Procol Harum - A salty dog
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"A Salty Dog"
(Gary Brooker - Keith Reid)
Intro:
(seagulls and surf sound effects)
strings (arranged for guitar):
Db-5 Csus4 C Cm7 Bbsus4 Bb
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|--8---8---8---8-|--8---8---8---8-|--8---8---8---8-|-6---6---6---6-|
|-10--10--10--10-|-10--10---9---9-|--8---8---8---8-|-8---8---7---7-|
|-11--11--11--11-|-10--10--10--10-|--8---8---8---8-|-8---8---8---8-|
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|--9---9---9---9-|--8---8---8---8-|--8---8---8---8-|-6---6---6---6-|
Verse 1:
Db-5 Csus4 C
"All hands on deck we've run afloat"
Cm7I heard the captainBbsus4 cry Bb
ExplorAb6e the ship Ab Cm/GreplacFme tFm7he cook Cm/Eb
Db-5 E6
Let no one leave alive
B/F#Across the straits F#around the horn
BHow far can Bmaj7sailors B7fly
EA twisted path Em6/G our tortured course
B/F#And no one left aF#sus4live F#
Verse 2:
We sailed for parts unknown to man
Where ships come home to die
No lofty peak nor fortress bold
Could match our captain's eye
Upon the seventh seasick day
We made our port of call
The sand so white and sea so blue
No mortal place at all
Break:
strings/piano (arranged for guitar):
Bv v v v Ddim v v v v
|-11--------------------|-4-----7-----6-----7--|
|-12----12--------------|-3-----6-----6-----6--|
|-11-11-11----10----11--|-4-----7-----7-----7--|
|-13----13-13-13----13--|-0-----0-----0-----0--|
|-14----14----14----14--|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
F# v v v v Adim v v v F#dim v
|--9----6--------------|-------------------2--|
|-11----7--------------|-4-----------6-----4--|
|-11-11-6--6--5-----6--|-5-----------5-----2--|
|-11----8-----8-----8--|-4-----------7-----4--|
|--9----9-----9-----9--|-0-----------0-----3--|
|----------------------|-------------------2--|
Verse 3:
We fired the gun and burned the mast
And rode from ship to shore
The captain cried, we sailors wept
Our tears were tears of joy
Now many moons and many Junes
Have passed since we made land
And the salty dog, the seaman's log
Your witness in my own hand
[repeat string/piano break; end on Db-5 w/seagulls]
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers