Band: The Beatles
Song: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Album: The Beatles (The White Album)
Tabber: clark@theoddmenout.com

Chords:
          
e--1----1----1
B--3----1----1
G--3----2----2
D--3----3----1
A--1----3----3
E-------1----1

   
----6----|
----8----|
----8----|
----8----|
----6----|
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Use ska/reggea upstrokes when playing this song


Intro:

Bass Line
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e-------------
B-------------
G-------------
D----------3--
A—1----3/5----
E—------------

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Verse 1:
            
Desmond has a 

              
barrow in the 


market place
            
Molly is the s

           
inger in a ban

d
            
Desmond says t

              
o Molly "girl 

          
I like your fa

ce"
            
And Molly says

             
 this as she t

              
akes him by th

  
e hand


Chorus:
            
Ob-la-di ob-la

              
-da, life goes

     
 on, bra!
            
La-la how the 

         
life goes on
            
Ob-la-di ob-la

              
-da life goes 

    
on, bra!
            
La-la how the 

         
life goes on


Verse 2:
            
Desmond takes 

              
a trolley to t

   
he jewellers s

tores
            
Buys a twenty 

             
carat golden r


ing (Golden ri

ng?)
            
Takes it back 

              
to Molly waiti

        
ng at the door
            
And as he give

             
s it to her sh

            
e begins to si

ng (Sing)


Chorus


Middle:
            
In a couple of

              
 years they ha

              
ve built a hom

        
e sweet home

With a couple 

of kids runnin

g in the yard
   
Of Desmond and

 Molly Jones (

Ah ha ha ha ha

 ha)


Verse 3:
            
Happy ever aft

          
er in the mark

et place
            
Desmond lets t

              
he children le

     
nd a hand (Arm

! Leg!)
            
Molly stays at

              
 home and does

          
 her pretty fa

ce
            
And in the eve

              
ning she still

             
 sings it with

     
 the band


Chorus


Middle


Verse 4:
            
Yeah, happy ev

              
er after in th

  
e market place
            
Molly lets the

              
 children lend

   
 a hand (Foot!

)
            
Desmond stays 

              
at home and do

            
es his pretty 


face
            
And in the eve

             
ning she's a s

              
inger with the

 
 band


Chorus


Outro:
          
And if ya want

 some fun,
            
Sing Ob-la-di,

     
 Bla-da!



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