Donovan – Catch The Wind (Guitar Acoustic Tab)

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Title: Catch the Wind Artist: Donovan Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.) Tempo: Q=150, Capo: 2, optionally. Beats on eighths are marked "+". Let ring. Use thumb-fretting. Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes. The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
[Verse1]
   G        +                   +          C   +       +                   +          F9  +       +
E|-------------------|------3-------3----|-3---3----------------|------3-------3----|-3---3----------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|-1--------------------|-------------------|-1--------------------|
G|----------0--------|----------0--------|-------------0--------|----------0--------|-2-----------2--------|
D|------0-------0----|------0-------0----|---------2-------2----|------2-------2----|---------3-------3----|
A|-------------------|-2-----------------|-3--------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
E|-3-----------------|-------------------|----------------------|-3-----------------|-1--------------------|
                            In      the    chilly                      hours   and    minutes        

            +          C        +                   +          F        +                   +
E|------3-------3----|-3---p1--p0--------|--------------0----|-1---p0------------|-------------------|
B|------1-------1----|-------------------|-------------------|----------1--------|-------------------|
G|----------2--------|----------0--------|----------0--------|-------------------|----------2--------|
D|------3-------3----|------2-------2----|------2-------2----|------3-------3----|------3-------3----|
A|-0-----------------|-3-----------------|-3-----------------|-------------------|-0-----------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-1-----------------|-------------------|
        of      un-    certainty                        I      want to be 

   C       +                 +         G7      +                 +         C9      +                 + 
E|-0a----------0---|-0---------------|-1a---------p0---|-----------------|------0----------|-----------------|
B|-1a--------------|-------------1---|-0a--------------|-3----------p1---|-3a--------------|-----------------|
G|-0a------0-------|---------0-------|-0a------0-------|---------0-------|-0a------0-------|---------0-------|
D|------2------2---|------2------2---|------0------0---|------0------0---|------2------2---|------2------2---|
A|-3a--------------|-3---------------|-----------------|-2---------------|-3a--------------|-3---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-3a--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   In          the   warm        hold  of          your  lo-         ving  mind.

[Verse2]
   G        +                   +          C   +       +                   +          F9  +       +
E|-------------------|------3-------3----|-3---3----------------|------3-------3----|-3---3----------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|-1--------------------|-------------------|-1--------------------|
G|----------0--------|----------0--------|-------------0--------|----------0--------|-2-----------2--------|
D|------0-------0----|------0-------0----|---------2-------2----|------2-------2----|---------3-------3----|
A|-------------------|-2-----------------|-3--------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
E|-3-----------------|-------------------|----------------------|-3-----------------|-1--------------------|
                                    To     feel you                    all     a-     round me 

            +          C        +                   +          F        +                   +
E|------3-------3----|-3---p1--p0--------|--------------0----|-1---p0------------|-------------------|
B|------1-------1----|-------------------|-------------------|----------1--------|-------------------|
G|----------2--------|----------0--------|----------0--------|-------------------|----------2--------|
D|------3-------3----|------2-------2----|------2-------2----|------3-------3----|------3-------3----|
A|-0-----------------|-3-----------------|-3-----------------|-------------------|-0-----------------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-1-----------------|-------------------|
        and     to     take your hand                   a-     long the sand.        

   C       +                 +         G7      +                 +         C       +                 + 
E|-0a----------0---|-0---------------|-1a---------p0---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-1a--------------|-------------1---|-0a--------------|-3----------p1---|-1a--------------|-----------------|
G|-0a------0-------|---------0-------|-0a------0-------|---------0-------|-0a------0-------|---------0-------|
D|------2------2---|------2------2---|------0------0---|------0------0---|------2------2---|------2------2---|
A|-3a--------------|-3---------------|-----------------|-2---------------|-3a--------------|-3---------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-3a--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
   Ah,     but I     may     as  well  try         and   catch       the   wind.

[Verse3] 
   G        +                   +          C   +       +                   +          F        +
E|-------------------|--------------3----|-3---3----------------|----/-8-------7--\-|-5-----------------|
B|-------------------|--------------0----|-1--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G|----------0--------|----------0--------|-------------0--------|----------0--------|----------5--------|
D|------0-------0----|------0-------0----|---------2-------2----|--------------0----|------3-------3----|
A|-------------------|-2-----------------|-3--------------------|-------------------|-0-----------------|
E|-3-----------------|-------------------|----------------------|-3----8------------|-------------------|
       +                            When   sundown                     pales   the    sky,

               +       +     C   +       +                   +          F        +                   +
E|-----3-------3------/5---|-3--p1--p0------------|--------------0----|-1---p0------------|------------------|
B|-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------|----------1--------|------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------0--------|----------0--------|-------------------|----------2-------|
D|---------3-------0-------|---------2-------2----|------2-------2----|------3-------3----|------3-------3---|
A|-0-----------------------|-3--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-0----------------|
E|-------------------------|----------------------|-3-----------------|-1-----------------|------------------|
       I       want    to    hide a while                        be-    hind your smile,
... melody as last line Verse1 above ... And everywhere I'd look, your eyes I'd find. [Verse4] --- as Verse2 above ... For me to love you now would be the sweetest thing, T'would make me sing Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind.
[Bridge]
   F   +       +                   +          Em  +       +                   +
E|-5---5-----------5----|-5------------5----|-3---3-----------3----|-3------------0----|
B|----------------------|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
G|-------------5--------|----------5--------|-------------0--------|----------0--------|
D|---------3-------3----|------3-------3----|---------2-------2----|------2-------2----|
A|-0--------------------|-0-----------------|----------------------|-2-----------------|
E|----------------------|-------------------|-0--------------------|-------------------|
   Dee dee         dee    deee         dee    dee dee         dee    deee         dee

   F   +       +                   +          D   +       +                   +
E|----------------------|-------------------|-0--------------------|--------------0----|
B|-3---1----------------|-1------------1----|-----3----------------|-3-----------------|
G|-------------2--------|----------2--------|-------------2--------|----------2--------|
D|---------3-------3----|------3-------3----|---------0-------0----|------0-------0----|
A|----------------------|-0-----------------|-0--------------------|-0-----------------|
E|-1--------------------|-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
   Dee dee         dee    deee         dee    dee dee         dee    deee         dee
[Verse5] --- as Verse3 above ... When rain has hung the leaves with tears I want you near to kill my fears, to help me to leave all my blues behind. [Verse6] --- as Verse2 above ... For standin' in your heart Is where I want to be And long to be Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind. ************************************ | a Arpeggio: all notes in the chord are played harp-like in one beat in fast sequence | p Pull-off | / Slide up | \ Slide down ************************************