I Am The Walrus

Words & Music by

Lennon/McCartney

B, A, D, G, F, E, C, D, D7, C7, B7

Intro ||:B A|D G F|E |D7 :||

A C D E A

Verse 1 I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together

C D

See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly

A

I’m cryin’

(A) C D E A

Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come

F 

Corporation T-shirts, stupid bloody Tuesday

B7

Man you’ve been a naughty boy - you let your face grow long

C

Chorus 1 ‘Cos I am the eggman

D

They are the eggmen

E

I am the walrus - coo coo ca choo

A C D E A

Verse 2 Mister city, policeman city, pretty little policeman in a row

C D

See how they fly like Lucy in the sky, see how they run

A

I’m cryin’

C7

Bridge 1 I’m cry

A

I’m cryin’

E D

I’m cry________

A C D E A

Verse 3 Yellow mound of custard, dripping from a dead dog’s eye

F

Grab a locker, fish wife, pornographic priestess

B7

Man you’ve been a naughty girl - you let you knickers down

C

Chorus 2 I am the eggman

D

They are the eggmen

E

I am the walrus - coo coo ca choo

Guitar solo ||B A|D G F|E ||

B A G F E F|

Middle-8 Sitting in an English garden, waiting for the sun

(F) E

If the sun don’t come you get your tan from standing in the English rain

C

Chorus 3` ‘Cos I am the eggman

D

They are the eggmen

E D7

I am the walrus - coo coo ca choo, ca coo coo ca choo

A C D E

Verse 4 Experts, sexperts, choking smokers, don’t you think the joker 

A

Laughs at you?

C D

See how they spy like pigs in the sky, see how they snide

A

I’m cryin’

A C D E A 

Semolina pilchards climbing up the Eiffel Tower

F

Elementary pengiuns singing Hare Krishna,

B7

Man you should have seen him kicking Edgar Allen Poe

C

Chorus 5 I am the eggman

D

They are the eggmen

E D

I am the walrus, coo coo ca choo, ca coo coo ca choo,

C 

Coo coo ca choo, ca coo coo ca choo

B7

Ca choo____

Outro ||:B7 A|G F E:|| Repeat ad. lib. to fade