long john silver
long john silver, 1972
lyrics: jack casady and grace slick
music: john barbata, jack casady, and jorma kaukonen
in a major
lead guitar: in a major, except in the guitar jams in which its a mixolydian
Main bass riff: played over the verses
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--7~-7~-7~--7-5-4---5-4---|
E|-----------------5-----5--|
A
Long John Silver, ring in his ear,
He's the hero, make that clear.
C#m A E
Does the same thing his father did
C#m A E
Sailing around the Caribbean,
C#m A E
Robbing kings with his talking parrot,
D A
This time I think he's on the high side.
A
Scabs are forming, scraped his knee.
Guards are warning, a bad man is free.
C#m A E
He's like electric clock that needs no winding,
C#m A E
Keeps the time without your hands.
C#m A E
Western feet need no binding,
D A
Take a barefoot run through old Japan.
Guitar jam: in A Mixolydian
Em Em/G Em
Em Em/G Em
Em
He's seen a thousand countries,
They're all the same.
Some men are crazy,
Some of them sane.
But all men are ruled by a flag or a game,
A
And he knows nobody's got you if you don't sign your name.
A
Long John Silver serves no king.
No land holds him, that's why he feels like singing.
C#m A E
Every country now and then,
C#m A E
Roars like Irish, drunk and singing.
C#m A E D Em
Every monk will now and then call his men to hear the wenches,
Em/G Em
Night bells ringing
Vamp out over Em and Em/G in A Mixolydian
