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Forever

Roy Harper

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[Song: Roy Harper "Forever"]
[Transcription by Gordon Walker ]

This is something I haven't posted before I think - especially for you
finger-picking tab readers. I've never seen Roy play this, and wonder
exactly what he does becuase the way I do this, the harmonics at the end
don't work out (so I've left them out of this!).
I did have a version which was almost impossible to play in G (and you
needed very long fingers for!) for which the harmonics did work bt never
found a compromise. Roy well have played this on open tuning but that
makes it (a) incredibly boring to play and (b) the harmonics still don;t
work!

Gordon
                               --

Forever
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E|------------0---|2-----2---0-----|----------------|----------------|
B|--0---3---------|----------------|3-------3-0-----|----------------|
G|2---------------|----------------|----------------|2---------------|
D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-----------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0---4-2-|
 We're spin -ning leaves  in the  flight    of a    dawn        little
   just
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----0-3---0-2---|3---------------|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|
G|--2-------------|----------------|--2^0-----2^0---|--2^0-----2^0---|
D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
 girl                              passing    an et-ternal      of
                                        through         hori zon

E|----------------|----------------|
B|----0-3---0-2---|3---------------|
G|--2-------------|----------------|
D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
A|----------------|----------------|
D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
 time

E|----------0-----|2-----------2---|3-----------2---|0---------------|
B|--0---3---------|----------------|----------------|------------3---|
G|2---------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
 But   we  sit    here        I'd  like         to  think       that
   as

E|0^2---0---------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------3-----|0-----3---0-----|--3-------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|2---------------|----------------|
D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-----------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0---4-2-|
 all   got  will   be   ours for - ev-er
  we've

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----0-3---0-2---|3---------------|0-----0---------|0-3-------------|
G|--2-------------|----------------|--2^0-----2^0---|----------------|
D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
                                   don't think  for-ev-er?
                                       you  we're

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----0-3---0-2---|3---------------|0-----0---------|0-3-------------|
G|--2-------------|----------------|--2^0-----2^0---|----------------|
D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
                                   don't think  for-ev-er?
                                       you  we're
E|----------------|----------------|
B|----0-3---0-2---|3---------------|
G|--2-------------|----------------|
D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
A|----------------|----------------|
D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|

coda

E|5---------5-----|4---------4-----|3---------3-----|2---------3-----|
B|--6-------------|--5-------------|--4-------------|--3-------------|
G|------5---------|------4---------|------3---------|------2---------|
D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
  (F/D)            (E/D)            (Eb/D)           D

E|5---------5-----|4---------4-----|3---------3-----|2---------3-----|
B|--6-------------|--5-------------|--4-------------|--3-------------|
G|------5---------|------4---------|------3---------|------2---------|
D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|

(play each of the next bars twice:)
E|3---------3-----|2---------2-----|----------------|------2---------|
B|--4-------------|--3-------------|2-----2---------|--3-----3-----3-|
G|------3---------|------2---------|--2-------2-----|2---2-----2-----| D!
D|----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----2-------2---|----0-------0---|
A|----------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
D|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|--------0-------|0-------0-------|
  Don't ever let..   little girl..  ..oh no....

(fit in above "Don't ever let me go little girl.....oh no...." )

last bar may be wrong fingerings - basically this is just D to finish!