Originally in Bb, I play in G.
Sounds fun played with power chords, more or less like Get Back,
then open it up in the chorus.
I drop the vox down on the ‘bra’.
G | D |
Desmond had a barrow in the | market place |
D7 | G |
Molly is the singer in a | band |
G | C |
Desmond says to Molly, girl I | like your face |
G | D | G | |
And Molly | says this as she | takes him by the | hand |
G | D | Em7 | |
Ob-la- | di, ob-la-da, life goes | on | bra |
G | D | G |
La la how the | life goes | on |
G | D | Em7 | |
Ob-la- | di, ob-la-da, life goes | on | bra |
G | D | G |
La la how the | life goes | on |
G | D |
Desmond takes a trolley to the | jeweller’s store |
D7 | G |
Buys a twenty carat golden | ring |
G | C |
Takes it back to Molly, waiting | at the door |
G | D | G | |
And as he | gives it to her | she begins to | sing |
G | D | Em7 | |
Ob-la- | di, ob-la-da, life goes | on | bra |
G | D | G |
La la how the | life goes | on |
G | D | Em7 | |
Ob-la- | di, ob-la-da, life goes | on | bra |
G | D | G |
La la how the | life goes | on |
C | G |
In a couple of years they have built a home sweet | home |
C |
With a couple of kids running in the yard |
G/D | D | |
Of | Desmond and Molly | Jones |
G | D |
Happy ever after in the | market place |
D7 | G |
Desmond lets the children lend a | hand |
G | C |
Molly stays at home and does her | pretty face |
G | D | G | |
And in the | evening she still | sings it with the | band |
G | D | Em7 | |
Ob-la- | di, ob-la-da, life goes | on | bra |
G | D | G |
La la how the | life goes | on |
G | D | Em7 | |
Ob-la- | di, ob-la-da, life goes | on | bra |
G | D | G |
La la how the | life goes | on |
C | G |
In a couple of years they have built a home sweet | home |
C |
With a couple of kids running in the yard |
G/D | D | |
Of | Desmond and Molly | Jones |
G | D |
Happy ever after in the | market place |
D7 | G |
Molly lets the children lend a | hand |
G | C |
Desmond stays at home and does his | pretty face |
G | D | G | |
And in the | evening she’s a | singer with the | band |
G | D | Em7 | |
Ob-la- | di, ob-la-da, life goes | on | bra |
G | D | G |
La la how the | life goes | on |
G | D | Em7 | |
Ob-la- | di, ob-la-da, life goes | on | bra |
G | D | Em7 |
La la how the | life goes | on |
And if you want some fun
D | G | |
Take | ob-la-di-bla- | da |