YELLOW SUBMARINE
          Lennon and McCartney
          arr. by Noam Mohr (mohr@student.physics.upenn.edu)

I made this version of Yellow Submarine from the way the
piano version sounded in The Complete Beatles, I have no
idea how similar it is to the original version.  But it
works for me!

All the notes and chords that fall on the off beat should   
have a dotted rhythm, i.e. instead of two eighth notes play 
a dotted eighth note and a sixteenth note.  If you've ever  
heard the song this rhythm should be obvious.  Make sure you
look for the ^ marks to show the beats, don't go by the
spacing.

I haven't been able to come up with a good rhythm for the
chorus, so I encourage you to be creative rather than
following my boring strum pattern.

INTRO VERSE:

    G       D           C     G     Em    Am        Em    D     G
E-------|| -2---------------|-3-----0---|-0-------0---0---|-2--------- ||
B---0-1-|| -3---------0---0-|-0-----0-0-|-1-------1---0-0-|-3-----0-1- ||
G-------||.-2-----------2---|-0-----0---|-2-0-----2---0---|-2---------.||
D-------||.-0---------------|-0-----2---|-2---2---2-2-2---|-0---------.||
A-------|| -----------------|-2-----2---|-0-------0---2---|----------- ||
E-------|| -----------------|-3-----0---|-------------0---|----------- ||
    ^       ^   ^   ^   ^     ^ ^ ^ ^     ^   ^   ^   ^     ^ ^ ^ ^

VERSE:

     D           C     G           Em    Am          Em
E|| ---2-2-2-2-------|---3-3-3-3---0---|-0-----0-0---0---|
B|| -3-3-3-3-3-0---0-|---0-0-0-0---0-0-|-1-----1-1---0-0-|
G||.---2-2-2-2---2---|-0-0-0-0-0---0---|-2-0---2-2---0---|
D||.---0-0-0-0-------|---0-0-0-0---2---|-2---2-2-2-2-2---|
A|| -----------------|---2-2-2-2---2---|-0-----0-0---2---|
E|| -----------------|---3-3-3-3---0---|-------------0---|
     ^   ^   ^   ^     ^   ^   ^   ^     ^   ^   ^   ^

  1---------------\   2----------------
   D           G       D         G
E|---2-2-2-2------- ||---2-2-2---------|
B|-3-3-3-3-3---0-1- ||-3-3-3-3---------|
G|---2-2-2-2-------.||---2-2-2---------|
D|---0-0-0-0-------.||---0-0-0-0-------|
A|----------------- ||-----------3-2-0-|
E|----------------- ||-----------------|
   ^   ^   ^   ^       ^   ^   ^   ^

CHORUS

     G         D                   G        Go back to VERSE
E|| -3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3- ||
B|| -3-3-3-3-|-3-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0- ||
G||.-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-.||
D||.-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-.||
A|| -2-2-2-2-|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2- ||
E|| -3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3- ||
     ^ ^ ^ ^   ^   ^   ^   ^     ^   ^   ^   ^     ^   ^   ^   ^
WORDS:

  INTRO VERSE:

In the town where I was born
Lived a man who sailed the sea
And he told us of his life
In the land of submarines

  VERSE 1:
     
So we sailed up to the sun
Till we found the sea of green
And we lived beneath the waves
In our yellow submarine

  CHORUS:
     
We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine

  VERSE 2:

And our friends are all on board
Many more of them live next door
And the band begins to play...
     
  CHORUS

  VERSE 3:

As we live a life of ease
Everyone of us has all we need
Sky of blue and sea of green
In our yellow submarine

  CHORUS (repeat and fade)
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