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 |