{"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":74142,"song":"Don Quixote","artist":"Gordon Lightfoot","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/74142-don-quixote-chords-by-gordon-lightfoot/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/74142?type=chord","rating":4.94402,"votes":176,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\r\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\r\nDON QUIXOTE - Gordon Lightfoot    From the album Don Quixote, on\r\n                                  Warner/Reprise record and CD(!)\r\n\r\n(c) 1972,Moose Music, LTD         Mistakes (c), me! :-)\r\n\r\nNotes:\r\n-----\r\n\r\nAlthough several songbooks have written this song out in the key of C,\r\nLightfoot *ALWAYS* uses a capo.  For this song, the capo is used on the second fret and the chords are \r\n\"normally\".  They *sound* a whole step higher.  Is this confusing?  Just put a capo on the 2nd fret, pop on \r\nrecord or CD, and play along!!!  You'll sound fine and in tune!!!\r\n\r\nListen how the song pulses on the A string rhythmically -- feel that galloping horse.\r\n\r\nThe chorus changes from the E/A, D/A, A pattern the second time round, to the \"normal\" E, A, D chords.  \r\nshould too, if you want to sound authentic.\r\n\r\nFingerpick the song using your thumb, index, and middle fingers.  That's how The Man does it.\r\n\r\nHave fun!!!\r\n\r\nThe Chords:\r\n----------\r\n\r\nThe names may be a bit wrong since it's getting late, but the chord forms are correct.  The numbers \r\nwith the recommended finger to use, starting with 1=index, etc... Advanced players choose your own. :-)  Look \r\nfor the \"1\"'s -- they get lost in the text easily../\r\n\r\n\r\n     [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]([ch]A[/ch] bass)         [ch]E[/ch]([ch]A[/ch] bass)             [ch]E[/ch]\r\n[tab]                     ([ch]D/A[/ch])             ([ch]E/A[/ch])\r\n===========       ===========       ===========       ===========[/tab]\r\n| | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | 1 | |\r\n-----------       -----------       -----------       -----------\r\n| | 1 1 1 |       | | 1 1 1 |       | | 1 1 1 |       | 2 3 | | |\r\n-----------       -----------       -----------       -----------\r\n| | | | | |       | | | | 2 |       | | | | | |       | | | | | |\r\n-----------       -----------       -----------       -----------\r\n| | | | | |       | | 3 | | |       | | | 3 | |       | | | | | |\r\n-----------       -----------       -----------       -----------\r\n| | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | | 4 |       | | | | | |\r\n-----------       -----------       -----------       -----------\r\n\r\n\r\n [ch]E7[/ch]([ch]A[/ch] bass)            [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n[tab]  ([ch]E7/A[/ch])\r\n===========       ===========       ===========       ===========[/tab]\r\n| | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | 1 | |       | | | | | |\r\n-----------       -----------       -----------       -----------\r\n| | 1 1 1 |       | | | 1 | 2       | 2 3 | | |       | | | | | |\r\n-----------       -----------       -----------       -----------\r\n| | | | 2 |       | | | | 3 |       | | | | 4 |       | | | | | |\r\n-----------       -----------       -----------       -----------\r\n| | | 3 | |       | | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | | | |\r\n-----------       -----------       -----------       -----------\r\n| | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | | | |\r\n-----------       -----------       -----------       -----------\r\n\r\n\r\nThe Song:\r\n--------\r\n\r\nIntro/fill: (Gord's part)  (BIG kudos to anyone who posts or emails me Red\r\n----------  Shea's original -- I can't get the rhythm right and I don't\r\n            like Terry's way so much)\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch], [ch]D/A[/ch], [ch]A[/ch], [ch]A[/ch], E7/[ch]A[/ch], [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\nVerses, Choruses:\r\n----------------\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D/A[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]                       E/[ch]A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThrough the woodland through the valley comes a horseman wild and free[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D/A[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]E/A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTilting at the windmills passing who can the brave young horseman be[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D/A[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]E/A[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe is wild but he is mellow, he is strong but he is weak[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D/A[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]E/A[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]  E7/[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe is cruel but he is gentle, he is wise but he is meek[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E/A[/ch]                            [ch]D/A[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nReaching for his saddlebags he takes a battered book into his hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E/A[/ch]                           [ch]D/A[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nStanding like prophet bold he shouts across the ocean to the shore[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n    Till he can shout no more[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D/A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]                     E/[ch]A[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI have come o'er moor and mountain like a hawk upon the wing[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D/A[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E/A[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI was once a shining knight who was the guardian of a king[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D/A[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E/A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI have searched the whole world over, looking for a place to sleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D/A[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]E/A[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI have seen the strong survive and I have seen the lean grow weak[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro chords: [ch]A[/ch], [ch]D/A[/ch], [ch]A[/ch], [ch]A[/ch], E7/[ch]A[/ch], [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D/A[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]                          E/[ch]A[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSee the children of the earth who wake to find the table bare[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D/A[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E/A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]  E7/[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSee the gentry in the country riding off to take the air[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nReaching for his saddlebags he takes a rusty sword into his hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThen striking up a knightly pose he shouts across the ocean to the shore[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n    Till he can shout no more[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D/A[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]              E/[ch]A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSee the jailer with his key who locks away all trace of sin[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D/A[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]                           [ch]E/A[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSee the judge upon the bench who tries the case as best he can[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D/A[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]E/A[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSee the wise and wicked ones who feed upon life's sacred fire[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D/A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]E/A[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSee the soldier with his gun who must be dead to be admired[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro chords: [ch]A[/ch], [ch]D/A[/ch], [ch]A[/ch], [ch]A[/ch], E7/[ch]A[/ch], [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D/A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]                       E/[ch]A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSee the man who tips the needle, see the man who buys and sells[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D/A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]E/A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSee the one who puts the collar on the ones who dare not tell[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D/A[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]E/A[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSee the drunkard in the tavern stemming gold to make ends meet[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D/A[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]E/A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]  E7/[ch]A[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSee the youth in ghetto black condemned to life upon the street[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nReaching for his saddlebags he takes a tarnished cross into his hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThen standing like a preacher now he shouts across the ocean to the shore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                    [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThen in a blaze of tangled hooves he gallops off across the dusty plain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn vain to search again, where no one will hear  (pause)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D/A[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                       E/[ch]A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThrough the woodland through the valley comes a horseman wild and free[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D/A[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]E/A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTilting at the windmills passing who can the brave young horseman be[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D/A[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]E/A[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe is wild but he is mellow, he is strong but he is weak[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D/A[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]E/A[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe is cruel but he is gentle, he is wise but he is meek[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro chords: [ch]A[/ch], [ch]D/A[/ch], [ch]A[/ch], [ch]A[/ch], E7/[ch]A[/ch], [ch]A[/ch]","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##\nDON QUIXOTE - Gordon Lightfoot    From the album Don Quixote, on\n                                  Warner/Reprise record and CD(!)\n\n(c) 1972,Moose Music, LTD         Mistakes (c), me! :-)\n\nNotes:\n-----\n\nAlthough several songbooks have written this song out in the key of C,\nLightfoot *ALWAYS* uses a capo.  For this song, the capo is used on the second fret and the chords are \n\"normally\".  They *sound* a whole step higher.  Is this confusing?  Just put a capo on the 2nd fret, pop on \nrecord or CD, and play along!!!  You'll sound fine and in tune!!!\n\nListen how the song pulses on the A string rhythmically -- feel that galloping horse.\n\nThe chorus changes from the E/A, D/A, A pattern the second time round, to the \"normal\" E, A, D chords.  \nshould too, if you want to sound authentic.\n\nFingerpick the song using your thumb, index, and middle fingers.  That's how The Man does it.\n\nHave fun!!!\n\nThe Chords:\n----------\n\nThe names may be a bit wrong since it's getting late, but the chord forms are correct.  The numbers \nwith the recommended finger to use, starting with 1=index, etc... Advanced players choose your own. :-)  Look \nfor the \"1\"'s -- they get lost in the text easily../\n\n\n     A             D(A bass)         E(A bass)             E\n\n| | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | 1 | |\n-----------       -----------       -----------       -----------\n| | 1 1 1 |       | | 1 1 1 |       | | 1 1 1 |       | 2 3 | | |\n-----------       -----------       -----------       -----------\n| | | | | |       | | | | 2 |       | | | | | |       | | | | | |\n-----------       -----------       -----------       -----------\n| | | | | |       | | 3 | | |       | | | 3 | |       | | | | | |\n-----------       -----------       -----------       -----------\n| | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | | 4 |       | | | | | |\n-----------       -----------       -----------       -----------\n\n\n E7(A bass)            D                 E7\n\n| | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | 1 | |       | | | | | |\n-----------       -----------       -----------       -----------\n| | 1 1 1 |       | | | 1 | 2       | 2 3 | | |       | | | | | |\n-----------       -----------       -----------       -----------\n| | | | 2 |       | | | | 3 |       | | | | 4 |       | | | | | |\n-----------       -----------       -----------       -----------\n| | | 3 | |       | | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | | | |\n-----------       -----------       -----------       -----------\n| | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | | | |       | | | | | |\n-----------       -----------       -----------       -----------\n\n\nThe Song:\n--------\n\nIntro/fill: (Gord's part)  (BIG kudos to anyone who posts or emails me Red\n----------  Shea's original -- I can't get the rhythm right and I don't\n            like Terry's way so much)\n\nA, D/A, A, A, E7/A, A\n\nVerses, Choruses:\n----------------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIntro chords: A, D/A, A, A, E7/A, A\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIntro chords: A, D/A, A, A, E7/A, A\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIntro chords: A, D/A, A, A, E7/A, A","chords":["C","A","E/A","D/A","E","D","E7","E7/A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}