...THE BALLAD OF A CRYSTAL MAN... by Donovan ---------------------------------........... *from 'Fairytale' (1965)* *CAPO 4th FRET* (Original Key: B) Intro: G C, G D (x4) Verse 1:

^G Walk along and ^Ctalk along, G D G C, G D And live your lives quite freely. But ^Gleave our children ^Cwith their toys, G D G C, G D Of peppermint and candy. For ^Gseagull, I don't ^Cwant your wings, ^G I don't want your ^Dfreedom, in a ^Glie.

Verse 2:

Your ^Gthoughts they are of ^Charlequin, G D G C, G D Your speeches of quick-silver. I ^Gread your faces ^Clike a poem, G D G C, G D Ka-leidoscope of hate words. For ^Gseagull, I don't ^Cwant your wings, ^G I don't want your ^Dfreedom, in a ^Glie.

Verse 3:

On the ^Gquilted battle-^Cfields of soldiers, G D G C, G D Dazzling made of toy tin. The ^Gbig bomb, like a ^Cchild's hand, G D G C, G D Could sweep them dead just so to win. For ^Gseagull, I don't ^Cwant your wings, ^G I don't want your ^Dfreedom, in a ^Glie.

Verse 4:

^G As you fill your ^Cglasses, G D G C, G D With the wine of murdered Negroes. ^G Thinking not of ^Cbeauty that, G D G C, G D Spreads like morning sun-glow. ^G Seagull, I don't ^Cwant your wings, ^G I don't want your ^Dfreedom, in a ^Glie.

Verse 5:

I ^Gpray your dreams of ^Cvivid screams, G D G C, G D Of children dying slowly. And ^Gas you polish ^Cup your guns, G D G C, G D Your real self be re-flecting. For ^Gseagull, I don't ^Cwant your wings, ^G I don't want your ^Dfreedom, in a ^Glie.

Interlude: G C, G D (x4) Verse 6:

^G Vietnam; your ^Clatest game, G D G C, G D You're playing with your blackest Queen. ^G Damn your souls and ^Ccurse your grins, G D G C, G D I stand here with a fading dream. For ^Gseagull, I don't ^Cwant your wings, ^G I don't want your ^Dfreedom, in a ^Glie.

Outro: G C, G D (x8), G CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- G C D EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 320003 x32010 xx0232 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)

Donovan - The ballad of a crystal man