The Incredible String Band - The hedgehogs song
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Capo: 2
Tuning: E A D G B E
From the album "The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion"
Original is played in the key of F# approx. quarter tone flat of concert pitch,
in an open tuning, probably D with capo at 4
Chords
EADGBe
E/G# xx6400
B7sus4 xx4200
[Intro]
E A x2
[Verse 1]
B I'm not the Akind to complain that I never had a girl to Elove.
B Many fine girl I Atried hard to know, but I think I never tried eEnough.
B Sitting one Aday by myself, and I'm thinking,"What could be Ewrong?"
When this E/G#funny little HB7sus4edgehog comes E/G#running up to B7sus4me,
and it E/G#starts up to B7sus4sing me this sEong.
[Chorus]
Oh, you Bknow all the words, and you Asung all the notes, but you never quite learned the Esong, she sung
B I can tell by the Asadness in your eyes, that you never quite learned the Esong.
[Instrumental Bridge]
E A x2
[Verse 2]
B Every day when the Asun go down, and the evening is so very Estill,
B Many a fine girl I've Aheld in my arms, and I hope there's many more that I Ewill,
B But just when everyAthing is going fine, and absolutely nothing is Ewrong,
This E/G#funny little B7sus4Hedgehog's E/G#always aB7sus4round
And every E/G#time he wants to B7sus4sing me this Esong.
[Chorus]
Oh, you Bknow all the words, and you Asung all the notes, but you never quite learned the Esong, she sung
B I can tell by the Asadness in your eyes, that you never quite learned the Esong.
[Instrumental Bridge]
E A x2
[Verse 3]
B One day when the Amoon was full I thought I might settle Edown,
B Found myself a Apretty little girl, and I stopped all my running aEround;
B But just when the Apreacher come along, and he's just gonna pop on the Ering,
This fE/G#unny little B7sus4Hedgehog comes E/G#running down the B7sus4aisle,
And I E/G#don't have to B7sus4tell you what he did Esing.
[Chorus]
Oh, you Bknow all the words, and you Asung all the notes, but you never quite learned the Esong, she sung
B I can tell by the Asadness in your eyes, that you never quite learned the Esong.
[Instrumental Bridge]
E A x2
[Verse4]
B I'm not the Akind to complain, that I never had a girl to Elove;
B Many fine girls I've Atried hard to know, but I think I never tried eEnough.
B But now I'll be Alooking all my days, and it isn't just me I got to Eplease,
There's this E/G#funny little HB7sus4edgehog Who's aE/G#lways aB7sus4round,
And the E/G#only words he B7sus4ever sings to me are Ethese.
[Chorus]
Oh, you Bknow all the words, and you Asung all the notes, but you never quite learned the Esong, she sung
B I can tell by the Asadness in your eyes, that you never quite learned the Esong.
[Instrumental Bridge]
E A x2
[Outro]
B I'm not the Akind to compl- aiE-n