Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 18:15:40 -0600
From: Chris Sears
Subject: Octopus’s Garden by the Beatles
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
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