Chords for Epistle To Derroll

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_ _ Come all ye starry _ starfish, [Ab] living in the deep [Eb] blue sea,
_ _ Crawl to me, I have a proposition [Ab] _ to make thee.
_ _ Would you walk the North Sea floor to Belgium from England?
[Eb] _ _ _ Bring me word of a [Cm] banjo man _ _ _ [Cm]
with [Ab] a tattoo on his [Eb] hand. _
_ _ _ _ The spokesman of the _ starfish [Ab] spoke as spokesmen [Eb] should.
_ _ If any met our fee, _ then [Ab] _
certainly we [Eb] would.
_ Should you cast a looking-glass [Ab] upon the scalloped [Eb] sand,
_ _ You'll have word of this [C] banjo man _ [Cm] _
_ with a [Ab] tattoo on his [Eb] hand.
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_ Oh come ye starry _ starfish, I [Ab] know your ways are [Eb]
caped.
_ _ Maybe it's because you're _ [Ab] _ astrologically shaped.
_ _ _ Converse with the herring-shoals [Ab] as I know you [Eb] can.
_ _ Bring me word of a [Cm]
banjo man _ _ _ [Gm] with [Ab] a tattoo on his [Eb] hand. _ _ _
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_ _ The eldest of the _ _ starfish 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 from [Eb]
sand.
_ _ These young fish [Cm] are fooling you _ _ _ _ [Ab]
about your banjo [Eb] man. _ _ _
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_ _ Oh 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 me [Cm]
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 I've [Ab] 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 the [Ab] sky above [Eb] the sea. _ _
There I sat, there with [Ab] rapt attention on [Eb] the sand. _ _
Very _ [Cm] anxious 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 main [Ab] through the waves [Eb] so cold.
_ _ Heard his tinkling banjo _ _ [Ab] and his voice so grand.
_ But you must come to [Cm]
Belgium _ [Ab] to shake the tattooed [Eb]
hand. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Oh gladly would I come, _ _ [Ab]
gladly would I [Eb] go. _ _
Had I not my work to do [Ab]
and my face to [Eb] show.
_ But I rejoice to hear he's well, [Ab] but I must go inland.
_ _ Thank you for the [C] words you brought [Ab] of my banjo [Eb] man. _ _ _ _
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_ I walked along the evening sand as charcoal clouds did shift.
_ _ _ Revealing the moon shining _ _ [Ab] on the pebble [Eb]
drift.
_ _ _ _ Contemplating every other word the starfish said.
_ _ Whistly winds [Cm] they filled my dreams, _ _ _ [Ab]
in my dream [Eb] and bed. _ _
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