"Imagine" on ukulele by John Lennon • UkuTabs

Artist	John Lennon
Album	Imagine single
Genre(s)	british • classic rock • pop • rock • singer-songwriter
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Main riff :
-  Cmaj7  -
xA|---3-----3-----3-----2------0-----0-----0-------------|
xE|---0-----0-----0-----0------1-----1-----1-------------|
xC|------0-----0-----0-----0------0-----0-----0----------|
xG|----------------------------------------------2-3-4---|


Intro: main riff - x2 -

C 	Cmaj7 	   F
Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky


F 	Am      Dm    F 
Imagine all the people
G      C     G7  
Living for today


C 	Cmaj7 	   F
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
No greed or hunger
And no religion too


F 	Am      Dm    F 
Imagine all the people
G      C     G7  
Living life in peace


C - Cmaj7 - E - E7 
You may say I'm a dreamer
F 	G 	     C  E7
But I'm not the only one
F 	G 	       C     E7
I hope someday you'll join us
F 	G 		C    C
And the world will live as one


C 	Cmaj7 	   F
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
Nothing to kill or die for
A brotherhood of man


F 	Am      Dm    F 
Imagine all the people
G      C     G7  
Sharing all the world


C - Cmaj7 - E - E7 
You may say I'm a dreamer
F 	G 	     C  E7
But I'm not the only one
F 	G 	       C     E7
I hope someday you'll join us
F 	G 		C    C
And the world will live as one

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35 Comments

Shannon
April 5, 2019 at 16:44 · Reply
I play Am in place of E7 if people are finding it hard
makaylasilva
December 7, 2018 at 21:57 · Reply
Personally, i think +7 is slightly easier! :)
Just an FYI, “No need for greed or hunger,” and “Nothing to kill or die for” actually is sung later on towards the end of the original. Other than that, it was very helpful!
heres/the/tab
April 7, 2018 at 03:00 · Reply
In the song for the piano intro i do this on my uke– :)
(F)
A|—————-2h3————————0h2h3
E|0—0—0————–1—–1——1—-
C|–0—0—0—————0——0—-0–
G|0—0—0————–2—–2——2—
Natalie
January 23, 2018 at 01:13 · Reply
sounds good to me, you can also do the plucking pattern like this though:
A|3- – -3- – -3- – -2- – -0- – -0- – -0- – – – – –
E|0- – -0- – -0- – -0- – -1- – -1- – -1- – – – – –
C|- -0- – -0- – -0- – -0- – -0- – -0- – -0- – –
G|0- – -0- – -0- – -0- – -2- – -2- – -2- – –
2-3-4
water me dad
December 23, 2017 at 18:25 · Reply
Above is an alternative riff
water me dad
December 23, 2017 at 18:24 · Reply
xA|———————2———————————-|
xE|—0—–0—–0————0—–0—-0————–|
xC|——0—–0—–0—–2——0—–0—–0———–|
xG|—0—–0—–0—-0——2—–2—–2—–2-3-4—|
Ukutabs lover
September 22, 2017 at 19:33 · Reply
@lori- Actually, it was partially right, it’s “no need for greed or hunger” “nothing to kill or die for” comes later in the song.
Horus125
September 10, 2017 at 21:25 · Reply
I think that the chords are correct, but sometimes in wrong places. The part G-C-G7 sounds good only when played like this:
G G C G7
Living life in peace
The chords C-CMaj7-E-E7 are also correct but should be put at the end of a line:
F G C-CMaj7-E-E7
You may say I’m a dreamer etc.
Ash
July 27, 2017 at 04:57 · Reply
I tried to add a bit of John Lennon’s piano in there and it made it sound better. In between the first 4 verse lines (of each verse) pluck [1-2-3] on the A string. For the fourth finger on the first fret and pluck the A string twice. Example:
Imagine there’s no heaven A [1-2-3]
It’s easy if you try A [1-2-3]
No hell below us A [1-2-3]
Above us only sky A [1-1]
- Isabela Leon-Tamara
  December 27, 2018 at 19:59 · Reply
  I find it sound better if you do 0-1-2 on the A string for that part