Don Quixote - Gordon Lightfoot From the album Don Quixote, on

The chorus changes from the E/A, D/A, A pattern the second time round, to the "normal" E, A, D chords. You should too, if you want to sound authentic.

 

Fingerpick the song using your thumb, index, and middle fingers. That's how The Man does it.

 

Have fun!!!

 

The Chords:

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The names may be a bit wrong since it's getting late, but the chord forms are correct. The numbers correspond with the recommended finger to use, starting with 1=index, etc... Advanced players choose your own. :-) Look hard for the "1"'s -- they get lost in the text easily../

 

 

A D(A bass) E(A bass) E

(D/A) (E/A)

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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | |

----------- ----------- ----------- -----------

| | 1 1 1 | | | 1 1 1 | | | 1 1 1 | | 2 3 | | |

----------- ----------- ----------- -----------

| | | | | | | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

----------- ----------- ----------- -----------

| | | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | 3 | | | | | | | |

----------- ----------- ----------- -----------

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4 | | | | | | |

----------- ----------- ----------- -----------

 

 

E7(A bass) D E7

(E7/A)

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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | | | | | | | |

----------- ----------- ----------- -----------

| | 1 1 1 | | | | 1 | 2 | 2 3 | | | | | | | | |

----------- ----------- ----------- -----------

| | | | 2 | | | | | 3 | | | | | 4 | | | | | | |

----------- ----------- ----------- -----------

| | | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

----------- ----------- ----------- -----------

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

----------- ----------- ----------- -----------

 

The Song:

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Intro/fill: (Gord's part) (BIG kudos to anyone who posts or emails me Red

---------- Shea's original -- I can't get the rhythm right and I don't

like Terry's way so much)

 

A, D/A, A, A, E7/A, A

 

Verses, Choruses:

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A D/A A E/A A

Through the woodland through the valley comes a horseman wild and free

D/A A E/A A

Tilting at the windmills passing who can the brave young horseman be

D/A A E/A A

He is wild but he is mellow, he is strong but he is weak

D/A A E/A A A E7/A A

He is cruel but he is gentle, he is wise but he is meek

 

 

E/A D/A A

Reaching for his saddlebags he takes a battered book into his hand

E/A D/A A

Standing like prophet bold he shouts across the ocean to the shore

E E7

Till he can shout no more

 

 

A D/A A E/A A

I have come o'er moor and mountain like a hawk upon the wing

D/A A E/A A

I was once a shining knight who was the guardian of a king

D/A A E/A A

I have searched the whole world over, looking for a place to sleep

D/A A E/A A

I have seen the strong survive and I have seen the lean grow weak

 

 

Intro chords: A, D/A, A, A, E7/A, A

 

 

A D/A A E/A A

See the children of the earth who wake to find the table bare

D/A A E/A A A E7/A A

See the gentry in the country riding off to take the air

 

 

E D A

Reaching for his saddlebags he takes a rusty sword into his hand

E D A

Then striking up a knightly pose he shouts across the ocean to the shore

E E7

Till he can shout no more

 

 

A D/A A E/A A

See the jailer with his key who locks away all trace of sin

D/A A E/A A

See the judge upon the bench who tries the case as best he can

D/A A E/A A

See the wise and wicked ones who feed upon life's sacred fire

D/A A E/A A

See the soldier with his gun who must be dead to be admired

 

 

Intro chords: A, D/A, A, A, E7/A, A

 

 

A D/A A E/A A

See the man who tips the needle, see the man who buys and sells

D/A A E/A A

See the one who puts the collar on the ones who dare not tell

D/A A E/A A

See the drunkard in the tavern stemming gold to make ends meet

D/A A E/A A A E7/A A

See the youth in ghetto black condemned to life upon the street

 

 

E D A

Reaching for his saddlebags he takes a tarnished cross into his hand

E D A

Then standing like a preacher now he shouts across the ocean to the shore

E D A

Then in a blaze of tangled hooves he gallops off across the dusty plain

E D

In vain to search again, where no one will hear (pause)

 

A D/A A E/A A

Through the woodland through the valley comes a horseman wild and free

D/A A E/A A

Tilting at the windmills passing who can the brave young horseman be

D/A A E/A A

He is wild but he is mellow, he is strong but he is weak

D/A A E/A A

He is cruel but he is gentle, he is wise but he is meek

 

 

Intro chords: A, D/A, A, A, E7/A, A