Don Quixote

Notes:
E|-----| 

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:
E|-----|E|-----| 

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 | |
E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----|E|

E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|-   

E|    E|-----|E|-----|- 

E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----|E|

E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|-   

E|    E|-----|E|-----|- 

E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----|E|

E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|-   

E|    E|-----|E|-----|- 

E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----|E|

E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|-   

E|    E|-----|E|-----|- 

E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----|E|

E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|-   

E|    E|-----|E|-----|- 


 E7(A bass)            D            
     E7
  (E7/A)
===========       ===========       
===========       ===========
| | | | | |       | | | | | |       
| | | 1 | |       | | | | | |
E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----|E|

E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|-   

E|    E|-----|E|-----|- 

E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----|E|

E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|-   

E|    E|-----|E|-----|- 

E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----|E|

E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|-   

E|    E|-----|E|-----|- 

E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----|E|
| | | | | |       | | | | | |     

E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|-   
||  | | | | | |       | | | | | |   

E|    E|-----|E|-----|- 
||                      

E|-----|E|-----|-       E|-----|E|

E|-----|-       E|-----|E|-----|-   

E|    E|-----|E|-----|- 


The Song:
E|-----|--- 


Intro/fill: (Gord's part)  (BIG kudos to anyone who posts or emails me Red
E|-----|E|-----|  Shea's original 

E|-- I can't get the rhythm right 

E|and I don't 

Continúa después del anuncio
            like Terry's way so 
much)

A, D/A, A, A, E7/A, A


Verses, Choruses:
E|-----|E|-----|E|-----|- 


A                     D/A        
Through the woodland through the 
A                       E/A      
valley comes a horseman wild and 
A
free
               D/A       A        
Tilting at the windmills passing 
                       E/A      A
who can the brave young horseman be
               D/A   A            
He is wild but he is mellow, he is
            E/A   A
 strong but he is weak
                D/A   A           
He is cruel but he is gentle, he 
           E/A   A      A  E7/A  A
is wise but he is meek


E/A                            
Reaching for his saddlebags he 
D/A                            A
takes a battered book into his hand
E/A                           D/A
Standing like prophet bold he 
                            A
shouts across the ocean to the shore
                         E     E7
    Till he can shout no more


A                D/A      A     
I have come o'er moor and 
                E/A     A
mountain like a hawk upon the wing
             D/A     A            
I was once a shining knight who 
               E/A  A
was the guardian of a king
                    D/A        
I have searched the whole world 
 A                   E/A      A
over, looking for a place to sleep
                D/A       A       
I have seen the strong survive and
                 E/A       A
 I have seen the lean grow weak


Intro chords: A, D/A, A, A, E7/A, A


A                D/A    A       
See the children of the earth 
                   E/A   A
who wake to find the table bare
               D/A    A           
See the gentry in the country 
          E/A      A    A  E7/A  A
riding off to take the air


E                              D 
Reaching for his saddlebags he 
                           A
takes a rusty sword into his hand
     E                             
Then striking up a knightly pose he
 D                             
 shouts across the ocean to the 
 A
shore
                         E     E7
    Till he can shout no more


A              D/A              
See the jailer with his key who 
A              E/A      A
locks away all trace of sin
               D/A     A       
See the judge upon the bench who 
                    E/A     A
tries the case as best he can
                 D/A    A      
See the wise and wicked ones who 
                   E/A    A
feed upon life's sacred fire
                D/A      A     
See the soldier with his gun who 
                  E/A  A
must be dead to be admired


Intro chords: A, D/A, A, A, E7/A, A


A               D/A      A      
See the man who tips the needle,
                 E/A      A
 see the man who buys and sells
                D/A      A        
See the one who puts the collar on
              E/A      A
 the ones who dare not tell
                 D/A    A    
See the drunkard in the tavern 
                   E/A       A
stemming gold to make ends meet
                 D/A    A   
See the youth in ghetto black 
                     E/A      A    
condemned to life upon the street
A  E7/A  A



E                              D 
Reaching for his saddlebags he 
                               A
takes a tarnished cross into his 
hand
E                                 
Then standing like a preacher now 
   D                              
he shouts across the ocean to the 
A
shore
E                                 
Then in a blaze of tangled hooves 
   D                           
he gallops off across the dusty 
 A
plain
                  E              
In vain to search again, where no 
          D
one will hear  (pause)


A                    D/A         
Through the woodland through the 
A                       E/A      
valley comes a horseman wild and 
A
free
               D/A       A        
Tilting at the windmills passing 
                       E/A      A
who can the brave young horseman be
               D/A   A            
He is wild but he is mellow, he is
            E/A   A
 strong but he is weak
                D/A   A           
He is cruel but he is gentle, he 
           E/A   A
is wise but he is meek