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What Goes On chords by The Beatles (Official Version)

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E
B
E7
A7
B7sus4
B7
Am

Intro 1

E

B

E

E

Chorus 1
E7 
What goes on in your heart?
E7 
A7 
What goes on in your mind?
E7 
You are tearing me apart
E7 
A7 
When you treat me so unkind
B7sus4 
B7 
E7 
What goes on in your mind?

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Verse 1

E7

The other day I saw you

Am

As I walked along the road

E7

But when I saw him with you

Am

I could feel my future fold

Am

B7

E7

It's so easy for a girl like you to lie

B7

Tell me why

Chorus 2
E7 
What goes on in your heart?
E7 
A7 
What goes on in your mind?
E7 
You are tearing me apart
E7 
A7 
When you treat me so unkind
B7sus4 
B7 
E7 
What goes on in your mind?

Verse 2
E7 
I met you in the morning
Am 
Waiting for the tides of time
E7 
But now the tide is turning
Am 
I can see that I was blind
Am 
B7 
E7 
It's so easy for a girl like you to lie
B7 
Tell me why

Interlude 1
E7 
What goes on in your heart?
E7 
E7 
A7 
A7 
E7 
E7 
E7 
E7 
E7 
E7 
A7 
A7 
B7sus4 
B7 
E7 
E7 

Verse 3
E7 
I used to think of no on else
Am 
But you were just the same
E7 
You didn't even think of me
Am 
As someone with a name
Am 
B7 
Did you mean to break my heart
E7 
and watch me die
B7 
Tell me why

Chorus 3
E7 
What goes on in your heart?
E7 
A7 
What goes on in your mind?
E7 
You are tearing me apart
E7 
A7 
When you treat me so unkind
B7sus4 
B7 
E7 
What goes on in your mind?

Outro 1

E7

E7

E7

E7

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0

E
B
E7
A7
B7sus4
B7
Am

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: E majorBPM: 196

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

E: 0-2-2-1-0-0
B: x-2-4-4-4-x
E7: 0-2-0-1-0-0
A7: x-0-2-0-2-0
B7sus4: x-2-2-2-0-2
B7: x-2-1-2-0-2
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0

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This is the definitive original version of What Goes On by The Beatles, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of E major. It suits players who want to learn What Goes On the way The Beatles intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

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