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I Am The Walrus (chromatic)

by the beatles · posted by WaltP

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I AM THE WALRUS
By John Lennon & Paul McCartney
The Beatles
Key: A

6-5* 6 -5*  6  -5* 6 -5*  6  -5* 6
I am he as you are he as you are me 
-5* 6  -5*  6 -5*   6 5*-33 
and we are all to-geth-er.
6    6   -5*  6    6    6    6 -5* 6
See how they run like pigs from a gun, 
6   -54  -3  -3   
see how they fly.
-3  4*-54* -3 
I'm  cry-  ing.

6    -5* 6 -5*  6  6  5*
Sit-ting on a corn-flake, 
6     6   6   6   7  7  655*
Wait-ing for the van to come.
-4  -3 -4  -3  -4   -3
Cor-por-a-tion tee-shirt, 
-4  -3   -4  -3  -4  -3
Stu-pid blood-y Tues-day.
-4   -3   -4 -3  -4   -3 -4
Man, you been a naugh-ty boy, 
-3  -4   -3   -4   -3   -2*
you let your face grow long.
-4-4  4   4   4     4   4   4  -5  -5
I am the egg-man, they are the egg-men.
-5-5  6   6   6    6   6 -5*  6
I am the wal-rus, goo goo g'joob.

6   -5*  6 -5*  6    -5*  6   -5*
Mis-ter Cit-y P’lice-man sit-ting
6   -5*  6  -5*   6    -5* 6 -5* 65*-33
Pret-ty lit-tle p’lice-men in a   row.
6    6   -5*  6    6  6 -5* 6  -5*  6
See how they fly like Lu-cy in the Sky, 
6   -54  -3  -3   
see how they run.
-3 4*-54* -3  -3   7   7
I'm cry- ing, I'm cry-ing.
-3 4*-54* -3  -3   7* -7
I'm cry- ing, I'm cry-ing.

6   -5*  6  -5*  6  6 5*
Yel-low mat-ter cus-tard, 
6     6    6   6   7   7     6
Drip-ping from a dead dog's eye.
-4  -3  -4  -3  -4   -3
Crab-a-lock-er fish-wife, 
-4  -3  -4   -3  -4    -3
Por-no-graph-ic priest-ess,
-4   -3   -4 -3   -4  -3  -4
Boy, you been a naught-y girl 
-3  -4   -3   -4   -3   -2*
you let your knick-ers down.
-4-4  4   4   4    4    4   4  -5  -5
I am the egg-man, they are the egg-men.
-5-5  6   6   6    6   6 -5* 6
I am the wal-rus, goo goo g'joob.

-5*  -5*-5*-5*  5*  -6* -5* -4
Sit-ting in an Eng-lish gar-den 
-4   -4  -3  -5  -4
Wait-ing for the sun.
-3 -4   4   -5    -4   -3  -4 -3 -4
If the sun don't come, you get a tan
-3     -4  -3  -4 -3  -4   -3  -2*
From stand-ing in the Eng-lish rain.
-4-4 -4   4   4     4   4   4  -5  -5
I am the egg-man, they are the egg-men.
-5-5  6   6   6
I am the wal-rus, 
6    6  -5  6 -5  6   6 -5   6  
goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob.

6  -5*   6  -5*   6   -5*  6   -5*
Ex-pert tex-pert chok-ing smok-ers,
6     -5*   6   -5*  6 -5*    6  -5*  6
Don't you think the jok-er laughs at you?
6    6   -5*   6     6    6  6 -5* 6
See how they smile like pigs in a sty,
6   -54  -3   -3
See how they hide.
-3  4*-54* -3
I'm  cry- ing.

6  -5* 6 -5* 6    6
Sem-o-li-na pil-chards, 
6      6   6  6   7   7   6  55*
Climb-ing up the Eif-fel Tow-er.
-4-3 -4   -3  -4   -3
El-e-men-t’ry pen-guin 
-4   -3  -4 -3  -4   -3 -4
Sing-ing Ha-re Krish-na Man
-3    -4    -3   -4   -3
You should have seen them 
-4   -3  -4 -3  -4 -3  -2*
Kick-ing Ed-gar Al-lan Poe.
-4-4  4   4   4    4    4   4  -5  -5
I am the egg-man, they are the egg-men.
-5-5  6   6   6
I am the wal-rus, 
6    6  -5 6   -5 6   6  -5  6  
goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob.
6    6  -5  6    6    6  -5  6 
Goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob.

|-3 -3 -3 -3| -4 -4 -4 -4|
| 4 4 4 4 |-5 -5 -5 -5| 
|-3 -3 -3 -3| -4 -4 -4 -4|
| 4 4 4 4 |-5 -5 -5 -5| 

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