Procol Harum - A Salty Dog

      
 
 "A Salty Dog"
 (Gary Brooker - Keith Reid)
 
 Intro:
 
 (seagulls and surf sound effects)
 
 strings (arranged for guitar):
 
 Db-5 Csus4 C Cm7 Bbsus4 Bb 
       

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 |--8---8---8---8-|--8---8---8---8-|--8---8---8---8-|-6---6---6---6-|
 |-10--10--10--10-|-10--10---9---9-|--8---8---8---8-|-8---8---7---7-|
 |-11--11--11--11-|-10--10--10--10-|--8---8---8---8-|-8---8---8---8-|
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 |--9---9---9---9-|--8---8---8---8-|--8---8---8---8-|-6---6---6---6-|
 

 
 Verse 1:
 
 Db-5               Csus4         C   
 "All hands on deck  we've run afloat"
 Cm7                Bbsus4 Bb 
 I heard the captain cry
 Ab6          Ab  Cm/G Fm Fm7          Cm/Eb 
 Explore the ship  replace the cook
 Db-5               E6 
 Let no one leave alive
 
 B/F#               F#             
 Across the straits around the horn
 B           Bmaj7   B7 
 How far can sailors fly
 E              Em6/G               
 A twisted path  our tortured course
 B/F#             F#sus4 F# 
 And no one left alive
 
 Verse 2:
 
 We sailed for parts unknown to man
 Where ships come home to die
 No lofty peak nor fortress bold
 Could match our captain's eye
 
 Upon the seventh seasick day
 We made our port of call
 The sand so white and sea so blue
 No mortal place at all
 
 Break:
 
 strings/piano (arranged for guitar):
 
 B       Ddim    
 v v v v  v v v v

 |-11--------------------|-4-----7-----6-----7--|
 |-12----12--------------|-3-----6-----6-----6--|
 |-11-11-11----10----11--|-4-----7-----7-----7--|
 |-13----13-13-13----13--|-0-----0-----0-----0--|
 |-14----14----14----14--|----------------------|
 |-----------------------|----------------------|
 

 
 F#       Adim   F#dim 
  v v v v  v v v  v

 |--9----6--------------|-------------------2--|
 |-11----7--------------|-4-----------6-----4--|
 |-11-11-6--6--5-----6--|-5-----------5-----2--|
 |-11----8-----8-----8--|-4-----------7-----4--|
 |--9----9-----9-----9--|-0-----------0-----3--|
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 Verse 3:
 
 We fired the gun and burned the mast
 And rode from ship to shore
 The captain cried, we sailors wept
 Our tears were tears of joy
 
 Now many moons and many Junes
 Have passed since we made land
 And the salty dog, the seaman's log
 Your witness in my own hand
 
 (repeat string/piano break; end on Db-5 w/seagulls)
 
 -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers