This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.
Actually in G; capo at the 3rd fret.
E7 E7sus4 E7 E7sus4
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B --0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-------|--0-----0-----0-| G ----1-----1-----|----2-----2-----|----1-----1-----|----2-----2-----| D ----------------|------0---------|2-----------0=2-|0-----------0---| A ------2---------|2-----------2---|------2---------|------2---------| E 0-----------0---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
E7 E7sus4 E7 E7sus4
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B --------------0-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-| G ------1---1-----|----2-----2-----|----1-----1-----|----2-----2-----| D 0=2--------*2---|0-----------0---|----------------|------0---------| A ----------------|------2---------|------2---------|2-----------2---| E ----------------|----------------|0-----------0---|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
E7 E7sus4 E7 E7sus4
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B --0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-------|--0-----0-----0-| G ----1-----1-----|----2-----2-----|----1-----1-----|----2-----2-----| D ----------------|------0---------|2-----------0=2-|0-----------0---| A ------2---------|2-----------2---|------2---------|------2---------| E 0-----------0---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
My name is Calypso and I have lived alone
E7 E7sus4 E7 E7sus4
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B ----0-----0-----|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-| G ------1---------|----2-----2-----|----1-----1-----|----2-----2-----| D 0=2---------0=2-|0-----------0---|----------------|------0---------| A ----------------|------2---------|------2---------|2-----------2---| E ----------------|----------------|0-----------0---|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
I live on an island and I 'waken to the dawn
A A7/6sus4 A A7/6sus4
E --0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-| B ----2-----2-----|----3-----3-----|----2-----2-----|----3-----3-----| G ------------2---|------0---------|------------2---|------0---------| D ------2---------|4-----------4---|------2---------|4-----------4---| A 0---------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------| E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
A long time ago, I watched him struggle with the sea
E7 E7sus4 E7 E7sus4
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B --0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-------|--0-----0-----0-| G ----1-----1-----|----2-----2-----|----1-----1-----|----2-----2-----| D ----------------|------0---------|2-----------0=2-|0-----------0---| A ------2---------|2-----------2---|------2---------|------2---------| E 0-----------0---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
I knew that he was drowning and I brought him in to me
Asus4 Asus4 A(4) A(4)
E --0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--------0-------| B ----3-----3-----|----3-----3-----|----2-----2-----|----2-----2-----| G ----------------|------2---------|------------2---|------2---------| D ------0-----2---|0-----------0---|------0---------|0=2---------2---| A 0---------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------| E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
Now today come mor - ning light,
C Cmaj7 F#m7(4) F#m7(4)
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B --1-----1-----1-|--0-----0-------|----------------|----------------| G ----0-----0-----|----0-----0-----|----2-----2-----|----------2-----| D ------2-----2---|------2---------|----------------|------2---------| A 3---------------|3---------------|-----*2---------|0=2---------2---| E ----------------|------------0---|2-----------0=2-|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
he sails away; Af - ter one last
E E7sus4 E E7sus4
E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B --0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-|--0-----0-----0-| G ----1-----1-----|----2-----2-----|----1-----1-----|----2-----2-----| D ------------2---|------0---------|------------2---|------0---------| A ------2---------|2-----------2---|------2---------|2-----------2---| E 0---------------|----------------|0---------------|----------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
night, I let him go.
LYRICS AND CHORDS:
[It's a judgement call as to whether the E7's are actually E's or E7's.
And it doesn't really matter.]
[For the "I let him go" parts at the ends of the verses, play as many
E - E7sus4 sequences as is necessary, using the picking pattern from
the last two measures of the first verse.]
Capo 3.
E7 E7sus4 E7 E7sus4 E7 E7sus4 E7 E7sus4
intro
E7 E7sus4 E7 E7sus4
My name is Calypso, and I have lived alone
E7 E7sus4 E7 E7sus4
I live on an island, and I 'waken to the dawn
A A7/6sus4 A A7/6sus4
Long time ago, I watched him struggle with the sea
E7 E7sus4 E7 E7sus4
I knew that he was drowning, and I brought him in to me
Asus4 Asus4 A(4) A(4)
Now today, come morning light
C Cmaj7 F#m7(4) F#m7(4) E E7sus4 E E7sus4
He sails away; after one last night, I let him go
My name is Calypso; my garden overflows
Thick and wild and hidden is the sweetness there that grows
My hair, it blows long as I sing into the wind
I tell of nights where I could taste the salt on his skin
Salt of the waves and of tears
And though he pulled away, I kept him here for years
Now I let him go
[Guitar solo: same chords as one verse, but for all the E - E7sus4 parts,
just play it like the "I let him go" parts at the end of the verses.]
My name is Calypso; I have let him go
In the dawn he sails away to be gone forever more
And the waves will take him in again, but he'll know their ways know
I will stand upon the shore with a clean heart and my song in the wind
The sand will sting my feet and the sky will burn
It's a lonely time ahead; I do not ask him to return; I let him go
I let him go
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