Donovan – Celia Of The Seals (Guitar)

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Record: HMS Donovan Tabbed by: Stefan W. Email: footos[at]walla.com (feel free to send me your corrections!!) Note: This is the authors own work, and its not a official tab by the artist. Therefor not supposed to be 100% correct.But I hope that you'll enjoy it! Intro: ------
e-----------------------------|
B-1p0----1---1-0-----0-----0--|
G---- 0----0------0-----0-----| play a few times then begin strumming verse 1
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A-----------------------------|
E-----------------------------|
Verse 1: --------
D                                    G  C  G
Should you wander this land to the North,

Em  C     G      C  G
And few seldom do,

D                                   G  C  G
Should you follow the song of the gull

Em      C      G           C   G
To enchanted western isles,

Em                            G  C  G
Coax a fisherman to take you out

Em       C    G              C  G
Where the silky seals are seen,

Em                                  G  C  G
Hear the stories that they tell about
Prechorus: ----------
Em                        A
The maiden who is their queen,

D(mute the high E string)    G  C  G
The maiden who is their queen.
Chorus 1st ----------
Em             G C G
Celia of the seals,

Em                       Bm(strum)
She knows just how they feel,

C              G  C  G
Celia of the seals.
Interlude 1: (just picking the open chords) -----------
G                     Em
"Voyna, voyna, voyna, voyna voyna vay"

G                     Em          Bm (one strum down)
"Voyna, voyna, voyna, voyna voyna vay"

Bridge:
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                           C  G
e--------------------------0--3---|
B--------------------------1--3---|
G--5--4--2-----------------0--0---|
D------------4---4-5-------2--0---|
A--------------------------3--2---|
E-----------(2)-(2-3)------3--3---|
Verse 2: --------
D                              G  C  G
Seal hunters are not brave and bold,

Em   C  G                    C  G
They murder her poor wee seals

D                               G  C  G
And cut off their skins to be sold,

Em   C  G           C G
Cursed be he who deals.

Em                               G  C  G
There's no reason for this slaughtering,

Em  C  G                         C  G
They're left on the rocks to bleed

Em                              G  C  G
He's not a man who does this thing,
Prechorus: ----------
Em                            A
It's a cruel and a heartless deed,

D                         G  C  G
A cruel and a-heartless deed.
Chorus 2: ---------
Em              G  C G
Celia of the seals,

Em                      Bm(strum)
She knows just how they feel,

C(ring)          G C G
Celia of the seals.

C(ring)          G C G
Celia of the seals,

C(ring)          G C G
Celia of the seals,

Em                      Bm(strum)
She knows just how they feel,

C(ring)          G C G
Celia of the seals,

C(ring)          G C G
Celia of the seals,

C(ring)          G C G
Celia of the seals,
Interlude 2 / End: (picking the open chords) -----------------
G                     Em
"Voyna, voyna, voyna, voyna voyna vay"

G                     Em
"Voyna, voyna, voyna, voyna voyna vay"
fade out:
G                     Em
"Voyna, voyna, voyna, voyna voyna vay"