Once Upon A Troubadour

                             ONCE 
UPON A TROUBADOUR
                        (From the 
Album WISHMASTOUR 2000)

Transcribed by hapcimano



First guitar plays the intro while 
the second strums once each accord.
Just listen to the original song and
 you'll know what I'm talking about.



Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic'

Intro:

       Am                G         
 4/4
Am         F      Em       Am

  Gtr I
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       Am                G         
 4/4
Am         F      Em             

  Am

  Gtr I
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|----1-----1-------1-----3----1--
|-2-----------2-2----------------
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||0----|-----0-1----1-0------------0--------| 
||--2--|--2--------------2-0---0-------2----| 
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   Am               G             
A lonely bard wandering across the
          Am
 lands am I
 Am                 G             
Singing dancing finding answers to
          Am
 every why
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Am7/E                          G 
The taverns are full and one 
              Am
crosses my path, too
F                    Em          
I just might reward myself with a
          Am
 beer or two

      Am               G          
This inn the place of many 
   Am
romantic tales
 Am                 G          Am
On the loft women offer their sales
        Am7/E                  G  
But my eyes they catch a girl beat
         Am
 by everyone
F                      Em        
A slave she is but for me a rose 
   Am
undone

Am       F
Hear me sing
Am     C  Em  ... Dm
Watch me dance
Dm         Em       F
Play that lute of thine
      Am                Em
And share with me this dance

Am                G              Am
As she danced my eyes began to shine
       Am                 G    Am
There she was the maiden so divine
      Am7/E                     
How could I approach her with my 
 G           Am
outlook so poor
F                 Em             
Her beauty being much more than I
          Am
 could endure

Am            G                   Am
So I asked if I could sing a chanson
 Am                G            
With a language of ancient and of 
   Am
lore
Am7/E                   G        
Gathered the men around us me and
              Am
 the girl in rags
F                       Em   
Soon were the melodies heard by 
        Am
everyone

Am       F
Hear us sing
Am    C   Em  ... Dm
Watch us dance
Dm        Em       F
Sing with us this tale
 Am             Em
With a clap of hands




      Am             G            
The stories long-forgotten we 
    Am
still know
 Am                       G       Am
Performing our skills wherever we go
Am7                    G       Am
I end my story as I receive a kiss
F                 Em          Am
From my girl the dearest Beatrice

Am       F
Hear us sing
Am    C   Em  ... Dm
Watch us dance
Dm        Em       F
Sing with us the tales
 Am                         Em
Which the music will keep alive