Epistle To Derroll Chords by Donovan

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_ _ Come all ye starry _ starfish, [Ab] living in the deep [Eb] blue sea,
_ _ _ Crawl to me, I have a [Ab] proposition to [Eb] make thee.
_ _ Would you walk the North Sea floor [Ab] to Belgium from [Eb] England,
_ _ Bring me word of a [Cm] banjo man _ _ _ [Ab] with a tattoo on [Eb] his hand. _
_ _ _ _ The spokesman of the _ starfish _ [Ab] spoke as spokesmen [Eb] should,
_ _ If any met our feet, [Ab] then certainly [Eb] we would.
_ _ Should you cast a looking-glass [Ab] upon the [Eb] scalloped sand,
_ _ You'll have word [C] of this banjo [Cm] man _ _ _ [Ab] with a tattoo on [Eb] his hand.
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O come ye starry _ _ starfish, [Ab] I know your ways are [Eb] caped,
_ _ Maybe it's because you're _ [Ab] _ _ astrologically [Eb] shaped,
_ _ _ Converse with the herring-shows [Ab] as I know you [Eb] can.
_ Bring me word of [Cm] a banjo man _ _ [Gm] with [Ab] a tattoo on his [Eb] hand. _ _ _ _
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_ The eldest of the _ starfish [Ab] spoke after [Eb] a sigh,
_ _ _ Youthful as you are, young man, [Ab] you have a wisdom [Eb] high.
_ _ Surely you must know a looking [Ab]-glass is made [Eb] from sand,
_ These young fish [Cm] are fooling you _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Ab] about your [Eb] banjo man. _ _ _ _
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_ O come then, aged _ _ starfish, [Ab] _ reddle me [Eb] no more,
_ _ For news I am weary _ _ [Ab] and my heart [Eb] is sore.
_ All on the silent sea-shore, [Ab] _ help me if [Eb] you can,
_ _ Tell to [Cm] me if you know [Ab] of my [Eb] banjo man.
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_ Now all through the seven oceans [Ab] I am a star [Eb] most famed,
_ _ Many leggies have I lost, [Ab] many have [Eb] I gained.
_ _ Strange to say, quite recently [Ab] I've been to [Eb] Flemish land,
_ _ And if you [C] are _ courteous [Ab] I'll tell you all [Eb] I can.
_ _ _ _ _ Oh, you have my full attention, _ [Ab] I answered him [Eb] with glee.
_ His brother stars were twinkling in [Ab] the sky above [Eb] the sea.
_ _ There I sat there with rapt [Ab] attention on [Eb] the sand,
_ _ Very anxious [Cm] for to hear _ [Ab] of the banjo [Eb] man. _ _ _ _
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_ _ I have seen this tattooed hand [Ab] through a ship _ [Eb] porthole,
_ _ Steaming on the watery _ [Ab] main through the waves [Eb] so cold.
_ Her tears tinkling _ banjo _ [Ab] and his voice [Eb] so grand.
But you must come [Cm] to Belgium [Ab] to shake the [Eb] tattooed hand. _
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_ _ _ _ Oh, gladly would I come, _ _ [Ab] gladly would [Eb] I go,
_ _ Had I not my work to do [Ab] _ and my fears [Eb] to show.
_ But I rejoice to hear he's well, [Ab] but I must go [Eb] inland.
_ _ Thank you for [C] the words you brought _ [Ab] of my banjo [Eb] man. _ _ _ _ _
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I walked along the evening sand [Ab] as charcoal clouds [Eb] did shift, _
_ _ Revealing the moon shining _ [Ab] on the [Eb] pebble drift. _
_ _ _ Contemplating every other [Ab] word the starfish [Eb] said, _
_ Whistly winds [Cm] they filled my dreams, _ _ _ [Ab] in my [Eb] dreamer bed. _ _ _ _
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