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Timothy Grub

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Step 1 / 121Position: 3

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Timothy Grub - Vashti Bunyan
 1           
e|----0-----0-------1-----------|
B|---0-----0-------1------------|   the hammer-ons are not important
G|--0---0-0-----0-2---2-2---0-0-|   And i am not even sure if she plays
D|-------0---0h2-3---3-3-0h2-0--|   them through the whole song. 
A|-3---3------------------------|   You can just play normal, 
E|------------------------------|   fretting the 2nd fret
 2
e|----1-----0----0-----0---|
B|---3-----3----1-----1----|
G|--2---2-0----0---0-2---2-|
D|-0---0-------------------|
A|------------3---3-0---0--|
E|-------3---3-------------|
 3
e|----1-----0----0---------|
B|---3-----3----1----------|
G|--2---2-0----0---0-0-0-0-|
D|-0---0--------------0-2--|
A|------------3---3-3------|
E|-------3---3-------------|
4
e|----1-----------0-----0---|
B|---1-----------1-----1----|
G|--2---2-0-0-0-0---0-2---2-|
D|-3---3--------------------|
A|---------0-2-3---3-0---0--|
E|-------3------------------|
5
e|----1-----1-----0---------|
B|---1-----3-----3----------|
G|--2---2-2---2-0---0-0-0-0-|
D|-3---3-0---0--------------|
A|---------------------0-2--|
E|-------------3---3-3------|
The numbers at the beginning of each line refers to the tabs above
Timothy Grub - Vashti Bunyan
1       C          Am         F  G  
Maurice Snail and Timothy Grub
1          C          Am      F  G  
Swanney and Blue and Emily Grub
2          Dm            G         C  Am  
Decided one day to go into the wood
3               Dm                 G               C  Am  
And build them a house and live there if they could
4                       F              G              C  Am  
And they stayed there a while in the trees and the rain
4                F                 G              C  Am  
Till one day two blue men said, "You're all insane"
5                 F           Dm  G  
And to please not come here again
1                C             Am         F  G  
They had a green car called Happiness Runs
1       C           Am         F            G2 Dm  
Friday comes and Happiness runs out of petrol
2             G           C  Am  
And everyone gets out to push
3           Dm               G            C  Am  
And suddenly see through a gap in the bush
4              F               G               C  Am  
A real caravan just like the one in their dreams
4                 F              G             C  Am  
The gypsy doesn't want it for nowadays it seems
5                 F                Dm  G  
His home stays in one place and gleams
1                C          Am                 F  G  
He told them that he had a horse down the lane
1        C             Am           F  G  
Saturday morning they went back again
2               Dm               G              C  Am  
He showed them a shed that was built out of tin
3            Dm              G               C  Am  
He opened the door and they all peered within
4                  F              G               C  Am  
And there lying on straw was a horse black as night
4                    F            G              C  Am  
With a star on her forehead and eyes full of light
5                    F             Dm  G  
And they all fell in love at first sight
1                      C               Am            F  G  
They thought and they thought about having Black Bess
1       C               Am           F  G  
Timothy planted some mustard and cress
2                Dm            G             C  Am  
They lived in a cupboard and made it their home
3                  Dm              G                 C  Am  
And lay there and dreamed of the days when they'd roam
4                    F              G         C  Am  
Up and down all the hills of the north countryside
4                      F         G          C  Am  
With the dogs eating buttercups on the wayside
5                       F         Dm  G  
And they'd wave all the cities goodbye
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| h  Hammer-on
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Timothy Grub

by Vashti Bunyan

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Timothy Grub - Vashti Bunyan

e|----0-----0-------1-----------|

B|---0-----0-------1------------| the hammer-ons are not important

G|--0---0-0-----0-2---2-2---0-0-| And i am not even sure if she plays

D|-------0---0h2-3---3-3-0h2-0--| them through the whole song.

A|-3---3------------------------| You can just play normal,

E|------------------------------| fretting the 2nd fret

e|----1-----0----0-----0---|

B|---3-----3----1-----1----|

G|--2---2-0----0---0-2---2-|

D|-0---0-------------------|

A|------------3---3-0---0--|

E|-------3---3-------------|

e|----1-----0----0---------|

B|---3-----3----1----------|

G|--2---2-0----0---0-0-0-0-|

D|-0---0--------------0-2--|

A|------------3---3-3------|

E|-------3---3-------------|

e|----1-----------0-----0---|

B|---1-----------1-----1----|

G|--2---2-0-0-0-0---0-2---2-|

D|-3---3--------------------|

A|---------0-2-3---3-0---0--|

E|-------3------------------|

e|----1-----1-----0---------|

B|---1-----3-----3----------|

G|--2---2-2---2-0---0-0-0-0-|

D|-3---3-0---0--------------|

A|---------------------0-2--|

E|-------------3---3-3------|

The numbers at the beginning of each line refers to the tabs above

Timothy Grub - Vashti Bunyan

C Am F G

Maurice Snail and Timothy Grub

C Am F G

Swanney and Blue and Emily Grub

Dm G C Am

Decided one day to go into the wood

Dm G C Am

And build them a house and live there if they could

F G C Am

And they stayed there a while in the trees and the rain

F G C Am

Till one day two blue men said, "You're all insane"

F Dm G

And to please not come here again

C Am F G

They had a green car called Happiness Runs

C Am F G Dm

1 2

Friday comes and Happiness runs out of petrol

G C Am

And everyone gets out to push

Dm G C Am

And suddenly see through a gap in the bush

F G C Am

A real caravan just like the one in their dreams

F G C Am

The gypsy doesn't want it for nowadays it seems

F Dm G

His home stays in one place and gleams

C Am F G

He told them that he had a horse down the lane

C Am F G

Saturday morning they went back again

Dm G C Am

He showed them a shed that was built out of tin

Dm G C Am

He opened the door and they all peered within

F G C Am

And there lying on straw was a horse black as night

F G C Am

With a star on her forehead and eyes full of light

F Dm G

And they all fell in love at first sight

C Am F G

They thought and they thought about having Black Bess

C Am F G

Timothy planted some mustard and cress

Dm G C Am

They lived in a cupboard and made it their home

Dm G C Am

And lay there and dreamed of the days when they'd roam

F G C Am

Up and down all the hills of the north countryside

F G C Am

With the dogs eating buttercups on the wayside

F Dm G

And they'd wave all the cities goodbye

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| h Hammer-on

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