Octopus’s Garden

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

Octopus’s Garden   Richard Starkey


 6   6  -6 6  5   5   -5  5
Id like to be un-der the sea

5  -4  4 4  4  -5  -5  5  -5  5    -4
In an oc-to-pu-‘s gar-den in the shade

  6   6  -6  6   5     5     -5    5
He’d let us in knows where we’ve been

5  -4   4 4  4  -5  -5  5  -5  5    -4
In his oc-to-pu-‘s gar-den in the shade

-6  -6  6    -6    6  -6   6   -6
Id ask my friends to come and see

-5 -5 -5 -5  -5  6   6   6   6
An oc-to-pus-‘s gar-den with me 

 6   6  -6 6  5   5   -5  5
Id like to be un-der the sea

5  -4  4 4  4  -5  -5  5  -5  5    -4
In an oc-to-pu-‘s gar-den in the shade


6    6   -6   6  5   5   -5  5
We would be warm be-low the storm

4   4   4  -5  -5   5 -5  -5   5    5   -4
In out lit-tle hide-a-way be-neath the waves

  6   6   -6   6   5  5   -5  5
Rest-ing our head on the sea bed

 4  4  4 -5 -5  5  -5  5    -4 5  -4
In an oc-to-pu-‘s gar-den near a cave

-6   6    -6   6    -6  6  -6
We would sing and dance a-round

-5  -5   -5  -5  -5   6   6   6   
Be-cause we know we cant be found


6   6  -6 6  5   5   -5  5
Id like to be un-der the sea

5  -4  4 4  4  -5  -5  5  -5  5    -4
In an oc-to-pu-‘s gar-den in the shade


3.
We would shout and swim about
The coral that lie beneath the waves
Oh what hoy for every girl and boy
Knowing ther’re happy and they’re safe
We would be you and me
No one there to tell us what to do 
Id like to be under the sea
In an octopus’s garden with you

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