Don Quixote
by Gordon Lightfoot · posted by deleted
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How to read this tab — notation key
- +
- Blow note
- −
- Draw note
- b or '
- Half-step bend
- bb or ''
- Two half-step bend
- bbb or '''
- Three half-step bend
- (###)
- Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
- < or *
- Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)
Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.
4 5 6 6 -6 -6 6 5
Through the woodland, through the valley
4 5 6 5 -4 -4 5Comes a horseman wild and free
4 5 6 6 6 -6 6 5Tilting at the windmills passing
4 4 5 6 5 -4 -3 4Who can the brave young horseman be
4 5 6 6 6 -6 6 5He is wild but he is mellow
4 5 6 5 -4 -4 5He is strong but he is weak
4 5 6 6 6 -6 6 5He is cruel but he is gentle
4 5 6 5 -4 -3 4He is wise but he is meek
-7 -7 -7 7 -8 -8 8Reaching for his saddlebag
-8 7 7 7 -7 -7 -6 6 -5 6He takes a battered book into his hand
-7 -7 -7 7 -8 -8 8Standing like a prophet bold
-8 7 7 7 -7 -7 -6 6 -5 6He shouts across the ocean to the shore
5 5 5 -5 5 -4Till he can shout no more
4 5 6 6 -6 -6 6 5
I have come o'er moor and mountain
4 5 6 5 -4 -3 4Like the hawk upon the wing
4 5 6 6 -6 -6 6I was once a shining knight
4 4 5 6 5 -4 -4 4Who was the guardian of a king
4 5 6 6 6 -6 6 5I have searched the whole world over
4 5 6 5 -4 -4 5Looking for a place to sleep
4 5 6 6 -6 -6 6I have seen the strong survive
5 4 5 6 5 -4 -3 4And I have seen the lean grown weak
4 5 6 6 -6 -6 6
See the children of the earth
5 4 5 6 5 -4 -4 5Who wake to find the table bare
4 4 6 6 -6 -6 6 5See the gentry in the country
4 5 6 4 -4 -3 4Riding off to take the air
-7 -7 -7 7 -8 -8 8
Reaching for his saddlebag
-8 7 7 7 -7 -7 -6 6 -5 6He takes a rusty sword into his hand
6 -7 -7 -7 7 -8 -8 8Then striking up a knightly pose
-8 7 7 7 -7 -7 -6 6 -5 6He shouts across the ocean to the shore
-4 5 5 -5 5 -4Till he can shout no more
4 5 6 6 6 -6 6
See the jailor with his key
5 4 5 6 5 -4 3 4Who locks away all trace of sin
4 5 6 6 -6 -6 6See the judge upon the bench
5 4 5 6 5 -4 -4 5Who tries the case as best he can
4 5 6 6 6 -6 6See the wise and wicked ones
5 4 5 6 5 -4 -4 5Who feed upon life's sacred fire
4 5 6 6 6 -6 6See the soldier with his gun
4 4 5 6 5 -4 -3 4Who must be dead to be admired
4 5 6 6 -6 -6 6 5
See the man who tips the needle
4 5 6 5 -4 -4 5See the man who buys and sells
4 5 6 6 -6 -6 6 5See the man who puts the collar
4 5 6 5 -4 -3 4On the ones who dare not tell
4 5 6 6 -6 -6 6 5See the drunkard in the tavern
4 5 6 5 -4 -4 5Stemming gold to make ends meet
4 5 6 6 6 -6 6See the youth in ghetto black
5 4 5 6 5 -4 -3 4Condemned to life upon the street
-7 -7 -7 7 -8 -8 8
Reaching for his saddlebag
-8 7 7 7 -7 -7 -6 6 -5 6He takes a tarnished cross into his hand
-7 -7 -7 7 -8 -8 8Standing like a preacher now
-8 7 7 7 -7 -7 -6 6 -5 6He shouts across the ocean to the shore
6 -7 -7 -7 7 -8 -8 8Then in a blaze of tangled hooves
-8 7 7 7 -7 -7 -6 6 -5 6He gallops off across the dusty plain
5 5 5 -5 5 -4In vain to search again
-4 -4 5 -4 4Where no one will hear
4 5 6 6 -6 -6 6 5Through the woodland, through the valley
4 5 6 5 -4 -4 5Comes a horseman wild and free
4 5 6 6 6 -6 6 5Tilting at the windmills passing
4 4 5 6 5 -4 -3 4Who can the brave young horseman be
4 5 6 6 6 -6 6 5He is wild but he is mellow
4 5 6 5 -4 -4 5He is strong but he is weak
4 5 6 6 6 -6 6 5He is cruel but he is gentle
4 5 6 5 -4 -3 4He is wise but he is meek