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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
{define: A7sus 1 0 3 0 2 0 -1}
{define: B7 1 2 4 2 4 2 2}
{define: Dmaj7 5 1 3 2 0 -1 -1}
{define: D/C-bass 1 2 3 2 -1 3 -1--|
{define: D/V-pos 5 1 3 3 0 -1 -1---|
{define: D9/C-bass 1 0 3 2 -1 3 -1-|
{define: Em11 5 1 3 0 -1 3 -1}
SeDbastian arrived in a [D9/C-bass]cardboard suitcase [G/B-bass]sealed with a kiss from his [Gm7/Bb-bass]mom,
With a [D/V-pos]newspaper under his G#dimarm and over his A7sushead.    A7  
AEmlone in the hall with his [G/add-D]back to the wall
You could Dsee he was D/C#bassone of a fe[D/C-bass]w,             B7  
He Emspoke only when spoken Ato and sometimes [G6/add-D]alone in his Dbed.
{C:Chorus:}
     [D/V-pos]Sing swDmaj7eet SebaEm11stian,
     A7/C#bassSing the swGeetest song,D  
     [D/V-pos]Sing so Dmaj7sweet that Em11while you sleep
     Yo[A7/C#bass]ur melody [G/B-bass]lingers on.[D]
     [A]Oh.[Asus]         [A]     [D]
Sebastian is led to a black-walled romm, red carpeting covers the floor,
And someone is closing the door, and rasing the blind.
Hiding his eyes so they won't look surprised
When the hand reaches down for the note,
The one that his mother wrote and tied by a string to his neck.
     {C:Chorus.}
Waiting for the sunrise and the rest of his life to begin,
Sebastian is wearing a grin under his nose.
And out on the grass he can hear it at last
The rush of a bird to its home,
And then while unpacking a comb he thinks of a song that he knows.
     {C:Chorus.}
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Sebastian

by Paul Stookey

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G/B

Asus

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##

{define: A7sus 1 0 3 0 2 0 -1}

{define: B7 1 2 4 2 4 2 2}

{define: Dmaj7 5 1 3 2 0 -1 -1}

{define: D/C-bass 1 2 3 2 -1 3 -1--|

{define: D/V-pos 5 1 3 3 0 -1 -1---|

{define: D9/C-bass 1 0 3 2 -1 3 -1-|

{define: Em11 5 1 3 0 -1 3 -1}

Sebastian arrived in a [D9/C-bass]cardboard suitcase [G/B-bass]sealed with a kiss from his [Gm7/Bb-bass]mom,

G#dim A7sus A7

With a [D/V-pos]newspaper under his arm and over his head.

Alone in the hall with his [G/add-D]back to the wall

D D/C#bass B7

You could see he was one of a fe[D/C-bass]w,

Em A D

He spoke only when spoken to and sometimes [G6/add-D]alone in his bed.

{:Chorus:}

Dmaj7 Em11

[D/V-pos]Sing sweet Sebastian,

A7/C#bass G D

Sing the sweetest song,

Dmaj7 Em11

[D/V-pos]Sing so sweet that while you sleep

A7 G/B D

Yo[/C#bass]ur melody [-bass]lingers on.[]

A Asus A D

[]Oh.[] [] []

Sebastian is led to a black-walled romm, red carpeting covers the floor,

And someone is closing the door, and rasing the blind.

Hiding his eyes so they won't look surprised

When the hand reaches down for the note,

The one that his mother wrote and tied by a string to his neck.

{:Chorus.}

Waiting for the sunrise and the rest of his life to begin,

Sebastian is wearing a grin under his nose.

And out on the grass he can hear it at last

The rush of a bird to its home,

And then while unpacking a comb he thinks of a song that he knows.

{:Chorus.}

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