ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
                           (Lennon/McCartney)
          		      The Beatles
                            Let It Be (1970)


This is Across the universe as I believe John originally played it.
The song was sped up for inclusion on the World Wildlife Fund album
(as heard on Past Masters volume II), and then slowed down again for
the Let It Be album.  When Phil Spector (producer of Let It Be) slowed
the song down, he actually brought the song down a half step; from D
to roughly C#.  You can play along with the album by playing in C#,
tuning your guitar down a half step and playing in D, or using a capo
on the first fret and playing in C. Here it is in original form in D...




Intro :
         
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     D                 Bm               F#m
   Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup
    Em7                                    A                 A7
   They slither while they pass they slip away across the Universe.
     D               Bm               F#m
   Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind
    Em7              Gm
   Possessing and caressing me.


    D             A7
   Jai Guru Deva Om
    A7			  
   Nothing's gonna change my world
    G			        D
   Nothing's gonna change my world
    A7			             
   Nothing's gonna change my world
    G			        D
   Nothing's gonna change my world


     D         Bm	           F#m	                         Em7
   Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes
                               A          A7
   They call me on and on across the Universe.
     D               Bm	      F#m
   Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letterbox
         Em7			             A                A7
   They tumble blindly as they make their way across the Universe.
	
	
    D              A7
   Jai Guru De Va  Om
    A7			 
   Nothing's gonna change my world
    G                          D
   Nothing's gonna change my world
    A7           
   Nothing's gonna change my world
    G                          D
   Nothing's gonna change my world


    D                   Bm	               F#m
   Sounds of laughter, shades of earth are ringing through my opened ears
    Em7	    Gm
   Inciting and inviting me.
    D	           Bm		    F#m			           Em7
   Limitless, undying love which shines around me like a million suns
                             A          A7
   And calls me on and on across the Universe.

	
    D              A7
   Jai Guru De Va  Om
    A7			 
   Nothing's gonna change my world
    G                          D
   Nothing's gonna change my world
    A7           
   Nothing's gonna change my world
    G                          D
   Nothing's gonna change my world


    D
   Jai Guru Deva.  (Repeat and fade)




transcribed by Chris Sears
cts@mail.utexas.edu