Tabs
"Song of wandering Aengus", Donovan
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The music is based on a simple arpeggio which is repeated all
through the song. Obviously, you got to listen to the record
to hear all the variations which I didn't figured out here.
In my opinion, the speed is not important, but you should
make each note ring clearly.
RIFF 1A : [A minorAm] RIFF 1B : [A minorAm]
|------------0-----------0 | |-----------0--------------|
|---------1-----------1----| |--------1-----------------|
|------2-----------2-------| |-----2-----------2-----2--|
|---------2-----------2----| |--------2-----------------|
|---0-----------0----------| |--0-----------------------|
|--------------------------| |--------------0-----3-----|
RIFF 2 : [G+G] RIFF 3 : [Csus2Csus2] - [G+G]
|-----------3-----------3--| |-----------3-----------3--|
|--------3-----------3-----| |--------3-----------3-----|
|-----0-----------0--------| |-----0-----------0--------|
|--------0-----------0-----| |--------------------------|
|--------------------------| |--3-----------2-----------|
|--3-----------3-----------| |--------------------------|
RIFF 4 : [Dm7Dm7] RIFF 5 : [C majorC] - [C/BC/B]
|-----------1-----------1--| |-----------0-----------0--|
|--------1-----------1-----| |--------1-----------1-----|
|-----2-----------2--------| |-----0-----------0--------|
|--0-----------------------| |--------------------------|
|--------------0-----------| |--3-----------2-----------|
|--------------------------| |--------------------------|
RIFF 6 (= RIFF 1A) :
|-----------0-----------0--| This riff's a bit strange,
|--------------------1-----| I wasn't able to write it
|-----------------2--------| better ;) : listen to the
|-(0h-1h-2)----------2-----| record to play it correctly.
|--------------0-----------|
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Introduction : RIFF 1 (2x)
RIFF 1 RIFF 2 (4x)
I went out ... to the hazel wood
RIFF 3 RIFF 4 (4x)
Because a fire was in my head
RIFF 5 RIFF 6 - RIFF 1
And I cut and peeled a hazel wand
RIFF 2 RIFF 1
And hooked a berry ... on a thread
And when white moths were on the wing
And moth-like stars were flickering out
I dropped a berry in a stream
And caught a little silver trout.
When I had laid it on the floor
I went to blow the fire aflame
But something rustled on the floor
And someone called me by my name.
It had become a glimmering girl
With apple blossoms in her hair
Who called me by my name and ran
And faded through the brightening air.
Though I am old with wandering
Through hollow lands and hilly lands
I will find out where she has goner
And kiss her lips and take her hands
And walk among long dappled grass
And pluck till time and times are done
The silver apples of the moon,
The golden apples of the sun
CODA : (2x) (2x)
|-----------0-----------0--|--------3--0--------3--0--|
|-----1--0--------1--0-----|--------------------------|
|*-------------------------|-----2-----------2--------|
|*-------------2-----------|--------------0-----------|
|--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
(2x) (2x)
|--------3--0--------3--0--|--------2--0--------2--0--|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----2-----------2--------|-----2-----------2--------|
|--------------0-----------|--------------0-----------|
|--0-----------------------|--0-----------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
Let ring
|--------1--0--------1--0--|------------------0----||
|--------------------------|--------1--0------1----||
|-----2-----------2-------*|-----2------------2----||
|--------------0----------*|------------------2----||
|--0-----------------------|--0---------------0----||
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