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Fellow Traveller by John K. Samson
Fellow Traveller
Capo:no capo
Tuning: FFCGCF
Verse Pre-Chorus Chorus Bridge Outro
---------- ---------- ------------ ---------- -----------
F 079xxx G 225xxx Bb/D 552xxx G 225xxx Bb 555xxx
D 999xxx Bb 555xxx C/E 774xxx A 445xxx C 777xxx
C 777xxx F 079xxx F 079xxx Bb 555xxx A 445xxx
Bb 555xxx C 777xxx Bb 555xxx C 777xxx C/E 774xxx
C 777xxx F 079xxx
[Verse 1]
F
Rain for the last day that I will be known
D C Bb
The way that I want them to know me
F
Rain for reporters' predictable leads
D C Bb
On the darkening stain of my name
[Pre-Chorus 1]
G Bb F C
Rain like the morning you left with the international brigade
G Bb F
A streak of your face at the glass when the train pulled away
[Chorus 1]
Bb/D C/E F Bb
The aspidistra that refused to die
Bb/D C/E F Bb
A miniature camera in a Cambridge tie
Bb C F Bb
To get that Soviet control to crack a smile
Bb C F
All in our file, my fellow traveller
e|--0---0---0--0--0--|--0---0---0--0--0--|---------------|-----------------|
B|--0---x---x--x--x--|--0---x---x--x--x--|---------------|-----------------|
G|--x---9---10-10-10-|--x---9---10-10-10-|---------------|-----------------|
D|--5---7---9--9--9--|--5---7---9--9--9--|--5-5---5-5-5--|--5/5-5---5-5-5--|x2
A|--0---0---0--0--0--|--0---0---0--0--0--|--2-2---2-2-2--|--2/5-5---5-5-5--|
E|--0---0---0--0--0--|--0---0---0--0--0--|--2-2---2-2-2--|--2/5-5---5-5-5--|
Ooh ooh ooh-ooh
[Verse 2]
F
Sleep for the telephone's silent receiver
D C Bb
On its beetle-black back in the hall
F
Sleep for the bottle that rolled off my desk
D C Bb
Danced itself out on the floor
[Pre-Chorus 2]
G Bb F C
Sleep for the overturned ashtray splayed across an unmade bed
G Bb F
While I interrogate every word that I ever said
[Chorus 2]
Bb/D C/E F Bb
I fall from buildings into angry air
Bb/D C/E F Bb
Lecture my students in my underwear
Bb C F Bb
But once I was allowed to dream of you instead
Bb C F
My dear defected fellow traveller
e|--0---0---0--0--0--|--0---0---0--0--0--|---------------|-----------------|
B|--0---x---x--x--x--|--0---x---x--x--x--|---------------|-----------------|
G|--x---9---10-10-10-|--x---9---10-10-10-|---------------|-----------------|
D|--5---7---9--9--9--|--5---7---9--9--9--|--5-5---5-5-5--|--5/5-5---5-5-5--|
A|--0---0---0--0--0--|--0---0---0--0--0--|--2-2---2-2-2--|--2/5-5---5-5-5--|
E|--0---0---0--0--0--|--0---0---0--0--0--|--2-2---2-2-2--|--2/5-5---5-5-5--|
Ooh ooh ooh-ooh
[Bridge]
G
How you booked your final passage
A
With a passport that you paid for with a pair of roller skates
Bb
How you dyed your hair and mustache
C
Put on a mid-Atlantic accent but you couldn't stop the shakes
G
When they asked where you had come from
A
And you muttered, "That's a good one"
Bb
Though you were never really certain
[Chorus 3]
Bb/D C/E F Bb
Every umbrella down on Portman Square
Bb/D C/E F Bb
Opens and closes to arraign our fair
Bb C F Bb
Theory of something I can't picture anymore
Bb C G A
A forgery for my fellow traveller
[Outro]
Bb C
I won't wait to see
A C/E
I still I believe in you and me
F
My fellow traveller
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version 2
Verse Pre-Chorus Chorus Bridge Outro
---------- ---------- ------------ ---------- ------------
E 0221xx F# 244xxx A/C# x4222x F# 244xxx A x022xx
C# x466xx A x022xx B/D# x6444x G# 466xxx B x244xx
B x244xx E 0221xx E 02210x A x022xx G# 466xxx
A x022xx B x244xx A x0222x B x244xx B/D# x644xx
B x2444x E 0221xx
Capo 1st fret
[Verse 1]
E
Rain for the last day that I will be known
C# B A
The way that I want them to know me
E
Rain for reporters' predictable leads
C# B A
On the darkening stain of my name
[Pre-Chorus 1]
F# A E B
Rain like the morning you left with the international brigade
F# A E
A streak of your face at the glass when the train pulled away
[Chorus 1]
A/C# B/D# E A
The aspidistra that refused to die
A/C# B/D# E A
A miniature camera in a Cambridge tie
A B E A
To get that Soviet control to crack a smile
A B E
All in our file, my fellow traveller
E F# G# F# E F# G# F# F# F# A
e|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
D|--2---4---6-6-4--|--2---4---6-6-4--|--4-4---4-4-4--|--4/7-7---7-7-7--|x2
A|--2---4---6-6-4--|--2---4---6-6-4--|--4-4---4-4-4--|--4/7-7---7-7-7--|
E|--0---2---4-4-2--|--0---2---4-4-2--|--2-2---2-2-2--|--2/5-5---5-5-5--|
Ooh ooh ooh-ooh
[Verse 2]
E
Sleep for the telephone's silent receiver
C# B A
On its beetle-black back in the hall
E
Sleep for the bottle that rolled off my desk
C# B A
Danced itself out on the floor
[Pre-Chorus 2]
F# A E B
Sleep for the overturned ashtray splayed across an unmade bed
F# A E
While I interrogate every word that I ever said
[Chorus 2]
A/C# B/D# E A
I fall from buildings into angry air
A/C# B/D# E A
Lecture my students in my underwear
A B E A
But once I was allowed to dream of you instead
A B E
My dear defected fellow traveller
E F# G# F# E F# G# F# F# F# A
e|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
D|--2---4---6-6-4--|--2---4---6-6-4--|--4-4---4-4-4--|--4/7-7---7-7-7--|
A|--2---4---6-6-4--|--2---4---6-6-4--|--4-4---4-4-4--|--4/7-7---7-7-7--|
E|--0---2---4-4-2--|--0---2---4-4-2--|--2-2---2-2-2--|--2/5-5---5-5-5--|
Ooh ooh ooh-ooh
[Bridge]
F#
How you booked your final passage
G#
With a passport that you paid for with a pair of roller skates
A
How you dyed your hair and mustache
B
Put on a mid-Atlantic accent but you couldn't stop the shakes
F#
When they asked where you had come from
G#
And you muttered, "That's a good one"
A
Though you were never really certain
[Chorus 3]
A/C# B/D# E A
Every umbrella down on Portman Square
A/C# B/D# E A
Opens and closes to arraign our fair
A B E A
Theory of something I can't picture anymore
A B F# G#
A forgery for my fellow traveller
[Outro]
A B
I won't wait to see
G# B/D#
I still I believe in you and me
E
My fellow traveller
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version 3
Tuning:E B E G# B E
Capo:no capo
The tuning seems to be an Open F but with the 5th string (original A string)
also tuned to an F, so E-A-D-G-B-E becomes F-F-C-F-C-F.
Intro
F|--0--0--0--0--0--0-------0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
C|--5--5--7--9--9--9-------5--5--7--9--9--9-----|
F|--0--0--0--0--0--0-------0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
C|--5--5--7--9--9--9-------5--5--7--9--9--9-----|
F|--0--0--0--0--0--0-------0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
F|--0--0--0--0--0--0-------0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
F|-------------------------5--5--5--5--5--------|
C|-------------------------5--5--5--5--5--------|
F|-------------------------5--5--5--5--5--------|
C|--5--5--5--5--5--5-------5--5--5--5--5--------|
F|--2--2--2--2--2--2-------5--5--5--5--5--------|
F|--2--2--2--2--2--2-------5--5--5--5--5--------|
Verse
Rain... Rain... Rain... The
Sleep... Sleep... Sleep... While
F|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------
C|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------
F|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------
C|--9----9----7----5--|--9----9----7----5--|--5----5----9----7--|--5---
F|--7----9----7----5--|--7----9----7----5--|--2----5----7----7--|--2---
F|--0----9----7----5--|--0----9----7----5--|--2----5----0----7--|--2---
streak...
I interrogate...
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------------|
-5----9-----|
-5----7-----|
-5----0-----|
Chorus
The aspidistra... miniature camera... To get that... All
I fall from... lecture my... But once I was... My
Every umbrella... opens and closes... theory of.... A
F|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------
C|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------
F|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|------
C|--2----4----9----5--|--2----4----9----5--|--5----7----9----5--|--5---
F|--5----7----7----5--|--5----7----7----5--|--5----7----7----5--|--5---
F|--5----7----0----5--|--5----7----0----5--|--5----7----0----5--|--5---
in our file...
dear defected...
forgery for...
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-7----------|
-7----------|
-7----------|
Bridge #1
How you booked... When they asked...
F|--------------------|--------------------|
C|--------------------|--------------------|
F|--------------------|--------------------|
C|--5----5----5----7--|--5----5----5-------|
F|--2----4----5----7--|--2----4----5-------|
F|--2----4----5----7--|--2----4----5-------|
Bridge #2
..fellow travellers... I still believe...
F|--------------------|----------------------|
C|--------------------|----------------------|
F|--------------------|----------------------|
C|--5----5----5----7--|--5----5--------------|
F|--2----4----5----7--|--4----7--------------|
F|--2----4----5----7--|--4----7--------------|
Order as follows:
Intro
Verse
Chorus
Intro
Verse
Chorus
Intro
Bridge #1
Chorus
Bridge #2
Intro
Rain for the last day that I will be known the way that I want them to know me
Rain for a porter's predictable leave on the darkening stain on my name
Rain like morning you left with the international brigade
The streak of your face at the glass when the train pulled away
The aspodistra that refused to die
Minature camera in a Cambridge tie
To get that Soviet control to crack a smile
All in our file my fellow traveller
Sleep for the telephone silent receiver on its beetle black back in the hall
Sleep for the bottle that rolled off my desk and danced itself out on the floor
Sleep for the overturned ashtray splaid across an unmade bed
While I interrogate every word that I ever said
I fall from buildings into angry air
Lecture my students in my underwear
But once I was allowed to dream of you instead
My dear defected fellow traveller
How you booked your final passage
With a passport that you paid for with a pair of roller-skates
How you died your hair and moustache
Put on a mid-Atlantic accent but you couldn't stop the shakes
When they asked where you had come from
And you muttered "that's a good one" but you were never really certain
Every umbrella down on Portman Square
Opens and closes to a rain affair
Theory of something of something anymore
Forgery for my fellow travellers
I wont wait to see
I still believe in you and me my fellow traveller
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