Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds (Patreon)

Today we are going to learn how to play "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" on the ukulele. We have done a lot of Beatles songs because they have so many classic songs. This song has an incredible 3/4 fingerpicking intro that sounds amazing. It is a A5 power chord, or an A and a 5th, the E note, with a chromatic bass line moving over top it from the A, to the G, F#, to the F. At the F you it becomes a Dm with an F in the bass, but if you are playing it acoustically it sounds amazing with an F+ as well. The harmony is very cool.  The song then goes into some fun strumming in 3/4 with some non-diatonic borrowed chords from other keys. We are in the key of A for the intro, the bridge is the key of F and the chorus is the key of G. Three keys in one song and you really don't even notice! Sometimes a key change is something strong that. you can feel in your face, not in this case.

Will improve

• Fingerpicking
• Chromatic bass movements
• Changing keys
• Borrowing chords
• 3/4 timing
• Switching meter
• Polyphony 

Related Lessons - More Beatles and Cool Fingerpicking

• The Beatles Playlist 
• Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce 
• Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton 
• Bruno Mars - Grenade 
• Hotel California - The Eagles 

Time Stamps

• 0:42 - Intro 
• 2:34 - Verse Part 1 
• 2:43 - Verse Part 2  
• 3:26 - Verse Part 3 
• 3:34 - Verse Part 4 
• 4:54 - Verse Play-along with tabs 
• 5:32 - Verse Play-along with lyrics 
• 6:00 - Chords 
• 6:56 - Bridge 
• 8:36 - Bridge play-along 
• 9:08 - Chorus 
• 10:15 - Chorus Riff 
• 12:08 - Chorus staccato chord stabs 
• 13:43 - Chorus played with polyphony  
• 14:04 - Full song play-along