Devendra Banhart – A Gentle Soul (Guitar Intro Tab)
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This is one of my favourite songs from "oh me oh My...", and a true weird folk classic, I think.
True to Devendra's loose-form improvisational spirit, this is not an attempt to perfectly reproduce every
single note played. Rather, it's a rough outline or template from which you can begin to access
Devendra's peculiar and beguiling world...
Again, playfulness and informality are essential, here, to really get a feel for the song.
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Tabbed by Rohan
[Intro]
Just ad-lib on the Fm chord, really.
e|-------------------8---------------------| B|-----------9---------------9-------------| G|---10--------10------10------10----------| D|------10--------10------10------10-------| A|---8-----8---------8---------------------| E|-----------------------------------------|
[Verse]
It's just four barre chords, in this order: Fm, A#, Cm, A#.
Play them as follows:
e|---8----|
B|---9----|
G|---10---| {Fm}
D|---10---|
A|---8----|
E|--(8)---|
e|---6----|
B|---6----|
G|---7----| {A#}
D|---8----|
A|---8----|
E|---6----|
e|---8----|
B|---8----|
G|---8----| {Cm}
D|---10---|
A|---10---|
E|---8----|One way to play is to strum each chord once, then fingerpick the B and G strings, sucessively,
while half-strumming the bass notes.
[Bridge]
This is the part that begins with "Camilla's a calming name..."
e|---8-------------8-------------6----------------------| B|---8-----------8---9-8---------6----------------------| o G|---8--(Strum)----------10-8----7--(Strum)--7-8-7------| D|---10--------------------------8--------------(8)-----| A|---10--------------------------8--------------(8)-----| o E|---8-----------8---------------6------------- (6)-----|
The first transition from this section to the verse simply involves the chords
Cm and A#, without the riff. However, the final transition does include the riff,
with one added note, as follows:
e|---8-------------8---------------6----------------------| B|---8-----------8---9-8-----------6----------------------| G|---8--(Strum)----------10-8-10---7--(Strum)--7-8-7------| D|---10----------------------------8--------------(8)-----| A|---10----------------------------8--------------(8)-----| E|---8-----------8-----------------6------------- (6)-----|
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Lyrics:
He told me himself
He's a gentle soul
I saw for myself
He's a gentle soul
Camilla's a calming name
Like windowing
Camilla's a calming name
Like windowing
There's nobody else with your babe's little eyes
This is number fourteen out of how many tries
Your voice has a calming strain
All whispering
My voice wants to do the same oh brothering
All alone in your zoo of numbers and clues
Of colors and hues
He told me himself
He's a gentle soul
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| (n) Ghost note
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