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A Salty Dog by Procol Harum
A Salty Dog
A worthy exercise in how majors, minors, sustained and sevenths of
the same chords, as well as notes next to each other (E, F, F# G)
can not only work together but be very melodic. Sort of orchestral?
[Verse 1]
G F#sus F# F#m7 Esus E
'All hands on deck, we've run afloe!' I heard the captain cry
D6 D F#m Bm Bm7 F#m Gm Bb
'Explore the ship, replace the cook: let no one leave alive!'
F C F Fmaj7 F7
Across the straits, around the Horn: how far can sailors fly?
Bb Bbm F Csus-C
A twisted path, our tortured course, and no one left alive
[Verse 2]
We sailed for parts unknown to man, where ships come home to die
No lofty peak, nor fortress bold, could match our captain's eye
Upon the seventh seasick day we made our port of call
A sand so white, and sea so blue, no mortal place at all
[Verse 3]
We fired the gun, and burned the mast, and rowed from ship to shore
The captain cried, we sailors wept: our tears were tears of joy
Now many moons, how many Junes, have passed since we made land
A salty dog, this seaman's log: your witness my own hand
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version 2
Intro:
(seagulls and surf sound effects)
strings (arranged for guitar):
Db-5 Csus4 C Cm7 Bbsus4 Bb
|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
|--8---8---8---8-|--8---8---8---8-|--8---8---8---8-|-6---6---6---6-|
|-10--10--10--10-|-10--10---9---9-|--8---8---8---8-|-8---8---7---7-|
|-11--11--11--11-|-10--10--10--10-|--8---8---8---8-|-8---8---8---8-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|---------------|
|--9---9---9---9-|--8---8---8---8-|--8---8---8---8-|-6---6---6---6-|
Verse 1:
Db-5 Csus4 C
"All hands on deck we've run afloat"
Cm7 Bbsus4 Bb
I heard the captain cry
Ab6 Ab Cm/G Fm Fm7 Cm/Eb
Explore the ship replace the cook
Db-5 E6
Let no one leave alive
B/F# F#
Across the straits around the horn
B Bmaj7 B7
How far can sailors fly
E Em6/G
A twisted path our tortured course
B/F# F#sus4 F#
And no one left alive
Verse 2:
We sailed for parts unknown to man
Where ships come home to die
No lofty peak nor fortress bold
Could match our captain's eye
Upon the seventh seasick day
We made our port of call
The sand so white and sea so blue
No mortal place at all
Break:
strings/piano (arranged for guitar):
B Ddim
v v v v v v v v
|-11--------------------|-4-----7-----6-----7--|
|-12----12--------------|-3-----6-----6-----6--|
|-11-11-11----10----11--|-4-----7-----7-----7--|
|-13----13-13-13----13--|-0-----0-----0-----0--|
|-14----14----14----14--|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
F# Adim F#dim
v v v v v v v v
|--9----6--------------|-------------------2--|
|-11----7--------------|-4-----------6-----4--|
|-11-11-6--6--5-----6--|-5-----------5-----2--|
|-11----8-----8-----8--|-4-----------7-----4--|
|--9----9-----9-----9--|-0-----------0-----3--|
|----------------------|-------------------2--|
Verse 3:
We fired the gun and burned the mast
And rode from ship to shore
The captain cried, we sailors wept
Our tears were tears of joy
Now many moons and many Junes
Have passed since we made land
And the salty dog, the seaman's log
Your witness in my own hand
[repeat string/piano break; end on Db-5 w/seagulls]
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