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The Ballad Of A Crystal Man

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Donovan Philips Leitch (born May 10, 1946 in Maryhill, Glasgow), better known as simply Donovan, is a Scottish singer, songwriter, and musician. Originally a '60s folk singer, as the decade progressed Donovan cultivated his own unique eclectic sound, mixing elements of folk, pop, jazz, world music and more, often with a twinge of psychedelia. His most well-known work was suffused with altruistic political overtones, making him an iconic figure of the "flower power" counter-culture of the '60s.

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...THE BALLAD OF A CRYSTAL MAN... by Donovan
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*from 'Fairytale' (1965)*

*CAPO 4th FRET*

(Original Key: B)

Intro:

G C, G D (x4)

Verse 1:

G C
Walk along and talk along,
G D G C, G D
And live your lives quite freely.
G C
But leave our children with their toys,
G D G C, G D
Of peppermint and candy.
G C
For seagull, I don't want your wings,
G D G
I don't want your freedom, in a lie.

Verse 2:

G C
Your thoughts they are of harlequin,
G D G C, G D
Your speeches of quick-silver.
G C
I read your faces like a poem,
G D G C, G D
Ka-leidoscope of hate words.
G C
For seagull, I don't want your wings,
G D G
I don't want your freedom, in a lie.

Verse 3:

G C
On the quilted battle-fields of soldiers,
G D G C, G D
Dazzling made of toy tin.
G C
The big bomb, like a child's hand,
G D G C, G D
Could sweep them dead just so to win.
G C
For seagull, I don't want your wings,
G D G
I don't want your freedom, in a lie.

Verse 4:

G C
As you fill your glasses,
G D G C, G D
With the wine of murdered Negroes.
G C
Thinking not of beauty that,
G D G C, G D
Spreads like morning sun-glow.
G C
Seagull, I don't want your wings,
G D G
I don't want your freedom, in a lie.

Verse 5:

G C
I pray your dreams of vivid screams,
G D G C, G D
Of children dying slowly.
G C
And as you polish up your guns,
G D G C, G D
Your real self be re-flecting.
G C
For seagull, I don't want your wings,
G D G
I don't want your freedom, in a lie.

Interlude:

G C, G D (x4)

Verse 6:

G C
Vietnam; your latest game,
G D G C, G D
You're playing with your blackest Queen.
G C
Damn your souls and curse your grins,
G D G C, G D
I stand here with a fading dream.
G C
For seagull, I don't want your wings,
G D G
I don't want your freedom, in a lie.

Outro:

G C, G D (x8), G

CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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G C D

EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 ([email protected])