Donovan – The Ballad Of Geraldine (Guitar Tab)
Capo 4
Versions
(2)
Guitar Tab
Guitar
Auto-scroll
Speed:
1.0x
[Intro]
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|----0-----------|----0---------0-|----0-----------|0-----0-------0-| G|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|--0-------0-----| D|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------0---| A|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------| E|3-------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------| e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|----0-----------|----0---------0-|----0-----------|0-------------0-| G|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|--0-------0-----| D|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------0---| A|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------| E|3-------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|
[Verse]
Repeat this cycle for each verse:
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----0-----------|----0---------0-|----0-----------|
G|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------2---0-|
D|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|----0-------0---|
A|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|
E|3-------3-------|----------------|2-------2-------|
Oh, born with name Geraldine
I was the
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----0-----------|----0---------0-|----0-----------|0-----0-------0-|
G|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|--0-------0-----|
D|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|
A|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
E|3-------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|
with
e|----------------|----------------|
B|----0-----------|----0---------0-|
G|----------0-----|----------0-----|
D|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|
A|----------------|3-------3-------|
E|3-------3-------|----------------|
hair cole black as a
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----0-----------|----0---------0-|----0-----------|0-----0-------0-|
G|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|--0-------0-----|
D|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|
A|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
E|3-------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|
Ra- ven I
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----0-----------|----0---------0-|----0-----------|
G|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------2---0-|
D|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|----0-------0---|
A|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|
E|3-------3-------|----------------|2-------2-------|
travelled my life with-out a care
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----0-----------|----0---------0-|----0-----------|0-----0-------0-|
G|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|--0-------0-----|
D|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|
A|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
E|3-------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|
oh, but
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----0-----------|----0-----------|----0-----------|----0---------0-|
G|----------0-----|----------2---0-|----------0-----|----------0-----|
D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|
E|3-------3-------|2-------2-------|3-------3-------|----------------|
all my love I was saving
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----0-----------|----0---------0-|----0-----------|----0---------0-|
G|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|
D|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|
A|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
E|3-------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|[Outro]
From last verse, last line ("oh, but all my love I was saving")
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----0-----------|----0---------0-|----0-----------|0-----0-------0-|
G|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|--0-------0-----|
D|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|
A|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------|
E|3-------3-------|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|
oh, but
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----0-----------|----0-----------|----0h1-------0h|1-----0-------0-|
G|----------0-----|----------0-----|----------0-----|--0-------0-----|
D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----2-------0---|
A|----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|
E|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|----------------|----------------|
all my love I was sa-
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----0-----------|----0---------0-|------0-------0-|------0-------0-|
G|----------0-----|----------0-----|--0-------0-----|--0-------0-----|
D|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
A|----------------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|3-------3-------|
E|3-------3-------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
ving
e|----------------|----------------|--------3-------|
B|----0-----------|----0h1-------0-|----------------|
G|----------0-----|----------0-----|--0-------------|
D|----0-------0---|----2-------0---|----0-----------|
A|----------------|3-------3-------|----------------|
E|3-------3-------|----------------|3---------------|Oh, I was born with the name Geraldine
With hair coal black as a raven.
I travelled my life without a care,
Ah, but all my love I was savin'.
Oh, the winds blew high and the trees did sway,
Not much from life was I askin'.
Till I met someone to give all my love,
All my love, so long an' lasting.
Oh, good were the parts we played in our game
And a long ways off was tomorrow.
But my love was a rambler and restless as the sea,
And in the tide came sorrow.
Oh, a child of the night is goin' to be born,
I can't explain my confusion.
Is my love thinkin' to marry me at all
Or of the freedom he thinks he'll be losin'?
I sit with my friends in the gay crowded room,
My friends they're smokin' and a-talkin'.
But it all seems so empty, my love is not there,
So I'll go into the streets a-walkin'.
My baby is a-growin' as a-growin' it must,
If I were to lose it, it would grieve me.
My love is so helpless and I'm wonderin' what to do.
Oh, how I yearn to help him.
Oh, we could go to the land of your choice
Where the false shame won't come knockin' at our door.
I've a feeling in my heart and it's crushing all my hopes,
I think I'm gonna be hurt some more,
Oh, I was born with the name Geraldine,
With hair coal black as a raven.
I travelled my life without a care,
Ah, but all my love I was savin'.
************************************
| h Hammer-on
************************************