...EPISTLE TO DIPPY... by Donovan
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*Released 1967*
Intro:
(G7) (C)
e|-----------|---------------|
B|-----------|---------------|
G|-----------|--2-0----------|
D|--0-0-0-0--|-------2-0-----|
A|-----------|------------3--|
E|-----------|---------------| (x4)
Verse 1:
G7 C
Look on yonder misty mountain,
G7 C G7
See the young monk medi-tating,
C
Rhodo-dendron forest.
G7 C
Over dusty years I ask you;
G7 C
What's it been like being you?
Chorus 1:
F C
Through all levels you've been changing,
F C
Getting a little bit better no doubt.
F C
The doctor bit was so far out.
G7 C
Looking through crys-tal spectacles,
G7 C
I can see you had your fun.
Interlude:
(G7) (C)
e|-----------|---------------|
B|-----------|---------------|
G|-----------|--2-0----------|
D|--0-0-0-0--|-------2-0-----|
A|-----------|------------3--|
E|-----------|---------------| (x2)
Verse 2:
G7 C
Doing us pa-perback reader,
G7 C G7
Made the teacher suspic-ious,
C
About insanity,
G7 C
Fingers always touching girl.
Chorus 2:
F C
Through all levels you've been changing,
F C
Getting a little bit better no doubt.
F C
The doctor bit was so far out.
G7 C
Looking through all kinds of windows,
G7 C
I can see you had your fun.
G7 C
Looking through all kinds of windows,
G7 C
I can see you had your fun.
Interlude:
(G7) (C)
e|-----------|---------------|
B|-----------|---------------|
G|-----------|--2-0----------|
D|--0-0-0-0--|-------2-0-----|
A|-----------|------------3--|
E|-----------|---------------| (x3)
Break:
G7 C,
F C (x3)
Chorus 3:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/donovan/epistle_to_dippy_crd.html ]
G7 C
Looking through crys-tal spectacles,
G7 C
I can see you had your fun.
G7 C
Looking through crys-tal spectacles,
G7 C
I can see you had your fun.
Violin Break:
(*for Guitar)
(n.C)
e|-------------|--8-8-8--|
B|--6-6-8-6-5--|---------|
G|-------------|---------|
D|-------------|---------|
A|-------------|---------|
E|-------------|---------| (x2 continues over Guitar Riff)
(G7) (C)
e|-----------|---------------|
B|-----------|---------------|
G|-----------|--2-0----------|
D|--0-0-0-0--|-------2-0-----|
A|-----------|------------3--|
E|-----------|---------------| (x2)
Verse 3:
G7 C
Rebel against society,
G7 C G7
Such a tiny specula-ting,
C
Whether to be a hip or,
G7 C
Skip along quite merrily.
Chorus 4:
F C
Through all levels you've been changing,
F C7
Elevator in the brain hotel,
F C7
Broken down a-just as well-a.
G7 C
Looking through crys-tal spectacles,
G7 C
I can see you had your fun.
Interlude:
(G7) (C)
e|-----------|---------------|
B|-----------|---------------|
G|-----------|--2-0----------|
D|--0-0-0-0--|-------2-0-----|
A|-----------|------------3--|
E|-----------|---------------| (x2)
Coda: (Sung over Intro Riff)
(G7) (C)
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B|-----------|---------------|
G|-----------|--2-0----------|
D|--0-0-0-0--|-------2-0-----|
A|-----------|------------3--|
E|-----------|---------------|
G7
Dum dum dum dum,
C
Dum dum, dum dum dum,
G7
Dum dum dum dum,
C
Dum dum, dum dum dum.
G7
Dum dum dum dum,
C
Dum dum, dum dum dum,
G7
Dum dum dum dum,
C
Dum dum, dum dum dum.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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G7 C F C7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
323000 x32010 133211 x32310
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)
