Chords with lyrics
"The Porpoise Song"
(Gerry Goffin - Carole King)
Intro:
(organ and strings):
E MajorE E7/D A/C#A/C# G+G
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
A augmentedA F#F# BB BMaj7Bmaj7 [hold 4 bars]
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
(piano; acoustic gtr. enters 2nd bar):
E MajorE
/ / / / / / / /
Verse 1:
E MajorE C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA
My, my the clock in the sky is ....
E MajorE (organ fill: E MajorE A/EA/E E7(no3) A/EA/E)
There's so much ...
E MajorE C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA
A augmentedA face, a voice, an ...
E MajorE
And it cannot ...
A augmentedA /G D/F#D/F# Esus4Esus4
Wanting to be, ....
A augmentedA /G D/F#D/F#
Crying ...
E MajorE E7/D A/C#A/C# D MajorD
But the porpoise is ...
G+G D MajorD [vocals imply Dsus2Dsus2]
Goodbye, ...
Break:
(bass, doubled w/strings)
D MajorD
v v v v
-9-7---4-2-------
-----------4-2-0-
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Verse 2:
Clicks, clacks, riding the backs ....
Coda:
G+G D MajorD
Goodbye, goodbye...
G+G B minorBm [45 ends cold]
Goodbye, goodbye...
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers