All My Loving chords

by The Beatles

Song Key: E Major

Time Signature: 4/4

Tempo: 156 bpm


Guitar Tuning: E A D G B e

Skill Level: Intermediate

Guitar Chords: E, F#m, B7, D, C#m, Caug

Extra: Helpful tips and Guitar Strumming Pattern below.

Chord Chart Legend
E Major Bm B7 D Major C#m C#m Caug
Lefties Chord Chart Legend
E Major Bm B7 D Major C#m C#m Caug

All My Loving

Song Key is highlighted - Transpose to any other key 
  
Intro: 4/4
              F#m           B7              E            C#m
1. Close your eyes and I'll kiss you     To-mor-row I'll miss you
      A            F#m        D       B7               
   Re-mem-ber I'll al-ways be true |      | 
            F#m         B7                E           C#m
   And then while I'm a-way    I'll write home ev-β€˜ry day
            A           B7         E      E       
   And I'll send all my lo-ving to you |  𝄑  |

            F#m           B7              E         C#m
2. I'll pre-tend that I'm kis-sing    The lips I am miss-ing
       A            F#m              D       B7 
   And hope that my dreams will come true |      |
            F#m         B7                E           C#m
   And then while I'm a-way    I'll write home ev-β€˜ry day
            A           B7         E       E
   And I'll send all my lov-ing to you  |  𝄑  |

               C#m        Caug            E
Chorus: All my lov-ing    I will  send to you |  π„Ž  
               C#m        Caug             E        E
        All my lov-ing    Darl-in’ I'll be true |   𝄑  |
                                                                    𝄐
           A               E               B7               E       E
Instr: |       |   π„Ž   |       |   π„Ž   |        |   π„Ž   |       |       |
                                                                     (Close your)

              F#m           B7              E            C#m
3. Close your eyes and I'll kiss you     To-mor-row I'll miss you
      A            F#m        D       B7          
   Re-mem-ber I'll al-ways be true |      |
            F#m         B7                E           C#m
   And then while I'm a-way    I'll write home ev-β€˜ry day
            A           B7         E       E        
   And I'll send all my lo-ving to you |   𝄑   |

               C#m        Caug            E
Chorus: All my lov-ing    I will  send to you |  π„Ž   
               C#m        Caug             E
        All my lov-ing    Darl-in’ I'll be true |  π„Ž  |
               C#m             E              E
        All my lov-in’     All my lov-in’ |  (Oo  oo) |
               C#m                       E        E
        All my lov-in’    I will send to you  |   𝄑   |

Notes and Helpful Tips:

  • Level Of Ease: Fairly Easy - you will need to know some barre chords - F#m and C#m, which are some of the easiest to play.
  • Song Key: E Major - 4 sharps F#, C#, G#, D#
  • Caug is an augmented chord which means the 5th note of the chord is sharpened. It can also be written as C+.
  • The formula for augmented chords is 1-3-#5 → Caug=C-E-G#
  • The fermata symbol 𝄐 OR 𝄑 in this song, means you strum the chord once, and stop for the duration of the bar, then start playing again in the next bar. This happens often in this song.
  • The guitar chords page will be useful if you want to play any of these chords in a variety of positions.

Guitar Strumming Pattern

You will notice John Lennon strums using triplet timing for each beat.

Please Explain: | 1 2 3 4 |... 4 beats per bar

Firstly we divide each bar into eighth-note beats (8 beats per bar) so the bar count is | 1& 2& 3& 4& | so that each beat has 2 counts... 1&

A triplet means three evenly spaced notes played in the same time as two notes of the same kind.

Triplet timing in this case simply means we play 3 beat counts in the place of 2 beat counts, but still maintaining the duration of 2 beat counts, therefore the timing count is | 1&& 2&& 3&& 4&& |, where 1&& replaces 1&, 2&& replaces 2&, etc.

Let's recap: | 1 2 3 4 | = | 1& 2& 3& 4& | = | 1&& 2&& 3&& 4&& | (John's strumming pattern)


It looks like this:
| ↓ ↑ ↓   ↑ ↓ ↑   ↓ ↑ ↓   ↑ ↓ ↑ |


Listen and watch John Lennon closely. As you become familiar with the chords, this will become easier.

If you are a beginner, always start slowly. Become familiar with the tune and set a metronome or click track to a much slower tempo than the song, and practice your strumming. Once it becomes easier, speed up the metronome a little. Keep doing this till you reach the required tempo of the song... 156 bpm.

Song Details:

  • Songwriters: Written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon/McCartney.
  • Date: 1963
  • Lyrics Begin: Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, tomorrow I'll miss you; remember I'll always be true.
  • Performing Artists: The Beatles
  • Album: With the Beatles
  • Recorded: 30th July, 1963
  • Released: 22nd November, 1963
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