This is the tab of Octopus's Garden
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INTRO:
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|--------------------12----14\12---------------------|
|---------9h11/13------------------13\11---9---11b---|
|--9h11----------------------------------------------|
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|-----------------12---------------------------------|
|---------------------14p12----------------------14--|
|--------9h11/13-------------13\11--9--11-12-13------|
|--9h11--------------------------------11-13-14------|
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|--13\11--9--9---11p9--------------------------------|
|----------------------11p9--------------------------|
|----------------------------11p9--7--7--9-----------|
|-------------------------------------------7-7-7-7--|
VERSE:
(E) (C#m)
||--0-------------|--0-------------|--4-------------|--4-------------|
||-----------0----|-----------0----|-----------5----|-----------5----|
||-------1--------|-------1--------|-------6--------|-------6--------|
||-----2-------2--|-----2-------2--|-----6-------6--|-----6-------6--|
||--2------2------|--2------2------|--4------4------|--4------4------|
||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
(A) (B)
|--5-------------|--5-------------|--2-------------|--2-------------||
|-----------5----|-----------5----|-----------4----|-----------4----||
|-------6--------|-------6--------|-------4--------|-------4--------||
|-----7-------7--|-----7-------7--|-----4-------4--|-----4-------4--||
|--7------7------|--7------7------|--2------2------|--2------2------||
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The following chords are played during, "I'd ask my friends..."
C#m B A B
E C#m A B E
SOLO:
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|-----------12-------------------------------------17--17--17------|
|--11/13--------16b--------16br---14--14----16/18------------------|
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|---------------------------------19b--17-17---19b--17-17----------|
|---------17-17-17---------17-17--------------------------17-17----|
|--16/18------------16/18------------------------------------------|
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|---------------------------------14-------------------------------|
|--17--17br----------------------------------------------17-17-17--|
|-------------14---------14--16b------16--14--16---16/18-----------|
|-----------------14h16--------------------------------------------|
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|---------------------------------19b--19b--19br--17--17--19--17---|
|---------17-17-17---------17-17-----------------------------------|
|--16/18------------16/18------------------------------------------|
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The chords below are played during, "In an octopus's garden with you."
A B C#m
A B C#m
A B E
The riff below is played over that last E chord.
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|-------------14--12--------------------|
|---------------------13\11--9h11--11b--|
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CHORDS
E: 022100
C#m: 446654
A: 577655
B: 224442
From: Chris Sears <cts@mail.utexas.edu>
Octopus's Garden (Richard Starkey)
As performed by the Beatles (Ringo)
[intro]
B E
B A B
E C#m A B
E C#m
I'd like to be under the sea
A B
In an Octopus's Garden in the shade.
E C#m
He'd let us in knows where we've been,
A B
In his Octopus's Garden in the shade.
C#m
I'd ask my friends to come and see
A B
An Octopus's Garden with me.
E C#m
I'd like to be under the sea
A B E
In an Octopus's Garden in the shade.
E C#m
We would be warm below the storm
A B
In our little hideaway beneath the waves.
E C#m
Resting our head on the sea bed
A B
In an Octopus's Garden near a cave.
C#m
We would sing and dance around
A B
Because we know we can't be found.
E C#m
I'd like to be under the sea
A B E
In an Octopus's Garden in the shade.
[Solo]
A F#m D E
A F#m D E A B
E C#m
We would shout and swim about
A B
The coral that lies beneath the waves.
E C#m
Oh, what joy for every girl and boy
A B
Knowing they're happy and they're safe.
C#m
We would be so happy, you and me.
A B
No one there to tell us what to do.
E C#m
I'd like to be under the sea
A B C#m
In an Octopus's Garden with you,
A B C#m
In an Octopus's Garden with you,
A B E B E
In an Octopus's Garden with you,
from Abbey Road 1969
transcribed by Chris Sears
cts@mail.utexas.edu
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