Tablature fare thee well - TOWNS VAN ZANDT

          



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  From: patno@sen13.ida.liu.se (Patrik Nordling)

  

  

  {title:Fare thee well, Ms Carousel}

  {subtitle:Townes Van Zandt}

  

  {comment:Intro}

   [E]  [G#m]  [A][G#m]  [F#m]  

   [B]  [A]    [E]       [E]    

                               

  Well the dru[E]nken clown still ha[G#m]nging 'round

  but it's pla[A]in the lau[G#m]ghters al[F#m]l died down

  The te[B]ars you tried so ha[A]rd to hide are flo[E]wing

  And a blind[E] man with his knife[G#m] in hand

  has convin[A]ced himse[G#m]lf that he und[F#m]erstands

  I wish[B] him well, miss Carousel, but [A]I gotta be a go[E]ing

  

  {soc}

                   

  W[C#m]on't you come and ge[G#m]t me when

  You're s[C#m]ure that you don't ne[G#m]ed me then

  I'll st[C#m]and outside your wi[G#m]ndow

  and pro[A]udly call your na[G#m]me   [G#m]     [B]

  {eoc}

  

  Well the lady's been told that all her gold

  is worth so much she can't be sold

  No time to weep, she'll later sleep tomorrow

  When she carries her face to the market place

  and bets it on the open enrage

  She can ring her bells, miss Carousel, but this singing brings me sorrow

  

  {comment:Chorus}

  

  But it's always done, every mothers sun

  is surely grown, and never run

  So they fight with all their might inside them

  When the battles been fought 'n they all been taught

  that the trick is just not being caught

  Will you give 'em hell, miss Carousel, when they're begging you to hide them

  

  

  When they need a rose, your eyes felt closed

  You clamped your fingers around your nose

  Would you say, that's anyway to judge him

  Well you haven't got the authority

  too kill him in the first degree

  But would you feel compelled, miss Carousel, if you had something to regret in

  

  {comment:Solo over chorus}

  

  On velvet beach far beneath the reach

  of those who come to pray and preach

  The natural man that tried to stand is falling

  Well how long will it be before he sees

  you own his legs but his mind is free

  only you can tell , miss Carousel, how long will he be crawling

  

  {comment:Chorus}

  

  All the castle walls grown so tall

  Seems there ain't no hope at all

  to reach the top even though you stopped for breathing

  But I ain't gonna try to make you cry

  the teardrops couldn't find your eyes

  It's all been swell, miss Carousel, but the time has come for leaving

  

  {comment:Chorus ( x 4)}

  

  

  > We all discover the music of Townes Van Zandt through other people's

  > covers of his material. For me it was the Waylon & Willie cover of Pancho

  > And Lefty. No matter the path you've trod to get there, once you've

  > discovered Townes, you've unearthed yourself America's greatest living

  > songwriter. The Cowboy Junkies, Nanci Griffith, and many others are doing

  > us all a great service by covering his songs.

  > 

  > jk13@aol.com  (John Kearney) 

  

  Or as Guy Clark expressed it:

  

  "Townes van Zandt is the greatest songwriter in the whole word, and I

  will stand on Bob Dylan's coffee table in my cowboy boots and tell it

  to him"

  

  (or something like that)

  

  

  /Patrik .

  

  

  Patrik Nordling

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 Fare thee well, de Towns van zandt 

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