I AM THE WALRUS
                      (Lennon/McCartney)
                         The Beatles
                  Magical Mystery Tour (1967)



B    B  A  G  F  E  E7  D  D7


A          A/G           C              D             A    A/G
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.
 C                                         D                  A
See how they run like pigs from a gun see how they fly, I'm crying.
  A                  A/G  A/F#    F             G      A  A/G
Sitting on a cornflake         waiting for the van to come.
F
Corporation t-shirt stupid bloody Tuesday,
 B
Man you've been a naughty boy you let your face grow long,
           C                    D                E
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen, I am the Walrus, goo goo goo joob.


  A           A/G               C             D              A    A/G
Mister city policeman sitting pretty little police men in a row.
 C                                         D                 A
See how they fly like Lucy in the Sky see how they run, I'm crying. 

    Dsus4          A           E    D
I'm crying.  I'm crying.  I'm cry--ing.

   A            A/G   D/F#   F             G          A   A/G
Yellow matter custard     dripping from a dead dog's eye.
 F
Crab a locker fishwife pornographic priestess,
 B
Boy you been a naughty girl you let your knickers down.
           C                    D                E
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen, I am the Walrus, goo goo goo joob.


  B  A  G  F  E

  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                E
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen, I am the Walrus, goo goo goo joob.
     D
Goo goo goo goo joob


 A               A/G            C                   D              A   A/G
Expert texpert choking smokers don't you think the joker laughs at you?
 C                                          D                    A
See how they smile like pigs in a sty, see how they snied, I'm crying.


  A              A/G   A/F#     F              G      A   A/G
Semolina Pilchard            climbing up the Eiffel Tower.
  F
Element'ry penguin singing Hare Krishna,
 B
man you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe,
           C                    D                E
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen, I am the Walrus, goo goo goo joob
     D
Goo goo goo goo joob
 C                                         B
Goo goo goo joob goo goo goo goo joob goo goo.  (Chooga chooga chooga)


A                        G                             F               
 (chooga chooga chooga   chooga chooga   Chooga chooga    chooga chooga
 E                       D                             C              B
                          Everybody's got one.....)


A  G  F  E  D  C  B  [repeat and fade--reciting King Lear!] 

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 A/G  (you can substitute    A/F#     Dsus4  
 -0-   an A7 for this)       -0-       -3- 
 -2-                         -2-       -3-
 -2-                         -2-       -2-
 -2-                         -2-       -0-
 -x-                         -x-       ---
 -3-                         -2-       ---

 (use your thumb to play the bass
 note in these two chords)



transcribed by Chris Sears
cts@mail.utexas.edu