Tabs with lyrics
"Lullaby of spring", by Donovan ------------------- [GuitarEb MajorEb] The guitar is tuned in "Eb", that is to say you have to tune each string half a step down. This isn't compulsory, but that is the right sound (well on my record at last). As usual with Donovan you'll have to listen carefully to the record to pick up the arpegios he is using. Play softly during the verses and a bit stronger in the chorus. During the chorus, you'll have to change your root note each beat : I only wrote the chords when you have to move one finger of your left hand (for example the well-known
C majorC -
C/GC/G). For instance, when it's written Em, play Em/B - Em/E. The chords are quite simple :
E minorEm : 022000
G+G : 320003
D/F#D/F# : 20023x c : x32010
C/GC/G : 3x2010
B7B7 : x21202 (or x2120x) B7/F# : 3x1202 (or 3x120x)
B minorBm : x24432 (barre II)
A minorAm : 002210 Intro and stanza :
E minorEm
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minorEm | | | | | | | |
D#D#||-----------------------|-----------------------|
A#A#||-------0---------------|-------3---------------|
F#F#||-------0-------0-------|-------2-------0-------|
C#C#||-------2----------0----|------------------2----|
G#G#||-----------------------|-----------------------|
D#D#||--0---------3----------|--2---------0----------|
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minorEm (play an harmonic and let it ring) | | | | | | | | -----------------------|------------12~~~~~~~~~~| -------0-------3-------|-------0----0-----------| -------0----------2----|-------0----0-----------| -----------------------|-------2----------------| -----------------------|------------------------| --3---------2----------|--0---------------------| | | |------------------------| for the stanza |-------0-------------0--| repeat this twice |-------0-------0--------| instead : |-------2----------2-----| |------------------------| |--0---------0-----------|
E minorEm
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minorEm Rain has showered far her drip
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minorEm Splash and trickle running,
E minorEm
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minorEm Plant has flowered in the sand
G+G
D/F#D/F#
E minorEm Shell and pebble sunning. Chorus :
C majorC
C/GC/G
B7B7 B7/F# So begins another spring,
E minorEm
B minorBm Green leaves and of berries,
A minorAm
E minorEm Chiff-chaff eggs are painted by
B7B7 B7/F#
E minorEm (repeat it several times) Mother bird eating cherries. In the misty tangled sky Fast a wind is blowing, In the new-born rabbit's heart River life is flowing. Chorus >From the dark and wetted soil, Petals are unfolding. >From the stony village kirk, Easter bells of old ring. Chorus + play the stanza pattern once Rain has showered far her drip Splash and trickle running, Plant has flowered in the sand Shell and pebble sunning. Chorus + play the beginning of the stanza pattern and add a little conclusion that ends with an
E MajorE ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Transcribed by Pierre Quillery 09/08/2005 Comments, corrections : harrold.the.barrel[at]gmail.com
ⓘ Guitar tab for 'Lullaby Of Spring' by Donovan, a male folk artist from Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Donovan was born in 1946. Donovan is known for his good natured folk music.