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Des mond has a bar row in the (F)mar ket place,
Mol ly is the sing er in a (Bb)band.
Des mond says to Mol ly, “Girl, I (Eb)like your face,” and Mol ly (Bb)says this as she (F)takes him by the hand:
Ob la di, Ob la da, life goes on, bra, la la how their (F)life goes on.
Ob la di, Ob la da, life goes on,
bra,
la la how their (F)life goes on.
Des mond takes a trol ley to the (F)jewel er’s store,
buys a twen ty car at gold en (Bb)ring.
Takes it back to Mol ly wait ing (Eb)at the door, and as he (Bb)gives it to her (F)she be gins to sing:
Ob la di, Ob la da, life goes on,
bra,
la la how their (F)life goes on.
Ob la di, Ob la da, life goes on,
bra,
la la how their (F)life goes on.
In a cou ple of years, they have built a home sweet home.
With a cou ple of kids run ning in the yard
of (Bb)Des mond and Mol ly Jones.
(Bb)Hap py ev er af ter in the (F)mar ket place,
Des mond lets the chil dren lend a (Bb)hand.
Mol ly stays at home and does her (Eb)pret ty face, and in the (Bb)eve ning she still (F)sings it with the band.
Ob la di, Ob la da, life goes on,
bra,
la la how their (F)life goes on.
Ob la di, Ob la da, life goes on, bra, la la how their (F)life goes on.
In a cou ple of years, they have built a home sweet home.
With a cou ple of kids run ning in the yard of (Bb)Des mond and Mol ly Jones.
(Bb)Hap py ev er af ter in the (F)mar ket place, Mol ly lets the chil dren lend a (Bb)hand.
Des mond stays at home and does his (Eb)pret ty face, and in the (Bb)eve ning she’s a (F)sing er with the band.
Ob la di, Ob la da, life goes on, bra, la la how their (F)life goes on.
Ob la di, Ob la da, life goes on, bra, la la how their (F)life goes on.
And if you want some fun,
take (F)ob la di bla (Bb)da.
This page shows “Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da” by The Beatles in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Eb at 200 BPM, a slightly more challenging arrangement — practice each phrase slowly first.