Donovan

Donovan - Celia Of The Seals guitar tab

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CELIA OF THE SEALS - Donovan

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Record: HMS Donovan

Tabbed by: Stefan W.

Email: footos[at]walla.com (feel free to send me your corrections!!)

Note: This is the authors own work, and its not a official tab by the artist.

Therefore it's not supposed to be 100% correct.But I hope that you'll enjoy it!

Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)

Intro:

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e-----------------------------|

B-1p0----1---1-0-----0-----0--|

G---- 0----0------0-----0-----| play a few times then begin strumming verse 1

D-----------------------------|

A-----------------------------|

E-----------------------------|

Verse 1:

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D G C G

Should you wander this land to the North,

Em C G C G

And few seldom do,

D G C G

Should you follow the song of the gull

Em C G C G

To enchanted western isles,

Em G C G

Coax a fisherman to take you out

Em C G C G

Where the silky seals are seen,

Em G C G

Hear the stories that they tell about

Prechorus:

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Em A

The maiden who is their queen,

D(mute the high e string) G C G

The maiden who is their queen.

Chorus 1st

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Em G C G

Celia of the seals,

Em Bm(strum)

She knows just how they feel,

C G C G

Celia of the seals.

Interlude 1: (just picking the open chords)

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G Em

"Voyna, voyna, voyna, voyna voyna vay"

G Em Bm (one strum down)

"Voyna, voyna, voyna, voyna voyna vay"

Bridge:

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C G

e--------------------------0--3---|

B--------------------------1--3---|

G--5--4--2-----------------0--0---|

D------------4---4-5-------2--0---|

A--------------------------3--2---|

E-----------(2)-(2-3)------3--3---|

Verse 2:

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D G C G

Seal hunters are not brave and bold,

Em C G C G

They murder her poor wee seals

D G C G

And cut off their skins to be sold,

Em C G C G

Cursed be he who deals.

Em G C G

There's no reason for this slaughtering,

Em C G C G

They're left on the rocks to bleed

Em G C G

He's not a man who does this thing,

Prechorus:

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Em A

It's a cruel and a heartless deed,

D G C G

A cruel and a-heartless deed.

Chorus 2:

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Em G C G

Celia of the seals,

Em Bm(strum)

She knows just how they feel,

C(ring) G C G

Celia of the seals.

C(ring) G C G

Celia of the seals,

C(ring) G C G

Celia of the seals,

Em Bm(strum)

She knows just how they feel,

C(ring) G C G

Celia of the seals,

C(ring) G C G

Celia of the seals,

C(ring) G C G

Celia of the seals,

Interlude 2 / End (pick the open chords)

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G Em

"Voyna, voyna, voyna, voyna voyna vay"

G Em

"Voyna, voyna, voyna, voyna voyna vay"

fade out:

G Em

"Voyna, voyna, voyna, voyna voyna vay"

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