Richard Dawson - Wooden bag
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Tuning: D A D F# A D
Wooden Bag by Richard Dawson
Tuning Open D: DADF#AD (low to high)
[Intro]
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A |----------------------------------|
F#|----------------------------------|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|
A |----------------------------------|
D |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----|
[Verse 1]
"A knapsack made of oak..."
D |---------0---------------0-------|---------------------------------|
A |-----4-----4---------4-----4-----|-4-2-0-----------4-2-0-----------|
F#|---5---5----5------5---5----5----|-------2320------------2320------|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
D |---------0-40------------4-54-0--|-2-0-----------------------------|
A |-----4--------4-0----4-----------|-----4-2-0-----------------------|
F#|---5---5-----------5---5---------|-----------2320------------------|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
[Chorus A]
"Many rainstorms..."
D |-0--0--0--0--------------------|----0------7----------9--------5---|
A |--4--4--4--4-------------------|---9------7---------5------------4-|
F#|---3--3--3--3------------------|--7---------------5----------4-----|
D |-4--0------------------0-4-5-4-|-9-------7------6----------5-------|
A |-------4--0--------0-4---------|-----------------------------------|
D |-------------4-0-4-------------|-----------------------------------|
D |-4--2-0--2------5-------|-7---5-4---2-0--------|
A |--0----------2---5---5--|---------------0------|
F#|---2---2---2------5---5-|-----------------0----|
D |-0-------2---2-----7----|-------------------0--|
A |------------------------|----------------------|
D |------------------------|----------------------|
[Verse 2]
"It closes with a click..."
D |---------0--------------0--------|---------------------------------|
A |-----4-----4---------4----4------|-4-2-0-----------4-2-0-----------|
F#|---5---5----5------5--5-----5----|-------2320------------2320------|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
D |---------0-40------------4-54-0--|-5-4-2-0-------------------------|
A |-----4--------4-0----4-----------|---------4-2-0-------------------|
F#|---5---5-----------5---5---------|---------------2320--------------|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
[Chorus B]
"At the centre of each flower..."
D |-0--0--0--0--------------------|-4-5-7--5-7-9--7-9-11--9---|
A |--4--4--4--4-------------------|---------------------------|
F#|---3--3--3--3------------------|---------------------------|
D |-4--0------------------0-4-5-7-|---------------------------|
A |-------4--0--------0-4---------|---------------------------|
D |-------------4-0-4-------------|-4------5------7-------9---|
D |-4-5-7--5-7-9--7-9-11---9----|-4-5-7--5-7-9--7-9-11--9---|-12---------|
A |-------------------------9-0-|---------------------------|-0----------|
F#|-----------------------------|---------------------------|-0----------|
D |-----------------------------|---------------------------|------------|
A |-----------------------------|---------------------------|----7---4-7-|
D |-4------5------7-------9-----|-4------5------7-------9---|----7---4-7-|
[Verse 3]
"A bar of highland toffee..."
D |---------0--------------0--------|---------------------------------|
A |-----4-----4---------4----4------|-4-2-0-----------4-2-0-----------|
F#|---5---5----5------5--5-----5----|-------2320------------2320------|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
D |---------0-40------------4-54-0--|-9-7-5-4-2-0-------------------------|
A |-----4--------4-0----4-----------|-------------4-2-0-------------------|
F#|---5---5-----------5---5---------|-------------------2320--------------|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
A |---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
[Chorus A]
"Shells collected from the shore..."
D |-0--0--0--0--------------------|-------0--------7--------9--------5-|
A |--4--4--4--4-------------------|-----9--------7--------5--------4---|
F#|---3--3--3--3------------------|---7--------7--------5--------4-----|
D |-4--0------------------0-4-5-4-|-9--------7--------6--------5-------|
A |-------4--0--------0-4---------|------------------------------------|
D |-------------4-0-4-------------|------------------------------------|
D |-4--2-0--2------5-------|-7---5-4---2-0--------|
A |--0----------2---5---5--|---------------0------|
F#|---2---2---2------5---5-|-----------------0----|
D |-0-------2---2-----7----|-------------------0--|
A |------------------------|----------------------|
D |------------------------|----------------------|
[Verse 4]
"A cloth-bound diary"
D |---------0---------------0-------|---------------------------------|
A |-----4-----4---------4-----4-----|-4-2-0-----------4-2-0-----------|
F#|---5---5----5------5---5----5----|-------2320------------2320------|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
A |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
D |---------0-40------------4-54-0--|-12-11-9-7-5-4-2-0-----------------|
A |-----4--------4-0----4-----------|-------------------4-2-0-----------|
F#|---5---5-----------5---5---------|-------------------------2320------|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|----0----0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
A |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|-0-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
[Chorus B]
"HOW I MISS YOU, I CAN FEEL IT IN MY MOLECULES OOOOH OOOH OOOOH OHHH"
D |-0--0--0--0--------------------|-4-5-7--5-7-9--7-9-11--9---|
A |--4--4--4--4-------------------|---------------------------|
F#|---3--3--3--3------------------|---------------------------|
D |-4--0------------------0-4-5-7-|---------------------------|
A |-------4--0--------0-4---------|---------------------------|
D |-------------4-0-4-------------|-4------5------7-------9---|
"I CAN'T THROW THIS BAG AWAY"
D |-4-5-7--5-7-9--7-9-11---9----|-4-5-7--5-7-9--7-9-11--9---|-12---------|
A |-------------------------9-0-|---------------------------|-0----------|
F#|-----------------------------|---------------------------|-0----------|
D |-----------------------------|---------------------------|------------|
A |-----------------------------|---------------------------|----7---4-7-|
D |-4------5------7-------9-----|-4------5------7-------9---|----7---4-7-|
[Outro]
D |---------0--------------0--------|---------------------2------------------|
A |-----4-----4---------4----4------|-4-2-0----------4--2--------------------|
F#|---5---5----5------5--5-----5----|-------2320------------2-------2320-0---|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---2--0-|
A |---------------------------------|-------------------------------------2--|
D |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----------|
D |---------0-40------------4-54-0--|-12-11-9-7-5-4-2-0-----------------|
A |-----4--------4-0----4-----------|-------------------4-2-0-----------|
F#|--5-5--5-----------5--5-5--------|-------------------------2320------|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|----0----0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
A |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D |-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|-0-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
D |-----------0-2-4-6-7-9-10-12--|
A |-----0-2-3-------------10-----|
F#|-0-2--------------------------|
D |---0---0---0---0---0---0------|
A |------------------------------|
D |-0---0---0---0---0---0----0---|
Lyrics:
A knapsack made of oak
Purchased for thirty francs
From a market in Geneva
In 1968
Carved from a single piece of wood
A level of workmanship one rarely comes across today
Many rainstorms have not dulled the lustre of the wood
The lid of the satchel is made up of slats
Affixed to a piece of sky-coloured felt
It closes with a click
And fastens with a clasp
The shape of a bumblebee
Blown in glass
The shoulder strap is equally quaint
A daisy chain of leather
Fraying at the zenith of its arc
At the centre of each flower there lies a bead of wood, oh
I can't throw this bag away, oh
I can't throw this bag away
A bar of highland toffee
Its wrapper still intact
With an expiration date
Of J.A.N. 86
A strip of contraceptive pills
A box of Anadin Extra
Half a dozen of those tiny Ladbrokes pens
Shells collected from the shore of Newton-by-the-Sea
The smell of the ocean
In a used handkerchief
A lattice of hairpins combing the beach
A cloth-bound diary
Filled with cartography
Countries that you saw
Whilst you were asleep
Receding into leaf
I can see a bridge of moonlight flowing, oh
Through the page
How I miss you, I can feel it in my molecules, oh
I can't throw this bag away, oh
I can't throw this bag away