Artist: Katzenjammer
Song: Play my darling play
Album: Le Pop (2009)

Tabbed by: Gran Gizmo
Email: gran.gizmo@gmail.com

Tuning: Standard


[Harmonica Intro:]

e|-------------------------------9------------------------|
B|--------------------------10-----9---12-10--------------|
G|--------------9-----------------------------9--11-------|
D|-------9--11-------12-11--------------------------------|
A|---12---------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------------------------|
B|---10-9-----------------------------10------------------|
G|--------9-11-9-------------------9----------------------|
D|---------------11-----9---------------------------------|
A|------------------12-----12-----------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|


[Theme:]
e|-----------12--14---12----------------------------------------|
B|----14-15---------------15-14-15-14-12----12-14-15-14-12------|
G|-14------------------------------------14---------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--17-16-17---12--14-----12------------------------------------|
B|--------------------(13)----15-14-----------------------------|
G|----------------------------------14--16--13-14-14------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Chords:
        A  A(C#)  A(D)  A(E)  D    B    E
e|------0----0-----0----0-----2----2----0--------------|
B|------2----2-----2----2-----3----4----0--------------|
G|------2----2-----2----2-----2----4----1--------------|
D|------2----2-----2----2-----0----4----2--------------|
A|------0----4-----5---------------2----2--------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

Baseline throughout the verse:
(you can also play the A chord during the whole verse for simplicity)

     A  A(C#) A(D)   A(E)    A  A(C#)  A(D)  A(E)
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---0----4----5----5-7------0--0-4---4-5---5-7------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|


[Harmonica intro]
[Theme]

    A         A(C#)            A(D)    A(E)  A   A(C#) A(D) A(E)
A messenger arrived through a sunlit' open door
            A             A(C#)          A(D)    A(E)      A   A(C#) A(D) A(E)
Passed the dangers of the world to his troubled queen so bored
         A            A(C#)        A(D)      A(E)      A   A(C#) A(D) A(E)
With a voice full of worry and a frightened fighter's face
   A           A(C#)      A(D)  A(E)  A   A(C#) A(D) A(E)
Another day's morning in life's busy race
    D                              B
He looked into her eyes before he spoke  (he said)


  E                D
Play my darling, play
           A
Don't you put yourself on the throne no more
  E                D
Play my darling, play
           A
There's a world outside your broken borders
  E                D
Play my darling, play
           A
Don't you put your key in another door
  E                D
Play my darling, play
        E                         
With a world outside your broken borders

[Theme]

         A           A(C#)           A(D)  A(E)    A   A(C#) A(D) A(E)
She's a lonely young girl she's the sister of the moon
     A              A(C#)              A(D)    A(E)   A   A(C#) A(D) A(E)
Her heart is like November though she wants it to be June
 A          A(C#)         A(D)   A(E)    A    A(C#) A(D) A(E)
Larger than life she's standing there so tall
           A             A(C#)         A(D)   A(E)    A    A(C#) A(D) A(E)
There's a note with her name and it's hanging on the wall
     D                              B
Her eyes they opened wide when she read  (and he said)

  E                D
Play my darling, play
           A
Don't you put yourself on the throne no more
  E                D
Play my darling, play
           A
There's a world outside your broken borders
  E                D
Play my darling, play
           A
Don't you put your key in another door
  E                D
Play my darling, play
        E                         
With a world outside your broken borders

[Theme + Solo]

        D
She's stuck there on her
             B
island so marooned
     D
The limelights got
                    B
her blinded and harpooned 

  E                D
Play my darling, play
           A
Don't you put yourself on the throne no more
  E                D
Play my darling, play
           A
There's a world outside your broken borders
  E                D
Play my darling, play
           A
Don't you put your key in another door
  E                D
Play my darling, play
        E                         
With a world outside your broken borders

[Theme]