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Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 00:10:52 +0200 (CEST)
From: Peter Eybert 
Subject: CRD: Nantucket Sleighride by Mountain

Nantucket sleighride

written by Felix Pappalardi / Gail Collins
performed by Mountain
from "Nantucket Sleighride", 1970
transcribed by Peter Eybert 


(slow)
Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1)DEm                 DGoodbye, (xx0232@1)little Robin-Marie
Em (022000@1)                DDon't (xx0232@1)try following me
Em (022000@1)                 DDon't (xx0232@1)cry, little Robin-Marie
           C (x32010@1)      C/BAm Em'cause (022000@1)you know I'm coming home soon.

Em (022000@1)                   DMy (xx0232@1)ship's leaving on a three-year tour
Em (022000@1)                            DThe (xx0232@1)next tide will take us from shore
Em (022000@1)                 DWindlaced, (xx0232@1)gather in sail and spray
     C (x32010@1)            C/BAm EmOn (022000@1)a search for the mighty sperm whale

A (x02220@1)             EFly (022100@1)your willow branches
          F#m (244222@1)         C#Wrap (x43121@1)your body round my soul
D (xx0232@1)                     A (x02220@1)              GLay (320003@1)down your reeds and drums on my soft sheets
          A (x02220@1)             EThere (022100@1)are years behind us reaching
       F#m (244222@1)                  Dto (xx0232@1)the place where hearts are beating
      A (x02220@1)                       D (xx0232@1)            F#mand (244222@1)I know you're the last true love I'll ever meet,
      A (x02220@1)                       D (xx0232@1)            F#mand (244222@1)I know you're the last true love I'll ever meet.

(faster, lower case letters are bass notes)
|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|
  E (022100@1)            G (320003@1)f#E   D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)f#E

|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|
  D (xx0232@1)C#A                  G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|
  Em (022000@1)           G (320003@1)f#E   D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)f#E

|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|
  D (xx0232@1)C#A                  G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|
  Em (022000@1)           G (320003@1)f#E   D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)f#E

|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|
  C (x32010@1)         Cmaj7 (x32000@1)      Cm7
                                        (slow)
|-/----------------------|-/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/-|
  C (x32010@1)                            D (xx0232@1)    Em (022000@1)
Em (022000@1)                  DStarbuck's (xx0232@1)sharpening his harpoon
    Em (022000@1)                    DThe (xx0232@1)black man's playing his tune
   Em (022000@1)                    DAn (xx0232@1)old salt's sleeping his watch away
         C (x32010@1)    C/B (x2555x@1)AmEm
He'll be drunk again before noon.

(faster)
|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|
  Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)   D (xx0232@1)    Am (x02210@1)        D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|
  Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)   D (xx0232@1)    Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)   Am7 (x02010@1)|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|
  C (x32010@1)                      Dm7         Em (022000@1)|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|
  Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)   D (xx0232@1)    Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)   Am7 (x02010@1)(slow)
Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)Em (022000@1)                   DThree (xx0232@1)years sailing on bended knee
Em (022000@1)                       DWe (xx0232@1)found no whales in this sea
Em (022000@1)                 DDon't (xx0232@1)cry, little Robin-Marie
             C (x32010@1)   C/B (x2555x@1) AmEm
'cause we'll be in sight of land soon.


A (x02220@1)             EFly (022100@1)your willow branches
          F#m (244222@1)         C#Wrap (x43121@1)your body round my soul
D (xx0232@1)                     A (x02220@1)              GLay (320003@1)down your reeds and drums on my soft sheets
          A (x02220@1)             EThere (022100@1)are years behind us reaching
       F#m (244222@1)                  Dto (xx0232@1)the place where hearts are beating
      A (x02220@1)                       D (xx0232@1)            F#mand (244222@1)I know you're the last true love I'll ever meet,
      A (x02220@1)                       D (xx0232@1)            F#mand (244222@1)I know you're the last true love I'll ever meet.

(faster)
|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|
  E (022100@1)            G (320003@1)f#E   D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)f#E

|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|
  D (xx0232@1)C#A                  G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|
  Em (022000@1)           G (320003@1)f#E   D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)f#E

|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|
  D (xx0232@1)C#A                  G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|
  Em (022000@1)           G (320003@1)f#E   D (xx0232@1)            G (320003@1)f#E

|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/--/--/--/--/-|
  C (x32010@1)         Cmaj7 (x32000@1)      Cm7

|-/----------------------|-/--/--/--/-|-/--/--/--/-|
  C (x32010@1)                            D (xx0232@1)    Em (022000@1)  Em.

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