Chords
Yellow Submarine

Yellow Submarine was composed by Paul McCartney (credited to Lennon-McCartney) and was released by The Beatles in 1966. The song was made for Ringo Starr to sing and has a child-friendly vibe. The idea for the song came from McCartney, who imagined a story about a yellow submarine that takes people to a place of safety. Yellow Submarine is known for its appealing simplicity to all ages and has become one of The Beatles most famous songs.

Key: G

Introduction:

difficulty
very easy |||||
(G)      D              C        G  
In the town where I was born
Em         Am          C            D  
Lived a man who sailed to sea
G         D          C         G  
And he told us of his life
Em        Am         C      D  
In the land of submarines
G        D             C         G  
So we sailed up to the sun
Em         Am            C         D  
Till we found the sea of green
G         D          C             G  
And we lived beneath the waves
Em        Am        C      D  
In our yellow submarine

G                      D  
We all live in a yellow submarine
D                        G  
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
G                      D  
We all live in a yellow submarine
D                        G  
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine

G          D                C         G  
And our friends are all on board
Em     Am                C             D  
Many more of them live next door
G          D         C          G  
And the band begins to play

G  

G                      D  
We all live in a yellow submarine
D                        G  
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
G                      D  
We all live in a yellow submarine
D                        G  
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
G  D  C  G  Em  Am  C  D  
G  D  C  G  Em  Am  C  D  

G        D         C          G  
As we live a life of ease (a life of ease)
Em     Am                                         C         D  
Everyone of us (every one of us) has all we need (has all we need)
G         D                              C         G  
Sky of blue (sky of blue) and sea of green (sea of green)
Em        Am                             C      D  
In our yellow (in our yellow) submarine (submarine - aha! )

G                      D  
We all live in a yellow submarine
D                        G  
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
G                      D  
We all live in a yellow submarine
D                        G  
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
G                      D  
We all live in a yellow submarine
D                        G  
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
G                      D  
We all live in a yellow submarine
D                        G  
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
(fade out)