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To Try for the Sun (Fingerstyle) - Helmut Bickel       mp3
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  Artist: Donovan
 Tutorial & Tab: Helmut Bickel
  Audio Clip from the Tutorial
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Capo 4th Fret - 4/4 Time
Intro:
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   G             Cmaj7         G
        _   _         _   _         _   _
   | | | | | |   | | | | | |   | | | | | |
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|---0-------0-|---0-------0-|---0-------0-|
G|---0---0-----|---0---0-----|---0---0-----|
D|---0-----0---|---2-----2---|---0-----0---|
A|-------------|-3---3-------|-------------|
E|-3---3-------|-------------|-3---3-------|

  Cmaj7          G           Cmaj7
        _   _         _
   | | | | | |   | | | | |   | | | |
e|-------------|-----------|---------|
B|---0-------0-|---0-------|-0-----3-|
G|---0---0-----|---0---0---|-0-------|
D|---2-----2---|---0-----0-|-2-------|
A|-3---3-------|-----------|-3-------|
E|-------------|-3---3-----|---------|


Verse:
-----

   G           C         D
        _                     _          _
   | | | | |   | | | |   | | | | |    | | | | |
e|-----------|---------|-----------|0h2---------|
B|-3-3---3---|-1---0---|-------3---|------3---0-|
G|-0---------|---------|-2-2-------|------------|
D|---0-----0-|---2---2-|---0-----0-|----0-----0-|
A|-----------|-3---3---|-0---0-----|--0-----0---|
E|-3---3-----|---------|-----------|------------|
  We stood in the windy city

   C           D           G
        _           _           _
   | | | | |   | | | | |   | | | | |   | | | |
e|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
B|-1-----0---|-----------|---0---0h1-|-0-----3-|
G|-----------|-2-----0---|---0-------|-0-------|
D|---2-----2-|---0-----0-|---0-----0-|---------|
A|-3---3-----|-----------|-----------|---------|
E|-----------|-2---2-----|-3---3-----|-3-------|
  The gypsy boy and I

   G           C         D
        _                     _          _
   | | | | |   | | | |   | | | | |    | | | | |
e|-----------|---------|-----------|0h2---------|
B|-3-3---3---|-1---0---|-------3---|------3---0-|
G|-0---------|---------|-2-2-------|------------|
D|---0-----0-|---2---2-|---0-----0-|----0-----0-|
A|-----------|-3---3---|-0---0-----|--0-----0---|
E|-3---3-----|---------|-----------|------------|
  We slept on the breeze in the midnight

   C           D           G
        _           _           _
   | | | | |   | | | | |   | | | | |   | | | |
e|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
B|-1-----0---|-----------|---0---0h1-|-0-----0-|
G|-----------|-2-----0---|---0-------|-0-------|
D|---2-----2-|---0-----0-|---0-----0-|---------|
A|-3---3-----|-----------|-----------|---------|
E|-----------|-2---2-----|-3---3-----|-3-------|
  With the rain droppin' tears in our eyes


Chorus:
------

   C             D           G           G
      _   _           _           _           _
   | | | | | |   | | | | |   | | | | |   | | | | |
e|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B|-1---1---0---|-----------|-0-----0---|-0-----0---|
G|-------------|-2-----0---|-0---------|-0---------|
D|---2-------2-|---0-----0-|---0-----0-|---0-----0-|
A|-3-----3-----|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E|-------------|-2---2-----|-3---3-----|-3---3-----|
  And who's going to be the one

   C             D           G           G
      _   _           _           _           _
   | | | | | |   | | | | |   | | | | |   | | | | |
e|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B|-1---1---0---|-----------|-0-----0---|-0-----0---|
G|-------------|-2-----0---|-0---------|-0---------|
D|---2-------2-|---0-----0-|---0-----0-|---0-----0-|
A|-3-----3-----|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E|-------------|-2---2-----|-3---3-----|-3---3-----|
  To say it was no good what we done?

   C             D           G           G
      _   _           _           _           _
   | | | | | |   | | | | |   | | | | |   | | | | |
e|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B|-1---1---0---|-----------|-0-----0---|-0-----0---|
G|-------------|-2-----0---|-0---------|-0---------|
D|---2-------2-|---0-----0-|---0-----0-|---0-----0-|
A|-3-----3-----|-----------|-----------|-----------|
E|-------------|-2---2-----|-3---3-----|-3---3-----|
  I dare a man to say I'm too young

   C             D           G           G
      _   _           _           _
   | | | | | |   | | | | |   | | | | |   | | | |
e|-------------|-----------|-----------|---------|
B|-1---1---0---|-----------|-------0h1-|-0-------|
G|-------------|-2-----0---|-0---------|-0-------|
D|---2-------2-|---0-----0-|---0-----0-|---------|
A|-3-----3-----|-----------|-----------|---------|
E|-------------|-2---2-----|-3---3-----|-3-------|
  For I'm going to try for the sun

................


Lyrics and Chords:
-----------------


Intro: G,  Cmaj7,  G,  Cmaj7,  G,   Cmaj7


Verse 1:
-------
G               C     D    '
We stood in the windy city,
C         D      G     '
The gypsy boy and I.
G               C             D        '
We slept on the breeze in the midnight
C                       D             G   '
With the rain droppin', tears in our eyes.
 

Chorus:
------

C                  D       G  '
And who's going to be the one
C                 D           G  '
To say it was no good what we done?
C               D           G    '
I dare a man to say I'm too young,
C                 D          G  '
For I'm going to try for the sun.
 

Verse 2:
-------

We huddled in a derelict building
And when he thought I was asleep
He laid his poor coat round my shoulder,
And shivered there beside me in a heap.
 
Chorus:
------

C                  D       G
And who's going to be the one
C                 D           G
To say it was no good what we done?
C               D           G     '
I dare a man to say I'm too young,
C                 D          G
For I'm going to try for the sun.
 
Verse 3:
-------
We sang and cracked the sky with laughter
Our breath turned to mist in the cold.
Our years put together count to thirty,
But our eyes told the dawn we were old.
 
Chorus:
------

C                  D       G
And who's going to be the one
C                 D           G
To say it was no good what we done?
C               D           G     '
I dare a man to say I'm too young,
C                 D          G
For I'm going to try for the sun.
 
Verse 4:
-------

Mirror, mirror, hanging in the sky,
Won't you look down what's happening here below
I stand here singing to the flowers,
So very few people really know.
 
Chorus:
------

C                  D       G
And who's going to be the one
C                 D           G
To say it was no good what we done?
C               D           G     '
I dare a man to say I'm too young,
C                 D          G
For I'm going to try for the sun.
 
Verse 5:
-------

G               C     D
We stood in the windy city,
C         D      G
The gypsy boy and I.
G               C             D
We slept on the breeze in the midnight
C                       D             G
With the rain droppin', tears in our eyes.
 
Chorus:
------

C                  D       G
And who's going to be the one
C                 D           G
To say it was no good what we done?
C               D           G      '
I dare a man to say I'm too young,
C                 D          G
For I'm going to try for the sun.
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