Chord/Tab song: The Ballad of a Crystal Man

...THE BALLAD OF A CRYSTAL MAN... by Donovan


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from 'Fairytale' (1965)

CAPO 4th FRET

(Original Key: B)

Intro:

G C, G D (x4)

Verse 1:

[G] Walk along and [C]talk along,
G D G C, G D
And live your lives quite freely.

But [G]leave our children [C]with their toys,
G D G C, G D
Of peppermint and candy.

For [G]seagull, I don't [C]want your wings,
[G] I don't want your [D]freedom, in a [G]lie.

Verse 2:

Your [G]thoughts they are of [C]harlequin,
G D G C, G D
Your speeches of quick-silver.

I [G]read your faces [C]like a poem,
G D G C, G D
Ka-leidoscope of hate words.

For [G]seagull, I don't [C]want your wings,
[G] I don't want your [D]freedom, in a [G]lie.

Verse 3:

On the [G]quilted battle-[C]fields of soldiers,
G D G C, G D
Dazzling made of toy tin.

The [G]big bomb, like a [C]child's hand,
G D G C, G D
Could sweep them dead just so to win.

For [G]seagull, I don't [C]want your wings,
[G] I don't want your [D]freedom, in a [G]lie.

Verse 4:

[G] As you fill your [C]glasses,
G D G C, G D
With the wine of murdered Negroes.

[G] Thinking not of [C]beauty that,
G D G C, G D
Spreads like morning sun-glow.

[G] Seagull, I don't [C]want your wings,
[G] I don't want your [D]freedom, in a [G]lie.

Verse 5:

I [G]pray your dreams of [C]vivid screams,
G D G C, G D
Of children dying slowly.

And [G]as you polish [C]up your guns,
G D G C, G D
Your real self be re-flecting.

For [G]seagull, I don't [C]want your wings,
[G] I don't want your [D]freedom, in a [G]lie.

Interlude:

G C, G D (x4)

Verse 6:

[G] Vietnam; your [C]latest game,
G D G C, G D
You're playing with your blackest Queen.

[G] Damn your souls and [C]curse your grins,
G D G C, G D
I stand here with a fading dream.

For [G]seagull, I don't [C]want your wings,
[G] I don't want your [D]freedom, in a [G]lie.

Outro:

G C, G D (x8), G

CHORD DIAGRAMS:


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[G] [C] [D]
[EADGBE]320003 [EADGBE]x32010 [EADGBE]xx0232

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
([email protected])