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Eleanor Rigby Lyrics Analysis

The song 'Eleanor Rigby' by The Beatles explores themes of loneliness and isolation through the character of Eleanor Rigby and Father McKenzie. It reflects on the lives of lonely individuals who go unnoticed and unacknowledged in society. The poignant lyrics highlight the existential questions of where these lonely people come from and where they belong.

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Eleanor Rigby Lyrics Analysis

The song 'Eleanor Rigby' by The Beatles explores themes of loneliness and isolation through the character of Eleanor Rigby and Father McKenzie. It reflects on the lives of lonely individuals who go unnoticed and unacknowledged in society. The poignant lyrics highlight the existential questions of where these lonely people come from and where they belong.

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Eleanor Rigby

Beatles
Inna-Inga-Alinna-Nusya

C (2) Em (2)
Ah, look at all the lonely people
C (2) Em (2)
Ah, look at all the lonely people

Em (3)
Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has
C (2)
been�Lives in a dream
Em (3)
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the
C (2)
door�Who is it for?

Em7 Em6
All the lonely people
C Em
Where do they all come from?
Em7 Em6
All the lonely people
C Em
Where do they all belong?

Em (3)
Father McKenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will
C (2)
hear--No one comes near.
Em
Look at him working. Darning his socks in the night when there's
C (2)
nobody there--What does he care?

Em7 Em6
All the lonely people
C Em
Where do they all come from?
Em7 Em6
All the lonely people
C Em
Where do they all belong?

C (2) Em (2)
Ah, look at all the lonely people
C (2) Em (2)
Ah, look at all the lonely people

Em (3)
Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her
C (2)
name--Nobody came
Em (3)
Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the
C (2)
grave--No one was saved
Em7 Em6
All the lonely people
C Em
Where do they all come from?
Em7 Em6
All the lonely people
C Em (hold)
Where do they all belong?

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