The Monkees – Porpoise Song (Ukulele)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# "The Porpoise Song" (Gerry Goffin - Carole King) Intro: (organ and strings):

	E       E7/D       A/C#       G
	/ / / /   / / / /   / / / /   / / / /

	A        F#         B       Bmaj7 [hold 4 bars]
	/ / / /   / / / /   / / / /   /

(piano; acoustic gtr. enters 2nd bar):

	E
	/ / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:

	E   C        D                   A
	My, my the clock in the sky is pounding away

	        E               (organ fill: E A/E E7(no3) A/E)
	There's so much to say

	   E        C        D               A
	A face, a voice, an overdub has no choice

	        E
	And it cannot rejoice

	 A         /G     D/F#       Esus4
	Wanting to be, to hear and to see

	 A     /G        D/F#
	Crying    to the sky

	         E          E7/D        A/C#       D
	But the porpoise is laughing goodbye, goodbye

	 G                     D [vocals imply Dsus2]
	Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

Break: (bass, doubled w/strings)

	 D
	 v   v   v   v

	-9-7---4-2-------|
	-----------4-2-0-|
	-----------------|
	-----------------|

Verse 2: Clicks, clacks, riding the backs of giraffes for laughs Is all right for a while The ego sings of castles and kings and things That go with a life of style Wanting to feel, to know what is real Living is a lie The porpoise is waiting, goodbye, goodbye Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye Coda:

	 G                     D
	Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

G Bm [45 ends cold] Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers