MCLEAN DON - "legend of andrew mccrew" Tablature

From: Juergen Wuest <wuest@informatik.uni-kl.de>


The Legend of Andrew McCrew - by Don McLean
as performed on his live album "Solo"

Intro:

F Am Dm F
There was a mummy at the fair, all ...
Am G C
The people passed, but didn't care ...
G7 C7
so tell me if ...

Chorus:

F C7 F C7
Who are you? Who ...
F Dm G7 C7
Where have you been, ...?
F F7 Bb Bbm
Well, Andrew McCrew ...
F G7 C7 F C7 F C7 F
'Cause though he died long ago ...

Verse 1:

F C7 F C7 G7 Csus2 C7
Down on nightmare alley, where ...
F C7 F C7 G7 Csus2 C7
a hobo came a-hikin' on a ...
F C7 F C7 G7 Csus2 C7
Well he hopped a freight in Dallas....
F F7 Bb Bbm
But on a turn he slipped, ....
F C7 F C7
and he fell in-...

Repeat Chorus

Verse 2: (same chords as first throughout all other verses)
Well, Andrew had one leg of wood, the ...

Repeat Chorus

Verse 3:
But no one came to claim him, until ....

Repeat Chorus

Verse 4:
Well, what a way to live a life .....

Repeat Chorus

Verse 5:
But what about the ones who live and ....

eadgbe eadgbe
Csus2: x32030 Bbm: xx3321

Nice to know:
The song is based on an authentic case. Andrew McCrew toured with
the carnival, posthumously, for about 35 years. He was buried in 1973.
That was when Don McLean read an article about him and wrote the song.
When the song came out, someone stepped forward and donated a headstone
on McCrew's previously unmarked grave. The fourth verse of the song is
carved on the headstone. (Anyway, that's what Don McLean tells on the
live album.)