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D'artagnan's Theme
Citizen Cope
Originally recorded in the key of C, this version is transposed to the key of D to avoid the F chord.
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Chord Guide |
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132 D: xx0232 |
3 4 G: 3x0003 |
3 4 G/G#: 3x0003 |
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Strum: D
U D U D U D U D U D U w/swing feel
1 + 2 + 3 + 4
+ 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
^
Transition to
G/G# here
Intro: / D - - - / - - - - / G - - - / - - G/G# - /
/ A7 - - - / - - - - / D - - - / -
- - - /
D (2) G (1½)
I've been sinning and I've been livin' and
G/G# (½) A7 (2) D (2)
I've been beaten by Saturday
D (2) G (1½)
On a diamond I lay on a diamond
G/G# (½) A7 (2) D (2)
On a diamond I
lay awake
D (2) G (1½)
D'Artagnan good ol' D'Artagnan
G/G# (½) A7 (2) D (2)
He ain't got a thing on me
D (2) G (1½)
I've been minding to my field of timing
G/G# (½) A7 (2) D (2)
It's too bad your time in it just
never came
Chorus:
D (2) G (1½)
Well I don't know how else
to say in a different way
G/G# (½) A7 (2) D (2)
Why don't you just fade
away
D (2) G (1½)
'Cause there's a battle
going on down south of Babylon
G/G# (½) A7
(2) D (2)
So why don't you just fade away
D (2) G (1½)
I've been dealing and I've been healing
G/G# (½) A7 (2) D (2)
I've been dealing a crooked game
D (2) G (1½)
Thieving pirates, I'm thieving pirates
G/G# (½) A7 (2) D (2)
Out of gold that
they stole from the queen
D (2) G (1½)
Stole from a man whose favorite hand
G/G# (½) A7 (2) D (2)
Is one that he
will always land
D (2) G (1½)
Well I'm building this levee by the Mississippi
G/G# (½) A7 (2)
D (2)
For I'll die in an unmarked grave
Chorus x2
Hold last D
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
