Ballad Of Geraldine Acordes

Ballad Of Geraldine - Donovan
 
Capo 4
 
G   32000x
CM7 x3200x
D6  20020X
 
Final line is drawn out giving twice the time to the lyrics and adds these chords:
D7* Play D6 as shown above and hammer-on the C (1st fret B string)
C*  Play CM7 as shown above and hammer-on the C (1st fret B string)
G*  Play a standard G chord (320003) but only pluck the highest G as the last note.
 
 
[Intro]
G  CM7  G  CM7  G  CM7  G  CM7
 
[Verse 1]
G           CM7           D6        G    CM7  G  CM7
  Oh, I was born with the name Geraldine
     G    CM7             G      CM7  G  CM7
With hair coal black as a raven
  G               CM7      D6    G    CM7  G  CM7
I traveled my life     without a care
        G      D6         G      CM7  G
Ah, but all my love I was savin'
 
[Verse 2]
        G          CM7          D6        G    CM7  G  CM7
Oh, the winds blew high and the trees did sway
    G         CM7        G      CM7  G  CM7
Not much from life was I askin'
     G         CM7    D6          G    CM7  G  CM7
Till I met someone to give all my love
       G        D6       G       CM7  G
All my love, so long and lastin'
 
[Verse 3]
    G             CM7      D6            G    CM7  G
Oh, good were the parts we played in our game
      G         CM7       G      CM7  G  CM7
And a long ways off was tomorrow
       G          CM7         D6              G   CM7  G  CM7
But my love was a rambler and restless as the sea
    G      D6        G      CM7  G
And in the tide came sorrow
 
[Verse 4]
      G            CM7      D6          G    CM7  G  CM7
Oh, a child of the night is goin' to be born
  G       CM7         G      CM7  G  CM7
I can't explain my confusion
   G       CM7         D6          G   CM7  G  CM7
Is my love thinkin' to marry me at all
          G          D6              G       CM7  G
Or of the freedom he thinks he'll be losin'?
 
[Verse 5]
  G                          D6          G    CM7  G  CM7
I sit with my friends in the gay crowded room
   G               CM7           G       CM7  G  CM7
My friends they're smokin' and a-talkin'
       G            CM7       D6          G     CM7  G  CM7
But it all seems so empty, my love is not there
        G           D6        G       CM7  G
So I'll go into the streets a-walkin'
 
[Verse 6]
   G         CM7          D6         G    CM7  G  CM7
My baby is a-growin' as a-growin' it must
   G         CM7               G         CM7  G  CM7
If I were to lose it, it would grieve me
   G          CM7              D6                G   CM7  G  CM7
My love is so helpless and I'm wonderin' what to do
G         D6       G        CM7  G  CM7
Oh, how I yearn to help him
 
[Verse 7]
    G        CM7       D6           G      CM7  G  CM7
Oh, we could go to the land of your choice
          G                      CM7             G    CM7  G  CM7
Where the false shame won't come knockin' at our door
       G             CM7            D6              G     CM7  G  CM7
I've a feelin' in my heart and it's crushin' all my hopes
  G               D6           G    CM7  G  CM7
I think I'm gonna be hurt some more
 
[Interlude]
G  CM7  G  CM7  G  CM7  G  CM7  G  CM7
 
[Verse 8]
    G         CM7         D6        G    CM7  G  CM7
Oh, I was born   with the name Geraldine
     G    CM7             G     CM7  G  CM7
With hair coal black as a raven
  G           CM7      D6    G    CM7  G  CM7
I traveled my life without a care
        G      D7*        G      CM7  G  C*  G*
Ah, but all my love I was savin'
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