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The Black Swan

Bert Jansch

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Listen to the song to get the idea standard tuning Riff 1 |---------------------------------------0---------| |--3h2------------------------------0-----0---0---| |--------4------------------------2---2-----2-----| |-----------4-------------------2-----------------| |--2---------------2----2----0--------------------| |----------------2----2---------------------------| riff 2 |----------------------------| |--------------------------0-| |--1-------1-----------------| |--2-------2-----------------| |--2-------2-------------4/5-| |--0-------0-----------------| riff 3 |--0---| |--12---| listen to the recording to get the strumming |--8---| |--10---| down... |--0---| |--0----| |--9---| |--11---| |--10--| |--12---| |--8---| |--10---| (Thumb on 6th str. for both chords) riff 4 |---------------------2--------|---------------------2------------| |-----------2-----2h3----3p2---|----------2-----2h3-----3h2-------| |--------4-----4-------------4-|-------4-----4---------------4----| |------4-----------------------|-----4----------------------------| |--2---------------------------|--0-------------------------------| |------------------------------|----------------------------------| |--------------------------------|-------------------------------| |---------2-------2b3--3r2-------|-------------------------------| |-------4---4--------------------|----------3--------------------| |-----4-------4------------------|--------4---4-----0h2p0--------| |--------------------------------|------4-------4----------4-----| |--3-----------------------------|--2----------------------------| riff 5 (free time) |----------------------------------|-------------------------------| |----------------------------------|----------------2p0------------| |-------3--------------------------|-------------3------3----------| |---2h4---4p2h4-2h4p2-0h2--4p2p0h2-|-0--2-4---4------------4-------| |----------------------------------|-------------------------------| |----------------------------------|-------------------------------| |----2p0----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |---------3-------------------------------------| |-----------4--2h4p2p0--2---0----------0--------| |----------------------------------4------------| |-----------------------------------------------| Structure: Intro: Riff 1 x 3 Riff 2 x 1 Verse 1:Riff 1 x 3 Riff 2 x 1 Break 1:Riff 1x 2 Verse 2:Riff 1 x 3 Riff 2 x 1 Break 2:Riff 3 x 6 Riff 4 x 1 Verse 3:Riff 1 x 3 Riff 2 x 1 Break 3:Riff 1x 2 Verse 4:Riff 1 x 3 Riff 2 x 1 Break 4:Riff 3 x 5 then first bar of riff 3... Riff 5 x 1 Verse 5:Riff 1 x 3 Riff 2 x 1 Break 5:Riff 1x 2 Verse 6:Riff 1 x 3 Riff 2 x 1 Outro: Riff 1 till fade... Lyrics: (since there are no actually offical lyrics for this song i had to get them by ear, and this song Bert mumbles a couple of times, so, fo a couple of lines i have no idea what says) Verse 1: Traveling on space highway, Three long years to this day. A billion million trillion miles. Home is a long, long way away. [break 1] Verse 2: From bow to stern she�s 20 miles long, Ten miles high and wide. A beautiful swan in a silent sea, No water to slow her down. [break 2] Verse 3: Sometimes it seems we�re motionless, Caught between time and space. Other tiny star systems rush headlong by. (?) Signs are bursting in the rain (?) [Break 3] Verse 4: No earthly sound can penetrate, This black and endless void. Only thoughts and dreams, Of the unborn babes, Where your body and fill your mind. [Break 4] Verse 5: Every day down those quiet canyons, Like a love that�s for the stars. And people that shop at the market place, And the ship loads ever, ever on. [Break 5] Verse 6: If ever we come to our promised land, Gotta take the shuttle (?) For the black swan never ever wants to rest Never stops to say goodbye. i think it's mostly corrent, i made use of the live version on youtube and the recording make this tab...
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