
The [E] Beatles would never get the real feel of Chicago until [A] years
after they broke up.
I met Ringo [F] years ago at a party we're up [G] on the top of
the Hancock building and he was looking out over the [F] lights of the city and he
said you know we we toured we never really got to see these [G] cities like this
and it's [A#] and it's a beautiful city.
[F] _ _