Beatles - Octopuss Garden Chords & Tabs

 

Octopuss Garden Chords & Tabs

Beatles Chords & Tabs

Version: 3 Type: Bass Tab

Octopuss Garden Bass Tab

OCTOPUS’S GARDEN

Written by Richard Starkey
From Abbey Road album, released on September 26, 1969
Take 32, recorded on April 26, 1969

INTRO
  00:00
  t=184
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VERSE

  00:10

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           I’d     like    to  be

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           under       the     sea                           in  an

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E|-5-------------------------------|-5-----------------------5-------|
   octopus’s                   garden                    in  the shade

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A|---------------------------------|-----------------6------------6--|
E|-7-------7-------7-------7-------|-7-------9------------7--7h9-----|


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           He’d    let us      in

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           knows   where we’ve been                          in  his

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   octopus’s                   garden                    in  the shade

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E|-7-------7-------7-------7-------|-9---------------7---9-----------|


PRE-CHORUS

  00:31

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           I’d     ask     my        friends                 to

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   come            and     see

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           an      octopus’s

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E|-7-------7-------7-------7-------|---------7-------9---------------|
   garden          with    me

CHORUS

  00:41

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A|-7-------------------------------|-7---------------6---------------|
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           I’d     like    to  be

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A|-4-------------------------------|-4---------------2---------------|
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           under       the     sea                           in  an

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D|-----------------7---------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|-------------------------6-------|
E|-5-----------------------5-------|-7---------------9---------------|
   octopus’s                   garden                    in  the shade

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VERSE

  00:52

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           We      would   be  warm

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A|-4-------------------------------|-4-------4-------2---------------|
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           below       the     storm                         in  our

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A|-----------------7---------------|-----------------7---------------|
E|-5-------------------------------|-5-----------------------5-------|
   little          hideaway                      beneath the waves

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A|-----------------9---------------|-----------------6---------------|
E|-7-------------------------------|-7-------9---------------7-------|


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A|-7-------------------------------|-7b9r7-----------6---------------|
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           Resting     our     head

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           on      the seabed                                in  an

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   octopus’s                   garden                   near a

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   cave

PRE-CHORUS

  01:12

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                   We      would     sing                    and

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   dance           around

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           because         we        know            we

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E|-7-------7-------7---------------|---------7-------9---------------|
   can’t   be      found

CHORUS

  01:23
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           I’d     like    to  be

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A|-4-------------------------------|-4---------------2---------------|
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           under       the     sea                           in  an

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A|-----------------7---------------|-----------------6---------------|
E|-5-------------------------------|-7-------9---------------7-------|
   octopus’s                   garden                    in  the shade

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A|-7-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|-----------------7---------------|---------------------------------|


GUITAR SOLO

  01:33

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   Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah    Aaaaaaaaaaaah

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D|-4-------4-----------------------|-4-------4-----------------------|
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   Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

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A|-5-------5-----------------------|-5-------5---------------5-------|
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   Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah    Aaaaaaaaaaaah

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A|-7-------7-----------------------|-7---9-----------7---------------|
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   Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

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D|-7-------7-----------------------|-7-------7-----------------------|
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   Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah    Aaaaaaaaaaaah

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D|-4-------4-----------------------|-4-------4-----------------------|
A|-----------------4---------------|-----------------4---------------|
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   Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

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A|-5-------5-----------------------|-7-------7-----------5---4-------|
E|-----------------5---------------|-----------------7-----------7---|
   Aaaaaaaaaah     aaaaaaaaaah       aaaaaaaaaah     aaaaaaaaaah

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A|---------------------------------|-------------------------6-------|
E|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|-7-------7-------9---------------|
   Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah        aaaaah    aaaaaaaaaah     aaaaaaaaaah

VERSE

  01:54

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                   We  would   shout

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           and        swim about                                 the

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   coral                  that lies              beneath     the waves

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E|-7-------7-------9---------------|---------7-------9---------------|
  (Lies            beneath                   the     ocean

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   waves)          Oh, what    joy                               for

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   ev’ry          girl and     boy

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   knowing                 they’re   happy           and they’re

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   safe
  (Happy                             and             they’re

PRE-CHORUS

  02:15

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   safe)           We      would     be                      so

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   happy           you and     me

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   no      one     there       to   tell us          what    to  do

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CHORUS

  02:25

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A|-7-------------------------------|-7-------7-------6---------------|
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           I’d     like    to  be

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A|-4-------------------------------|-4---------------2---------------|
E|-----------------4---------------|---------------------------------|
           under       the     sea                           in  an

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A|-----------------7---------------|-------------------------6-------|
E|-5-------------------------------|-7---------------9---------------|
   octopus’s                   garden                    with    you

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E|-----------------7---------------|-9---------------7---------------|
                                                             in  an

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A|-----------------4-------7-------|-----------------6-------9-------|
E|-5-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
   octopus’s                   garden                    with    you

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E|-9-------9-------9-------9-------|-9-------7-------7-------7-------|
                                                             in  an

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A|-----------------7---------------|-----------------6---------------|
E|-5-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
   octopus’s                   garden                    with    you

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