Chords for The Ballad of a Crystal Man (Donovan)
Tempo:
107.25 bpm
Chords used:
B
F#
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [F#]
[B]
Walk along and talk along and live your lives quite freely
But leave our children with their toys of [F#] peppermint and [B] candy
Oh seagull, [E] I don't want your [B] wings I don't [F#] want your freedom [B] in a lie
Your thoughts they are of harlequin, your speeches of quicksilver
I read your faces like a poem, kaleidoscope of hate words
Oh seagull, I [E] don't want your [B] wings I don't [F#] want your freedom [B] in a lie
On the quilted battlefield of soldiers dazzling made of toy tin
The big bomb like a child's hand could sweep them dead just so to win
Oh seagull, I [E] don't want your [B] wings I don't [F#] want your freedom [B] in a lie
As you fill your glasses with the wine of murdered negro
Think you're not of beauty that spreads like morning sun glow
Seagull, [E] I don't want your [B] wings I don't [F#] want your freedom [B] in a lie
I pray your dreams are vivid screams of children dying slowly
And as you polish up your guns your real self be reflected
For seagull, I [E] don't want your [B] wings I don't [F#] want your freedom [B] in a lie
Vietnam, your latest game you're playing with your blackest queen
Damn your souls, I curse your grins I stand here with a fading dream
[F#] [B]
Oh seagull, I [E] don't want your wings [B] I [F#] don't want your [B] freedom in a lie
[B]
Walk along and talk along and live your lives quite freely
But leave our children with their toys of [F#] peppermint and [B] candy
Oh seagull, [E] I don't want your [B] wings I don't [F#] want your freedom [B] in a lie
Your thoughts they are of harlequin, your speeches of quicksilver
I read your faces like a poem, kaleidoscope of hate words
Oh seagull, I [E] don't want your [B] wings I don't [F#] want your freedom [B] in a lie
On the quilted battlefield of soldiers dazzling made of toy tin
The big bomb like a child's hand could sweep them dead just so to win
Oh seagull, I [E] don't want your [B] wings I don't [F#] want your freedom [B] in a lie
As you fill your glasses with the wine of murdered negro
Think you're not of beauty that spreads like morning sun glow
Seagull, [E] I don't want your [B] wings I don't [F#] want your freedom [B] in a lie
I pray your dreams are vivid screams of children dying slowly
And as you polish up your guns your real self be reflected
For seagull, I [E] don't want your [B] wings I don't [F#] want your freedom [B] in a lie
Vietnam, your latest game you're playing with your blackest queen
Damn your souls, I curse your grins I stand here with a fading dream
[F#] [B]
Oh seagull, I [E] don't want your wings [B] I [F#] don't want your [B] freedom in a lie
Key:
B
F#
E
B
F#
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_ _ Walk along and talk along and live your lives quite freely _ _ _ _ _
But leave our children with their toys of [F#] peppermint and [B] candy _ _ _ _
Oh _ seagull, [E] I don't want your [B] wings I don't [F#] want your freedom [B] in a lie _ _ _ _
_ Your thoughts they are of harlequin, your speeches of quicksilver
I _ _ _ _ _ read your faces like a poem, kaleidoscope of hate words _ _ _ _
_ Oh seagull, I [E] don't want your [B] wings I don't [F#] want your freedom [B] in a lie
_ On _ _ the quilted battlefield of soldiers dazzling made of toy tin _ _ _ _ _
_ The big bomb like a child's hand could sweep them dead just so to win _ _ _ _ _
_ Oh seagull, I [E] don't want your [B] wings I don't [F#] want your freedom [B] in a lie
_ _ As _ _ you fill your glasses with the wine of murdered negro
_ _ Think _ _ _ _ you're not of beauty that spreads like morning sun glow _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Seagull, [E] I don't want your [B] wings I don't [F#] want your freedom [B] in a lie
_ _ I _ _ pray your dreams are vivid screams of children dying slowly _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And as you polish up your guns your real self be reflected
_ For _ _ _ _ _ seagull, I [E] don't want your [B] wings I don't [F#] want your freedom [B] in a lie _ _ _ _
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_ _ Vietnam, your latest game you're playing with your blackest queen
_ Damn _ _ _ your souls, I curse your grins I stand here with a fading dream
_ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _
Oh seagull, I [E] don't want your wings [B] I [F#] don't want your [B] freedom in a lie _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Walk along and talk along and live your lives quite freely _ _ _ _ _
But leave our children with their toys of [F#] peppermint and [B] candy _ _ _ _
Oh _ seagull, [E] I don't want your [B] wings I don't [F#] want your freedom [B] in a lie _ _ _ _
_ Your thoughts they are of harlequin, your speeches of quicksilver
I _ _ _ _ _ read your faces like a poem, kaleidoscope of hate words _ _ _ _
_ Oh seagull, I [E] don't want your [B] wings I don't [F#] want your freedom [B] in a lie
_ On _ _ the quilted battlefield of soldiers dazzling made of toy tin _ _ _ _ _
_ The big bomb like a child's hand could sweep them dead just so to win _ _ _ _ _
_ Oh seagull, I [E] don't want your [B] wings I don't [F#] want your freedom [B] in a lie
_ _ As _ _ you fill your glasses with the wine of murdered negro
_ _ Think _ _ _ _ you're not of beauty that spreads like morning sun glow _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Seagull, [E] I don't want your [B] wings I don't [F#] want your freedom [B] in a lie
_ _ I _ _ pray your dreams are vivid screams of children dying slowly _ _ _ _ _ _
_ And as you polish up your guns your real self be reflected
_ For _ _ _ _ _ seagull, I [E] don't want your [B] wings I don't [F#] want your freedom [B] in a lie _ _ _ _
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_ _ Vietnam, your latest game you're playing with your blackest queen
_ Damn _ _ _ your souls, I curse your grins I stand here with a fading dream
_ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _
Oh seagull, I [E] don't want your wings [B] I [F#] don't want your [B] freedom in a lie _ _ _ _ _
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