Chords for Gordon Lightfoot The Watchman's Gone
Tempo:
85.85 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
G
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I never quite figured whether this song had [G#] a social commentary to it or [A] not, but you know, it works.
One day we leave all
[E] [G] [D] [A]
[D] [A]
Average of a feather
[A]
Would you have followed the golden [F#m] step?
And it feels so good
[G] [D] Gonna watch [A] this go
[E] Thinking of [D] all the moves, buddy
[A] We're deeply buried in [F#m] the field
[A] Of [E] casserole
[G] Water and old [A] coal
[E] There's a train at [D] the station
[A] And it's rammed together by [F#m] bones of brick
[A] [E] Two inches of
[G] [D] Twenty-one [A]-curve chess block
[E] And you win
[G] [D] Twenty-one [A] curve chess game
[E] The watchman's out
[G] [D] In the fun, [A] it's a bunch
[E] Now, what's [D] the time right now, miss?
[A] You get back out on the board [F#m] and see
[E] You've never before
[G] Had a racket there [A] a bit too sweet
The [E] watchman's out
[G] You never found [A] you so good
[E] The watchman's out
[G] [D] In your [A] dreams, buddy
[E]
[D] [A]
[F#m] [A]
[G] [D] [A]
[E] I said, have you [D] been a sunset?
[A] I got a woman of my [F#m] life to see
[G#] [E] And you're a mermaid
[G] [D] The side of the sea
[A] Am I
[E] And if you found a [D] man in the easy [Bm] sea
[A] Please turn my face up to the [F#m] sky
[C#] [E] And let me be
[G] [D] One of the [F#m] moves, old man
[E] Whatever it was
[G] [D] You know I'm the son
[A] Because [E] I've been all the time
[G] [D] Part of the [A] bullshit
The [E] watchman's out
[G] [D] In your [A] dreams, buddy
It [E] feels so good
[G] Going to watch
[A] The skunk on the [E] sticky surf
[G] Going [D] to watch
The [A] skunk on the
[E] [D]
[A] [F#m]
[A] [E] [G] [D]
[A] [D] [A]
sticky surf
[A]
One day we leave all
[E] [G] [D] [A]
[D] [A]
Average of a feather
[A]
Would you have followed the golden [F#m] step?
And it feels so good
[G] [D] Gonna watch [A] this go
[E] Thinking of [D] all the moves, buddy
[A] We're deeply buried in [F#m] the field
[A] Of [E] casserole
[G] Water and old [A] coal
[E] There's a train at [D] the station
[A] And it's rammed together by [F#m] bones of brick
[A] [E] Two inches of
[G] [D] Twenty-one [A]-curve chess block
[E] And you win
[G] [D] Twenty-one [A] curve chess game
[E] The watchman's out
[G] [D] In the fun, [A] it's a bunch
[E] Now, what's [D] the time right now, miss?
[A] You get back out on the board [F#m] and see
[E] You've never before
[G] Had a racket there [A] a bit too sweet
The [E] watchman's out
[G] You never found [A] you so good
[E] The watchman's out
[G] [D] In your [A] dreams, buddy
[E]
[D] [A]
[F#m] [A]
[G] [D] [A]
[E] I said, have you [D] been a sunset?
[A] I got a woman of my [F#m] life to see
[G#] [E] And you're a mermaid
[G] [D] The side of the sea
[A] Am I
[E] And if you found a [D] man in the easy [Bm] sea
[A] Please turn my face up to the [F#m] sky
[C#] [E] And let me be
[G] [D] One of the [F#m] moves, old man
[E] Whatever it was
[G] [D] You know I'm the son
[A] Because [E] I've been all the time
[G] [D] Part of the [A] bullshit
The [E] watchman's out
[G] [D] In your [A] dreams, buddy
It [E] feels so good
[G] Going to watch
[A] The skunk on the [E] sticky surf
[G] Going [D] to watch
The [A] skunk on the
[E] [D]
[A] [F#m]
[A] [E] [G] [D]
[A] [D] [A]
sticky surf
[A]
Key:
A
E
D
G
F#m
A
E
D
I never quite figured whether this song had [G#] a social commentary to it or [A] not, but you know, it works.
One day we leave all
_ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ Average of a _ feather
[A]
Would you have followed the golden [F#m] step? _ _
And it feels so good
[G] _ [D] Gonna watch [A] this go
_ _ _ _ [E] Thinking of [D] all the moves, buddy
_ [A] We're deeply buried in [F#m] the field
_ _ [A] Of [E] casserole
[G] _ Water and old [A] coal _ _ _
_ [E] There's a train at [D] the _ station
[A] And it's rammed together by [F#m] bones of brick _ _
[A] _ [E] Two inches of
[G] _ [D] Twenty-one [A]-curve chess block
[E] And you win
[G] _ [D] Twenty-one [A] curve chess game
[E] The watchman's out
[G] _ [D] In the fun, [A] it's a bunch
_ _ _ _ [E] Now, what's [D] the time right now, miss?
_ [A] You get back out on the board [F#m] and see
_ _ _ [E] You've never before
[G] _ Had a racket there [A] a bit too sweet
The _ _ [E] watchman's out
[G] You never found [A] you so good
[E] The watchman's out
[G] _ [D] In your [A] dreams, buddy
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] I said, have you [D] been a sunset?
[A] I got a woman of my [F#m] life to see
_ [G#] _ _ [E] And you're a mermaid
[G] _ [D] The side of the sea
[A] Am I _ _
_ [E] And if you found a [D] man in the easy [Bm] sea
[A] Please turn my face up to the [F#m] sky _
[C#] _ [E] And let me be
[G] _ [D] One of the [F#m] moves, old man
[E] Whatever it was
[G] _ [D] You know I'm the son
[A] Because [E] I've been all the time
[G] _ [D] Part of the [A] bullshit
_ _ _ The [E] watchman's out
[G] _ [D] In your [A] dreams, buddy
It [E] feels so good
[G] Going to watch
[A] The skunk on the [E] sticky surf _
[G] Going [D] to watch
The [A] skunk on the _
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
sticky surf
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
One day we leave all
_ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ Average of a _ feather
[A]
Would you have followed the golden [F#m] step? _ _
And it feels so good
[G] _ [D] Gonna watch [A] this go
_ _ _ _ [E] Thinking of [D] all the moves, buddy
_ [A] We're deeply buried in [F#m] the field
_ _ [A] Of [E] casserole
[G] _ Water and old [A] coal _ _ _
_ [E] There's a train at [D] the _ station
[A] And it's rammed together by [F#m] bones of brick _ _
[A] _ [E] Two inches of
[G] _ [D] Twenty-one [A]-curve chess block
[E] And you win
[G] _ [D] Twenty-one [A] curve chess game
[E] The watchman's out
[G] _ [D] In the fun, [A] it's a bunch
_ _ _ _ [E] Now, what's [D] the time right now, miss?
_ [A] You get back out on the board [F#m] and see
_ _ _ [E] You've never before
[G] _ Had a racket there [A] a bit too sweet
The _ _ [E] watchman's out
[G] You never found [A] you so good
[E] The watchman's out
[G] _ [D] In your [A] dreams, buddy
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] I said, have you [D] been a sunset?
[A] I got a woman of my [F#m] life to see
_ [G#] _ _ [E] And you're a mermaid
[G] _ [D] The side of the sea
[A] Am I _ _
_ [E] And if you found a [D] man in the easy [Bm] sea
[A] Please turn my face up to the [F#m] sky _
[C#] _ [E] And let me be
[G] _ [D] One of the [F#m] moves, old man
[E] Whatever it was
[G] _ [D] You know I'm the son
[A] Because [E] I've been all the time
[G] _ [D] Part of the [A] bullshit
_ _ _ The [E] watchman's out
[G] _ [D] In your [A] dreams, buddy
It [E] feels so good
[G] Going to watch
[A] The skunk on the [E] sticky surf _
[G] Going [D] to watch
The [A] skunk on the _
_ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _
sticky surf
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _