The Beatles – Norwegian Wood (Album: Rubber Soul (1965))

!!!! Capo 2nd fret !!!!

[Riff x 2]

I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me.
She showed me her room, isn’t it good, Norwegian wood?

Dm                                                                         G
She asked me to stay & she told me to sit anywhere,
Dm                                                                         G      E

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.

[Riff x 2]

Dm                                                                         G

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

Dm                                                                         G     E
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.

[Riff x 2]

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[Main Riff]  h = hammer-on note
     D5/A                 D/A     A7sus4     D5/A  Cadd9 G/B  D5/A
d |--0--0-0--0---------|--0-------0-------|--0-0-0---0-----|--0----|
B |--3--3-3--3---------|--3--3-3--3-------|--3-3-3---3-----|--3----|
G |--2--2-2--2-h4-2-0--|--2--2-2--0--0----|--2-2-2---0-----|--2----|
D |--0-------0---------|--4--4-4--2----4--|--0-------------|--0----|
A |--0-------0---------|--0-------0-------|--0-----3----2--|--0----|
E |--------------------|------------------|----------------|-------|

  [Optional additional

  Hammer-on in Main Riff]             [Riff at end of Verses 2 & 4]

     D5/A                                   A   Asus4
d |--0-----0-0--0---------|           d |---2-----2---|
B |--3-----3-3--3---------|           B |---2---3-----|
G |--0-h2--2-2--2-h4-2-0--|           G |---2---------|
D |--0-----0--------------|           D |---2---------|
A |--0-----0--------------|           A |---0---------|
E |-----------------------|           E |-------------|

D5/A   = x00230     Cadd9 = x32030     G     = 320005 or 320000

D/A    = x04230     G/B   = x20030     Em7   = 020032 or 020000

A7sus4 = x02030     Dm    = xx0233     A     = x02222

                   (Dm/A) = x00233     Asus4 = x02232

[Verse:]

D5/A         D/A   A7sus4       D5/A  Cadd9    G/B  D5/A

[CHORUS:]

Dm         (Dm/A)        Dm        (Dm/A)     G

Dm          (Dm/A)       Dm           (Dm/A)    Em7    A  Asus4

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OPTIONAL:  DROPPED TUNING: E-A-D-G-B-d  De-tune 1st string down to D

This creates a Celtic drone along with the sustained A bass note. You could also detune the 6th string down to D, just in case you hit that string, but using the open 5th string for the bass drone sounds much better.