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Song To The Siren by Tim Buckley
Song To The Siren
Verse 1:
Bb F
Long afloat on shipless oceans
Eb Gm
I did all my best to smile
Bb F
'Til your singing eyes and fingers
Eb Gm
Drew me loving to your isle
Bb Ab
And you sang
Eb
Sail to me, sail to me
Bb
Let me enfold you
Gm
Here I am
F
Here I am
Eb Gm
Waiting to hold you
Verse 2:
Did I dream you dreamed about me?
Were you hare when I was fox?
Now my foolish boat is leaning
Broken lovelorn on your rocks,
For you sing, "Touch me not, touch me not, come back tomorrow:
O my heart, O my heart shies from the sorrow"
Verse 3:
I am puzzled as the newborn child
I'm as riddled at the tide
Should I stand amid the breakers?
Or should I lie with Death my bride?
Hear me sing, "Swim to me, Swim to me, Let me enfold you:
Here I am, Here I am, Waiting to hold you"
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With a capo at the third fret, you can play
G D C Em
G F C G
Em D C Em
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version 2
Capo 2nd Fret, Standard Tuning
C:E-0- G/B:E-0-
B-3- B-3-
G-0- G-0-
D-0- D-0-
A-3- A-2-
E-x- E-x-
Intro
e|3---2-----2-----3---2-----2-----3---2-----2-----2|
B|--3---3-----3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----3---3|
G|--------2-----2---------0-----0---------0-----0-2|
D|0---0-------------------------------------------0|
A|----------------3---3-----------2---2------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
-Verse
D A
Long afloat on shipless oceans
G Bm
I did all my best to smile
D A
'Til your singing eyes and fingers
G Bm
Drew me loving to your isle
-Chorus
D C
And you sang sail to me
G/B D
Sail to me let me unfold you
Bm A G
Here I am, here I am waiting to hold you
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version 3
Capo 1
Verse 1:
A E
Long afloat on shipless oceans
D F#m
I did all my best to smile
A E
'Til your singing eyes and fingers
D F#m
Drew me loving to your isle
A
And you sang
G D
Sail to me, sail to me
A
Let me enfold you Here I am
F#m E
Here I am
D F#m
Waiting to hold you
Verse 2:
A E
Did I dream you dreamed about me?
D F#m
Were you hare when I was fox?
A E
Now my foolish boat is leaning
D F#m
Broken lovelorn on your rocks,
A
For you sing,
G D
"Touch me not, touch me not,
A
come back tomorrow, O my heart,
F#m E D F#m
O my heart shies from the sorrow"
Verse 3:
A E
I am puzzled as the newborn child
D F#m
I'm as riddled at the tide
A E
Should I stand amid the breakers?
D F#m
Or should I lie with Death my bride?
A G
Hear me sing, "Swim to me,
D A
Swim to me, Let me enfold you, Here I am,
F#m E D F#m
Here I am, Waiting to hold you"
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version 4
Intro C#m, B, A
Verse 1:
E B
Long afloat on shipless oceans
A C#m
I did all my best to smile
E B
'Til your singing eyes and fingers
A C#m
Drew me loving to your isle
E
And you sang
D A E
Sail to me, sail to me Let me enfold you
C#m
Here I am
B
Here I am
A C#m B A
Waiting to hold you
Verse 2:
E B
Did I dream you dreamed about me?
A C#m
Were you hare when I was fox?
E B
Now my foolish boat is leaning
A C#m
Broken love-lorn on your rocks,
A
For you sing,
D A E
"Touch me not, touch me not, come back tomorrow,
C#m
O my heart,
B
O my heart
A C#m B A
Shies from the sorrow
Verse 3:
E B
I am puzzled as the newborn child
A C#m
I'm as riddled at the tide
E B
Should I stand a-mid the breakers?
A C#m
Or should I lie with Death my bride?
E D
Hear me sing, "Swim to me,
A E
Swim to me, Let me enfold you,
C#m
Here I am
B
Here I am
A C#m B A E
Waiting to hold you
The Monkees TV show version featured the song
in its original folk song style, with Buckley
playing solo with a 12 string guitar.
This stands in contrast to the lusher,
reverb-filled version present on the Starsailor
album. The Monkees television spot
features the song in the key of E
while the later album version is played in Bb.
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version 5
CAPO: 2nd fret (Sounds in key of E)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
D4 = xx0233 Cadd9#11 = x30032 A = x02220
D = xx0232 G/B = x20033 G = 320033
Csus2 = x30033 Gmaj7/B = x20032 Bm = x24432
[Verse 1]
D4 D Csus2 Cadd9(#11) G/B Gmaj7/B
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
D A G Bm
Long afloat on ...shipless oceans, I did all my ...best to smile,
D A G Bm
Till your singing ...eyes and fingers ...drew me loving ...to your isle,
D4 D Csus2 Cadd9(#11)
And you sang, "Sail to me,
G/B Gmaj7/B D
Sail to me, let me un - fold you!"
Bm Bm A G
Here I am, here I am ...waiting to hold you!
[Verse 2]
D4 D Csus2 Cadd9(#11) G/B Gmaj7/B
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
D A G Bm
Did I dream you ...dreamed about me? Where you hare, when ...I was fox?
D A G Bm
Now my foolish ...boat is leaning, broken lovelorn ...on your rocks,
D4 D Csus2 Cadd9(#11)
For you sing, "Touch me not,
G/B Gmaj7/B D
Touch me not, come back to - morrow!"
Bm Bm A G
Oh, my heart, oh, my heart ...shys from the sorrow!
[Verse 3]
D4 D Csus2 Cadd9(#11) G/B Gmaj7/B
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
D A G Bm
I am puzzled ...as the oyster, I am troubled ...as the tide,
D A
Should I stand ...amid your breakers,
G Bm
Or should I lie with ...Death my bride?
D4 D Csus2 Cadd9(#11)
Hear me sing, "Swim to me,
G/B Gmaj7/B D
Swim to me, let me en - fold you!"
Bm Bm A G G
Here I am, here I am ...waiting to hold you!
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