Harper Roy

Harper Roy - Forever guitar tab

[Song: Roy Harper "Forever"]

[Transcription by Gordon Walker ]

This is something I haven't posted before I think - especially for you

finger-picking tab readers. I've never seen Roy play this, and wonder

exactly what he does becuase the way I do this, the harmonics at the end

don't work out (so I've left them out of this!).

I did have a version which was almost impossible to play in G (and you

needed very long fingers for!) for which the harmonics did work bt never

found a compromise. Roy well have played this on open tuning but that

makes it (a) incredibly boring to play and (b) the harmonics still don;t

work!

Gordon

--

Forever

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E|------------0---|2-----2---0-----|----------------|----------------|

B|--0---3---------|----------------|3-------3-0-----|----------------|

G|2---------------|----------------|----------------|2---------------|

D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-----------|

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

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

We're spin -ning leaves in the flight of a dawn little

just

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

B|----0-3---0-2---|3---------------|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|

G|--2-------------|----------------|--2^0-----2^0---|--2^0-----2^0---|

D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|

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

D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|

girl passing an et-ternal of

through hori zon

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

B|----0-3---0-2---|3---------------|

G|--2-------------|----------------|

D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|

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

D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|

time

E|----------0-----|2-----------2---|3-----------2---|0---------------|

B|--0---3---------|----------------|----------------|------------3---|

G|2---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|

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

D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|

But we sit here I'd like to think that

as

E|0^2---0---------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

B|----------3-----|0-----3---0-----|--3-------------|----------------|

G|----------------|----------------|2---------------|----------------|

D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-----------|

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

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

all got will be ours for - ev-er

we've

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

B|----0-3---0-2---|3---------------|0-----0---------|0-3-------------|

G|--2-------------|----------------|--2^0-----2^0---|----------------|

D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|

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

D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|

don't think for-ev-er?

you we're

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

B|----0-3---0-2---|3---------------|0-----0---------|0-3-------------|

G|--2-------------|----------------|--2^0-----2^0---|----------------|

D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|

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

D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|

don't think for-ev-er?

you we're

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

B|----0-3---0-2---|3---------------|

G|--2-------------|----------------|

D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|

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

D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|

coda

E|5---------5-----|4---------4-----|3---------3-----|2---------3-----|

B|--6-------------|--5-------------|--4-------------|--3-------------|

G|------5---------|------4---------|------3---------|------2---------|

D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|

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

D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|

(F/D) (E/D) (Eb/D) D

E|5---------5-----|4---------4-----|3---------3-----|2---------3-----|

B|--6-------------|--5-------------|--4-------------|--3-------------|

G|------5---------|------4---------|------3---------|------2---------|

D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|

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

D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|

(play each of the next bars twice:)

E|3---------3-----|2---------2-----|----------------|------2---------|

B|--4-------------|--3-------------|2-----2---------|--3-----3-----3-|

G|------3---------|------2---------|--2-------2-----|2---2-----2-----| D!

D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|

A|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|

D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|--------0-------|0-------0-------|

Don't ever let.. little girl.. ..oh no....

(fit in above "Don't ever let me go little girl.....oh no...." )

last bar may be wrong fingerings - basically this is just D to finish!

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