Norwegian Wood
The Beatles (Lennon / McCartney, 1965)


3/4  | D - - u d |
       1  (2)& 3
Instrumental Verse:
     G                  
A||--5-----|-7-5-3-|-2-----|-0-3-2-|------|---3---|------|-2----||
E||o-3-----|-------|-3-----|-------|-3----|-1---0-|------|-3---o||
C||o-2-----|-------|-2-----|-------|-2----|-------|-2----|-2---o||
G||--0-----|-------|-0-----|-------|-0----|-------|------|-0----||  

Instrumental Verse

| [G] I... | once had a | girl... | [G] or should I |
| [G] say... | [F↓] she [F↓] once [C↓] had | [G] me | [G] |
| [G] She... | showed me her | room... | isn't it |
| [G] good | [F↓] Nor- [F↓]we- [C↓] gian | [G] wood | [G]

She | [Gm] asked me to | stay and she |
| [Gm] told me to | sit any- |
| [C] where | [Csus4] | [C] | [C]
So | [Gm] I looked a- | round and I |
| [Gm] noticed there | wasn't a |
| [Am] chair | [Am] | [D] | [D] |

| [G] I... | sat on a | rug... | biding my |
| [G] time... | [F↓] drin- [F↓] king [C↓] her | [G] wine | [G] |
| [G] We... | talked until | two... | and then she |
| [G] said... | [F↓] it's [F↓] time [C↓] for | [G] bed | [G] |

Instrumental Verse

She | [Gm] told me she | worked in the |
| [Gm] morning and | started to |
| [C] laugh | [Csus4] | [C] | [C]
I   | [Gm] told her I | didn't and |
| [Gm] crawled off to | sleep in the |
| [Am] bath | [Am] | [D] | [D] |

| [G] And... | when I a- | woke... | I was a- |
| [G] lone   | [F↓] this [F↓] bird [C↓] had | [G] flown | [G] |
| [G] So... | I lit a | fire... | Isn't it |
| [G] good | [F↓] Nor- [F↓]we- [C↓] gian | [G] wood | [G] |

Instrumental Verse

#Original in key of E. This chart in key of G.

#Last Updated 02-13-19 JJ
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