THE BEATLES
GLASS ONION
(Lennon/McCartney)
"The White Album" (1968)



 
    
 Am                    F7
   I told you 'bout Strawberry fields,
Am                            F7
   You know the place where nothing is real.
Am                      Gm7
   Well here's another place you can go,
C7        Gm7               C7
   Where everything flows.


F7                               D7
Looking through the bent backed tulips
    F7                      D7     
To see how the other half lives
F7                        G7
Looking through a glass onion


Am                      F7
   I told you 'bout the Walrus and me man.
Am                         F7
   You know that we're as close as can be man.
Am                      Gm7
   Well here's another clue for you all,
C7      Gm7             C7
   The Walrus was Paul.


F7                             D7
Standing on a cast iron shore yeah
F7                                D7
Lady Madonna tryin' to make ends meet yeah
F7                        G7
Looking through a glass onion


Am    Am/F     Am/F#       Am7