Donovan – Epistle To Derroll (Ukulele)
Capo 3
Key
-
Versions
(3)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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*from 'A Gift from a Flower to a Garden' (1968)*
(Original Key: Eb)
(*N.B* The C and C/G chord are played in this rhythm):
C C/G e|-----------|-----------| B|-----1--1--|-----1--1--| G|-----0--0--|-----0--0--| D|-----2--2--|-----2--2--| A|--3--3--3--|-----3--3--| E|-----------|--3--3--3--|
Intro:
C C/G, C C/G C C/G, F C C/G C C/G
Verse 1:
C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Come all ye starry star-fish, living in the deep blue sea. C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Crawl to me; I have a propo-sition to make thee. C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Would you walk the North Sea floor, to Belgium from Eng-land?
Chorus 1:
C C/G Am Bring me word of a banjo man, F C C/G C C/G With a tattoo on his hand.
Verse 2:
C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G The spokesman of the star-fish, spoke as spokesman should. C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G "If'n you met our fee then, certainly we would. C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G If you cast a looking-glass u-pon the scallopped sand;
Chorus 2:
C C/G Am You'll have word o' this banjo man, F C C/G C C/G With a tattoo on his hand".
Verse 3:
C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Come all ye starry star-fish, I know your ways are caped. C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Maybe its be-cause you're astro-logically shaped. C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Converse with the herring shoals, as I know you can,
Chorus 3:
C C/G Am Bring me word o' the banjo man, F C C/G C C/G With a tattoo on his hand.
Verse 4:
C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G The eldest of the star-fish spoke, after a sigh; C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G "Youthful as you are young man, you have a 'Wisdom Eye'; C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Surely you must know a looking-glass, is made from sand?
Chorus 4:
C C/G Am These young-fish are fooling you, F C C/G C C/G A-bout this banjo man."
Verse 5:
C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G "Come then aged star-fish, riddle me no more. C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G For news I am wea-ry, and my heart is sore. C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G All on the silent sea-shore, help me if you can,
Chorus 5:
C C/G Am F C C/G C C/G Tell to me, if you know, of this banjo man".
Verse 6:
C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G "All through the seven o-ceans, I am a star most famed. C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Many 'leggys' have I lost, and many have I gained. C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Strange to say, quite recent-ly, I've been to Fleming Land,
Chorus 6:
C C/G Am F C C/G C C/G And if you are courteous, I'll tell you all I can.
Verse 7:
C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G "You have my full at-ten-tion", I answered him with glee, C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G His brother stars were twink-ling, in the sky above the sea. C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G So I sat there with rapt at-tention, on the sand,
Chorus 7:
C C/G Am F C C/G C C/G Very anxious for to hear, of the banjo man.
Verse 8:
C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G "I have seen this tattooed hand, through a ship port-hole. C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Steaming on the watery main, through the waves so cold. C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Heard his tinkling banjo, and his voice so grand.
Chorus 8:
C C/G Am F C C/G C C/G But you must come to Belgium, to shake his tattooed hand."
Verse 9:
C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G "Gladly would I come, oh, gladly would I go. C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Had I not my work to do, and my face to show. C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G I re-joice to know he's well, but I must go in-land,
Chorus 9:
C C/G Am F C C/G C C/G Thank you for the words you brought, of the banjo man".
Verse 10:
C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G I walked a-long the evening sand, as charcoal clouds did shift. C C/G C C C/G F C C/G C C/G Re-vealing the moon shi-ning, on the pebble drift. C C/G C C/G F C C/G C C/G Contem-plating every other word, the starfish said;
Chorus 10:
C C/G Am F C C/G C C/G Whistly winds, they filled my dreams, in my dreaming bed.
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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C C/G F Am
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006 ([email protected])