MONKEES - "porpoise song" Tablature

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"The Porpoise Song"
(Gerry Goffin - Carole King)

Intro:

(organ and strings):

E E7/D A/C# G
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
A F# B Bmaj7 [hold 4 bars]
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

(piano; acoustic gtr. enters 2nd bar):

E
/ / / / / / / /

Verse 1:

E C D A
My, my the clock in the sky is pounding away
E (organ fill: E A/E E7(no3) A/E)
There's so much to say
E C D A
A face, a voice, an overdub has no choice
E
And it cannot rejoice

A /G D/F# Esus4
Wanting to be, to hear and to see
A /G D/F#
Crying to the sky
E E7/D A/C# D
But the porpoise is laughing goodbye, goodbye
G D [vocals imply Dsus2]
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

Break:

(bass, doubled w/strings)

D
v v v v
-9-7---4-2-------
-----------4-2-0-
-----------------
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Verse 2:

Clicks, clacks, riding the backs of giraffes for laughs
Is all right for a while
The ego sings of castles and kings and things
That go with a life of style

Wanting to feel, to know what is real
Living is a lie
The porpoise is waiting, goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

Coda:

G D
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
G Bm [45 ends cold]
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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