I Am The Walrus

by The Beatles

Chords

4.9 (87)

intermediate Key: A Tuning: E A D G B E

Version:

v6 v1 v2 v3 v4 v5

Transpose

Capo

None

Size

100%

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I am the Walrus – The Beatles

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Written by: Lennon/McCartney

From: "Magical Mystery Tour (1967)

Tabbed by: maguri

Tuning: Standard

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[Intro]
  B                        B       A   A6   G       F   F6
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
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B|4---4---4---4---4---4---|4---4---2---2---|0-----------3---|
G|--4---4---4---4---4---4-|4-----4-2-------|0-------2---2---|
D|4-----------------------|4-------2-------|0-------3-------|
A|2-----------------------|2-------0-------|----------------|
E|------------------------|----------------|3-------1-------|

  E                E7               D                D7
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|----------------|----------------|2---------------|2---------------|
B|0---------------|3---------------|3---------------|1---------------|
G|1---------------|1---------------|2---------------|2---------------|
D|2---------------|2---------------|0---------------|0---------------|
A|2---------------|2---------------|----------------|----------------|
E|0---------------|0---------------|----------------|----------------|

[Link]
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  
e|--------0---0---|
B|2---------4---4-|
G|2---------------|
D|2---------------|
A|0---------------|
E|----------------|

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CHORDS

E-A-D-G-B-e

A6 x-0-2-2-2-2

F6 1-3-3-2-3-1

A/G 3-x-2-2-2-0

D/F# 2-x-0-2-3-x

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Intro

Verse 1

I am he as

you are he

you are me and

we are all to

gether

See how they run like pigs from a gun, see

how they fly

I'm

crying

[LINK]

Verse 2

Sitting on a cornflake

Waiting for the

van to

come

Corporation tee-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday

Man, you been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long

Chorus

I am the

eggman, they are the

eggmen

I am the

walrus, goo goo g'joob

Verse

Mister City

P’liceman sitting

Pretty little

p’licemen

in a r

See how they fly like Lucy in the Sky, see

how they run

I'm

crying

Interlude

I'm

crying

I'm

crying

I'm

cry

ing

Verse 3

Yellow matter custard

Dripping from a

dead dog's

eye

Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess

Boy, you been a naughty girl you let your knickers down

Chorus

I am the

eggman, they are the

eggmen

I am the

walrus, goo goo g'joob

Instrumental Link

[Middle 8]

Sitting in an

English

garden waiting

for the

sun

If the sun don't

come, you get a tan from standing in the English rain

Chorus

I am the

eggman, they are the

eggmen

I am the

walrus, goo goo g'joob, g'

goo goo g'joob

Verse 4

Expert textpert

choking smokers

Don't you think the

joker laughs at

you?

See how they smile like pigs in a sty

See

how they snied

I'm

crying

[LINK]

Verse 5

Semolina pilchard

Climbing up the

Eiffel

Tower

Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna

Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe

Chorus

I am the

eggman, they are the

eggmen

I am the

walrus, goo goo g'joob, g'

goo goo g'joob

Goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob g'

goo

Outro

(repeat and fade)