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)
