I Am the Walrus by The Beatles was written by John Lennon, inspired by the nonsense verse of Lewis Carroll and rumors that students were analyzing Beatles lyrics for hidden meanings. Lennon wanted to create a lyric that would confound those interpretations.
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Introduction:
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D7
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I am he as you are he
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As you are me and we are all together.
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See how they run like pigs from a gun,
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See how they fly, I'm crying.
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A/G
D9/F#
Sitting on a cornflake,
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Waiting for the van to come.
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Corporation T-shirt stupid bloody Tuesday,
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Man, you been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long.
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I am the eggman, they are the eggmen,
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I am the walrus, Goo goo g'joob.
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A/G
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Mr. City p'licemen sitting pretty little p'licemen in a row.
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See how they fly like Lucy in the sky,
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See how they run, I'm crying.
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I'm cry - ing,
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I'm crying,
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I'm cry - ing.
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A/G
D9/F#
Yellow matter custard,
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A/G
Dripping from a dead dog's eye.
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Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess,
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Boy, you been a naughty girl, you let your knickers down.
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I am the eggman, they are the eggmen,
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I am the walrus, Goo goo g'joob.
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G
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Sitting in an English garden, waiting for the sun.
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B7
If the sun don't come, you get a tan From standing in the English rain.
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I am the eggman, they are the eggmen,
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I am the walrus, Goo goo g'joob.
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Goo goo goo g'joob.
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A/G
Expert texpert choking smokers,
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Don't you think the joker laughs at you?
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(Ha ha ha! Hee hee hee! Ha ha ha!)
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See how they smile like pigs in the sty,
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See how they snied, I'm crying.
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A/G
D9/F#
Semolina pilchard,
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A/G
Climbing up the Eiffel Tower.
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Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna,
B7
Man, you should have seen them Kicking Edgar Allen Poe.