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The Falcon tab by Mimi And Richard Farina

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Difficulty: Novice

"The Falcon"
 - Mimi And Richard Farina

(Capo 4th Fret)

Intro:

|--------------------------|--0--0--0-----------------|
|--1---1-------------------|--1--1--1-----------------|
|----2-------2-----2----2--|------------2-----2----2--|
|--2---2-------------------|--------------------------|
|------------0-----0h3--0--|------------0-----0h3--0--|
|--------------h3----------|--------------h3----------|

|--0----------------3------|-------------0------------|
|--1-----1-------3------3--|--1-----------3-----------|
|-----------2/4-----4------|----0-----------1---0-----|
|--------3-------5----5----|------------------2-------|
|--------------------------|--3---5/7-----------------|
|----0-1-------------------|----------0---------------|

|------------3------0------|--0-----0----0--0---------|
|----1----------3---1------|--1-----1----1--1--3~--0--|
|------------4---------0---|-------2-2----------------|
|----3----------5-----2----|------2-----2--2---2---2--|
|-------------------3------|--2--0--------------------|
|--1---1/3-3---------------|-----------0--------------|

|----3-0-------------------|--3-0---------0~----------|
|--------3-0---------------|------3-0-----1~----------|
|------------2-------------|--2-------2---2~----------|
|--------------------------|------2-------------------|
|--0---------0-----0h3-0---|----------0---------------|
|---------------h3---------|--------------------------|
                                            Oh, the...

Verse:

    Chord diagramA minorAm
...falcon was a pretty bird
Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramE MajorE
wandered as she flew
    Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramC/BC/B Chord diagramA minorAm
She danced around and pranced around
    Chord diagramE MajorE        Chord diagramE7E7         Chord diagramA minorAm
wherever the warm winds blew

        Chord diagramA minorAm
And the falcon was a pretty bird
    Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramE MajorE
Her voice was always still,
    Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramC/BC/B  Chord diagramA minorAm
But men with drums and men with guns
     Chord diagramE MajorE          Chord diagramE7E7     Chord diagramA minorAm
they taught her how to kill

    Chord diagramA minorAm
Her eye was on the sparrow
    Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramE MajorE
Her mind was on the dove,
    Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramC/BC/B  Chord diagramA minorAm
But no one cared and no one dared
   Chord diagramE MajorE        Chord diagramE7E7     Chord diagramA minorAm
to speak to her of love

    Chord diagramA minorAm
Her eyes are always hooded
    Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramE MajorE
Her claws are sharp as steel
   Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramC/BC/B  Chord diagramA minorAm
We teach her not to see too much
   Chord diagramE MajorE         Chord diagramE7E7      Chord diagramA minorAm
We teach her not to feel

[Repeat Intro]

   Chord diagramA minorAm
Go build you a log cabin
     Chord diagramFF    Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramE MajorE
on a mountain so high,
    Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramC/BC/B   Chord diagramA minorAm
And hear the feathered war-birds yell
   Chord diagramE MajorE        Chord diagramE7E7        Chord diagramA minorAm
as she goes screaming by

       Chord diagramA minorAm
She'll tease you she'll please you
       Chord diagramFF    Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramE MajorE
She'll satisfy your needs
    Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramC/BC/B Chord diagramA minorAm
But someday she might turn around
    Chord diagramE MajorE        Chord diagramE7E7        Chord diagramA minorAm
and maul the hand that feeds

     Chord diagramA minorAm
Your hours might be numbered
     Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramE MajorE
Your end might come someday
   Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramC/BC/B  Chord diagramA minorAm
Go break her chain and free her brain
    Chord diagramE MajorE        Chord diagramE7E7     Chord diagramA minorAm
and send her on her way

        Chord diagramA minorAm
And the falcon is a pretty bird
Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramE MajorE
Wonders as she flies
    Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramC/BC/B  Chord diagramA minorAm
She asks us easy questions
   Chord diagramE MajorE        Chord diagramE7E7    Chord diagramA minorAm
We tell her easy lies


-----| Notes |------------------------------

 On Mimi and Richard Farina's "Celebration For Chord diagramA augmentedA Grey Day" album the actual
recording is slightly sped up.
 To match the recording use standard tuning but tune it slightly sharp with a capo
on the fourth fret.
 Alternatively, you could tune it slightly flat with a capo on the fifth fret.


-----| Chords |------------------------------

   Chord diagramA minorAm       Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramC/BC/B      Chord diagramE MajorE       Chord diagramE7E7

 EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE

THE END!

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