Biography:
Richard P. "Richie" Havens (born January 21, 1941; died April 22, 2013) was an American folk singer and guitarist. He is best remembered for his intense, rhythmic guitar style (often in open tunings), soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.
Born in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, Havens moved to Greenwich Village in 1961 in time to get in on the folk boom then taking place. Havens had a distinctive style as a folksinger
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Other songs:
- I Can't Make It Anymore
- Ooh Child
- Paradise
- Alone Together
- Fire And Rain
- Follow
- Freedom
- Gay Cavalier
- God Bless The Child
- Going Back To My Roots
- Handsome Johnny
- Helplessly Hoping
- Here Comes The Sun
- High Flyin Bird
- I Cant Make It Anymore
- Just Like A Woman
- Nobody Left To Crown
- On The Road To Calvary
- One More Day
- Stardust And Passion
- Strawberry Fields Forever
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
- You'll Never Know
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FOLLOW - Richie Havens
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Tabbed by: darkstar94
Email: [email protected]
It's basically only a few chords, use your thumb over the top. This is based off the live version.
Tuning: Dropped D (DADGBe)
Intro:
D5 D5/E
e|---------------|
B|--3-----3------|
G|--2-----2------|
D|--0-----0------|
A|--0-----0------|
E|--0-----2------|
Strum between these two chords then:
D5 D5/E D5/F#
e|-------------------------|
B|--3-----3-----3-----3----|
G|--2-----2-----2-----2----|
D|--0-----0-----0-----0----|
A|--0-----0-----0-----0----|
E|--0-----2-----4-----2----|
D5/B
e|--------------------------|
B|--3-----------------------|
G|--2-----------------------|
D|--0-----------------------|
A|--2-----------------------|
E|--------------------------|
Chords:
D5 D5/E D5/F# D5
Let the river rock you like a cradle
D5 D5/E D5/F# D5
Climb to the treetops, child, if you're able
D5 D5/E D5 G D5
Let your hands tie a knot across the table.
D5 D5/B A7sus4 A7
Come and touch the things you cannot feel.
And close your fingertips and fly where I can't hold you
Let the sun-rain fall and let the dewy clouds enfold you
And maybe you can sing to me the words I just told you,
If all the things you feel ain't what they seem.
And don't mind me 'cos I ain't nothin' but a dream.
And repeats that pretty much the whole song, play around with those chords,
you'll figure it out
FOLLOW - Richie Havens
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by: darkstar94
Email: [email protected]
It's basically only a few chords, use your thumb over the top. This is based off the live version.
Tuning: Dropped D (DADGBe)
Intro:
D5 D5/E
e|---------------|
B|--3-----3------|
G|--2-----2------|
D|--0-----0------|
A|--0-----0------|
E|--0-----2------|
Strum between these two chords then:
D5 D5/E D5/F#
e|-------------------------|
B|--3-----3-----3-----3----|
G|--2-----2-----2-----2----|
D|--0-----0-----0-----0----|
A|--0-----0-----0-----0----|
E|--0-----2-----4-----2----|
D5/B
e|--------------------------|
B|--3-----------------------|
G|--2-----------------------|
D|--0-----------------------|
A|--2-----------------------|
E|--------------------------|
Chords:
D5 D5/E D5/F# D5
Let the river rock you like a cradle
D5 D5/E D5/F# D5
Climb to the treetops, child, if you're able
D5 D5/E D5 G D5
Let your hands tie a knot across the table.
D5 D5/B A7sus4 A7
Come and touch the things you cannot feel.
And close your fingertips and fly where I can't hold you
Let the sun-rain fall and let the dewy clouds enfold you
And maybe you can sing to me the words I just told you,
If all the things you feel ain't what they seem.
And don't mind me 'cos I ain't nothin' but a dream.
And repeats that pretty much the whole song, play around with those chords,
you'll figure it out
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