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From: Andrew Rogers
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 15:21:13 -0400
Subject: l/love/the_castle.crd
"The Castle"
(Arthur Lee)
Intro:
(fingerpicked):
Am/E Em/B C Fmaj7 Am/E A/E
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
D Fmaj7 G
/ / / / / / / /
[instrumental over verse chords]
Verse 1:
C G Am C
Here's my baggage, hand me my staff
bass:
D Am A
v v v v v v v
---------2---------------|---|
-0---0-3---3-2---0-------|---|
---0---------------3-----|-0-|
---------------------1h2-|---|
I'm leaving on a plane, a boat or raft
Em G
Oh...
Verse 2:
A my love, B I love, so hard to choose
If that were in my mind, it I would use
Oh...
Bridge:
C F
Goin' back to Mother
C F
Leavin' on the double
D G A D
Think I'll go to Mexico
[3/4]
F Em G
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
Oh oh oh
bass:
v v v v v v v v v v
---------7\--|---------5\--|---------4\--|---|
-------7-7\--|-------5-5\--|-------4-4\--|---|
-5---5-------|-3---3-------|-2---2-------|---|
-------------|-------------|-------------|-3-|
[3 instrumental repeats of verse chords (w/harpsichord 2nd and 3rd time)]
[repeat intro (w/full band, bass as indicated)]:
Am Em C Fmaj7 Am A
[A C B D C E D F E A E A] <= bass
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
D Fmaj7/C G
/ / / / / / / /
Coda:
C G Am C
/ / / / / / / / / /
C#addG DaddG
x4302x x5403x
/ / / / / / / /
[2:20]
Acoustic guitar [2X]:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/love/the_castle_tab_ver_2.html ]
Em [band]
v v v v v v v v
---------------------------------|---------/---/-------------------|
---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------2---3p2---2p0-------|---------------------------------|
-2---2h3h5-------------------3---|-2-------------------------------|
---------------------------------|---------0---0-------------------|
^ 1st time only
[2:25]
guitar 1:
v v v v v v v v v v v v
-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
-2---3---0---|-------------|-------------|-------------|
-------------|-2-------0---|-2---3----0--|-2-------0---|
-------------|-----3-------|-------------|-----3-------|
guitar 2:
v v v v v v v v v v v v
-------------|-------------|-------------|-2---3---0---|
-------------|-------------|-2---3---0---|-------------|
-------------|-2---3---0---|-------------|-------------|
-2---3---0---|-------------|-------------|-------------|
-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
bass:
v v v v v v v v v v v v
-------------|-------------|-1---2-------|-4---5-------|
-------------|-2---3---0---|---------3---|---------7---|
-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
guitar 1:
v v v v v v v
-------------|-------------|-7-|
-------------|-3---5---7---|-7-|
-------------|-4---6---8---|-8-|
-------0-2-0-|-------------|---|
----2--------|-------------|---|
-0-----------|-------------|---|
guitar 2:
v v v v v v v
-------------|-2-3-2---2---|---|
-3---4---0---|-------------|---|
-------------|-------------|-0-|
-------------|-------------|---|
-------------|-------------|---|
-------------|-------------|---|
bass:
v v v v v v v
-6---7-------|-8---9-------|---|
---------9---|---------10--|-9-|
-------------|-------------|---|
-------------|-------------|---|
[2:31; free tempo to end]
---------------|
---------------|
-2----2h3-2----|
-2-----2--0----|
-0-----0--0----|
---------------|
^^^^^ 6X
Em F D
/ / /
[drum roll]
---------------|
---------------|
-2----2h3-2----|
-2-----2--0----|
-0-----0--0----|
---------------|
^^^^^ 5X
G G7 G
/ / /
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers