Terrapin Station

Intro: strum F Dm F Dm F so on, the 
lick sort of just comes naturally…
G                  Dm            
Let my inspiration flow in token 
Am     G          F
rhyme, suggesting rhythm,
F              C                  
That will not forsake me, till my 
F                C  C F G C Dm7
tale is told and done.
G                     Dm         
While the firelight’s aglow, 
            Am       G
strange shadows from the flames will
F
grow,
F                       C        
Till things we’ve never seen will
      F
 seem familiar.

Same pattern for the following 
verses:

G                     Dm         
Shadows of a sailor, forming 
        Am        G        F
winds both foul and fair all swarm.
F                     C          
Down in Carlisle, he loved a lady
   F       C  C F G C Dm7
 many years ago.
G                        Dm  
Here beside him stands a man, a 
            Am        G       F
soldier from the looks of him,
F                       C        
Who came through many fights, but
          F
 lost at love.
G                     Dm         
While the storyteller speaks, a 
      Am         G     F
door within the fire creaks;
F               C           F   
Suddenly flies open, and a girl 
               C  C F G C Dm7
is standing there.
G                          Dm    
Eyes alight, with glowing hair, 
          Am     G       F
all that fancy paints as fair,
F                       C        
She takes her fan and throws it, 
         F
in the lion’s den.

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G                         Dm     
Which of you to gain me, tell, 
          Am         G     F
will risk uncertain pains of hell?
F                   C           
I will not forgive you if you 
F                     C  C F G C Dm7
will not take the chance.
G                           Dm   
The sailor gave at least a try, 
            Am     G        F
the soldier being much too wise,
F                   C            
Strategy was his strength, and 
     F
not disaster.

Here’s the solo. Sorry, scratch 
that. Please, will somebody tab the 
solo?

G                        Dm      
The sailor, coming out again, the
         Am     G     F
 lady fairly leapt at him.
F                     C      
That’s how it stands today. You 
       F              C  C F G C Dm7
decide if he was wise.
G                          Dm    
The storyteller makes no choice. 
           Am       G        F
Soon you will not hear his voice.
F                     C          
His job is to shed light, and not
       F
 to master.

Interlude (thingy) goes F for a 
while, Cmaj7 for a while, C7, then:

F                      Dm      
Since the end is never told, we
C7                     C
 pay the teller off in gold,
F                            
In hopes he will return, but he 
Dm    E
cannot be bought or sold.

Then:

E    A               D         
Inspiration, move me brightly. 
E                   A
Light the song with sense and color;
A                  E         A  
Hold away despair, more than 
             E
this I will not ask.
E          F#m       A        D 
Faced with mysteries dark and 
C#m Bm E                    A
vast,    statements just seem vain
   D C#m Bm
at last.
A    Bm    A    Bm    A    Bm
Some rise, some fall, some 
               A
climb, to get to terrapin.

E        A              E       
Counting stars by candlelight, 
       F#m     A      D C#m Bm
all are dim but one is bright;
E                   A             
The spiral light of Venus, rising 
D                 E
first and shining best,
E   A                  E        
On, from the northwest corner, 
    F#m       A        D C#m Bm
of a brand new crescent moon,
E                  A       D A 
While crickets and cicadas sing, a 
E
rare and different tune,
E        B  A
Terrapin station.

E             B      E          
In the shadow of the moon, 
    B  A
terrapin station.
A                D        E
And I know we’ll be there soon, 
terrapin…
E
I can’t figure out, terrapin, if 
it’s the end or beginning, terrapin,
E
But the train’s put it’s brakes on, 
terrapin,
E                           
And the whistle is screaming, 
  D
terrapin.