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Forever by Roy Harper

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[Transcription by Gordon Walker <[email protected]>]

This is something I haven't posted before I think - especially for you
finger-picking tab readers. I've never seen Roy play this, and wonder
exactly what he does becuase the way I do this, the harmonics at the end
don't work out (so I've left them out of this!).
I did have a version which was almost impossible to play in Chord diagramG+G (and you
needed very long fingers for!) for which the harmonics did work bt never
found a compromise. Roy well have played this on open tuning but that
makes it (a) incredibly boring to play and (b) the harmonics still don;t
work!

Gordon
                               --

Forever
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Chord diagramE MajorE|------------0---|2-----2---0-----|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramBB|--0---3---------|----------------|3-------3-0-----|----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|2---------------|----------------|----------------|2---------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-----------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0---4-2-|
 We're spin -ning leaves  in the  ...
   just
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramBB|----0-3---0-2---|3---------------|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|
Chord diagramG+G|--2-------------|----------------|--2^0-----2^0---|--2^0-----2^0---|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
 girl                              passing    an et-...
                                        through         hori zon

Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramBB|----0-3---0-2---|3---------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--2-------------|----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
 time

Chord diagramE MajorE|----------0-----|2-----------2---|3-----------2---|0---------------|
Chord diagramBB|--0---3---------|----------------|----------------|------------3---|
Chord diagramG+G|2---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
 But   we  sit    here        I'd  ....
   as

Chord diagramE MajorE|0^2---0---------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramBB|----------3-----|0-----3---0-----|--3-------------|----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|----------------|----------------|2---------------|----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-----------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0---4-2-|
 all   got  will   be   ....
  we've

Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramBB|----0-3---0-2---|3---------------|0-----0---------|0-3-------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--2-------------|----------------|--2^0-----2^0---|----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
                                   don't ....?
                                       you  we're

Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramBB|----0-3---0-2---|3---------------|0-----0---------|0-3-------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--2-------------|----------------|--2^0-----2^0---|----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
                                   don't think  ....
                                       you  we're
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramBB|----0-3---0-2---|3---------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--2-------------|----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|

coda

Chord diagramE MajorE|5---------5-----|4---------4-----|3---------3-----|2---------3-----|
Chord diagramBB|--6-------------|--5-------------|--4-------------|--3-------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------5---------|------4---------|------3---------|------2---------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
  (F/D)            (E/D)            (Chord diagramEb/DEb/D)           Chord diagramD MajorD

Chord diagramE MajorE|5---------5-----|4---------4-----|3---------3-----|2---------3-----|
Chord diagramBB|--6-------------|--5-------------|--4-------------|--3-------------|
Chord diagramG+G|------5---------|------4---------|------3---------|------2---------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|

(play each of the next bars twice:)
Chord diagramE MajorE|3---------3-----|2---------2-----|----------------|------2---------|
Chord diagramBB|--4-------------|--3-------------|2-----2---------|--3-----3-----3-|
Chord diagramG+G|------3---------|------2---------|--2-------2-----|2---2-----2-----| D!
Chord diagramD MajorD|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|--------0-------|0-------0-------|
  Don't ever let..   little girl..  ..oh no....

(fit in above "Don't ever let me go little girl.....oh no...." )

last bar may be wrong fingerings - basically this is just Chord diagramD MajorD to finish!

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