OCTOPUS'S GARDEN
(Starkey)
1969


During a boating holiday in Sardinia, Ringo was told by the ship's captain 
about the way octopuses lived.  This apparently inspired Ringo to write his 
second song for the Beatles.  George felt that Ringo was composing "cosmic 
songs without noticing it."



E                    C#m
      I’d like to be     under the sea
      A                       B
In an octopus’s garden in the shade
E                     C#m
      He’d let us in,     knows where we’ve been
       A                       B
In his octopus’s garden in the shade



C#m
      I’d ask my friends to come and see
A                  B
      An octopus’s garden with me
E                    C#m
      I’d like to be     under the sea
      A   F#m   B7            E
In an octopus’s garden in the shade



                 C#m
We would be warm     below the storm
                (Ooh)
       A                          B
In our little hieaway beneath the waves
                                  (Ah)
E                       C#m
      Resting our heads     on the sea bed
                       (Ooh)
      A                       B
In an octopus’s garden near a cave
                              (Ah)



C#m
      We would sing and dance around
A                        B
      Because we know we can’t be found
E                    C#m
      I’d like to be     under the sea
      A   F#m   B7            E
In an octopus’s garden in the shade



A      F#m      A      C#m

A      F#m      A



E                    C#m
      We would shout     and swim about
      (Ah, ooh)
    A                           B
The coral that lies beneath the waves
                                (Lies beneath the ocean waves)
E                     C#m 
      Oh what joy for every girl and boy
      (Ah, ooh)
A                               B
Knowing they’re happy and their safe
                                (Happy and their safe)



C#m
      We would be so happy you and me
A                               B
No one there to tell us what to do
E                    C#m
      I’d like to be     under the sea
      (Ah)
      A   F#m   B7          C#m
In an octopus’s garden with you
(Ah, ooh)



      A   F#m   B7          C#m
In an octopus’s garden with you
(Ah, ooh)
      A   F#m   B7          E
In an octopus’s garden with you
(Ah, ooh)

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