THE DEAD MILKMEN
I Am The Walrus

from Bucky Fellini

Tabbed by: Ben Gladdle (moose9377@hotmail.com)


The bass makes this song... Well, the bass and the great
screaming "Nancy Sinatra" part... And the Portland bit. :)

The guitar in the verse is hardly audible and definitely
secondary. I don't have a bass myself, so this is an
approximation, but should be pretty damn close. The only
trouble I had was that you need that lower D in there, so
you're going to have to tune your lower E down to a D.

For the guitar part, just play E and D bar chords (x79997
and x57775 respectively, just in case you were wondering),
where indicated above the bass riff. You could play it
higher up, but these are the right notes I think. The
timing, as always, is an approximation. There's some quick
notes in there, so just try and fit as many of them in as
possible.


Bass: (verse)
----
       E        E   E         E          E  E
G-----------------------------------------------
D------2--2-------------------------------------
A-----------5-5-5-2-2-2-------0-/-2--2-2-2------
D--2---------------------2-2--------------------

       D        D   D         D          D  D
G-----------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------
A------5--5-3-3-3-------------------------------
D--0--------------7-7-7--0-0--5-/-7--7-7-7------

A young watusi watches 'I Love Lucy'
And I think 'what can this mean?'
A goat goes to school
And makes us look like fools
And I think 'what can this mean?'


Chorus:
------
     D    C      G
They call me the walrus! (x4)


verse:
Sold my niece to Edwin Meese
And I wonder what life's about
Talked of tires
While your dog caught fire
And I wonder what life's about

chorus:
They call me the walrus! (x4)


Bridge:
------
F
Yeah! Some nights I'm lying in bed!
Bb
  Wonderin' what would happen if Nancy Sinatra suddenly
Eb
Freaked out and climbed a tree and decided
                                Gm
She doesn't want to sing 'These Boots are Made for Walking' any more
                                                  D
And all she ever wanted to do for the rest of her natural life
                            Eb A D     C     F     Eb D Bb     F
Was hum the 'Theme to Swat'


chorus:
They call me the walrus! (x4)

verse:
Poke out your eyes
And move to Portland
Kill your wife
And move to Portland
Burn down your home
And move to Portland
Come on everybody!
We're movin' to Portland

chorus:
They call me the walrus! (x3)
Yeah I am the walrus!

End on G.


From the Dead Milkmen Guitar Tab Project
http://dmtabs.deadmilkmen.com/