Epistle To Derroll

...EPISTLE TO DERROLL... by Donovan ------------------------........... *from ’ Gift from Flower to Garden’ (1968)* *CAPO 3rd FRET* (Original Key: Eb) (*N.* The and / chord are played in this rhythm):                / e|-----------|-----------| B|-----1--1--|-----1--1--| G|-----0--0--|-----0--0--| D|-----2--2--|-----2--2--| A|--3--3--3--|-----3--3--| E|-----------|--3--3--3--| Intro:   /   /    /     /    / Verse 1: Come all ye starry star-fish living in the deep blue sea.           Crawl to me; I have a propo-sition to make thee.           Would you walk the North Sea floor to Belgium from Eng-land?           Chorus 1: Bring me word of a banjo man With a tattoo on his hand.           Verse 2: The spokesman of the star-fish spoke as spokesman should.           "If’n you met our fee then certainly we would.           If you cast a looking-glass u-pon the scallopped sand;           Chorus 2: You’ll have word o’ this banjo man With a tattoo on his hand".           Verse 3: Come all ye starry star-fish I know your ways are caped.           Maybe its be-cause you’re astro-logically shaped.           Converse with the herring shoals as I know you can           Chorus 3: Bring me word o’ the banjo man With a tattoo on his hand.           Verse 4: The eldest of the star-fish spoke after a sigh;           "Youthful as you are young man you have a ’Wisdom Eye’;           Surely you must know a looking-glass is made from sand?            Chorus 4: These young-fish are fooling you A-bout this banjo man."            Verse 5: "Come then aged star-fish riddle me no more.           For news I am wea-ry and my heart is sore.           All on the silent sea-shore help me if you can           Chorus 5: Tell to me if you know of this banjo man".           Verse 6:                                                "All through the seven o-ceans I am a star most famed.          Many ’leggys’ have I lost and many have I gained.           Strange to say quite recent-ly I’ve been to Fleming Land           Chorus 6: And if you are courteous I’ll tell you all I can.           Verse 7: "You have my full at-ten-tion" I answered him with glee           His brother stars were twink-ling in the sky above the sea.           So I sat there with rapt at-tention on the sand           Chorus 7: Very anxious for to hear of the banjo man.           Verse 8: "I have seen this tattooed hand through a ship port-hole.           Steaming on the watery main through the waves so cold.           Heard his tinkling banjo and his voice so grand.           Chorus 8:                                               But you must come to Belgium to shake his tattooed hand."           Verse 9:                                                      "Gladly would I come oh gladly would I go.            Had I not my work to do and my face to show.           I re-joice to know he’s well but I must go in-land          Chorus 9:                                              Thank you for the words you brought of the banjo man".           Verse 10:                                                            I walked a-long the evening sand as charcoal clouds did shift.          Re-vealing the moon shi-ning on the pebble drift.           Contem-plating every other word the starfish said;           Chorus 10:                                                         Whistly winds they filled my dreams in my dreaming bed.           CHORD DIAGRAMS:      ---------------                                /             EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  EADGBE  x32010  332010  133211  x02210       Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY Bristol England 2006 (clu)