...THE BALLAD OF A CRYSTAL MAN... by Donovan
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*from 'Fairytale' (1965)*


*CAPO 4th FRET*

(Original Key: B)


Intro:

G  C, G  D (x4)

Verse 1:

G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)Walk along and talk along,
    G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)C, G (320003@1)DAnd (xx0232@1)live your lives quite freely.

    G (320003@1)                CBut (x32010@1)leave our children with their toys,
   G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)C, G (320003@1)DOf (xx0232@1)peppermint and candy.

    G (320003@1)              CFor (x32010@1)seagull, I don't want your wings,
G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)I don't want your freedom, in a lie.

Verse 2:

     G (320003@1)                  CYour (x32010@1)thoughts they are of harlequin,
     G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)C, G (320003@1)DYour (xx0232@1)speeches of quick-silver.

  G (320003@1)             CI (x32010@1)read your faces like a poem,
   G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)C, G (320003@1)DKa-leidoscope (xx0232@1)of hate words.

    G (320003@1)              CFor (x32010@1)seagull, I don't want your wings,
G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)I don't want your freedom, in a lie.

Verse 3:

       G (320003@1)            COn (x32010@1)the quilted battle-fields of soldiers,
G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)C, G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)Dazzling made of toy tin.

    G (320003@1)              CThe (x32010@1)big bomb, like a child's hand,
      G (320003@1)                  D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)C, G (320003@1)DCould (xx0232@1)sweep them dead just so to win.

    G (320003@1)              CFor (x32010@1)seagull, I don't want your wings,
G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)I don't want your freedom, in a lie.

Verse 4:

G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)As you fill your glasses,
         G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)C, G (320003@1)DWith (xx0232@1)the wine of murdered Negroes.

G (320003@1)              C (x32010@1)Thinking not of beauty that,
G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)C, G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)Spreads like morning sun-glow.

G (320003@1)               C (x32010@1)Seagull, I don't want your wings,
G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)I don't want your freedom, in a lie.

Verse 5:

  G (320003@1)                 CI (x32010@1)pray your dreams of vivid screams,
   G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)C, G (320003@1)DOf (xx0232@1)children dying slowly.

    G (320003@1)           CAnd (x32010@1)as you polish up your guns,
     G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)C, G (320003@1)DYour (xx0232@1)real self be re-flecting.

    G (320003@1)              CFor (x32010@1)seagull, I don't want your wings,
G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)I don't want your freedom, in a lie.

Interlude:

G  C, G  D (x4)

Verse 6:

G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)Vietnam; your latest game,
       G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)C, G (320003@1)DYou're (xx0232@1)playing with your blackest Queen.

G (320003@1)                  C (x32010@1)Damn your souls and curse your grins,
  G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)          G (320003@1)C, G (320003@1)DI (xx0232@1)stand here with a fading dream.

    G (320003@1)              CFor (x32010@1)seagull, I don't want your wings,
G (320003@1)                D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)I don't want your freedom, in a lie.

Outro:

G  C, G  D (x8), G


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 320003  x32010  xx0232


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)