There is an arpeggio that is used in this song which I think is similar to
the following...
E5 B5 A5
B --------0----------3-------2--------------------------------- |
G ------1---1------4---4---2---2------------------------------- |
D ----2-------2--4-------2-------0----------------------------- |
A --2---------------------------------------------------------- |
Intro....
E5 B5 A5 (Repeat 4 times)
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E5 B5 A5
There once was a very old man who had enormous wings
E5 B5 A5
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E5 B5 A5
There once was a very old man who had enormous wings
E5 B5 A5
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E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 A5
They say he saw the world through the eyes of a blue dog
E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 A5
There once was a man who had enormous wings
Chorus:
C#5 B5 A5
It was sad, the rain had knocked him down
C#5 B5 A5
People came to see from all around
E5 B5 A5
He was lying there
E5 B5 A5
He was lying there
E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 A5
His dreams are forever entangled in the mud
E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 A5
He's an angel tangled in the mud
E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 A5
Every soul you meet may be a stranger
E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 A5
He's an angel, he must be coming for the children
Chorus:
C#5 B5 A5
It was sad, the rain had knocked him down
C#5 B5 A5
People came to see from all around
E5 B5 A5
He was lying there
E5 C5 A5 E5
And though he'd like to sleep, the stars fall to the earth in heaps
C5 A5
And he's got tears in his eyes cause the town is filled
E5
with so many spies
C#5
They all avert their eyes
B5 A5
The rain had knocked him down
C#5 B5 A5
People came to see from all around
He was lying there
C#5 B5 A5
It was sad, the rain had knocked him down
E5
He was lying there
E5 B5 A5 (Repeat twice)
.......................
E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 A5
They say he saw the world through the eyes of a blue dog
E5 B5 A5 E5
He's an angel who had enormous wings
There once was a very old man who had enormous wings
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Chords:
E - 022100 Bm - 224432 A - x02220- |
C - x32010 C#m - 446654 B - 224442- |
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