October Song Cifras

"October Song"(Robin Williamson)
From "The Incredible String band"(1966)
 
On the original recording, played in open D (DADF#AD)
with capo on 4th fret. As it is a celtic-style
folk tune, the related DADGAD tuning also works nicely.
 
chord shapes:
 
    DADF#AD
 
D   000000 or 054000
G/D 020100
A   x02100 or 021020
C/D 030530
G/B x20120
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[Intro]
 
D G/D  D  A  D
 
[Verse]
 
D           G/D          D          A                 D
I sing you this October song, there is no song before it,
D             G/D                  D           A                D
the words and tune are none of my own, for my joys and sorrows bore it.
D          C/D       G/B      D    A                D
Beside the sea, the brambly briars in the still of evening,
D         G/D             D        A                  D
birds fly out behind the sun, and with them I'll be leaving.
 
[Verse]
 
D           G/D                     D          A                D
The fallen leaves that jewel the ground, they know "The Art of Dying",
D              G/D                   D              A              D
and leave with joy their glad gold hearts, in the scarlet shadows lying.
D            C/D      G/B       D         A                 D
When hunger calls my footsteps home, the morning follows after,
D          G/D             D             A                      D
I swim the seas within my mind, and the pine trees laugh green laughter.
 
[Verse]
 
D          G/D             D      A                D
I used to search for happiness, I used to follow pleasure,
D              G/D            D          A                   D
but I found a door behind my mind, and that's the greatest treasure.
D          C/D     G/B       D         A               D
For rulers like to lay down laws, and rebels like to break them,
D                G/D      D                   A               D
and poor priests like to walk in chains, and God likes to forsake them.
 
[Verse]
 
D       G/D                 D        A               D
I met a man who's name was Time, he said "I must be going",
D             G/D           D      A               D
but just how long ago that was, I have no way of knowing.
D           C/D     G/B     D         A                     D
Sometimes I want to murder Time, sometimes when my heart's aching,
D          G/D             D        A               D
but mostly I just stroll along the path that he is taking.
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