GLASS ONION
                             (Lennon/McCartney)
                                The Beatles
                          "The White Album" (1968)



Am                    F7
   I told you 'bout Strawberry fields,
Am                            F7
   You know the place where nothing is real.
Am                      Gm7
   Well here's another place you can go,
C7        Gm7               C7
   Where everything flows.


F7                               D7
Looking through the bent backed tulips
    F7                      D7     
To see how the other half lives
F7                        G7
Looking through a glass onion


Am                      F7
   I told you 'bout the Walrus and me man.
Am                         F7
   You know that we're as close as can be man.
Am                      Gm7
   Well here's another clue for you all,
C7      Gm7             C7
   The Walrus was Paul.


F7                             D7
Standing on a cast iron shore yeah
F7                                D7
Lady Madonna tryin' to make ends meet yeah
F7                        G7
Looking through a glass onion


Am    Am/F     Am/F#       Am7      <--see below for tip on this section.
   oh yeah   oh yeah  oh yeah
F7                            G7
Looking through a glass onion


Am                       F7
   I told you 'bout the Fool on the Hill
Am                       F7
   I tell you that he's living there still
Am                      Gm7
   Well here's another place you can be
C7   Gm7          C7  
   Listen to me


F7                   D7
Fixing a hole in the ocean
F7                         D7
Trying to make a dove tail joint
F7                        G7
Looking through a glass onion



Note: the "oh yea" section is just an Am chord with the
      strings climbing chromatically underneath (E-F-F#-G).  I wrote 
      the chords out as Am-Am/F-Am/F#-Am7, though that is not
      technically correct.  If you want to play this on the
      guitar I suggest:


   Am     "Am/F"  "Am/F#"   Am7   

  -0-      -1-      -2-     -3-
  -1-      -1-      -1-     -1-       Notice this is just an 
  -2-      -2-      -2-     -2-       A minor chord held out with a
  -2-      -2-      -2-     -2-       chromatic movement on the high
  -0-      -0-      -0-     -0-       E string.
  ---      ---      ---     ---


transcribed by Chris Sears
cts@mail.utexas.edu