This is the tab of Octopus's Garden
by the Beatles. It appeared on their
1969 album Abbey Road, and was sung by Ringo.
[Intro]
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------12----14\12---------------------|
G|---------9h11/13------------------13\11---9---11b---|
D|--9h11----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------12---------------------------------|
B|---------------------14p12----------------------14--|
G|--------9h11/13-------------13\11--9--11-12-13------|
D|--9h11--------------------------------11-13-14------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|--13\11--9--9---11p9--------------------------------|
D|----------------------11p9--------------------------|
A|----------------------------11p9--7--7--9-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------7-7-7-7--|
[Verse]
(E) (C#m)
e||--0-------------|--0-------------|--4-------------|--4-------------|
B||-----------0----|-----------0----|-----------5----|-----------5----|
G||-------1--------|-------1--------|-------6--------|-------6--------|
D||-----2-------2--|-----2-------2--|-----6-------6--|-----6-------6--|
A||--2------2------|--2------2------|--4------4------|--4------4------|
E||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
(A) (B)
e|--5-------------|--5-------------|--2-------------|--2-------------||
B|-----------5----|-----------5----|-----------4----|-----------4----||
G|-------6--------|-------6--------|-------4--------|-------4--------||
D|-----7-------7--|-----7-------7--|-----4-------4--|-----4-------4--||
A|--7------7------|--7------7------|--2------2------|--2------2------||
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
The following chords are played during, "I'd ask my friends..."
C#m B A B
E C#m A B E
[Solo]
e|---------------------14-------------------------------------------|
B|-----------12-------------------------------------17--17--17------|
G|--11/13--------16b--------16br---14--14----16/18------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------19b--17-17---19b--17-17----------|
B|---------17-17-17---------17-17--------------------------17-17----|
G|--16/18------------16/18------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------14-------------------------------|
B|--17--17br----------------------------------------------17-17-17--|
G|-------------14---------14--16b------16--14--16---16/18-----------|
D|-----------------14h16--------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------19b--19b--19br--17--17--19--17---|
B|---------17-17-17---------17-17-----------------------------------|
G|--16/18------------16/18------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
The chords below are played during, "In an octopus's garden with you."
A B C#m
A B C#m
A B E
The riff below is played over that last E chord.
e|---14br--12----------------------------|
B|-------------14--12--------------------|
G|---------------------13\11--9h11--11b--|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
CHORDS
E: 022100
C#m: 446654
A: 577655
B: 224442
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| \ Slide down
| h Hammer-on
| b Bend
| / Slide up
| p Pull-off
| br Bend release
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