• Song:

    Mellow Yellow

  • Artist:

    Donovan

  • Album:

    TROUBADOUR: THE DEFINIT...

...MELLOW YELLOW... by Donovan
-------------------...........

*from 'Mellow Yellow' (1967)*


Intro:

(Drums)

(n.C)

Verse 1:

D                   G        D                   A  Ab
 I'm just mad about Saffron, Saffron's mad about me.
G                   G7       A                    A7
 I'm just mad about Saffron, she's just mad about me.

Chorus 1:

                    D                    G
They call me Mellow Yellow, (quite right-ly),
     A              D                    G
They call me Mellow Yellow, (quite right-ly).
     A              D      G, A  A7
They call me Mellow Yellow.

Verse 2:

D                   G         D                    A  Ab
 I'm just mad about Fourteen, Fourteen's mad about me.
G                   G7        A                    A7
 I'm just mad about Fourteen, she's just mad about me.

Chorus 2:

                    D      G
They call me Mellow Yellow,
     A              D                    G
They call me Mellow Yellow, (quite right-ly).
     A              D      G, A  A7
They call me Mellow Yellow.

Verse 3:

D                  G       D             A   Ab
 Born high forever to fly, wind velocity nil.
G                  G7             A                     A7
 Born high forever to fly, if you want, your cup I will fill.

Chorus 3:

                    D                    G
They call me Mellow Yellow, (quite right-ly),
     A              D                    G
They call me Mellow Yellow, (quite right-ly).
     A              D      G, A
They call me Mellow Yellow.
A7
 So mellow, he's so mellow...

Instrumental:

D  G, D  A, Ab, G  G7, A  A7

D  G  A (x3), A  A7

Verse 5:

D              G        D                    A     Ab
 Electrical ba-nana, is going to be a sudden craze.
G              G7       A                         A7
 Electrical ba-nana, is bound to be the very next phase.

Chorus 4:

                    D                    G
They call me Mellow Yellow, (quite right-ly),
     A              D                    G
They call me Mellow Yellow, (quite right-ly).
     A              D      G, A  A7
They call me Mellow Yellow.

Verse 6:

D          G      D                  A   Ab
 Saffron... yeah, I'm just mad about her.
G                   G7       A                    A7
 I'm just mad about Saffron, she's just mad about me.

Chorus 5:

                    D                    G
They call me Mellow Yellow, (quite right-ly),
     A              D                    G
They call me Mellow Yellow, (quite right-ly).
     A              D      G, A
They call me Mellow Yellow.

(Repeat to Fade)


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   D       G       A       Ab      G7      A7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x57775  355433  577655  466544  353433  575655


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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