The Beatles - Only a Northern Song: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Only a Northern Song" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

A
If you're listening to this song
                                    Bm
You may think the chords are going wrong
                                        A
But they're not he just wrote it like that.

When you're listening late at night
You may think the band are not quite right
But they are, they just play it like that

Chorus:
        E              Bm           G       C#
And it doesn't really matter what chords I play
     F#
What words I say
    Bm            F#
Or time of day it is
        D       A        E
As it's only a Northern song

If you think the harmony
Is a little dark and out of key
You're correct, there's nobody there.

And I told you there's no one there.



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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

C#

Guitar chord C#

D

Guitar chord D

E

Guitar chord E

F#

Guitar chord F#

G

Guitar chord G

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Only a Northern Song" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Only a Northern Song" by The Beatles.

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