Chords for ♪♫ The Beatles - I Am The Walrus (Tutorial)
Tempo:
100.75 bpm
Chords used:
A
G
E
D
Abm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Abm] Okay I'm going to do a little tutorial [G] for the Beatles I'm the Walrus.
I keep
getting asked for the chords for this one a lot so I thought I'd bring a little
quick [Abm] tutorial.
It's not too hard to play this one you you've got an intro, a verse
one and a [G] verse two basically that you [Abm] need to learn.
Once you've got those
three little sequences that those are used through the whole song.
So it's
three components really so the intro starts on a B I'll just play it through
[G] once.
[B] [A] [G]
[F] [E]
Okay so that's a [B] B, [G] [A] A, [G] G, then [Abm] an F.
I play an F major 7 because it's [F] just easier.
[E]
E, then an E7.
You can [Abm] do the bar
chords for that if you [B] want if you find it easier [A] but [Gbm]
[G] [F] [E]
I personally don't think
that sounds as good.
[Abm] So whatever way you like.
So that's the intro and that's also
repeated in the bridge and the sitting in an English garden waiting for the
sunlight.
So [G] repeat that there.
First verse play it through once.
[A] I am [C] he as you are [D] he as you [E] are me and we are [A] all together.
[C] See how they run like pigs from a [D] gun.
See how they fly.
[A] I'm crying.
Okay so it starts on an A.
[G] [A] I am he [C] to a C as you are he.
To a [D] D as you are me.
To an [Abm] E.
[E] And we are all [A] together.
A.
Back to [C] a C.
See how they run like pigs from a gun.
[D] Then up to a D.
See how they fly.
Back to [Ab] an A.
[A] I'm crying.
[Abm] The next verse is the first two lines are basically exactly the same [A] again.
Sitting on a [C] cornflake.
So a D, a [D] C.
D.
[E] Waiting for the van to come.
So E, [A] van to come.
Back to an A.
[Abm] Now the corporation t-shirt line starts on an [Am] F.
Corporation [F] t-shirt stupid bloody Tuesday.
[A] And up to a B.
[B] Can you beat a naughty boy you let your face grow long.
Then the I am the egg man line starts on a C.
[C] I am the egg man.
To [G] a D.
[D] I am the egg man.
And to an E.
[E] I am the walrus.
So I'll just [B] play that verse through once.
[A] Sitting on a [C] cornflake.
[D] [E]
Waiting for the [A] van to come.
[F] Corporation t-shirt stupid bloody [B] Tuesday.
Can you beat a naughty boy you let your face grow.
[C] I am the egg man.
[D] They are the egg men.
I [E] am the walrus.
[A] Ok.
That's really [Abm] the whole song.
The next two verses.
Mr.
City policeman sitting.
Exactly the same as verse one.
Next verse.
Yellow matter custard.
Again exactly the same as verse two.
When you get to the end of that one though.
When you get to the [C] I am the egg man.
[D] They are the egg men.
I [E] am the walrus.
Then the lead in there to the bridge which is the same as [G] the intro.
Goes [D] to a D.
So you just play a letter D.
Chord ring out.
Then [F] the sitting in [Abm] an English garden.
Same as the intro.
[B] [A] Sitting in [G] an English garden.
Waiting [F] [E] for the sun.
Just when you get to that bit you go back up to [F] an F.
Then [A] up to a [B] B.
Come and get your cat from standing in the English garden.
Again the same as the [C] end of the verse.
I am the egg man.
[D] They are the egg men.
I [E] am the walrus.
[G] Next bit is exactly the same as verse one.
The expert [Abm] textpert choking smokers.
Then the last verse.
The same as the fourth verse as well.
Then when you get to the very end you just basically play the intro again.
Just play that out.
Play it two or three times.
So I'll just do the last verse and the outro if you like.
[A] Santa Lena [C] Pigeon.
[D] [E] Climbing up the [A] Eiffel Tower.
[F] Elementary England singing Hare [B] Krishna where you should have seen them kick an egg around.
I [C] am the egg man.
[D] They are the egg men.
I am [E] the walrus.
Cuckoo [D] cuckoo choo.
Cuckoo cuckoo choo.
[C] [D] Cuckoo cuckoo choo.
[A] And then the intro.
[B]
[A] [G]
[F]
[E] Play it a couple of times.
Then just finish it off with a H.
Hello Benny.
[G] And that's pretty much it.
I know that wasn't a terrific tutorial but I hope it kind of gives you the idea of what chords are in that song.
[Abm] It's a great song to play.
A lot of fun.
Dumbest lyrics I've ever heard in my life but that's part of the charm of that song.
It's beauty.
So yeah as I said I hope that helped you and enjoy.
I keep
getting asked for the chords for this one a lot so I thought I'd bring a little
quick [Abm] tutorial.
It's not too hard to play this one you you've got an intro, a verse
one and a [G] verse two basically that you [Abm] need to learn.
Once you've got those
three little sequences that those are used through the whole song.
So it's
three components really so the intro starts on a B I'll just play it through
[G] once.
[B] [A] [G]
[F] [E]
Okay so that's a [B] B, [G] [A] A, [G] G, then [Abm] an F.
I play an F major 7 because it's [F] just easier.
[E]
E, then an E7.
You can [Abm] do the bar
chords for that if you [B] want if you find it easier [A] but [Gbm]
[G] [F] [E]
I personally don't think
that sounds as good.
[Abm] So whatever way you like.
So that's the intro and that's also
repeated in the bridge and the sitting in an English garden waiting for the
sunlight.
So [G] repeat that there.
First verse play it through once.
[A] I am [C] he as you are [D] he as you [E] are me and we are [A] all together.
[C] See how they run like pigs from a [D] gun.
See how they fly.
[A] I'm crying.
Okay so it starts on an A.
[G] [A] I am he [C] to a C as you are he.
To a [D] D as you are me.
To an [Abm] E.
[E] And we are all [A] together.
A.
Back to [C] a C.
See how they run like pigs from a gun.
[D] Then up to a D.
See how they fly.
Back to [Ab] an A.
[A] I'm crying.
[Abm] The next verse is the first two lines are basically exactly the same [A] again.
Sitting on a [C] cornflake.
So a D, a [D] C.
D.
[E] Waiting for the van to come.
So E, [A] van to come.
Back to an A.
[Abm] Now the corporation t-shirt line starts on an [Am] F.
Corporation [F] t-shirt stupid bloody Tuesday.
[A] And up to a B.
[B] Can you beat a naughty boy you let your face grow long.
Then the I am the egg man line starts on a C.
[C] I am the egg man.
To [G] a D.
[D] I am the egg man.
And to an E.
[E] I am the walrus.
So I'll just [B] play that verse through once.
[A] Sitting on a [C] cornflake.
[D] [E]
Waiting for the [A] van to come.
[F] Corporation t-shirt stupid bloody [B] Tuesday.
Can you beat a naughty boy you let your face grow.
[C] I am the egg man.
[D] They are the egg men.
I [E] am the walrus.
[A] Ok.
That's really [Abm] the whole song.
The next two verses.
Mr.
City policeman sitting.
Exactly the same as verse one.
Next verse.
Yellow matter custard.
Again exactly the same as verse two.
When you get to the end of that one though.
When you get to the [C] I am the egg man.
[D] They are the egg men.
I [E] am the walrus.
Then the lead in there to the bridge which is the same as [G] the intro.
Goes [D] to a D.
So you just play a letter D.
Chord ring out.
Then [F] the sitting in [Abm] an English garden.
Same as the intro.
[B] [A] Sitting in [G] an English garden.
Waiting [F] [E] for the sun.
Just when you get to that bit you go back up to [F] an F.
Then [A] up to a [B] B.
Come and get your cat from standing in the English garden.
Again the same as the [C] end of the verse.
I am the egg man.
[D] They are the egg men.
I [E] am the walrus.
[G] Next bit is exactly the same as verse one.
The expert [Abm] textpert choking smokers.
Then the last verse.
The same as the fourth verse as well.
Then when you get to the very end you just basically play the intro again.
Just play that out.
Play it two or three times.
So I'll just do the last verse and the outro if you like.
[A] Santa Lena [C] Pigeon.
[D] [E] Climbing up the [A] Eiffel Tower.
[F] Elementary England singing Hare [B] Krishna where you should have seen them kick an egg around.
I [C] am the egg man.
[D] They are the egg men.
I am [E] the walrus.
Cuckoo [D] cuckoo choo.
Cuckoo cuckoo choo.
[C] [D] Cuckoo cuckoo choo.
[A] And then the intro.
[B]
[A] [G]
[F]
[E] Play it a couple of times.
Then just finish it off with a H.
Hello Benny.
[G] And that's pretty much it.
I know that wasn't a terrific tutorial but I hope it kind of gives you the idea of what chords are in that song.
[Abm] It's a great song to play.
A lot of fun.
Dumbest lyrics I've ever heard in my life but that's part of the charm of that song.
It's beauty.
So yeah as I said I hope that helped you and enjoy.
Key:
A
G
E
D
Abm
A
G
E
[Abm] Okay I'm going to do a little tutorial [G] for the Beatles I'm the Walrus.
I keep
getting asked for the chords for this one a lot so I thought I'd bring a little
quick [Abm] tutorial.
It's not too hard to play this one you you've got an intro, a verse
one and a [G] verse two basically that you [Abm] need to learn.
Once you've got those
three little sequences _ that those are used through the whole song.
So it's
three components really so the intro starts on a B I'll just play it through
[G] once.
[B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Okay so that's a [B] B, _ [G] [A] A, _ [G] G, _ then [Abm] an F.
I play an F major 7 because it's [F] just easier.
_ [E] _
_ E, then an E7. _ _
You can [Abm] do the bar
chords for that if you [B] want if you find it easier [A] but [Gbm] _
[G] _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I personally don't think
that sounds as good.
[Abm] So whatever way you like.
So that's the intro and that's also
repeated in the bridge and the sitting in an English garden waiting for the
sunlight.
So [G] repeat that there.
First verse play it through once.
_ [A] I am [C] he as you are [D] he as you [E] are me and we are [A] all together.
_ _ [C] See how they run like pigs from a [D] gun.
See how they fly.
_ [A] I'm crying.
_ Okay so it starts on an A.
[G] _ [A] I am he [C] to a C as you are he.
To a [D] D as you are me.
To an [Abm] E.
[E] And we are all [A] together.
A.
Back to [C] a C.
See how they run like pigs from a gun.
[D] Then up to a D.
See how they fly.
Back to [Ab] an A.
[A] I'm crying.
_ _ [Abm] _ The next verse is the first two lines are basically exactly the same [A] again.
Sitting on a [C] cornflake.
So a D, a [D] C.
D.
_ [E] Waiting for the van to come.
So E, [A] van to come.
Back to an A.
_ _ [Abm] Now the corporation t-shirt line starts on an [Am] F.
Corporation [F] t-shirt stupid bloody Tuesday.
[A] And up to a B.
[B] Can you beat a naughty boy you let your face grow long.
Then the I am the egg man line starts on a C.
[C] I am the egg man.
To [G] a D.
[D] I am the egg man.
_ And to an E.
[E] I am the walrus.
_ So I'll just [B] play that verse through once.
[A] Sitting on a [C] cornflake.
[D] _ _ _ [E]
Waiting for the [A] van to come.
_ _ _ [F] Corporation t-shirt stupid bloody [B] Tuesday.
Can you beat a naughty boy you let your face grow.
_ _ [C] I am the egg man.
[D] They are the egg men.
I [E] am the walrus. _ _
_ _ _ [A] Ok.
That's really [Abm] the whole song.
The next two verses.
Mr.
City policeman sitting.
Exactly the same as verse one.
Next verse.
Yellow matter custard.
Again exactly the same as verse two.
_ _ When you get to the end of that one though.
When you get to the [C] I am the egg man.
[D] They are the egg men.
I [E] am the walrus.
_ Then the lead in there to the bridge which is the same as [G] the intro.
Goes [D] to a D.
So you just play a letter D.
Chord ring out.
Then [F] the sitting in [Abm] an English garden.
Same as the intro.
[B] _ _ [A] Sitting in [G] an English garden.
Waiting [F] [E] for the sun.
_ Just when you get to that bit you go back up to [F] an F.
Then _ [A] up to a [B] B.
Come and get your cat from standing in the English garden.
_ Again the same as the [C] end of the verse.
I am the egg man.
[D] They are the egg men.
I [E] am the walrus. _ _ _
_ [G] Next bit is exactly the same as verse one.
The expert [Abm] textpert choking smokers.
Then the last verse.
The same as the fourth verse as well.
Then when you get to the very end you just basically play the intro again.
Just play that out.
Play it two or three times.
So I'll just do the last verse and the outro if you like. _
[A] Santa Lena [C] Pigeon.
[D] _ _ [E] Climbing up the [A] Eiffel Tower.
_ _ [F] Elementary England singing Hare [B] Krishna where you should have seen them kick an egg around. _ _
I [C] am the egg man.
_ [D] They are the egg men.
_ I am [E] the walrus.
Cuckoo [D] cuckoo choo.
Cuckoo cuckoo choo.
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] Cuckoo cuckoo choo.
_ _ _ [A] And then the intro.
[B] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ Play it a couple of times.
Then just finish it off with a H.
Hello Benny.
[G] And that's pretty much it.
I know that wasn't a terrific tutorial but I hope it kind of gives you the idea of what chords are in that song.
_ [Abm] It's a great song to play.
A lot of fun.
Dumbest lyrics I've ever heard in my life but that's part of the charm of that song.
It's beauty.
So yeah as I said I hope that helped you and enjoy. _
I keep
getting asked for the chords for this one a lot so I thought I'd bring a little
quick [Abm] tutorial.
It's not too hard to play this one you you've got an intro, a verse
one and a [G] verse two basically that you [Abm] need to learn.
Once you've got those
three little sequences _ that those are used through the whole song.
So it's
three components really so the intro starts on a B I'll just play it through
[G] once.
[B] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _
_ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Okay so that's a [B] B, _ [G] [A] A, _ [G] G, _ then [Abm] an F.
I play an F major 7 because it's [F] just easier.
_ [E] _
_ E, then an E7. _ _
You can [Abm] do the bar
chords for that if you [B] want if you find it easier [A] but [Gbm] _
[G] _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I personally don't think
that sounds as good.
[Abm] So whatever way you like.
So that's the intro and that's also
repeated in the bridge and the sitting in an English garden waiting for the
sunlight.
So [G] repeat that there.
First verse play it through once.
_ [A] I am [C] he as you are [D] he as you [E] are me and we are [A] all together.
_ _ [C] See how they run like pigs from a [D] gun.
See how they fly.
_ [A] I'm crying.
_ Okay so it starts on an A.
[G] _ [A] I am he [C] to a C as you are he.
To a [D] D as you are me.
To an [Abm] E.
[E] And we are all [A] together.
A.
Back to [C] a C.
See how they run like pigs from a gun.
[D] Then up to a D.
See how they fly.
Back to [Ab] an A.
[A] I'm crying.
_ _ [Abm] _ The next verse is the first two lines are basically exactly the same [A] again.
Sitting on a [C] cornflake.
So a D, a [D] C.
D.
_ [E] Waiting for the van to come.
So E, [A] van to come.
Back to an A.
_ _ [Abm] Now the corporation t-shirt line starts on an [Am] F.
Corporation [F] t-shirt stupid bloody Tuesday.
[A] And up to a B.
[B] Can you beat a naughty boy you let your face grow long.
Then the I am the egg man line starts on a C.
[C] I am the egg man.
To [G] a D.
[D] I am the egg man.
_ And to an E.
[E] I am the walrus.
_ So I'll just [B] play that verse through once.
[A] Sitting on a [C] cornflake.
[D] _ _ _ [E]
Waiting for the [A] van to come.
_ _ _ [F] Corporation t-shirt stupid bloody [B] Tuesday.
Can you beat a naughty boy you let your face grow.
_ _ [C] I am the egg man.
[D] They are the egg men.
I [E] am the walrus. _ _
_ _ _ [A] Ok.
That's really [Abm] the whole song.
The next two verses.
Mr.
City policeman sitting.
Exactly the same as verse one.
Next verse.
Yellow matter custard.
Again exactly the same as verse two.
_ _ When you get to the end of that one though.
When you get to the [C] I am the egg man.
[D] They are the egg men.
I [E] am the walrus.
_ Then the lead in there to the bridge which is the same as [G] the intro.
Goes [D] to a D.
So you just play a letter D.
Chord ring out.
Then [F] the sitting in [Abm] an English garden.
Same as the intro.
[B] _ _ [A] Sitting in [G] an English garden.
Waiting [F] [E] for the sun.
_ Just when you get to that bit you go back up to [F] an F.
Then _ [A] up to a [B] B.
Come and get your cat from standing in the English garden.
_ Again the same as the [C] end of the verse.
I am the egg man.
[D] They are the egg men.
I [E] am the walrus. _ _ _
_ [G] Next bit is exactly the same as verse one.
The expert [Abm] textpert choking smokers.
Then the last verse.
The same as the fourth verse as well.
Then when you get to the very end you just basically play the intro again.
Just play that out.
Play it two or three times.
So I'll just do the last verse and the outro if you like. _
[A] Santa Lena [C] Pigeon.
[D] _ _ [E] Climbing up the [A] Eiffel Tower.
_ _ [F] Elementary England singing Hare [B] Krishna where you should have seen them kick an egg around. _ _
I [C] am the egg man.
_ [D] They are the egg men.
_ I am [E] the walrus.
Cuckoo [D] cuckoo choo.
Cuckoo cuckoo choo.
_ [C] _ _ _ [D] Cuckoo cuckoo choo.
_ _ _ [A] And then the intro.
[B] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ Play it a couple of times.
Then just finish it off with a H.
Hello Benny.
[G] And that's pretty much it.
I know that wasn't a terrific tutorial but I hope it kind of gives you the idea of what chords are in that song.
_ [Abm] It's a great song to play.
A lot of fun.
Dumbest lyrics I've ever heard in my life but that's part of the charm of that song.
It's beauty.
So yeah as I said I hope that helped you and enjoy. _