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SWAN SWAN H

The Rhythm guitar is played on a 12 - string while the other part is
played on a regular 6 - string.

This song is in 6/8 time. In the intro, Peter plays an Am chord. On
beat four, he lifts up his finger on the second fret of the D string
then hammers it right back on. Its an old trick but one of my
favorites.  He also does it on the Dm chord when it's played for a
whole 6 beats - except of course, he lifts his finger off of the G
string.

AmAm Piano Chord 
          DmDm Piano Chord 
           GG Piano Chord 

Swan, swan, hummingbird
AmAm Piano Chord 
              DmDm Piano Chord 

Hurrah, we are all free now
AmAm Piano Chord 
               DmDm Piano Chord 
    GG Piano Chord 

What noisy cats are we
AmAm Piano Chord 
                   DmDm Piano Chord 

Girl and dog he bore his cross

AmAm Piano Chord 
          DmDm Piano Chord 
           GG Piano Chord 

Swan, swan, hummingbird
AmAm Piano Chord 
              DmDm Piano Chord 

Hurrah, we are all free now
AmAm Piano Chord 
       DmDm Piano Chord 
    GG Piano Chord 
   AmAm Piano Chord 

A long, low time ago, people talk to me

EmEm Piano Chord 
                     FF Piano Chord 

Johnny Reb what's the price of fans
EmEm Piano Chord 
                FF Piano Chord 

Forty a piece or three for one dollar?
EmEm Piano Chord 
              FF Piano Chord 

Hey captain don't you want to buy
EmEm Piano Chord 
              CC Piano Chord 
    GG Piano Chord 

Some bone chains and toothpicks?

{same as first verse}
Night wings, her hair chains,
Here's your wooden greenback, sing
Wooden beams and dovetail sweep
I struck that picture ninety times,
I walked that path a hundred ninety,
Long, low time ago, people talk to me

GG Piano Chord 
         BmBm Piano Chord 

A pistol hot cup of rhyme
CC Piano Chord 
                     DD Piano Chord 

The whiskey is water, the water is wine
GG Piano Chord 
                BmBm Piano Chord 
                   CC Piano Chord 
             C/BC/B Piano Chord 

Marching feet, Johnny Reb, what's the price of heroes?

{Em to F progression}
Six in one, half dozen the other,
Tell that to the captain's mother,
Hey captain don't you want to buy,
Some bone chains and toothpicks?

Night wings, her hair chains
Swan, swan, hummingbird
Hurrah, we are all free now
What noisy cats are we
Long, low time ago, people talk to me
A pistol hot cup of rhyme,
The whiskey is water, the water is wine

{end on Am}

Here's what goes on in the background:

#1:
Swan Swan...

AmAm Piano Chord 
           DmDm Piano Chord 
    GG Piano Chord 
     AmAm Piano Chord 
          DmDm Piano Chord 

(D)--------0-2-|-0---|-----|-------0-2-|-0-|
(A)-0-2-3------|---0-|-----|-0-2-3-----|---| Back over
(E)------------|-----|-3---|-----------|---|

#2:
Johnny rep...

EmEm Piano Chord 
        FF Piano Chord 
       EmEm Piano Chord 
        FF Piano Chord 

(A)-2---0-2-|-3-0---|-2---0-2-|-3-|
(E)---3-----|-----1-|---3-----|---|

When switching from #1 to #2 or #3 do this

...some bones, chains...

EmEm Piano Chord 
        FF Piano Chord 
    EmEm Piano Chord 
    AmAm Piano Chord 

(A)-2---0-2-|-3--|-2---|-0-2-3-|
(E)---3-----|----|-----|-------| ...                    1st time
| GG Piano Chord 
          DD Piano Chord 
         CC Piano Chord 
           DD Piano Chord 

This on       (G)-----|-0-0-0-----|---------|---------|---------|
A Pistol...    (D)---0-|-------4-2-|-4-2-0-0-|---------|-0-0-2-4-|
(#3)           (A)-----|-----------|---------|-3-3-2-3-|---------|
|2nd time
|D       EmEm Piano Chord 

(D) |-0-0-0-|Six...
(A) |-------|