...THE MAGPIE... by Donovan
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*from 'A Gift from a Flower to a Garden' (1968)*


*CAPO 6th FRET*

(Original Key: Abm)


Verse 1:

    Bb (x1333x@1)        C (x32010@1)              DmThe (xx0231@1)Magpie is a most illustrious bird.
C (x32010@1)          C/B (x2555x@1)   Am (x02210@1)Dwells in a diamond tree.

Dm (xx0231@1)        Bb (x1333x@1)       C (x32010@1)        Dm (xx0231@1)One brings sorrow and one brings joy,
C (x32010@1)         C/B (x2555x@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)Sorrow and joy for me.

Verse 2:

    Bb (x1333x@1)        C (x32010@1)        DmThe (xx0231@1)Magpie is a most royal bird.
C (x32010@1)        C/B (x2555x@1)   Am (x02210@1)Black and blue as night.

  Dm (xx0231@1)       Bb (x1333x@1)  C (x32010@1)      DmI (xx0231@1)would that I had feathers three,
C (x32010@1)        C/B (x2555x@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)Black and blue and white.

Verse 3:

Bb (x1333x@1)       C (x32010@1)           Dm (xx0231@1)I saw the gentle Magpie bird,
       C (x32010@1)   C/B (x2555x@1)  AmIn (x02210@1)the dusky yester-eve.

Dm (xx0231@1)        Bb (x1333x@1)       C (x32010@1)        Dm (xx0231@1)One brings sorrow and one brings joy,
C (x32010@1)         C/B (x2555x@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)Sorrow and joy for me,
C (x32010@1)         C/B (x2555x@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)Sorrow and joy for me.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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   Bb (x1333x@1)    C (x32010@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)    C/B (x2555x@1)   Am (x02210@1) EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE
 x13331  x32010  xx0231  x20010  x02210


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2006
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)