Marcy Playground – A Cloak Of Elvenkind (Guitar)

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Versions (2)

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Chords

For a single guitar you can keep the following up during the verses. And for the chorus a D DUDU pattern of bass note on the down beat and strums on the other strokes works well.
    G          Em         C          D
e|-------3---------0----------0----------2--------------|
B|-------3---------0----------1----------3--------------|
G|-------0---------0----------0----------2-0------------|
D|-------0---------2----------2------0-0----------------|
A|-------2---------2------3-3---3-----------------------|
E|--3-3----3---0-0---3----------------------------------|
[Intro] (Also plays during the verses and bridge)
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|  x2
D|----------------------------2----------4-5------------|
A|-------2---------2------3-3---3----5-5----------------|
E|--3-3----3---0-0---3----------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
  G                 Em
A cloaking robe of elvenkind

C               D
Hangs in my wardrobe behind

G                     Em
All those things that mother

         C                 D
Said were proper for a boy
[Chorus 1] (time signature is now 6/8)
           G  D  C
And I know I, I, I could not say

G    D    C
Why, Why, Why

               G     Bm      C
On this summer eveni    -    ng

               G     Bm      C
Oh-Oh-Ooh-Oh
[Verse 2] (song goes back in 4/4)
G                Em
Sixteen books on magic spells

C                    D
Stacked below the cloak of elves

    G                Em
And sixteen books on magic spells

  C                D
So elegantly bound
[Chorus 2] (time signature is now 6/8)
           G  D  C
And I know I, I, I could not say

G    D    C
Why, Why, Why

               G     Bm      C
On this summer eveni    -    ng

               G     Bm      C
Oh-Oh-Ooh-Oh

    G      Bm   C   G       G7              C
And I      know something...something about you

               G     Bm      C
Oh-Oh-Ooh-Oh         Oh      Oh

    G      Bm   C   G       G7              C
And I      know something...something about you

               G     Bm      C
Oh-Oh-Ooh-Oh         Oh      Oh
[Bridge] (goes back to 4/4)
G        Em        C         D
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh Oooh
G Em C D G Em C D G Em C D [Final Verse]
  G                 Em
A cloaking robe of elvenkind

C               D
Hangs in my wardrobe behind

G                     Em
All those things that mother

         C                 D
Said were proper for a boy