• Song:

    Clementine

  • Artist:

    Neil Young

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Intro is F#m with a bit of a hammer on the low A note

#note# in-between sections the song finds it's grove by
reverting to F#m for a couple of bars.
As the song goes on, F#m stays for longer with slidey bits.
These can be slid between E--0--2--5  or B--2-5-7-10
                          A--0--2--5     G--2-4-6-9-

Verse
     A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)In a cavern, in a canyon,
    Bm (x24432@1)         F#m (244222@1)Excavating for a mine
        A (x02220@1)         EDwelt (022100@1)a miner forty niner,
        D (xx0232@1)            F#mAnd (244222@1)his daughter Clementine

A (x02220@1)            ELight (022100@1)she was and like a fairy,
        Bm (x24432@1)              F#mAnd (244222@1)her shoes were number nine,
        A (x02220@1)            EHerring (022100@1)boxes, without topses,
        D (xx0232@1)             F#mSandals (244222@1)were for Clementine.

[Chorus:]
      A (x02220@1)            F#mClementine, (244222@1)Clementine,
      A (x02220@1)                DOh (xx0232@1)my darling, Clementine!

Verse 
          A (x02220@1)              EDrove (022100@1)she ducklings to the water
      Bm (x24432@1)            F#mEv'ry (244222@1)morning just at nine,
        A (x02220@1)                   E (022100@1)Hit her foot there against a splinter,
       D (xx0232@1)            F#m (244222@1)
Fell into the foaming brine.

A (x02220@1)            E (022100@1)
Ruby lips above the water,
        Bm (x24432@1)              F#mBlowing (244222@1)bubbles, soft and fine,
      A (x02220@1)           E (022100@1)
But, alas, I was no swimmer,
     D (xx0232@1)           F#mSo (244222@1)I lost my Clementine.

[Chorus:]
      A (x02220@1)            F#mClementine, (244222@1)Clementine,
      A (x02220@1)                DOh (xx0232@1)my darling, Clementine!

Verse 
         A (x02220@1)     Ethen (022100@1)the miner, 49er
       Bm (x24432@1)            F#msoon (244222@1)began to peak and pine
           A (x02220@1)             E (022100@1) 
thought he aughta join his daughter
         D (xx0232@1)             F#mnow (244222@1)he's left with clementine

A (x02220@1)                   Ein (022100@1)my dreams she still does haunt me
       Bm (x24432@1)               F#mbroken (244222@1)garments soaked in brine
          A (x02220@1)            Ethough (022100@1)in life I used to hug her
   D (xx0232@1)              F#m (244222@1)
in death i draw the line

[Chorus:]
      A (x02220@1)            F#mClementine, (244222@1)Clementine,
      A (x02220@1)                DOh (xx0232@1)my darling, Clementine!

Verse 
      A (x02220@1)               E (022100@1)
How I missed her! How I missed her,
      Bm (x24432@1)            F#m (244222@1)
How I missed my Clementine,
      A (x02220@1)               Eso (022100@1)I kissed her little sister,
         D (xx0232@1)          F#m (244222@1)and I forgot my Clementine.

[Chorus:]
      A (x02220@1)            F#mClementine, (244222@1)Clementine,
      A (x02220@1)                DOh (xx0232@1)my darling, Clementine!
      A (x02220@1)             F#mclementine, (244222@1)clementine
         A (x02220@1)                     Dyou (xx0232@1)are lost and gone, Clementine
             F#mclementine... (244222@1)
[slide around in F#m!]

[Chorus:]
      A (x02220@1)            F#mClementine, (244222@1)Clementine,
      A (x02220@1)                DOh (xx0232@1)my darling, Clementine!
      A (x02220@1)            F#mclementine, (244222@1)clementine
         A (x02220@1)                     Dyou (xx0232@1)are lost and gone, Clementine

F#m (244222@1)             (Just aguide) (x02210@1)E---2/s5--5--5s2--2-2--2/s5-5-5
B---2/s5--5--5s2--2-2--2/s5-5-5----5/s7-7-75--52--2/5-5-5
G-----------------------------------4/s6-6-64--42--2/4-4-4

E---2-2/s5-5-5-52-2-2-2/s52  
B---2-2/s5-5-5-52-2-2-2/s52----5-5/s7-7-7s5/7
G--------------------------------4-4/s6-6-6s4/6
      F#m (244222@1)
Clementiineee  (let it ring out!)
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