Octopus Garden Chords

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Octopus Garden by The Beatles is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, C#m, A, B, F#m and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
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16
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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               B             E 
In an Octopus's Garden in the shade 

E                C#m 
We would be warm below the storm 
A                                  B 
In our little hideaway beneath the waves 
E                C#m 
Resting our head on the sea bed 
A                             B 
In an Octopus's Garden near a cave 
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               B             E 
In an Octopus's Garden in the shade 

Solo 
A F#m D   E 
A F#m D E A B 

E              C#m 
We would shout and swim about 
A                              B 
The coral that lies beneath the waves 
E                C#m 
Oh what joy for every girl and boy 
A                                 B 
Knowing they're happy and they're 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 
A B    C#m 
In an Octopus's Garden with you 
A B    C#m 
In an Octopus's Garden with you 
A B    E  B  E 
In an Octopus's Garden with you 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante