Don Quixote Gordon Lightfoot
DON QUIXOTE - Gordon Lightfoot From the album Don Quixote, on
Warner/Reprise record and CD(!)
(c) 1972,Moose Music, LTD Mistakes (c), me! :-)
Notes:
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Although several songbooks have written this song out in the key of C,
Lightfoot *ALWAYS* uses a capo. For this song, the capo is used on the second fret and the chords are
"normally". They *sound* a whole step higher. Is this confusing? Just put a capo on the 2nd fret, pop on
record or CD, and play along!!! You'll sound fine and in tune!!!
Listen how the song pulses on the A string rhythmically -- feel that galloping horse.
The chorus changes from the E/A, D/A, A pattern the second time round, to the "normal" E, A, D chords.
should too, if you want to sound authentic.
Fingerpick the song using your thumb, index, and middle fingers. That's how The Man does it.
Have fun!!!
The Chords:
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The names may be a bit wrong since it's getting late, but the chord forms are correct. The numbers
with the recommended finger to use, starting with 1=index, etc... Advanced players choose your own. :-) Look
for the "1"'s -- they get lost in the text easily../
[A] [D(A] [bass)] [E(A] [bass)] [E]
=========== ===[(D/A)]======== ===[(E/A)]======== ===========
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | |
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
| | 1 1 1 | | | 1 1 1 | | | 1 1 1 | | 2 3 | | |
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | |
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | |
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
[E7(A] [bass)] [D] [E7]
==[(E7/A)]========= =========== =========== ===========
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | |
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
| | 1 1 1 | | | | 1 | 2 | 2 3 | | | | | | | | |
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | 2 | | | | | 3 | | | | | 4 | | | | | | |
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
| | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
The Song:
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Intro/fill: (Gord's part) (BIG kudos to anyone who posts or emails me Red
---------- Shea's original -- I can't get the rhythm right and I don't
like Terry's way so much)
A, D/A, A, A, E7/A, A
Verses, Choruses:
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[A]Through the woodland t[D/A]hrough the [A]valley comes a horseman [E/A]wild and [A]free
Tilting at the [D/A]windmills [A]passing who can the brave young [E/A]horseman [A]be
He is wild but [D/A]he is [A]mellow, he is strong but [E/A]he is [A]weak
He is cruel but [D/A]he is [A]gentle, he is wise but [E/A]he is [A]meek[A] [E7/A] [A]
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/gordon_lightfoot/don_quixote_crd.html )
[E/A]Reaching for his saddlebags he [D/A]takes a battered book into his [A]hand
[E/A]Standing like prophet bold he [D/A]shouts across the ocean to the [A]shore
Till he can shout no [E]more[E7]
[A]I have come o'er [D/A]moor and [A]mountain like a hawk u[E/A]pon the [A]wing
I was once a [D/A]shining [A]knight who was the guardian [E/A]of a [A]king
I have searched the [D/A]whole world [A]over, looking for a [E/A]place to [A]sleep
I have seen the [D/A]strong sur[A]vive and I have seen the [E/A]lean grow [A]weak
Intro chords: A, D/A, A, A, E7/A, A
[A]See the children [D/A]of the [A]earth who wake to find the [E/A]table [A]bare
See the gentry [D/A]in the [A]country riding off to [E/A]take the [A]air[A] [E7/A] [A]
[E]Reaching for his saddlebags he [D]takes a rusty sword into his [A]hand
Then [E]striking up a knightly pose he [D]shouts across the ocean to the [A]shore
Till he can shout no [E]more[E7]
[A]See the jailer [D/A]with his key who [A]locks away all [E/A]trace of [A]sin
See the judge u[D/A]pon the [A]bench who tries the case as [E/A]best he [A]can
See the wise and [D/A]wicked [A]ones who feed upon life's [E/A]sacred [A]fire
See the soldier [D/A]with his [A]gun who must be dead to [E/A]be ad[A]mired
Intro chords: A, D/A, A, A, E7/A, A
[A]See the man who [D/A]tips the [A]needle, see the man who [E/A]buys and [A]sells
See the one who [D/A]puts the [A]collar on the ones who [E/A]dare not [A]tell
See the drunkard [D/A]in the [A]tavern stemming gold to [E/A]make ends [A]meet
See the youth in [D/A]ghetto [A]black condemned to life u[E/A]pon the s[A]treet[A] [E7/A] [A]
[E]Reaching for his saddlebags he [D]takes a tarnished cross into his [A]hand
[E]Then standing like a preacher now he [D]shouts across the ocean to the [A]shore
[E]Then in a blaze of tangled hooves he [D]gallops off across the dusty [A]plain
In vain to search [E]again, where no one will [D]hear (pause)
[A]Through the woodland [D/A]through the [A]valley comes a horseman [E/A]wild and [A]free
Tilting at the [D/A]windmills [A]passing who can the brave young [E/A]horseman [A]be
He is wild but [D/A]he is [A]mellow, he is strong but [E/A]he is [A]weak
He is cruel but [D/A]he is [A]gentle, he is wise but [E/A]he is [A]meek
Intro chords: A, D/A, A, A, E7/A, A
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