Songbook

I am the Walrus - Beatles

[Intro]
 
| B    | B   A  A6 | G   F  F6 | E    | E7   | D    | D7   |
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
A          A/G
I am he as you are he
   C              D             A     A/G
As you are me and we are all together.
C
See how they run like pigs from a gun,
     D7               A
See how they fly, I'm crying.
 
 
[Pre-Chorus 1]
 
A                 A/G  Dadd9/F#
Sitting on a cornflake,
F                G      A   A/G
Waiting for the van to come.
F
Corporation T-shirt stupid bloody Tuesday,
B7
Man, you been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
         C                    D
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen,
         E
I am the walrus,
 
Goo goo g'joob.
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
A        A/G               C             D               A   A/G
Mr. City p'licemen sitting pretty little p'licemen in a row.
C
See how they fly like Lucy in the sky,
     D7               A
See how they run, I'm crying.
    Dsus4
I'm cry   -   ing,
    A
I'm crying,
    E         D    D7
I'm cry   -   ing.
 
 
[Pre-Chorus 2]
 
A                    A/G  Dadd9/F#
Yellow matter custard,
F               G          A    A/G
Dripping from a dead dog's eye.
F
Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess,
B7
Boy, you been a naughty girl, you let your knickers down.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
         C                    D
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen,
         E
I am the walrus,
 
Goo goo g'joob.
 
 
[Instrumental]
 
| B  A  | G  F  | E     |
 
 
[Bridge]
 
B             A        G              F        E
Sitting in an English garden, waiting for the sun.
F                   B7
   If the sun don't come, you get a tan
 
From standing in the English rain.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
         C                    D
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen,
         E
I am the walrus,
 
Goo goo g'joob.
D
Goo goo goo g'joob.
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
A              A/G
Expert texpert choking smokers,
C                   D                A
Don't you think the joker laughs at you?
           A/G
(Ha ha ha! Hee hee hee! Ha ha ha!)
C
See how they smile like pigs in a sty,
     D7                 A
See how they snide, I'm crying.
 
 
[Pre-Chorus 3]
 
A                 A/G  Dadd9/F#
Semolina pilchard,
F               G      A     A/G
Climbing up the Eiffel Tower.
F
Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna,
B7
Man, you should have seen them
 
Kicking Edgar Allan Poe.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
         C                    D
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen,
         E
I am the walrus,
 
Goo goo g'joob,
D
Goo goo goo g'joob,
C
Goo goo g'joob,
 
Goo goo goo g'joob, goo.
B7
     Chooga, chooga, chooga.
 
 
[Outro]
 
Joob-A, joob-A, joob-A.
 
||: A     | G     | F     | E     | D     | C     | B7    :||
      Joob-a, joob-a, etc. (repeat to fade)
      

Version 1

      
      


B	A	G	F	E   E7 D D7


A       G             C                     D             A
*I am he as you are he* as you are me and we are all together.
C                                         D
See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly.
A
I'm crying.


A            G               C               D      A
*Sitting on a cornflake,*      waiting for the van to come.
F
Corporation tee-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday.
B
Man, you been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long.

REFRAIN
C                             D
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
E
I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob.


A           G         
*Mister city policeman* sitting
C             D              A
Pretty little policemen in a row.
C                                         D
See how they fly like Lucy in the sky, see how they run.
A           C
I'm crying, I'm crying.
A           E
I'm crying, I'm crying.

	
A                   G    C             D               A                     
*Yellow matter custard*,      dripping from a dead dog's eye.
F
Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess,
B
Boy, you been a naughty girl you let your knickers down.

REFRAIN 
C                D
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
     E
I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob.


D (don't know the bit here but a D fits)


B             A       G              F        E
Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun.
F                B
If the sun don't come, you get a tan

From standing in the English rain.
C                  D
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
     E
I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob.


A               G
*Expert textpert choking smokers*,
C                   D                  A
Don't you thing the joker laughs at you?
C 
See how they smile like pigs in a sty,
    D
See how they snide.
A
I'm crying.


A                 G       C               D      A
*Semolina pilchard,*        climbing up the Eiffel tower.
F
Elementary penguin singing hari Krishna.
B
Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe.

REFRAIN
  C                            D
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
     E                                D
I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob.
C              D                       E 
Goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob g'goo.