Donovan – Codine (Guitar)

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Chords

Song has a 3/4 beat Please note that the E7 chord 020100 -sounds in this song great as 020130. / = slide 1 fret up
[Intro]
   E           E7        Gb
e|-----0-0-0-|---0-0-0-|---2-2-2-|---2-2-2-|
B|-----0-0-0-|---3-3-3-|---2-2-2-|---2-2-2-|
G|-3/4-1-1-1-|---1-1-1-|---3-3-3-|---3-3-3-|
D|-----2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-|---4-4-4-|---4-4-4-|
A|-----2-2-2-|---2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-|
E|-----0-0-0-|---0-0-0-|---2-2-2-|---2-2-2-|

   E
e|---0-0-0-|---0-0-0-|---0-0-0-|---0-0-0-|
B|---0-0-0-|---0-0-0-|---0-0-0-|---0-0-0-|
G|---1-1-1-|---1-1-1-|---1-1-1-|---1-1-1-|
D|---2-2-2-|---2-2-2-|---2-2-2-|---2-2-2-|
A|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-|
E|---0-0-0-|---0-0-0-|---0-0-0-|---0-0-0-|
[Verse 1]
       E        E7             Gb            E
An' my belly is craving, I got shakin' in my head

  E             E7          Gb          B7
I feel like I'm dyin' an' I wish I were dead

     E            E7                Gb        B7
If I lived till tomorrow it's gonna be a long time

         E             E7       Gb        E
For I'll reel and I'll fall and rise on codine

         E              Gb             E
An' it's real, an' it's real, one more time
[Verse 2]
     E       E7          Gb             E
When I was a young man I learned not to care

     E           E7        Gb        B7
Wild whiskey, confronted I often did swear

   E          E7          Gb           B7
My mother and father said whiskey is a curse

        E             E7      Gb         E
But the fate of their baby is many times worse

         E              Gb             E
An' it's real, an' it's real, one more time
[Verse 3]
       E             E7          Gb           E
You'll forget your woman, you'll forget about man

E           E7               Gb        B7
Try it just once, an' you'll try it again

     E             E7              Gb            B7
It's sometimes you wonder and it's sometimes you think

     E       E7          Gb             E
That I'm a-living my life with abandon to drink

         E              Gb             E
An' it's real, an' it's real, one more time
[Verse 4]
       E           E7             Gb          E
Stay away from the cities, stay away from the towns

       E           E7              Gb        B7
Stay away from the men pushin' the codine around

       E           E7               Gb         B7
Stay away from the stores where the remedy is found

       E          E7        Gb         E
I will live a few days as a slave to codine

         E              Gb             E
An' it's real, an' it's real, one more time
[Verse 5]
       E        E7                  Gb            E
An' my belly is craving, I've got a shakin' in my head

    E            E7              Gb      B7
An' I've started heating whether my body said

E           E7           Gb           B7
Steady yourself with the grains of cocaine

       E           E7             Gb          E
An' you'll end dead or you'll end up insane

         E              Gb             E
An' it's real, an' it's real, one more time
[Verse 6]
    E           E7             Gb            E
An' my belly is craving, I got shaking in my head

  E             E7          Gb          B7
I feel like I'm dyin' an' I wish I were dead

     E            E7                Gb        B7
If I lived till tomorrow it's gonna be a long time

         E             E7       Gb        E
For I'll reel and I'll fall and rise on codine

         E              Gb             E
An' it's real, an' it's real, one more time

         E              Gb             E
An' it's real, an' it's real, one more time