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...EPISTLE TO DERROLL... by Donovan ------------------------........... *from 'A Gift from a Flower to a Garden' (1968)* *CAPO 3rd FRET* (Original Key: Eb) (*N.B* The C and C/G chord are played in this rhythm): C C/G e|-----------|-----------| B|-----1--1--|-----1--1--| G|-----0--0--|-----0--0--| D|-----2--2--|-----2--2--| A|--3--3--3--|-----3--3--| E|-----------|--3--3--3--| Intro: C C/G, C C/G C C/G, F C C/G C C/G Verse 1:
Come Call ye C/Gstarry Cstar-C/Gfish, living Fin the deep blue Csea.C/G C C/G C Crawl to C/Gme; I Chave a C/Gpropo-Fsition to make Cthee.C/G C C/G C Would you C/Gwalk the CNorth Sea C/Gfloor, to FBelgium from Eng-Cland?C/G C C/G
Chorus 1:
C Bring me C/Gword of a Ambanjo man, With a Ftattoo on his Chand.C/G C C/G
Verse 2:
The Cspokesman C/Gof the Cstar-C/Gfish, Fspoke as spokesman Cshould.C/G C C/G C "If'nC/G you metC ourC/G fee tFhen, certainlCy we wC/Gould.C C/G C If you C/Gcast a Clooking-C/Gglass u-Fpon the scallopped Csand;C/G C C/G
Chorus 2:
C You'll have C/Gword o' this Ambanjo man, With a Ftattoo on his Chand&qC/Guot;.C C/G
Verse 3:
Come Call ye C/Gstarry Cstar-C/Gfish, I Fknow your ways are Ccaped.C/G C C/G C Maybe C/Gits be-Ccause you're C/Gastro-Flogically Cshaped.C/G C C/G C Converse C/Gwith the Cherring C/Gshoals, Fas I know you Ccan,C/G C C/G
Chorus 3:
C Bring me C/Gword o' the Ambanjo man, With a Ftattoo on his Chand.C/G C C/G
Verse 4:
The Celdest C/Gof the Cstar-C/Gfish Fspoke, after a Csigh;C/G C C/G C "YoutC/Ghful asC you are yC/Goung man,F you have a 'WiCsdom C/GEye';C C/G C Surely C/Gyou must Cknow a C/Glooking-glass,F is made from Csand? C/G C C/G
Chorus 4:
C These young-C/Gfish are Amfooling you, A-Fbout this banjo Cman.&qC/Guot; C C/G
Verse 5:
C "Come C/Gthen Caged C/Gstar-fFish, riddle mCe no C/Gmore.C C/G C For news C/GI am Cwea-C/Gry, Fand my heart is Csore.C/G C C/G All Con the C/Gsilent Csea-C/Gshore, Fhelp me if you Ccan,C/G C C/G
Chorus 5:
C Tell to C/Gme, Amif you know, Fof this banjo Cman&qC/Guot;.C C/G Verse 6:
"C;All throughC/G the sCevC/Gen o-ceanFs, I am a star Cmost C/GfamedC. C/G C Many 'C/Gleggys' Chave I C/Glost, and Fmany have I Cgained.C/G C C/G C Strange to C/Gsay, quite Crecent-C/Gly, I've Fbeen to Fleming CLand,C/G C C/G
Chorus 6:
C And if C/Gyou are Amcourteous, I'll Ftell you all I Ccan.C/G C C/G Verse 7:
"C;You havC/Ge my fulCl atC/G-ten-tionF", I answeredC him C/Gwith CgleC/Ge, His Cbrother C/Gstars were Ctwink-C/Gling, in the Fsky above the Csea.C/G C C/G C So C/GI sat Cthere with C/Grapt at-Ftention, on the Csand,C/G C C/G
Chorus 7:
C Very C/Ganxious Amfor to hear, Fof the banjo Cman.C/G C C/G Verse 8:
C "I C/Ghave seen Cthis tattC/Gooed hFand, through a ship Cport-C/Ghole.C C/G C Steaming C/Gon the Cwatery C/Gmain, Fthrough the waves so Ccold.C/G C C/G C Heard his C/Gtinkling Cbanjo, C/Gand Fhis voice so Cgrand.C/G C C/G
Chorus 8:
But Cyou must C/Gcome to AmBelgium, to Fshake his tattooed Chand.&C/Gquot;C C/G Verse 9:
C "GlC/Gadly wouCld I cC/Gome,F oh, gladly wouCld IC/G go. C C/G C Had I C/Gnot my Cwork to C/Gdo, Fand my face to Cshow.C/G C C/G C I re-C/Gjoice to Cknow he's C/Gwell, but FI must go in-ClandC/G, C C/G
Chorus 9:
C Thank you C/Gfor the Amwords you brought, Fof the banjo Cman&qC/Guot;.C C/G Verse 10:
I Cwalked a-C/Glong the Cevening C/Gsand, as Fcharcoal clouds did CshiftC/G. C C/G Re-Cvealing C/Gthe Cmoon Cshi-C/Gning, Fon the pebble Cdrift.C/G C C/G Contem-Cplating C/Gevery Cother C/Gword, the Fstarfish Csaid;C/G C C/G
Chorus 10:
C Whistly C/Gwinds, they Amfilled my dreams, Fin my dreaming Cbed.C/G C C/G
CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- C C/G F Am EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x32010 332010 133211 x02210 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)