Donovan – Hurdy Gurdy Man (Guitar)

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#5 in USA & #5 in UK in '68 [Intro] (Humming) F C G [Verse 1]
G                     Bm
Thrown like a star in my vast sleep,

  C               D7
I open my eyes to take a peep,

   G               Bm
to find that I was by the sea

C                 D7
gazing with tran..quility.
[Chorus]
     F                   C
Twas then when the hurdy gurdy man

     G
came singing songs of love.

F                   C
Then when the hurdy gurdy man

     G
came singing songs of love.

F            C
Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy,

G
hurdy gurdy gurdy he sang.

F            C
Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy,

G
hurdy gurdy gurdy he sang.

F            C
Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy,

G
hurdy gurdy gurdy he sang.
[Verse 2]
G            Bm         C             D7
Histories of ages past, unenlightened shadows cast,

G                Bm            C             D7
down through all eternity, the crying of hu..manity.
[Chorus]
    F                   C
Tis then when the hurdy gurdy man

      G
comes singing songs of love.

F                   C
Then when the hurdy gurdy man

      G
comes singing songs of love.

F            C
Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy,

G
hurdy gurdy gurdy he sang.

F            C
Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy,

G
hurdy gurdy gurdy he sang.

F            C
Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy,

G
hurdy gurdy gurdy he sang.
(Instrumental) [Outro]
F            C
Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy,

G
hurdy gurdy gurdy he sang.

F                   C              G
Here comes the roly-poly man, he's singing songs of love.

F          C          G
Roly poly, roly poly, roly poly, he sang.

F            C            G
Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy he sang.

F            C            G
Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy he sang.

F          C          G
Roly poly, roly poly, roly poly he sang.
(fade out) A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.