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In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida Lyrics

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, honey,
don't you know that I love you?
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, baby,
don't you know that I'll always be true?

Oh, won't you come with me
and take my hand?

Oh, won't you come with me
and walk this land?
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Copyright
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Writer
Douglas Ingle
Duration
2:53
Submitted by
democracys On May 09, 2002
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Cover art for In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida lyrics by Iron Butterfly

This tune is awesome. "In a Garden of Eden"... the perfect woman... the perfect place... the perfect acid rock tune. I've been listening to it since it was first released. It was the first album in history to go PLATINUM. The keyboards, drums, bass and guitar are ALL perfect. They knit together to create that eerie "out-of-this-world" sound without being overly loud. By the way, the guitarist Erik Brann was only 17 years old at the time... highly skilled for someone so young. This tune is now almost 40 years old, but will still be around 300 years from now...

Cover art for In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida lyrics by Iron Butterfly

no, it does mean eden. they wrote the song sober but sant it once while drunk. it was all slurred, thus: in-a-gadda-da-vida. after they sang it like that they liked it. now it is always sung like that

Cover art for In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida lyrics by Iron Butterfly

i heard this on the simpsons lol

Cover art for In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida lyrics by Iron Butterfly

It's so cool to read about you young guys listening to and commenting on classic rock

Cover art for In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida lyrics by Iron Butterfly

amazing song. arguably the best chill-out song in the world, with its smooth psychedelic rhythm. just love it. anyone agree?

btw, garden of eden or garden of venus, does it really matter?

Cover art for In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida lyrics by Iron Butterfly

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\IN A GADDA DA VIDA/\/\/\/\/\/\/

Sounds like a rap song. But this 17:00 minute song is amzing with drum solos and organ solos.

Cover art for In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida lyrics by Iron Butterfly

So who else is thinking of The Simpsons while thinking of this song?

@Adrian Megale I knew this well before the Simpsons but thinking more of Manhunter.

Cover art for In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida lyrics by Iron Butterfly

weird but catchy song...

Cover art for In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida lyrics by Iron Butterfly

I agree with barefootacoustic

Cover art for In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida lyrics by Iron Butterfly

you might be right, but if youre not, then da vida means 'gives life' in espanol, although gadda isnt a word

 
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