NORWEGIAN WOOD (THIS BIRD HAS FLOWN)
                         (Lennon/ McCartney)
                             The Beatles
                          Rubber Soul (1965)



John has a capo on the second fret of that Gibson of his.  Clip
yours on and play in D.  The signature guitar riff is based mostly
around a D chord--you'll move only your index finger and pinky
until the C chord comes along.  I'm tabbing out only the
emphasized strokes here, so remember there is rythmic strumming in 
the gaps.  George doubles the melody on the sitar.
Sorry, I can't help you there.


Work on this until you can sing the vocal over it too!


   D                 D/F#             D     C     G/B  D/A
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--3-----3----3---3---3--------3------3-----------------3--|
|--2-----2h4--2---0---2--------0------2---------0---0---2--|
|--0-----0----0---0---4-----2-----4---0---------2---0---0--|
|-------------------------------------------3-------2---0--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|




[Intro: riff x2]


D            D/F#               D   C       G/B  D
I once had a girl, or should I say she once had me.
 D                D/F#             D    C    G/B  D
She showed me her room, isn't it good? Norwegian wood.


      Dm                                         G
She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhere.
   Dm                                            Em     A
So I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a chair.

D            D/F#            D      C      G/B  D
I sat on her rug, biding my time, drinking her wine.
D               D/F#               D   C       G/B  D
We talked until two and then she said its time for bed.



[intrumental: riff x2]


     Dm                                                G
She told me she worked in the morning and started to laugh
   Dm                                                Em     A
I told her I didn't and crawled off to sleep in the bath.


 D          D/F#          D      C       G/B   D
And when I awoke, I was alone, this bird had flown.
 D          D/F#             D     C    G/B   D
So, I lit a fire, isn't it good?  Norwegian wood.


Outro: riff x2



transcribed by Chris Sears
cts@mail.utexas.edu