Norwegian Wood

This song is in E; you can play it in D with a capo, but

I don't have one, so I figured out this version. It lets

you play the rhythm and lead guitar parts at the same time:

e --0---0---0---0---0---x---x---x---0---x---x---x---0----------

B --0---2---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----------

G --1---1---1---2---1---2---2---0---1---2---2---2---1----------

D --2---2---2---2---2---4---4---4---2---0---0---0---2----------

A --2---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---2---4---4---4---2----------

E --0---2---0---2---0---x---x---x---0---x---x---x---0----------

|

| I once had a girl or shld I say she once had me

-> (c) B (c) G (c) D G G (c) D G A (c)

Accent the string listed below the word to bring out

the melody. (c) means accent the whole chord. Use your

smallest finger to hit the notes during "I once had a girl."

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She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhere

I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a chair ---> verse (E riff above)

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I'm not sure of the complete lyrics, they're pretty clear

on the album (Rubber Soul)

Bob

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From: Laurence Watson <lrw@virginia.edu>

This is the song Norwegian Wood, by the Beatles.

The song appeared on the Rubber Soul album, released

in 1965. Here it is:

|-----------2--------2--------|-----------------2---2-------|

|-----------3--------3--------|-----------------3---3-------|

|----2------2--------2--------|--2h4--2--0------2---2-------|

|-----------0--------0--------|-------------4---0---0-------|

|-----------0--------0--------|-----------------0---0-------|

|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

|-----------------2---2-------|------------2--2--2--2--2--2-|

|-----------------3---3-------|------------3--3--3--3--3--3-|

|------0----------2---2-------|----0-------2--2--2--2--2--2-|

|---2-----4---0---0---0-------|------------0--0--0--0--0--0-|

|-----------------0---0-------|--3---2--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|

|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

|----1---1---1----1---0-------|----0------------------------|

|----3------------3-------3---|----3---3---1-----1---3---1--|

|----2------------2-----------|----2-------------0----------|

|----0------------0-----------|----0-------------2----------|

|-----------------------------|------------------3----------|

|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

(strum a few times)

|-----------------------------|----1---1---1----1---0-------|

|----3------------------------|----3------------3-------3---|

|----0------------------------|----2------------2-----------|

|----0------------------------|----0------------0-----------|

|----2------------------------|-----------------------------|

|----3------------------------|-----------------------------|

(strum a little)(strum a little)

|----0------------------------|------0-------|-------0------|

|----3---3---1-----1---3---1--|------3-------|-------2------|

|----2-------------0----------|------0-------|-------0------|

|----0-------------2----------|------2-------|-------2------|

|------------------3----------|------0-------|-------0------|

|-----------------------------|--------------|--------------| (then back to verse)

LYRICS: I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me.

She showed me her room. Isn't it good, Norwegian Wood?

She asked me to stay, and she told me to sit anywhere.

So I looked around, and I noticed there wasn't a chair.

I sat on a rug, biding my time, drinking her wine.

We talked until two, and then she said, it's time for bed.

She told me she worked in the morning and started to laugh.

I told her I didn't and crawled off to sleep in the bath.

And, when I awoke, I was alone. This bird had flown.

So, I lit a fire. Isn't it good, Norwegian Wood?

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The sitar is the actual instrument used by

George Harrison to play this song. It is

the first Beatle's song where it is present.

- Stuart Watson