{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":765816,"song":"Epistle To Derroll","artist":"Donovan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11589686-epistle-to-derroll-chords-by-donovan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/765816?type=chord","rating":4.99735,"votes":19,"content":"----------------------------\r\n\r\n*from 'A Gift from a Flower to a Garden' (1968)*\r\n*CAPO 3rd FRET*\r\n\r\n(Original Key: Eb)\r\n\r\nCHORD DIAGRAMS:\r\n---------------\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE[/tab]\r\n x32010  332010  133211  x02210\r\n\r\n(*N.B* The C and C/G chord are played in this rhythm):\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\ne|-----------|-----------|\r\nB|-----1--1--|-----1--1--|\r\nG|-----0--0--|-----0--0--|\r\nD|-----2--2--|-----2--2--|\r\nA|--3--3--3--|-----3--3--|\r\nE|-----------|--3--3--3--|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nCome all ye starry star-fish, living in the deep blue sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n Crawl to me, I have a propo-sition to make thee[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]C/G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n Would you walk the North Sea floor, to Belgium from Eng-land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Bring me word of a banjo man[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nWith a tattoo on his hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nThe spokesman of the star-fish, spoke as spokesman should[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n  If'n you met our fee, then certainly we would[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n Should you cast a looking-glass u-pon the scalloped sand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]C/G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n You'll have word o' this banjo man[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nWith a tattoo on his hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nCome all ye starry star-fish, I know your ways are caped[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch] \r\n Maybe its be-cause you're astro-logically shaped[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n Converse with the herring shoals, as I know you can[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n Bring me word o' the banjo man[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nWith a tattoo on his hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]     \r\nThe eldest of the star-fish, spoke after a sigh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n \"Youthful as you are young man you have a wisdom high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch] \r\n Surely you must know a looking-glass is made from sand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 4]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]C/G[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n These young fish are fooling you[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nA-bout your banjo man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n Come then aged star-fish, riddle me no more[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n For news I am wea-ry, and my heart is sore[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nAll on the silent sea-shore, help me if you can[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 5]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n Tell to me, if you know, of my banjo man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nNow all through the seven o-ceans, I am a star most famed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n Many 'leggys' have I lost, many have I gained[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n Strange to say, quite recent-ly, I've been to Flemish Land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 6]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n And if you are courteous, I'll tell you all I can[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nOh you have my full at-ten-tion\", I answered him with glee[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C/G[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nHis brother stars were twink-ling, in the sky above the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n There I sat there with rapt at-tention, on the sand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 7]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n Very anxious for to hear, of the banjo man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n I have seen this tattooed hand, through a ship port-hole[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n Steaming on the watery main, through the waves so cold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]C/G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n Heard his tinkling banjo, and his voice so grand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 8]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nBut you must come to Belgium, to shake the tattooed hand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n Oh gladly would I come,     gladly would I go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C/G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n Had I not my work to do, and my face to show[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C/G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]C/G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n I re-joice to hear he's well, but I must go in-land[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 9]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]C/G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n Thank you for the words you brought, of my banjo man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]C/G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nI walked a-long the evening sand, as charcoal clouds did shift[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nRe-vealing the moon shi-ning, on the pebble drift[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]C/G[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nContem-plating every other word, the starfish said[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus 10]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]C/G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n Whistly winds, they filled my dreams, in my dreaming bed[/tab]\r","plain_text":"----------------------------\n\n*from 'A Gift from a Flower to a Garden' (1968)*\n*CAPO 3rd FRET*\n\n(Original Key: Eb)\n\nCHORD DIAGRAMS:\n---------------\n\n x32010  332010  133211  x02210\n\n(*N.B* The C and C/G chord are played in this rhythm):\n\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nC  C/G  C  C/G  C  C/G  F  C  C/G  C  C/G\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 1]\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 2]\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 3]\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 4]\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 5]\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 6]\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 7]\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 8]\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 9]\n\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus 10]","chords":["A","Eb","C","C/G","F","Am","B","G","D","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}