Octopus's Garden
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The lines are tabbed so each "-" equates to an eighth note. Where you see ~3~,
play the three notes as a triplet. Where you see ~16~, make them sixteenth notes.
Frets are numbered 0-9, and where you have to go higher, A=10th fret, B=11th and
INTRO
BECAB
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:------2-|-------1|2-------|--2---1-|
A:-----2--|-----24-|--2-4---|0---24-2|
E:--------|--------|------4-|--------|
VERSE
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.
E C#m A B ~16~ E C#m A B ~16~
G:--------|--------|--------|----------|--------|--------|--------|----------|
D:2---2-1-|--------|--2---2-|------1--1|2---2-1-|--------|--2---2-|-----1--1 |
A:--2-----|4---4-2-|0---0--0|222224-24-|--2-----|4---4-2-|0---0--0|22224-24--|
E:--------|--4-----|--------|----------|--------|--4-----|--------|----------|
CHORUS
C#m C#m
I'd ask my friends to come and see
A B
An Octopus's Garden with me.
(All together)
E C#m
I'd like to be under the sea
A B E
In an Octopus's Garden in the shade.
C#m C#m A B E C#m A B E ~16~
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--9-----|--6-----|--------|----9-96--|
D:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--77----|--9-----96|
A:4-------|----4-2-|0-------|-------6|7---7-6-|4---4---|-------6|7---------|
E:--------|--------|--------|7777 79-|--------|------7-|5---7-9-|----------|
VERSE
E C#m
We would be warm below the storm
A B
In our little hideaway beneath the waves. (Ahhhh)
E C#m
Resting our head on the sea bed
A B
In an Octopus's Garden near a cave. (Ahhhh)
E C#m A B E ~3~ C#m ~3~ A B
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|----------|----------|--------|--------|
D:--------|--------|--2---2-|--4---1-|2---232-1-|----------|--2----2|----1---|
A:7---7-6-|4---4422|0---0--0|2---24-2|--2-------|4---454-2-|0---0-4-|2-24--2-|
E:--7-----|--4-----|--------|--------|----------|--4-------|--------|--------|
CHORUS
C#m
We would sing and dance around
A B
Because we know we can't be found.
E C#m (All together)
I'd like to be under the sea
A B E
In an Octopus's Garden in the shade.
C#m C#m A B E C#m A B E ~16~
G:----D---|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|----79-997-|
D:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|----------9|
A:4-------|--------|0-------|-------6|7---7-6-|4---4---|--7--46-|7----------|
E:--------|----9-7-|--------|777--79-|--7-----|--4---7-|5---7--7|--7--------|
SOLO
A F#m D E ~3~ A F#m D E ~16~ A B ~16~
G:--------|--------|--------|----------|--------|--------|----------|----------|
D:77--77--|--------|00--00--|------6---|77--77--|--------|00--2220--|--------1-|
A:--7---7-|99--99--|--0---0-|77--79--7-|--7---7-|99--997-|--0-----42|00002224--|
E:--------|--9---9-|--------|--7-------|--------|--9-----|----------|----------|
VERSE
E C#m
We would shout (Ahhhh) and swim about (Ooooh)
A B
The coral that lies beneath the waves. (Lies beneath the ocean waves)
E C#m
Oh, what joy for (Ahhhh) every girl and boy (Ooooh)
A B
Knowing they're happy and they're safe. (Happy and they're safe)
ECABECAB
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:2---22--|--------|--2---2-|----1--1|22--2-1-|--------|--2---2-|--4----1|
A:--2----2|4---44-2|0---0--0|2244-24-|--2-----|4---442-|0---04-4|2---2-4-|
E:--------|--4-----|--------|--------|--------|--4-----|--------|--------|
CHORUS
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 (Ahhhh) under the sea (Ooooh)
A B C#m
In an Octopus's Garden with you, (Ooooh, Ahhhh)
CCABECABC#m
G:--------|----66--|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:--------|---6----|--------|-------1|2---221-|--------|--2----1|2-------|
A:4-------|--------|0-------|2222 24-|--2-----|4---4-2-|0---2-4-|--2-4-2-|
E:--------|------7-|--------|--------|--------|--4-----|--------|--------|
CODA
A B C#m
In an Octopus's Garden with you, (Ooooh, Ahhhh)
A B E B-E
In an Octopus's Garden with you. (Ooooh, Ahhhh)
ABCABEBE
G:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D:---2---4|--------|------1-|2 1h2-------|
A:0-4-2-4-|44444422|0-4-2---|--------|--------|
E:--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|