Imagine Chords
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Complete chords and lyrics / well-aligned for easy auto-scrolling / short tabs for intro and verse patterns / suggestions for playable voicings and alternative chord choices.
Difficulty: | intermediate |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Key: | C |
Capo: | no capo |
Author Unregistered. 7 contributors total, last edit on Dec 29, 2022
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Tabbed by John_Lennon28@hotmail.com.
Edited by UG user maguri
John Lennon
Imagine (1971)
(Lennon)
From "Imagine"
[Intro]
C Cmaj7 F Cadd9 Cmaj7 F
e|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
B|------------0---|---------------0-|3---3---3---0---|---------------0-|
G|0---0---0---0---|2---2---2---2h3--|0---0---0---0---|2---2---2---2h3--|
D|2---2---2---2---|3---3---3--------|2---2---2---2---|3---3---3--------|
A|--3---3---3---3-|-----------------|--3---3---3---3-|-----------------|
E|----------------|--1---1---1------|----------------|--1---1---1------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
[Verse]
Cadd9 Cmaj7 F Cadd9 Cmaj7 F
e|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
B|3---3---3---0---|---------------0-|3---3---3---0---|---------------0-|
G|0---0---0---0---|2---2---2---2h3--|0---0---0---0---|2---2---2---2h3--|
D|2---2---2---2---|3---3---3--------|2---2---2---2---|3---3---3--------|
A|--3---3---3---3-|-----------------|--3---3---3---3-|-----------------|
E|----------------|--1---1---1------|----------------|--1---1---1------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
CHORDS and special voicings
C x-3-2-0-1-0 G 3-x-0-0-0-3
Cmaj7 x-3-2-0-0-0 C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0 or 3-3-2-0-1-0
F x-x-3-2-1-1 G7 3-x-0-0-3-1
Am/E x-x-2-2-1-0 E 0-2-2-1-0-0
E7 0-2-2-1-3-x
Dm7 x-x-0-2-1-1 (or Dm x-x-0-2-3-1)
F/C x-3-x-2-1-1 (or Dm/C x-3-x-2-3-1)
All the C chords in the verses are actually Cadd9 (x-3-2-0-3-0).
Use it for special flavour.
The Dm7 and F/C chords in the Bridges can also be played as
regular Dm and Dm/C respectively (voicings: see above). Choose
whatever sounds best to you.
[Intro]
| C Cmaj7 | F |
| C Cmaj7 | F |
[Verse 1]
C Cmaj7 F
Imagine there's no heaven
C Cmaj7 F
It's easy if you try
C Cmaj7 F
No hell below us
C Cmaj7 F
Above us only sky
[Bridge 1]
F Am/E Dm7 F/C
Imagine all the people
G C/G G7
Living for to - day a-hah
[Verse 2]
C Cmaj7 F
Imagine there's no countries
C Cmaj7 F
It isn't hard to do
C Cmaj7 F
Nothing to kill or die for
C Cmaj7 F
And no religion too
[Bridge 2]
F Am/E Dm7 F/C
Imagine all the people
G C/G G7
Living life in peace - you-hou-hou-ou-ou
[Chorus]
F G C Cmaj7 E E7
You may say I'm a dreamer
F G C Cmaj7 E E7
But I'm not the only one
F G C Cmaj7 E E7
I hope some day you'll join us
F G C
And the world will be as one
[Verse 3]
C Cmaj7 F
Imagine no pos - sessions
C Cmaj7 F
I wonder if you can
C Cmaj7 F
No need for greed or hunger
C Cmaj7 F
A brotherhood of man
[Bridge 3]
F Am/E Dm7 F/C
Imagine all the people
G C/G G7
Sharing all the world - you-hou-hou-ou
[Chorus]
F G C Cmaj7 E E7
You may say I'm a dreamer
F G C Cmaj7 E E7
But I'm not the only one
F G C Cmaj7 E E7
I hope some day you'll join us
F G C
And the world will live as one
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| h Hammer-on
| x Dead note
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Imagine – John Lennon
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137 comments

for a different variation in the chorus, play the E7-020100 by lifting your ring finger, this continues the decending bass feel
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Hey dude the chord you named C/G Wich you showed like this: 320001 is actually just G7.
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It sounds great! I feel like John Lennon singing this :)
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