"Gabilan"
by Duncan Brown
Standard Tuning
Capo @ 7th Fret
Note: I wasn't quite sure how to space this out since it has a different time signature.
This is as much sense as I could make of it.
Cmaj7 Em Cmaj7 Em
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|----1---1-------1---1-------1---1---|----1---1-------1---1-------1---1---|
|--2-------2---2-------2---2-------2-|--2-------2---2-------2---2-------2-|
|3-----------2-----------------------|3-----------2-----------------------|
|------------------------3-----------|------------------------3-----------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
The Sun strikes the sand and
Cmaj7 Em
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|----1---1-------1---1-------1---1---|
|--2-------2---2-------2---2-------2-|
|3-----------2-----------------------|
|------------------------3-----------|
|------------------------------------|
shim- -mers the
Am7 Em Am7 Gmaj7
|------1-----------0-----------1-----------0-----|
|----1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1---|
|--2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---0-------0-|
|0-----------------------0-----------------------|
|------------3-----------------------2-----------|
|------------------------------------------------|
world to haze and
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Em7 Gmaj7 Em7
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|----1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1---|
|--2-------2---0-------0---2-------2---2-------2-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|3-----------2-----------3-----------0-----------|
|------------------------------------------------|
liz- -ards crawl be-
Am7 Em Am7 Em
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|--2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2-|
|0-----------------------0-----------2-----------|
|------------3-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
-neath the rocks to
Em
|------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------1-----| this bar
|----1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1---| varies
|--2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------0-| in length.
|------------2-----------------------2-----------------------|
|0-----------------------0-----------------------0-----------|
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hide.
(Also, not 100% sure of the lyrics. Comment if you have a better idea.)
The Earth dare not move lest it's whitened bones be shown. The air is still and even
heat perspires.
But, high in the breeze there's another world that's cool. The silent sea belongs to Gabilan.
He drifts without a thought knowing not love nor hate. His liquid shadow cruciform below.
He has no compassion for those who crumble to dust, nor can he help them find what they
learned at birth.
A hawk-- I would be up there with you but alas I have no beauty, I can only wish.
