#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## DON QUIXOTE - Gordon Lightfoot From the album Don Quixote, on Warner/Reprise record and CD(!) (c) 1972,Moose Music, LTD Mistakes (c), me! :-) Notes: ----- Although several songbooks have written this song out in the key of C, Lightfoot *ALWAYS* uses a capo. For this song, the capo is used on the second fret and the chords are "normally". They *sound* a whole step higher. Is this confusing? Just put a capo on the 2nd fret, pop on record or CD, and play along!!! You'll sound fine and in tune!!! Listen how the song pulses on the A string rhythmically -- feel that galloping horse. The chorus changes from the E/A, D/A, A pattern the second time round, to the "normal" E, A, D chords. should too, if you want to sound authentic. Fingerpick the song using your thumb, index, and middle fingers. That's how The Man does it. Have fun!!! The Chords: ---------- The names may be a bit wrong since it's getting late, but the chord forms are correct. The numbers with the recommended finger to use, starting with 1=index, etc... Advanced players choose your own. :-) Look for the "1"'s -- they get lost in the text easily../ A D(A bass) E(A bass) E (D/A) (E/A) =========== =========== =========== =========== | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- | | 1 1 1 | | | 1 1 1 | | | 1 1 1 | | 2 3 | | | ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- | | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- | | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | | ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- E7(A bass) D E7 (E7/A) =========== =========== =========== =========== | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | | ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- | | 1 1 1 | | | | 1 | 2 | 2 3 | | | | | | | | | ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- | | | | 2 | | | | | 3 | | | | | 4 | | | | | | | ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- | | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- The Song: -------- Intro/fill: (Gord's part) (BIG kudos to anyone who posts or emails me Red ---------- Shea's original -- I can't get the rhythm right and I don't like Terry's way so much) A, D/A, A, A, E7/A, A Verses, Choruses: ---------------- A D/A A E/A A Through the woodland through the valley comes a horseman wild and free D/A A E/A A Tilting at the windmills passing who can the brave young horseman be D/A A E/A A He is wild but he is mellow, he is strong but he is weak D/A A E/A A A E7/A A He is cruel but he is gentle, he is wise but he is meek E/A D/A A Reaching for his saddlebags he takes a battered book into his hand E/A D/A A Standing like prophet bold he shouts across the ocean to the shore E E7 Till he can shout no more A D/A A E/A A I have come o'er moor and mountain like a hawk upon the wing D/A A E/A A I was once a shining knight who was the guardian of a king D/A A E/A A I have searched the whole world over, looking for a place to sleep D/A A E/A A I have seen the strong survive and I have seen the lean grow weak Intro chords: A, D/A, A, A, E7/A, A A D/A A E/A A See the children of the earth who wake to find the table bare D/A A E/A A A E7/A A See the gentry in the country riding off to take the air E D A Reaching for his saddlebags he takes a rusty sword into his hand E D A Then striking up a knightly pose he shouts across the ocean to the shore E E7 Till he can shout no more A D/A A E/A A See the jailer with his key who locks away all trace of sin D/A A E/A A See the judge upon the bench who tries the case as best he can D/A A E/A A See the wise and wicked ones who feed upon life's sacred fire D/A A E/A A See the soldier with his gun who must be dead to be admired Intro chords: A, D/A, A, A, E7/A, A A D/A A E/A A See the man who tips the needle, see the man who buys and sells D/A A E/A A See the one who puts the collar on the ones who dare not tell D/A A E/A A See the drunkard in the tavern stemming gold to make ends meet D/A A E/A A A E7/A A See the youth in ghetto black condemned to life upon the street E D A Reaching for his saddlebags he takes a tarnished cross into his hand E D A Then standing like a preacher now he shouts across the ocean to the shore E D A Then in a blaze of tangled hooves he gallops off across the dusty plain E D In vain to search again, where no one will hear (pause) A D/A A E/A A Through the woodland through the valley comes a horseman wild and free D/A A E/A A Tilting at the windmills passing who can the brave young horseman be D/A A E/A A He is wild but he is mellow, he is strong but he is weak D/A A E/A A He is cruel but he is gentle, he is wise but he is meek Intro chords: A, D/A, A, A, E7/A, A