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Octopuss Garden
Beatles
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OCTOPUS�S GARDEN
Written by Richard Starkey
From Abbey Road album, released on September 26, 1969
Take 32, recorded on April 26, 1969
INTRO
00:00
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VERSE
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I�d like to be
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under the sea in an
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octopus�s garden in the shade
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He�d let us in
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knows where we�ve been in his
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octopus�s garden in the shade
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PRE-CHORUS
00:31
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I�d ask my friends to
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come and see
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an octopus�s
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garden with me
CHORUS
00:41
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I�d like to be
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under the sea in an
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octopus�s garden in the shade
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VERSE
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We would be warm
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below the storm in our
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little hideaway beneath the waves
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Resting our head
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on the seabed in an
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octopus�s garden near a
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cave
PRE-CHORUS
01:12
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We would sing and
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dance around
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because we know we
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can�t be found
CHORUS
01:23
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octopus�s garden in the shade
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GUITAR SOLO
01:33
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VERSE
01:54
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We would shout
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and swim about the
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coral that lies beneath the waves
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(Lies beneath the ocean
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waves) Oh, what joy for
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ev�ry girl and boy
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knowing they�re happy and they�re
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safe
(Happy and they�re
PRE-CHORUS
02:15
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safe) We would be so
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happy you and me
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no one there to tell us what to do
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CHORUS
02:25
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octopus�s garden with you
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in an
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octopus�s garden with you
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in an
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octopus�s garden with you
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