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Capo: 3
Tuning: E A D G B E
CATCH THE WIND
As recorded by Donovan
(From the 1965 Album WHAT'S BIN DID AND WHAT'S BIN HID)
Words and Music by Donovan Leitch
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Donovan - Acoustic Guitar w/ Capo 3rd fret'
Intro
Q=173
C (Eb) Fadd(Abadd9) G (Bb)
3/4
Gtr I (Ac. Gtr. w/ capo 3rd fret)
Q Q E E Q Q E E E E E E E E Q E E E E
|----3--3-3-|----3--3-3-|---3-3-3---3-|----3-3---3-|
|----1--1-1-|----1--1-1-|---1-1-1---1-|----0-0---0-|
|----0--0---|-0--0--0---|-----2-------|----0-------|
|----2------|-----------|-3-------2---|-0----------|
|-3---------|-----------|-------------|--------2---|
|-----------|-----------|-------------|------------|
C (Eb) Fadd(Abadd9) C (Eb)
Q Q E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E
|----3--3-3-|---3-3-3---3-|----3--3-3-|-----3-3---3-||
|----1--1-1-|---1-1-1---1-|----1--1-1-|-----1-1---1-||
|----0--0---|-----2-------|----0--0---|-----0-------||
|-----------|-3-------2---|-----------|-0h2---------||
|-3---------|-------------|-3---------|---------3---||
|-----------|-------------|-----------|-------------||
1st, 3rd, 5th Verses (7th Harmonica Solo)
$
C (Eb) Fad(Abadd9) C (Eb)
Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q E E Q Q Q Q E E E E
||-----3--3--|----3--3-3-|----3--3-3-|----3--3--|----3-3-3-3--|
||o----1--1--|----1--1-1-|----1--1-1-|----1--1--|----1-1-1-1--|
||-----0--0--|----0--0---|----2--2---|----2--2--|----0---0----|
||--2--------|----2------|-3---------|-3-----3--|-------------|
||o----------|-3---------|-----------|----------|-3-----------|
||-----------|-----------|-----------|----------|-------------|
F (Ab) C (Eb)
Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q E E E E Q E E E E
|----0--0--|----1--1-1-|----1--1--|----3-3-3-3-|----3-3---3-|
|----1--1--|----1--1-1-|----1--1--|----1-1-1-1-|----1-1---1-|
|----0--0--|----2--2-2-|----2--2--|----0---0---|----0-------|
|----2--2--|----3--3---|----3--3--|------------|-2------2---|
|-3--------|-----------|----------|-3----------|--------3---|
|----------|-1---------|-1--------|------------|------------|
Fad(Abadd9) G (Bb) C (Eb) G7(Bb7)
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q E E Q Q E E
|----3-3---3-|----3-3---3-|----3--3-3-|---3-3----1-|----1--1-1-|
|----1-1---1-|----0-0---0-|----1--1-1-|---1-1----0-|----0--0-0-|
|----2-------|----0---0---|----0--0---|-----0------|----0--0-0-|
|-3------2---|-0------0---|-----------|------------|----0--0---|
|------------|------------|-3---------|-3------2---|-----------|
|------------|------------|-----------|------------|-3---------|
2nd, 4th, 6th Verses (8th Harmonica Solo)
C (Eb) Fad(Abadd9)
E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E
|---1---1---1-||----3--3--|----3--3--|----3--3--|----3--3-3-|
|---0---0---0-||----1--1--|----1--1--|----1--1--|----1--1-1-|
|---0---0---0-||----0--0--|----0--0--|----2--2--|----2--2---|
|-------------||-2--------|----2-----|-3--------|-3-----3---|
|-----0---2---||-3--------|-3--------|----------|-----------|
|-3-----------||----------|----------|----------|-----------|
C (Eb) F (Ab) C (Eb)
Q E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q E E E E
|----3-3-3-3-|----0--0--|----1--1--|----1-1-1--|----3-3-3-3-|
|----1-1-1-1-|----1--1--|----1--1--|----1-1-1--|----1-1-1-1-|
|----0---0---|----0--0--|----2--2--|----2-2-2--|----0---0---|
|------------|----2--2--|----3--3--|----3---3--|------------|
|-3----------|-3--------|----------|-----------|-3----------|
|------------|----------|-1--------|-1---------|------------|
Fad(Abadd9) G (Bb) C (Eb) Fadd(Abadd9)
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E
|----3-3---3-|----3-3---3-|----3-3---3-|----3--3-3-|---3-3-3---3-|
|----1-1---1-|----1-1---1-|----0-0---0-|----1--1-1-|---1-1-1---1-|
|----0-------|----2-------|----0---0---|----0--0---|-----2-------|
|-2------2---|-3------2---|-0------0---|-----------|-3-------2---|
|--------3---|------------|------------|-3---------|-------------|
|------------|------------|------------|-----------|-------------|
Bridge
1. 2.
To Coda
C (Eb) C (Eb) F (Ab)
Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q Q Q
|----3--3-3--|-----3-3-----||---3---3---3-||----1--1--|
|----1--1-1--|-----1-1----o||---1---1---1-||----1--1--|
|----0--0----|-----0-------||-------------||----2--2--|
|------------|-0h2---------||-----0---2---||----3--3--|
|-3----------|---------3--o||-3-----------||----------|
|------------|-------------||-------------||-1--------|
Em (Gm) F (Ab)
Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----1--1--|----0--0-0-|----0--0--|----1--1--|----1--1--|
|----1--1--|----0--0-0-|----0--0--|----1--1--|----1--1--|
|----2--2--|----0--0-0-|----0--0--|----2--2--|----2--2--|
|----3--3--|----2--2---|----2--2--|----3--3--|----3--3--|
|----------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|
|-1--------|-0---------|-0--------|-1--------|-1--------|
D/F#(F/A) G (Bb) G6(Bb6) G7 (Bb7)
Q Q E E Q Q E E Q Q E E Q Q E E Q Q E E
|----2--2-2-|----2--2-0-|----3--3-3-|----3--3-3-|----3--3-3-|
|----3--3-3-|----3--3-0-|----0--0-0-|----0--0-0-|----0--0-0-|
|----2--2-2-|----2--2-0-|----0--0-0-|-0--0--0---|-0--0--0---|
|----0--0---|----0--0---|----0--0---|-2---------|-3---------|
|-----------|-----------|-2---------|-----------|-----------|
|-2---------|-2---------|-3---------|-----------|-----------|
Outro
D.S. al Coda &
G6(Bb6) C (Eb) Fad(Abadd9)
Q Q E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E
|----3--3-3--||-----3-3----|----3-3-3-3-|---3-3-3---3-|----3--3-3--|
|----0--0-0--||-----1-1----|-1--1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1---1-|----1--1-1--|
|-0--0--0----||-----0------|-0--0---0---|-0-0-0---0-0-|-2--2--2----|
|-2----------||-0h2--------|------------|---------2---|-3----------|
|------------||---------3--|------------|-------------|------------|
|------------||------------|------------|-------------|------------|
C (Eb) F (Ab)
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|----3-3---3-|----3-3---3-|----3-3---3-|----1-1---1-|----1-1-1-1-|
|-1--1-1---1-|----1-1---1-|----1-1---1-|----1-1---1-|----1-1-1-1-|
|-2--2-------|-0--0-------|-0--0-------|-2--2-------|----2---2---|
|--------3---|-2------3---|-2------2---|-3------2---|-3----------|
|------------|--------0---|--------3---|--------3---|-3----------|
|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
C (Eb) Fad(Abadd9) G (Bb)
Q Q Q Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|----3--3--|----3-3---3-|----3-3---3-|----3-3---3-|
|----1--1--|----1-1---1-|----1-1---1-|----0-0---0-|
|----0--0--|----0-------|----2-------|----0---0---|
|----------|-2------2---|-3------2---|-0------0---|
|-3--------|--------3---|------------|------------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|
H.=H
C (Eb) Fadd(Abadd9) C (Eb)
Q Q E E E E E E E E H. +H.
|----3--3-3-|---3-3-3---3-|---------|--------*|
|----1--1-1-|---1-1-1---1-|-1-------|-(1)----*|
|----0--0---|-----2-------|-0-------|-(0)----*|
|-----------|-3-------2---|-2-------|-(2)----*|
|-3---------|-------------|-3-------|-(3)----*|
|-----------|-------------|---------|--------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
In the chilly hours and minutes
Of uncertainty, I want to be
In the warm hold of your loving mind
To feel you all around me
And to take your hand, along the sand
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind
When sundown pales the sky
I want to hide a while, behind your smile
And everywhere I'd look, your eyes I'd find
For me to love you now
Would be the sweetest thing
That would make me sing
Ah, but I may as well, try and catch the wind
When rain has hung the leaves with tears
I want you near, to kill my fears
To help me to leave all my blues behind
For standin' in your heart
Is where I want to be, and I long to be
Ah, but I may as well, try and catch the wind
Ah, but I may as well, try and catch the wind