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COMIN' BACK TO ME - Jefferson Airplane


Part A: Verse

      F                 D#                F                 D#

e||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


B||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

4
G||-----6-----6-----|-----4-----4-----|----6------6-----|-----4-----4-----|

-
D||-----------------|---4-----4-----4-|-----------------|---4-----4-----4-|

4
A||-8-9---8-9---8-9-|-6-----6-----6---|-8-9---8-9---8-9-|-6-----6-----6---|


E||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

   C#                D#
e|-----------------|-----------------||
B|-----------------|-----------------||
G|-----6-----6-----|-----4-----4-----||
D|---6-----6-----6-|---4-----4-----4-||
A|-4-----4-----4---|-6-----6-----6---||
E|-----------------|-----------------||

Part B: Pre-Chorus

      D#    F           F#
  e||-------------|   |-----------------||
  B||-------------|   |---0-----0-------||
3 G||-----4-----6-| 4 |-----------------||
- D||---6-----8---| - |-----8-----8---8-||
4 A||-6-----8-----| 4 |-9-----9-----9---||
  E||-------------|   |-----------------||

repeat 3X

Part C: Chorus

    F#
e||-----------------|-----------------||
B||-----------------|-----------------||
G||-----3-----3-----|-----3-----3-----||
D||---4-----4-----4-|---4-----4-----4-||
A||-----------------|-----------------||
E||-2-----2-----2---|-2-----2-----2---||

Part D: Bridge

   C#
e||-----------------|-----------------||
B||-----7-----7-----|-----4-----4-----||
G||-----------------|-----------------||
D||---6-----6-----6-|---6-----6-----6-||
A||-4-----4-----4---|-4-----4-----4---||
E||-----------------|-----------------||

repeat 5X



Intro: play parts A, B, and C 2X, second time with recorder solo

Part A:
   F                                D#
The summer had inhaled and held its breath too long
   F                                D#
The winter looked the same as if it never had gone
   C#                            D#
And through an open window where no curtain hung

Part B:
   D#  F  F#
           I saw you
   D#  F  F#
           I saw you
   D#  F  F#
                     Comin'...

Part C:
   C#
...back to me

One begins to read between the pages of a look
The shape of sleepy music and suddenly you're hooked
Through the rain upon the trees that kisses on the run

I saw you     I saw you
Comin' back to me

Part D:
C#
You can't stay and live my way
Scatter my love like leaves in the wind
You always say you won't go away
But I know what it always has been
                ...it always has been

A transparent dream beneath an occasional sigh
Most of the time I just let it go by
Now I wish it hadn't begun

I saw you     I saw you
Comin' back to me

Strolling the hills overlooking the shore
I realize I've been here before
The shadow in the mist could have been anyone

I saw you     I saw you
Comin' back to me

Small things like reasons are put in a jar
Whatever happened to wishes wished on a star
Was it just something that I made up for fun

I saw you     I saw you
Comin' back to me

play parts A, B, and C (with recorder solo) and fade out

VERSION 2. From: Harlan L Thompson (harlant@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu)


COMIN' BACK TO ME - Jefferson Airplane
(from "Surrealistic Pillow", 1967)

TUNING: E B E G# B E (E chord)
CAPO on 2nd fret

Part A: Verse

  e ||------------------|-----------------|
  B ||------------------|-----------------|
4 G#||-----3------3-----|-----1-----1-----|  (repeat)
- E ||---0------0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|
4 B ||-4------4-----4---|-2-----2-----2---|
  E ||------------------|-----------------|

e |-----------------|-----------------||
B |-----------------|-----------------||
G#|-----3-----3-----|-----1-----1-----||
E |---2-----2-----2-|---0-----0-----0-||
B |-0-----0-----0---|-2-----2-----2---||
E |-----------------|-----------------||

Part B: Pre-Chorus

  e ||-------------|   |-----------------||
  B ||-------------|   |-----------------||
3 G#||-----1-----3-| 4 |-----0-----0-----||
- E ||---2-----4---| - |---5-----5-----5-||
4 B ||-2-----4-----| 4 |-5-----5-----5---||
  E ||-------------|   |-----------------||

repeat 3X

Part C: Chorus
     (E chord)
e ||-----------------|-----------------||
B ||-----------------|-----------------||
G#||-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----||
E ||---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-||
B ||-----------------|-----------------||
E ||-0-----0-----0---|-0-----0-----0---||

or

e ||---------0-------|---------0-------||
B ||-----------0---0-|-----------0---0-||   (or any other variation)
G#||-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---||
E ||---0---0---------|---0---0---------||
B ||-----------------|-----------------||
E ||-0---------------|-0---------------||

Part D: Bridge
e ||------0-------0---|-----------------||
B ||--------0-------0-|-----3-------3---||
G#||------------------|-------1-------1-||
E ||---2--------2-----|---2-------2-----||
B ||-0--------0-------|-0-------0-------||
E ||------------------|-----------------||

repeat 5X



Intro:
play parts A, B, and C two times, second time with recorder solo

Part A:
The summer had inhaled and held its breath too long
The winter looked the same as if it never had gone
And through an open window where no curtain hung

Part B:
           I saw you  I saw you
                     Comin'...
Part C:
...back to me

One begins to read between the pages of a look
The shape of sleepy music and suddenly you're hooked
Through the rain upon the trees that kisses on the run

I saw you     I saw you
Comin' back to me

Part D: (Bridge)
You can't stay and live my way
Scatter my love like leaves in the wind
You always say you won't go away
But I know what it always has been
                ...it always has been

A transparent dream beneath an occasional sigh
Most of the time I just let it go by
Now I wish it hadn't begun

I saw you     I saw you
Comin' back to me

Strolling the hills overlooking the shore
I realize I've been here before
The shadow in the mist could have been anyone

I saw you     I saw you
Comin' back to me

Small things like reasons are put in a jar
Whatever happened to wishes wished on a star
Was it just something that I made up for fun

I saw you     I saw you
Comin' back to me

play parts A, B, and C (with recorder solo) and fade out

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Some sixties flower power material for you all.
Written and performed by Donovan
This is part of the soundtrack to the Zefferelli movie "Brother Sun"
Inspired by the words of Francis of Assisi


BROTHER SUN - Donovan


C               F      C
Brother sun and sister moon,
         Am         F               C
I seldom see you, I can't hear your tune;
C                F       C
Preoccupied with selfish misery.

Brother wind and sister air,
Open my eyes to visions pure and fair,
That I might see the glories around me.

C          Am           F        C
I am God's creature, of Him I am part,
                F            C
I feel His love awakening my heart.

Brother sun and sister moon,
Often I see you, I can hear your tune;
So much in love with all that I survey.

I am God's creature, of Him I am part,
I feel His love awakening my heart.

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BANG ON THE EAR - The Waterboys


Lindsay was my first love  she was in my class
G D             G           C              D

I would have loved to take her out but I was too shy to ask
G             D                G         C               D

The fullness of my feeling   was never made clear
      C              G             C    G    D

But I send her my love with a bang on the ear
G     D            C           D          G


Nora was my girl when I first was in a group
I can still see her to this day, stirring chicken soup
Now she's living in Australia working for an auctioneer
But I send her my love with a bang on the ear

Deborah broke my heart and I the willing fool
I fell for her one summer on the road to Liverpool
I thought it was forever but it was over in a year (oh dear)
But I give her my love with a bang on the ear

Instrumental with violin

The home I made with Bela became a house of pain
We weathered it together bound by a ball and chain
Is started up in Fife, and ended up in tears (oh dear)
But I send her my love with a bang on the ear

Chrystal was a rover from CANADA she hailed
We crossed swords in San Francisco we both lived to tell the tale
I dont know now where she is but oh if she was here
I'd give her my love with a bang on the ear

INSTRUMENTAL

So my woman of the hearthfire, harbour of my soul
I watch you lightly sleeping and I sense a dream that doesnt fold (like gold)
You to me are treasure, you to me are dear
So I'll give you my love with a bang on the ear

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ARE YE SLEEPIN' MAGGIE
(trad. arr. Dougie MacLean 1984)

The Putmayo Celtic Collection

Fm//  Fm/ Eb// X4

Fm                    Eb
Mach (Mirk) and rainy is the nicht (night)
Fm                   Db     Eb
There's no a star in a' the carry
Fm                Eb
Lightning gleams athwart the lift
Fm                      Db       Eb
And winds drive on with winter's fury

(CHORUS)
Ab        Ab
O are ye sleepin' Maggie
Eb                 Eb
O are ye sleepin' Maggie
Fm             Fm       Eb   
Let me in, for loud the linn
Fm                      Db   Eb
Is roaring now o'er the warlacragie (warlock craigie)

Fearfu' soughs the bourtree bank
The rifted wood roars wild and dreary
Loud the iron yet does clank
And cry of howlets mak me eerie

Aboon my breath I daurna speak
For fear I'll rise your waakrife daddie
Cold's the blast upon my cheek
Arise, Arise, my bonnie lady

(CHORUS)
(BRIDGE)
Fm//  F/ Eb//
Fm//  Db/ Eb/

(CHORUS)

She's op'ed the door, she's let him in
He's cuist aside his dreepin' plaidie
Blaw your worst ye rainie wind
Since Maggie noo I'm in aside ye

Noo since you're walkin' Maggie
Noo since you're walkin' Maggie
What care I for howlets cry
For roaring linn or warlacragie
(BRIDGE)

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A HAZY SHADE OF WINTER - Paul Simon


  Dm              C                Bb              A7
E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G ------0-2-0-------0-5-3-----0---|--------1-0---------2-0-----2---|
D 0-0-3-------3-------------------|----0-3-----3-----2-------------|
A --------------3-----------------|1-1-----------0-----------------|
E --------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  ^       ^       ^       ^        ^       ^       ^       ^

Dm                             C
Time, time, time, see what's become of me
       Bb
While I looked around
            Am
For my possibilities
         C
I was so hard to please
            Dm                C
But look around, leaves are brown
          Bb      A7            Dm
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter

                   C
Hear the salvation army band
Bb
Down by the riverside, it's bound to be a better ride
Than what you've got planned
Carry your cup in your hand
And look around, leaves are brown now
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter

Hang on to your hopes, my friend
That's an easy thing to say, but if your hopes should pass away
Simply pretend
That you can build them again
Look around, the grass is high
The fields are ripe, it's the springtime of my life

Bb                            F     Fmaj7
Ahhh, seasons change with the scenery
                  C9
Weaving time in a tapestry
                     Dm A7   Dm
Won't you stop and remember me
C
  At any convenient time
Bb
Funny how my memory slips while looking over manuscripts
Of unpublished rhyme
Drinking my vodka and lime
But look around, leaves are brown now
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter

Look around, leaves are brown
There's a patch of snow on the ground...

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DRAFT DODGER RAG - By Phil Ochs


G                                    G#/A
I'm just a typical American boy from a typical American town
    D7                                                   G
I believe in God and Senator Dodd and keeping old Castro down
                                    G#   A
And when it came my time to serve I knew better dead than red
    D7                                                      G
But when I got to my old draft board, buddy, this is what I said:

                G
     Sarge, I'm only eighteen, I got a ruptured spleen
           G#/A
       And I always carry a purse
           D7
     I got eyes like a bat, my feet are flat, and my asthma's
               G
       getting worse
                                                   G# A
     O think of my career, my sweetheart dear, and my poor old
       invalid aunt
                D7
     Besides, I ain't no fool, I'm a goin' to school, and I'm
                            G
       working in a defense plant

I've got a dislocated disc and a racked up back
  I'm allergic to flowers and bugs
And when the bombshell hits, I get epileptic fits
  And I'm addicted to a thousand drugs
I got the weakness woes, and I can't touch my toes
  I can hardly reach my knees
And if the enemy came close to me
  I'd probably start to sneeze

(CHORUS)

I hate Chou En Lai, and I hope he dies,
  but one thing you gotta see
That someone's gotta go over there
  and that someone isn't me
So I wish you well, Sarge, give 'em Hell
  Yeah, Kill me a thousand or so
And if you ever get a war without blood and gore
  Well I'll be the first to go

(CHORUS)

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I AIN'T MARCHIN' ANYMORE - By Phil Ochs


D     G              C         D
Oh I marched to the battle of New Orleans
        G          C            D
At the end of the early British war
G                      C
The young land started growing
                        G
The young blood started flowing
    C        Am          D
But I ain't marchin' anymore

For I've killed my share of Indians
In a thousand different fights
I was there at the Little Big Horn
I heard many men lying
I saw many more dying
But I ain't marchin' anymore

             C                 G
        It's always the old to lead us to the war
        C               Am       D
        It's always the young to fall
        Now look at all we've won with the sabre and the gun
        Tell me is it worth it all

For I stole California from the Mexican land
Fought in the bloody Civil War
Yes I even killed my brother
And so many others
And I ain't marchin' anymore

For I marched to the battles of the German trench
In a war that was bound to end all wars
Oh I must have killed a million men
And now they want me back again
But I ain't marchin' anymore

(CHORUS)

For I flew the final mission in the Japanese sky
Set off the mighty mushroom roar
When I saw the cities burning
I knew that I was learning
That I ain't marchin' anymore

Now the labor leader's screamin' when they close the missile plants,
United Fruit screams at the Cuban shore,
Call it "Peace" or call it "Treason",
Call it "Love" or call it "Reason",
But I ain't marchin' any more.

NOTES:

Most of the historical events referenced in this song are probably pretty obvious,
with the possible exception of "United Fruit".
Further information can be found in the notes to the song "United Fruit".

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ALL THE DIAMONDS - Bruce Cockburn


Sorry, no tab. It is basically the chord shapes given with a fairly
simple picking pattern that can be picked up by ear.

CAPO on 5th Fret.

CHORDS

C (low to high) X 3 2 0 1 0

Csus X 3 3 0 1 0

Am X 0  2 2 1 0

G6/B X 2 0 0 0 0

Fmaj7 1 (with thumb) X 3 2 1 0

FRsus2 1 (thumb) X 3 0 1 0

G 3 2 0 0 3 3

Fsus2 (2) X 0 3 0 1 1

D/F# 2 X 0 2 3 2

C/G 3 X 2 0 1 0

Dm X X 0 2 3 1

G9 3 (thumb) X 0 2 0 1

Am7 X 0 2 2 1 3

INTRO:

C |||| |||| Csus |||| ||||

C |||| |||| Csus |||| ||||


 VERSE 1

C |||| Csus2 || C || Am || G6/B || C ||||

All the diamonds     IN this world  That mean

Fmaj7 |||| |||| |||| Fsus2 ||||

anything to me               Are

Am |||| G |||| Fsus2 || G6/B || D/F# ||||

conjured up by wind      and    sun-light

C/G |||| |||| G ||||

sparkling on the sea

GUITAR BREAK

G |||| Am |||| G |||| Am |||| ||||

 VERSE 2

I ran aground in a harbour town, lost the taste for being free
thank God, He sent some gull-chased ship to carry me to sea

BRIDGE

Dm |||| |||| G9 |||| ||||

Two thousand years, and half a world away

Am |||| |||| Am7 |||| ||||

Dm |||| |||| G9 |||| ||||

Dying trees still will grow greener when you pray

Am |||| |||| |||| G ||||

C/G |||| |||| G |||| ||||

Ship comes shining Like a

Am |||| G |||| Fsus2 || G6/B || D/F# ||||

crystal swam in a sky of suns        His

C?G |||| |||| G ||||

ship comes    shining

GUITAR BREAK G |||| Am |||| G |||| Am |||| Am ||||

- at this point return to beginning of bridge and start again with...

two thousand years and half a world away
dying trees still will grow greener when you pray

silver scales flash bright and fade in reeds along the shore
like a pearl in a sea of liquid jade His ship comes shining
like a crystal swan in a sky of suns, His ship comes shining

ADDENDUM: the Fsus2 in the line "conjured up by wind and sunlight"
should be Fsus2 (version 2)

Hope this is clear enough.

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BEEN SMOKIN' TOO LONG - Nick Drake
(from 'Time of No Reply')

This is a cool blues finger picking style.
I hope I've got the timing about right,
but the only way you'll really pick it up is by listening to the record.

I've only tabbed out the intro because it's the only bit I can play accurately,
but I've included the chords for the verses,
and you just play them in the same sort of style.
There are only really three different chords:
Am, F, E, and some twiddly bits on top of those.



Standard Tuning, Capo 2nd fret.

INTRO:-

    Am      (Amsus2)  Am            Am7    Am           (Amsus2)
            trill                 bend up
E-|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|

B-|---------0h1p0---|-0---1---------3>|----1-----------|-0---1------------|

G-|-2------------2--|---------2-------|--------2-------|---------2--------|

D-|-----2-----------|-----------------|------------2---|------------------|

A-|-0-------0-------|-0-------------0-|----0-----------|-0----------------|

E-|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------0----|

    1   &   2    &    3   &   4  &      1  &   2   &     3   &   4   &

    F                  F                 E       (Em)           E7
                                                 trill
E-|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-0---------------|

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

G-|-2----------------|---------2-------|-1-------0h1p0----|---------1-------|

D-|-----3-------3----|-------------3---|-----2--------2---|-----------------|

A-|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|

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

    1   &   2   &      3   &   4   &     1   &   2    &     3   &   4   &

    Am      (Amsus2)   Am          Am7      Am             Am
            trill                 bend up
E-|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----0-----------|

B-|---------0h1p0----|-0---1-------3>--|----1------------|-1---------------|

G-|-2------------2---|---------2-------|--------2--------|---------2-------|

D-|-----2------------|-----------------|------------2----|-----------------|

A-|-0-------0--------|-0-----------0---|----0------------|-0---0-----------|

E-|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------0---|

    1   &   2    &     3   &   4   &     1  &   2   &      3   &   4   &

    F                  F                 E       (Em)       E7
                                                 trill
bend up
E-|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-0-----------------|

B-|---------1--------|-1---1-----------|------------------|-----3--------3>---|

G-|-2----------------|---------2-------|-1-------0h1p0----|---------1---------|

D-|-----3-------3----|-------------3---|-----2--------2---|-------------------|

A-|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|

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

    1   &   2   &      3   &   4   &     1   &   2    &     3   &   4  &

       E7
                bend up
E-|--------0---------|--------0--------|
B-|--------------3>--|-----------------|
G-|----1-------------|----1------------|
D-|------------------|-----------------|
A-|------------------|-----------------|
E-|--------0-----0---|--------0--------|
    1  &   2   &       3  &   4   &


                  Am             Am/G      Am/F
Well I wake up in the morning
           E        Am
Look at my clock
              Am/G      Am/F
It's way past noon time
                 E
Now I'm late for work

(CHORUS)

F
Tell me tell me
E                Am
What have I done wrong?
                 Am/G
Ain't nothin' go right with me
F                 E           Am      Am/G    Am/F
Must be I've been smokin' too long.

[little solo on E, E7 (bend up)]

Well I go to find me some breakfast
But I ain't got no food
Take me a shower
But the water don't feel no good

(CHORUS)

I've got opium in my chimney
No other life to choose
Nightmare made of hash dreams
Got the devil in my shoes

(CHORUS)

Well when I'm smokin'
Put my worries on a shelf
Don't think about nothin'
Try not to see myself

(CHORUS)

Well in this blues I'm singin'
There's a lesson to be learnt
Don't go around smokin'
Unless you want to get burnt

Tell me tell me
What have I done wrong?
Ain't nothin' go right with me
Must be I've been smokin' too
Ain't nothin' go right with me
Must be I've been smokin' too
Ain't nothin' go right with me
Must be I've been smokin' too long.

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CLOTHES OF SAND - Nick Drake


This is "Clothes of Sand", off the Nick Drake album "Time of No
Reply".

The tuning is DGDGAD, with a capo on the 3rd fret.



|-------------------0-|-------------------------|-------3-------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|-------0-------------|
|----------0-----0----|0-----0-----------------0|----0----------------|
|-------5-----5-------|---5-----------------3---|-3-------------------|
|----0----------------|---------0--------0------|---------------------|
|-5-------------------|------------0--3---------|----------(3)--------|
 Intro (play 2X)


|---------------------|0------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------0-----0-|---0-----0---------------|-0-----0-----------0-|
|----------5-----5----|------5-----------------3|----3-----------5----|
|-------0-------------|------------0--------0---|-------------0-------|
|-3--5----------------|---------------0--3------|----------5----------|

 Who    has    dressed    you    in    strange    clothes    of    sand


|--------------(1)----|---0---------------------|---------------0-----|
|---------------------|-------1-----------------|-------------------0-|
|---------------0-----|----------0--------------|------0--------------|
|------------3-----3--|1------------3-----------|---4-----4-----------|
|0--------3-----------|----------------3--------|2-----------2--------|
|---0--1--------------|----1--------------1--0--|---------------0-----|

 Who    has    taken    you    far    from    my    land


|---------------------|---------0---------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|0--------------------|0-----0-----0-----0------|----------0-----0----|
|---4--------------5--|---5-----------5---------|-------3-----3-------|
|------2--------0-----|---------------------0---|----0----------------|
|---------0--5--------|------------------------0|-3-------------------|

 Who    has    said    that    my    sayings    were    wrong


|---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|---------0-----------|------0-----------------0|----------------0----|
|------5--------------|---3-----3--1--------4---|-4-----------5-------|
|---0--------0--------|3-----------------2------|----2-----0----------|
|5--------------0--1--|---------------0---------|-------5-------------|

 And    who    will    say    that    I've    stayed    much    too long


                          REFRAIN
|------0--------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|---------0-----------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|---0--------0--------|------------0------------|----0-----0----------|
|5--------------5-----|---------3-----3--1------|-3-----3-------------|
|------------------0--|------3-----------------0|---------(0)---------|
|------5--------------|0--1-----------------3---|---------------------|

                          Clothes    of    sand    have


|------------------0--|-------------------------|-------0-------------|
|---------------------|0------------------------|----------1----------|
|---------0-----0-----|---0--------------------0|-------------0-------|
|------5-----5--------|------5--------------3---|-3--1-----------3----|
|---0-----------------|---------0--------3------|-------------------3-|
|5-----------------5--|------------0--1---------|-------1-------------|

 covered    your    face--  Given    you    meaning    and


|---------------------|0------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---0---------------------|---------------------|
|------------0--------|------0------------------|-0-----------------0-|
|---------4-----4-----|---------4--------------3|----3--1--------3----|
|------2-----------2--|------------2--------3---|-------------0-------|
|1--0-----------------|0--------------0--1------|----------3----------|

 taken    my    place                     So    make    your    way


|---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|
|---0-----------0-----|------------0------------|----0----------------|
|3-----------5--------|---------2---------------|-3-----3--1--------4-|
|---------0-----------|0-----0--------0--------3|----------------2----|
|------5-----------3--|---2--------------0--1---|-------------0-------|

 on    down    to    the    sea             Something    has    taken


|---------------------|------0------------------|------------------3--|
|---------------------|---------0---------------|------------------0--|
|0-----------------0--|---0--------0------------|---------0-----0-----|
|---4-----------5-----|5--------------5---------|------3-----3--------|
|------2-----0--------|------------------0------|---0-----------------|
|---------5-----------|------5--------------0---|3--------------------|

 you      so    far    from    me                 (then go directly to
                                                   intro, but play intro
                                                   only once, and onto
                                                   2nd verse)
 ENDING
|---------------------|------0------------------|-----------------(0)-|
|---------------------|---------0---------------|-----------------(0)-|
|-------------------0-|---0--------0------------|---------0-----0--0--|
|----------------5----|5--------------5---------|------3-----3-----5--|
|-------------0-------|------------------0------|---0-----------------|
|----------5----------|------5--------------0---|3-----------------5--|

           so    far    from    me

                       ADDITIONAL LYRICS

  (VERSE 2)
  Does it now seem worth all the color of skies
  To see the earth through painted eyes
  To look through panes of shaded glass
  See the stains of winter's grass  (refrain)

  (VERSE 3)
  Can you now return to from where you came
  Try to burn your changing name
  Or with silver spoons and colored light
  Will you worship moons in winter's night  (refrain)

The toughest thing about learning this song
is in making it sound fluid all the way through,
but once mastered, it is a great addition to one's repertoire.
A smooth transition from end of refrain back to intro takes a bit of work too
but it's more a matter of timing than difficult fingerings, etc.
If anyone has corrections, additions, or comment, by all means let me know.

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CHELSEA HOTEL - Leonard Cohen
(from the 'New Skin for the Old' Ceremony album 1974)


Notes :  Capo 5th fret

         The time signature is 3/4, so the bass note on the first
         beat of each bar should be played louder.



 3/4 C
e-|--------------0-----|--------------------|--------0-----------|
B-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------1-----|
G-|--------0-----------|--------------------|-----0-----0-----0--|
D-|--------------------|--------------------|--------2-----2-----|
A-|--3-----------------|--------------------|--3-----------------|
E-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

                                     I    re - mem - ber  you


     G                    F                    C
e-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B-|--------3-----3-----|--------1-----1-----|--------1-----1-----|
G-|-----------4-----4--|-----------2-----2--|-----0-----0-----0--|
D-|--------5-----5-----|--------3-----3-----|--------2-----2-----|
A-|--------------------|--------------------|--3-----------------|
E-|--3-----------------|--1-----------------|--------------------|

   well          in the Chel - sea   Ho -    tel,         you were


    C/E                   G                   Am
e-|--------------------|--------------------|--------0-----------|
B-|--------1-----1-----|--------3-----3-----|--------1-----0-h1--|
G-|-----0-----0-----0--|-----4-----4-----4--|--------------------|
D-|--2-----2-----2-----|--------5-----5-----|--------------------|
A-|--------------------|--------------------|--0-----------------|
E-|--------------------|--3-----------------|--------------------|

   talk - ing   so      brave  and   so      sweet


   Am/E                   C                    G
e-|--------0-----------|--------------------|--------------------|
B-|--------------1-----|--------1-----1-----|--------3-----3-----|
G-|--------------------|-----0-----0-----0--|-----4-----4-----4--|
D-|--2-----------------|--------2-----2-----|--------5-----5-----|
A-|--------------------|--3-----------------|--------------------|
E-|--------------------|--------------------|--3-----------------|

                         Giv - ing   me       head  on    the


     F                    C                    F
e-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B-|--------1-----1-----|--------1-----1-----|--------1-----1-----|
G-|-----2-----2-----2--|-----0-----0-----0--|-----2-----2-----2--|
D-|--------3-----3-----|--------2-----2-----|--------3-----3-----|
A-|--------------------|--3-----------------|--------------------|
E-|--1-----------------|--------------------|--1-----------------|

    un - made   bed                while the  lim - ou - sines


                          G
e-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B-|--------1-----1-----|--------3-----3-----|--------3-----3-----|
G-|-----2-----2-----2--|-----4-----4-----4--|-----4-----4-----4--|
D-|--3-----3-----3-----|--------5-----5-----|--5-----5-----5-----|
A-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E-|--------------------|--3-----------------|--------------------|

   wait   in    the     street


    Am
e-|--------0-----------|--------------------|--------------------|
B-|--------1-----0-h1--|--------1-----0-----|--------1-----1-----|
G-|--------------------|--------------------|-----2-----2-----2--|
D-|--------------------|--2-----------------|--------3-----3-----|
A-|--0-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E-|--------------------|--------------------|--1-----------------|

   Those were  the       rea - sons  and    that    was   New


     F                    C                   C/B
e-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B-|--------1-----1-----|--------1-----1-----|--------3-----3-----|
G-|-----2-----2-----2--|-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0--|
D-|--3-----3-----3-----|--------2-----2-----|--------0-----0-----|
A-|--------------------|--3-----------------|--2-----------------|
E-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

   York,       we were  running for the     money  and    the


    Am                  Am/E                   F
e-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B-|--------------0-h1--|--------1-----0-----|--------1-----1-----|
G-|--------------------|-----2-----2-----0--|-----2-----2-----2--|
D-|--------------------|--2-----------------|--------3-----3-----|
A-|--0-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E-|--------------------|--------------------|--1-----------------|

   flesh                                 and that   was  called


                          C                   C/E
e-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B-|--------1-----1-----|--------1-----1-----|--------1-----1-----|
G-|-----2-----2-----2--|-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0--|
D-|--3-----3-----3-----|--------2-----2-----|--2-----2-----2-----|
A-|--------------------|--3-----------------|--------------------|
E-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

   love         for the  work - ers  in      song        probably


     F                                         G
e-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B-|--------1-----1-----|--------1-----1-----|--------3-----3-----|
G-|-----2-----2-----2--|-----2-----2-----2--|-----4-----4-----4--|
D-|--------3-----3-----|--3-----3-----3-----|--------5-----5-----|
A-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E-|--1-----------------|--------------------|--3-----------------|

   still  is    for    those   of    them    left


                          F
e-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B-|--------3-----3-----|--------1-----1-----|--------1-----1-----|
G-|-----4-----4-----4--|-----2-----2-----2--|-----2-----2-----2--|
D-|--5-----5-----5-----|--------3-----3-----|--3-----3-----3-----|
A-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E-|--------------------|--1-----------------|--------------------|

              and then   you   got   a -      way


     C                   C/E                   C
e-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B-|--------1-----1-----|--------1-----1-----|--------1-----1-----|
G-|-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0--|
D-|--------2-----2-----|--2-----2-----2-----|--------2-----2-----|
A-|--3-----------------|--------------------|--3-----------------|
E-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

    did - n't   you      ba - by ?     you   just  turned  your


    C/B                  Am                   Am/E
e-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B-|--------3-----3-----|--------1-----0-h1--|--------1-----0-----|
G-|-----0-----0-----0--|-----2-----2--------|-----2----5-2-----0--|
D-|--------0-----0-----|--------2-----------|--2-----------------|
A-|--2-----------------|--0-----------------|--------------------|
E-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

   back   on    the     crowd


     F                                         C
e-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B-|--------1-----1-----|--------1-----1-----|--------1-----1-----|
G-|-----2-----2-----2--|-----2-----2-----2--|-----0-----0-----0--|
D-|--------3-----3-----|--3-----3-----3-----|--------2-----2-----|
A-|--------------------|--------------------|--3-----------------|
E-|--1-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|

    You    got   a -     way, I never once   heard  you   say,


    C/E                   F
e-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B-|--------1-----1-----|--------1-----1-----|--------1-----1-----|
G-|-----0-----0-----0--|-----2-----2-----2--|-----2-----2-----2--|
D-|--2-----2-----2-----|--------3-----3-----|--3-----3-----3-----|
A-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E-|--------------------|--1-----------------|--------------------|

                  I     need   you                   I   don't


     C                                         F
e-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B-|--------1-----1-----|--------1-----1-----|--------1-----1-----|
G-|-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0--|-----2-----2-----2--|
D-|--------2-----2-----|--2-----2-----2-----|--------3-----3-----|
A-|--3-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E-|--------------------|--------------------|--1-----------------|

   need    you                         I      need   you


                          C                   C/E
e-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B-|--------1-----1-----|--------1-----1-----|--------1-----1-----|
G-|-----2-----2-----2--|-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0--|
D-|--3-----3-----3-----|--------2-----2-----|--2-----2-----2-----|
A-|--------------------|--3-----------------|--------------------|
E-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

           I  don't      need   you,                    and


     F                                        Am
e-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B-|--------1-----1-----|--------1-----1-----|--------1-----0-h1--|
G-|-----2-----2-----2--|-----2-----2-----2--|-----2-----2--------|
D-|--------3-----3-----|--3-----3-----3-----|--------2-----------|
A-|--------------------|--------------------|--0-----------------|
E-|--1-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|

    all    of  that      ji - ving    a -    round.


   Am/E                   G
e-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B-|--------0-h1--0-----|--------3-----3-----|--------3-----3-----|
G-|-----2-----------0--|-----4-----4-----4--|-----4-----4-----4--|
D-|--2-----------------|--------5-----5-----|--5-----5-----5-----|
A-|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E-|--------------------|--3-----------------|--------------------|

                                                     I    re -  ...
LYRICS:

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
you were talking so brave and so sweet,
giving me head on the unmade bed,
while the limousines wait in the street.
Those were the reasons and that was New York,
we were running for the money and the flesh.
And that was called love for the workers in song
probably still is for those of them left.

Ah but you got away, didn't you babe,
you just turned your back on the crowd,
you got away, I never once heard you say,
I need you, I don't need you,
I need you, I don't need you
and all of that jiving around.

I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel
you were famous, your heart was a legend.
You told me again you preferred handsome men
but for me you would make an exception.
And clenching your fist for the ones like us
who are oppressed by the figures of beauty,
you fixed yourself, you said, "Well never mind,
we are ugly but we have the music."

And then you got away, didn't you babe...

I don't mean to suggest that I loved you the best,
I can't keep track of each fallen robin.
I remember you well in the Chelsea Hotel,
that's all, I don't even think of you that often.

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FROM THE MORNING - Nick Drake


TUNING: C G C F C F or D A D G D G

DaddG  G/B  DaddG  G/B

DaddG      G/B
A day once dawned
DaddG        G/B
And it was beautiful
DaddG       G/B
A day once dawned
           Asus4
From the ground

Then the night she fell
And the air was beautiful
Night she fell
All around

DaddG            G/B
So look see the days
DaddG                G/B
The endless coloured ways
DaddG         G/B
Go play the game
          Asus4
That you learnt
           DaddG   G/B   DaddG  G/B
From the morning

And now we rise
We are everywhere
And now we rise
From the ground

And see she flies
She is everywhere
See she flies
All around

So look see the sights
The endless summer nights
Go play the game
That you learnt
From the morning


CHORDS:
DaddG: 0 0 4 0 0 x    G/B: x 2 0 4 0 0   A7sus4: x 0 2 2 0 0

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FOXGLOVE - Bruce Cockburn
(From the album "Nightvision"


Open C tuning (CGCGCE, low to high)
Capo 2


------------|--------------||---8-----0-----8-----0--|
------------|--------------||------7-----0-----7-----|
------------|--------------||*-----------------------|
---0-----0--|-----0-----0--||*--------0-----------0--|
------------|--------------||------------------------|
0-----0-----|--0-----0-----||---0-----------0--------|





5-----5--------0--------|--8-----0-----8-----0-----|
---5-----7-----------0--|-----7-----0-----7-----0--|
------------------------|--------------------------|
------5-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|
------------------------|--------------------------|
5-----------0-----------|--0-----------0-----------|





5-6p5-----5--------0-------|-----------------2--------|
-h-----5-----7-------------|--------2-----------------|
-------------------------0h|--2--2-----2-----------2--|
----------5-----------0----|--------2-----------2-----|
---------------------------|--------------------------|
5---------------0----------|--2-----------2-----------|





3p2-------------2-----|
-----4-----2h4-----4--|
--------2-------------|
-----2----------2-----|
----------------------|
2----------2----------|





--------0--------------|
-/7-----------7--------|
--------------------0--|
-----0-----------0-----|
-----------------------|
--0--------0-----------|




-----------------||
-7-----------0---||
----------------*||
----0-----0-----*||
-----------------||
-0-----0---------||



VERSION 2.

FOXGLOVE - Bruce Cockburn.

Open C tuning (CGCGCE), capo II

Here's a pretty little ditty from the True North album "Nightvision".
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
"The Blues got the World..." (by The Balls) on the same album is also in open C (capo V).
Maybe I'll get energetic and tab it too. Maybe not.

Thanks to keithr5165@aol.com for getting me started with the first section
and (more importantly) finding the right tuning.



  Intro                                Section I
 |-----------------|-----------------||-8---0---8---0---|-5---5-----0-----|

 |-----------------|-----------------||---7---0---7---0-|---5---7-------0-|

 |-----------------|-----------------||*----------------|-----------------|

 |-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---||*----0-------0---|-----5-------0---|

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

 |-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------||-0-------0-------|-5-------0-------|

   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |

                      hp
 |-8---0---8---0---|-565--5-----0-----|-----------2-----|-3p2---------2---|

 |---7---0---7---0-|----5---7-------0-|-----2-----------|-----4---2h4---4-|

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

 |-----0-------0---|------5-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---|

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

 |-0-------0-------|-5--------0-------|-2-------2-------|-2-------2-------|

   |   |   |   |     |    |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |


  /---------- 1st Ending -----------\  /---------- 2nd Ending -----------\

 |-------0---------|-----------------||-------0-----010-|-0---------------|

 |s7---------7-----|-7-------------0-||s7-------------2-|-----------------|

 |---------------0-|----------------*||-----------0-----|-----------------|

 |-----0-------0---|-----0-------0--*||-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|

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

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

   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |      |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |


  Section II
 |-0-----0-----0---|---0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----|-0-----0-----0---|

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

 |-----7-----7-----|-7-----7-----7---|---5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5-----|

 |-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------5---|

 |-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|

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

   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |


                                                     Repeat this meas.

 |---0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----|-1p0-------------|-----0-------0---|

 |-----0-----0-----|-0-----0-----0---|-----2p0------pp-|-----0-------0---|

 |-4-----4-----4---|---4-----4-----4-|-----0---2p0-420-|-----0-----0-0---|

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

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

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

   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |


  Section III
||-----3---5---3---|-8---5---0-------|-----3---5---0---|--pp-------------||

||-2s----0---4---0-|---7---0---------|-2s----0---4---0-|-420-----0-------||

||*----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----2p0--------*||

||*----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0--*||

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

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

   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |


  Section IV

|-12p0--10p0--8p0--7p0--|-5p0--3p0--0------|-1p0---------0--|-5-------5-----|


|-----0-----0----0----0-|----0----0--------|-----2---2h2----|---------------|


|-----------------------|----------------3-|-------3--------|-------------5-|


|-------0----------0----|------0-------0---|-----0-------0--|----5------5---|


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


|-0-----------0---------|-0---------0------|-0-------0------|-5-----5-------|

   |     |     |    |      |    |    |  |     |   |   |   |    |  |  |
|



 |-6p5---------5---|---0-------------|---------------7-|-------10--------|

 |-----7---5h7---5-|-7-----7---------|-------7---------|---------------0-|

 |-------5---------|-----------------|-7-7-------7-----|---7-------7-----|

 |-----5-------5---|-----0-------0---|-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|

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

 |-5-------5-------|-0-------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|

   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |


  Repeat Section I  with 2nd  ending
  Repeat Section II with this ending:

 |-1p0-------------|-----12----------||
 |-----2p0------pp-|---------12------||
 |-----0---2p0-420-|-----12----------||
 |-----------------|-0-------12------||
 |-0-------0-------|-----------------||
 |-----------------|-0---------------||
   |   |   |   |     |   |   |   |
                        \______/
                        harmonics

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