Katmandu - Cat Stevens
From "Mona Bone Jakon"
Transcribed and tabbed by Wolfgang Hammer
(wolfgang.hammer@post.rwth-aachen.de)
Use Capo on 3rd fret.
The measure changes throughout the song, so I did not place
bars. The dots on top of the lines represent eighth-notes.
Intro:
. . . . . . . . . . .
|---2-----------2h3---------5-------7-----------|
|-------3-----------3-----------6-------8-------|
|*----------2-----------2-------------------7---|
|*--0-----------0-----------0-------0-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
. . . . . . .
|-----------0h1-0----------------|
|---1---------------1------------|
|-----------------------0-------*|
|---------------------------2---*|
|---3----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
Verse:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|---------2-------------------0-----------2-------------------0-|
|-------------3-----------1-------------------3-----------1-----|
|*----2---------------0---------------2---------------0---------|
|*0-------0-----------------------0-------0---------------------|
|-----------------0---3---------------------------0---3---------|
|---------------------3-------------------------------3---------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|---------2-------------------0-----------2-------------------0-|
|-------------3-----------1-------------------3-----------1-----|
|-----2---------------0---------------2---------------0---------|
|-0-------0-----------------------0-------0---------------------|
|-----------------0---3---------------------------0---3---------|
|---------------------3-------------------------------3---------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|---------2-------------------0-----------2-------------------5-|
|-------------3-----------1-------------------3---------------6-|
|-----2---------------0---------------2-------------------5-----|
|-0-------0-----------------------0-------0-----------0---------|
|-----------------0---3---------------------------0-------------|
|---------------------3-----------------------------------------|
I sit be- side the dark be-neath the mi- re
Chop me some bro- ken wood will start a fi- re
Pass me my hat 'n' coat lock up the ca- bin
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|---------3---------------3---------------2---------------0-----|
|---------5---------------3-------------------3---------------2-|
|-----5-------5-------4-------4-------2---------------2---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-------------------------------0-------0-------0-------0-----|
|-----------------3---------------------------------------------|
cold grey dus-ty day the mor-ning lake
white warm like the dawn and help me see
slow night treat me right un- til I go
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|-----0-0-0---0-----------0-------0-----------3-----------2---|
|-----0-0-0---0-----------1-------1-----------0-----------3---|
|-----1-1-1---1-------0---0-------0-----------0-------2---2---|
|-----2-2-2---2---------------------------0-------0-----------|
|-0---2-2-2---2---3-----------3-------------------------------|
|-----0-0-0---0-----------------------3-----------------------|
drinks up the sky
old sa-tan's tree
be nice to know
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/cat_stevens/katmandu_tab_ver_2.html ]
Refrain:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|-----2-----------0---------------------------------------|
|-----3-------3---------------3---------------------------|
|-----2-------------------0-------------------------------|
|-0-------3-----------2-------------------------------2---|
|-----------------------------------------0---2---3-------|
|---------------------------------0---3-------------------|
Kat-man-
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|-----------------------------------------------------2---------|
|-----3---1p0-----0-----------1-------0-----------3-------3-----|
|-------------0-------------------------------2---------------2-|
|-----------------------------------------0---0---0---0---0---0-|
|-------------------------3---3---------------------------------|
|-3---3---3---3---3---3-----------3---3-------------------------|
[ I'll soon be see-ing you ]
du [ I'll soon be touching you ] and your
[ I'll soon be see-ing you ]
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|-------------1-------------------------------0-----------------|
|---------1-------1-----------0-----------1-------1-----------3-|
|-----2---------------2-------0-------2---------------2---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------0---0-|
|---------------------------------0---0---0---0---0---0---------|
|-1---1---1---1---1---1---0---0---------------------------------|
[ will hold me
strange be-wildering time [ will hold me
[ will keep me
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|-------------3---------------------------3---------------3-----|
|-------------0-------3---3/5-3---1-------1---------------1-----|
|---------0---0---------------------------0---------------0-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------5---5/7-5---3-----------3---2-----------2-|
|-3---------------3---------------------------------------------|
down ]
down ]
home ]
. . . . . . . .
|---------------------------------|
|---------0---------------0-------|
|-0---2-------2-------0-------0--*|
|--------------------------------*|
|-------------0-------4-----------|
|-0---2---3-----------------------|
Outro:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
|---------2-------------------0-----------2-------------------0-|
|-------------3-----------1-------------------3-----------1-----|
|-----2---------------0---------------2---------------0---------|
|-0-------0-----------------------0-------0---------------------|
|-----------------0---3---------------------------0---3---------|
|---------------------3-------------------------------3---------|
. . . . . . . . . . .
|---2-----------2h3---------5-------7-----------|
|-------3-----------3-----------6-------8-------|
|*----------2-----------2-------------------7---|
|*--0-----------0-----------0-------0-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
. . . . . . .
|-----------0h1-0----------------|
|---1---------------1------------|
|-----------------------0-------*|
|---------------------------2---*|
|---3----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
/.\ /.\ /.\ /.\
|--------------)2----------)3----------(5-----------||
|--(3----------(3----------(0----------)3-----------||
|--)0----------)2----------)0----------(2-----------||
|--(0----------(0----------(0----------)0-----------||
|--)-----------------------)2----------(0-----------||
|--(3----------------------(3-----------------------||
