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Home / Song Tabs / Cat Stevens Part One / Part Two The Cat Stevens Collection Part Two RUBYLOVE (1972)
SAD LISA CAPO AT 7th (Key of Em)
SWEET SCARLET CAPO AT 3rd FRET THE FIRST CUT IS THE DEEPEST (1967)
How can I tell you (1971)
Intro
Em A D G/B
E |---0------------|---5-------------|--0-h2--2----2--/3--|---------------|
B |---0------------|---5-----3--/5---|--------3-----------|---------------|
G |---0------------|---2-------------|--0-h2-------2--/4--|---------------|
D |---2------------|---2-----4--/5---|--------0-----------|---------------|
A |---2------------|---0-------------|--------------------|---------------|
E |---0------------|-----------------|--------------------|---------------|
Em Bm4 A D G/B G G/F#
E |--2--0--------|--0-----0-----------|--0-h2--2--2-/3-|------3-------3---|
B |--0--0----3---|-\2---2---2—-3--/5--|--------3-------|----0---0----0--0-|
G |--2--0----4---|----2---------------|--0-h2-----2-/4-|------------------|
D |----------4---|-------------4--/5--|--------0-------|------------------|
A |--------------|--0-----------------|----------------|------------------|
E |--------------|--------------------|----------------|--3--------2------|
Break
Em Bm4 A D G/B G G/F#
E |--2--0--------|---------0----------|--0-h2--2--2-/3-|--3-----3---------|
B |--0--0----3---|-\2--------—-3--/5--|--------3-------|--0--—------0---0-|
G |--2--0----4---|-\2----2------------|--0-h2-----2-/4-|----0-------------|
D |----------4---|-----2-------4--/5--|--------0-------|------------------|
A |--------------|--0-----------------|----------------|------------------|
E |--------------|--------------------|----------------|--3-------3---2---|
Woh,woh, woh -oh! Oh-woh, oh-oh, woh!
Verse1
Em A D G/D D D2 G
How can I tell you that I love--------------- you ,
G G/F# Em A D G/D D D2 G
I love----- you, but I can't think of right words to say,
G G/F# Em A D G/D D D2 G
And I long to tell you that I'm al-ways think-ing of you,
G G/F# Em A
I’m always thinking of you,
D G/D D D2 G D G/D D D2 G
But my words just blow a–way, just blow a–way,
G G/F# Em A
It always ends up to one thing ,honey,
D G/D D D2 G
And I can’t think of right words to say!
Em Bm4 A D G/B G
Woh, woh, woh-oh! Oh-woh, oh-oh, woh!
Em Bm4 A D G/B G G/F#
Woh, woh, woh-oh! Oh-woh, oh-oh, woh!
Verse 2
Em A D G/D D D2 G
Wherever I am, girl, I’m al-ways walking with you,
G G/F# Em A D G/D D D2 G
I’m always walking with you, but I look and you’re not there,
G G/F# Em A D G/D D D2 G
And, who ever I’m with, I'm always, al-ways talking to you,
G G/F# Em A D G/D D D2 G
I’m always talking to you, and I’m sad that you can’t hear,
D G/D D D2 G
Sad that you can’t hear,
G G/F# Em A
It always ends up to one thing ,honey,
D G/D D D2 G
When I look , and you’re not there!
Verse 3 ( Instrumental)
Em A D G/D D D2 G G/F#
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Em A D G/D D D2 G
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Em A D G/D D D2 G G/F#
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Em A D G/D D D2 G
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Verse 4
Em A D G/D D D2 G
I need to know you, need to feel my arms a-round you,
G G/F# Em A D G/D D D2 G
To feel my arms surround you, like sea a -round a shore,
G G/F# Em A D G/D D D2 G
Each night and day I pray in hope that I might find you,
G G/F# Em A D G/D D D2 G
In hope that I might find you, because hearts can do no more,
D G/D D D2 G
Can do no more!
G G/F# Em A
It always ends up to one thing, honey,
D G/D D D2 G
Still I kneel u -pon the floor,
G G/F# Em Bm4 A D G/B G
Woh, woh, woh-oh! Oh-woh, oh-oh, woh!
Verse 5
Em A D G/D D D2 G
How can I tell you that I love--------------- you ,
G G/F# Em A D G/D D D2 G
I love----- you, but I can't think of right words to say,
G G/F# Em A D G/D D D2 G
And I long to tell you that I'm al-ways think-ing of you,
D G/D D D2 G D G/D D D2 G G/F#
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Em A
It always ends up to one thing ,honey,
D G/D D D2 G
And I can’t think of right words to say,
G G/F# Em Bm4 A D
Woh, woh, woh-oh! Oh-woh, oh-oh, woh!
ANGELSEA (1972)
Intro
G C D C D (x6)
Verse 1
G D C D C D G D C D C D
She moves like an angel, and seven evening stars,
G D C D C D G D C D
Dance through the windows of her uni-versal house,
C D G D C D C D
Of her uni-versal house
G C D C D (x4)
Verse 2
D G D C D C D G D C D C
Her voice ,a crystal echo, lies humming in your soul,
D G D C D C D G D C D
So patient-ly a-waiting for your ears to be-hold,
C D G D C D C D
for your ears to be-hold
Break
G D C D C D G D C D C D
(Hmmm, Car-ly Simon! Oh, yes! Hmmm, Carly, why----?) (x2)
Verse 3
D G D C D C D G D C D C
She ripples on the water, leaves diamonds on the shore,
D G D C D C D G D C D C
And fish from every distance watch her ocean cellar door,
D G D C D C D G D C D C
Her breath, a warm fire in every lover's heart,
D G D C D C D G D C D
A mistress to magi-cians, and a dancer to the gods,
C D G D C D C D G D C D C
And a dancer to the gods
G C D (x3)
G D C D C D (x2)
Break
G D C D C D G D C D C D
(Hmmm, Car-ly Simon! Oh, yes! Hmmm, Carly, why----?) (x2)
Verse 4
D G D C D C D G D C C D
Her clothes are made of rainbows, and twenty thousand tears,
G D C D C D G D C
Shine through the spaces of her golden ochre hair,
D C D G D C D C
Yes, of her golden ochre hair
Verse 5
G D C D C D G D C D C
Oo, my Babe, I want you, and ,on my life I swear,
D G D C D C
My con-cience will follow you for-ever,
D G D C D C D G D C D C D
If you meet me every-where, yes, if you meet me every-where
G D C D C D
Break
G D C D C D G D C D C D
(Hmmm, Car-ly Simon! Oh, yes! Hmmm, Carly, why----?)
G D C D C
(Hmmm, Car-ly Simon! Oh, yes!)
Verse 5
D G D C D C D G D C D C D
She moves like an angel, and seven evening stars,
G D C D C D G D C D
Dance through the windows of her uni-versal house,
C D G D C D
Yes, of her uni-versal house,
C D G D C D C D G D C D C D
Of her uni-versal house, Oh, oo-oo, oo !
Break
G D C D C D G D C D C D
(Hmmm, Car-ly Simon! Oh, yes! Hmmm, Carly, why----?) (x4)
G D C D C D (x3)
Break
G D C D C D G D C D C D
(Hmmm, Car-ly Simon! Oh, yes! Hmmm, Carly, why----?) (x3)
G D C D C D G
LONGER BOATS
Intro
G C/G (x4)
Chorus
G C/G G C/G G C/G
Longer boats are coming to win us, they're coming to win us,
G C/G G C/G G C/G
They're coming to win us, longer boats are coming to win us,
G C/G G D C C G C/G G C/G G
Hold on to the shore, or they'll be taking the key from the door---------
Verse 1
G D7 G D G C/G G
I don't want no god on my lawn, just a flow-er I can help a-long---,
D7 G D C Em/B A
'Cause the soul of nobody knows, how a flow-er grows---------,
C Em A
Yes, how a flow-er grows
Chorus
Verse 2
G D7 G D G C/G G
Mary dropped her pants by the sand, & let a par-son come & take her hand---
D7 G D C Em/B A
But the soul of nobody knows where the par-son goes-------,
C Em/B A G C/G G C/G
Where does the par-son go------------------?
Chorus
Additional live verse
G D7 G D
Raise your mind up, and look a-round, you can see them,
G C/G G D7
Yes, they're looking down----from a lonely aster-oid,
G D C Em/B A C Em/B A
In a va-cant void----------, dying, but not des-troyed
Chorus
Intro riff
A Emaj4/A Dadd9 Emaj4/A (x4)
Verse 1
A Emaj4/A Dadd9 Emaj4/A A Emaj4/A Dadd9 Emaj4/A
Don't be shy, just let your feelings roll on by,
A Emaj4/A Dadd9 Emaj4/A A Emaj4/A Dadd9 Emaj4/A
Don't wear fear, or nobod-y will know you're there,
A Emaj4/A Dadd9 Emaj4/A A Emaj4/A Dadd9 Emaj4/A
Just lift your head, & let your feelings out in- stead,
A Emaj4/A Dadd9 Emaj4/A A Emaj4/A Dadd9 Emaj4/A
No, don't be shy, just let your feelings roll on by,
Emaj4/A A Emaj4/A Dadd9 Emaj4/A A Emaj4/A
On by---, on by-----, on by, on by---,
Dadd9 Emaj4/A Dadd9 Emaj4/A A Emaj4/A Dadd9 Emaj4/A
On by---, on by---, on by, on by----!
Verse 2
A Emaj4/A Dadd9 Emaj4/A A Emaj4/A Dadd9 Emaj4/A
You know, love---------------is better than a song,
A Emaj4/A Dadd9 Emaj4/A A Emaj4/A Dadd9 Emaj4/A
Love--------------is where all of us be-long,
A Emaj4/A Dadd9 Emaj4/A A Emaj4/A Dadd9 Emaj4/A
So don't be shy, just let your feelings roll on by,
A Emaj4/A Dadd9 Emaj4/A A Emaj4/A Dadd9 Emaj4/A
Don't wear fear, or nobod-y will know you're there,
Emaj4/A A Emaj4/A Dadd9 Emaj4/A A Emaj4/A
That you're there---, you're there---, you're there, you're there----,
Dadd9 Emaj4/A A Emaj4/A Dadd9
You're there---, you're there----, you're there---,
Emaj4/A A Emaj4/A Dadd9 Emaj4/A
You're there, you're there---
Intro riff (x4)
Verse 1
Intro riff (x2)
The Boy with the Moon & Star on his Head (1972)
Intro riff
D2 D D2 D
E |----0-h2-p0---0-h2----------|
B |------------3---------3-----|
G |----------------------------| (riff x3)
D |----0--------------0-----0--|
A |----------------------------|
E |----------------------------|
Verse 1
D G/D D G A D (riff x2)
A gardener’s daughter stopped me on my way on the day I was to wed,
Em G Em A D (riff x2)
"It is you who I wish to share my body with", she said,
D G/D D G A D (riff x2)
"We’ll find a dry place under the sky with a flower for a bed,
Em G Em A
And for my joy I will give you a boy with a moon & star...
Em A Em A D (riff x3)
...on his head."
Verse 2
D G/D D G A F#m Em D(riff x2)
Her silver hair flowed in the air, laying waves a-cross the sun----,
Em G Em A D (riff x2)
Her hands were like the white sands, & her eyes had diamonds on,
D G/D D G A D (riff x2)
We left the road and headed up to the top of the Whisper Wood,
Em G Em A7 D (riff x2)
And we walked till we came to where the holy mag-nolia stood.
D G/D D G A F#m Bm Em A
There we lay cool in the shade singing songs and making love----,
D(riff x2) Em G Em A7 D (riff x2)
With the naked earth be-neath us and the uni-verse a-bove.
Verse 3 (Whistle)
D G A D D4 D2 D G A D Bm A G A
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D(riff x4)
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Verse 4
D G/D D Bm A D
The time was late my wedding wouldn’t wait, I was sad, but I had to go,
(riff x2) Em G Em A7 D (riff x2)
So while she was a-sleep I kissed her cheek for cheer-io,
D G D G A D A7 D B E A7 D
The wedding took place & people came from many miles a-round,
Em G Em A D (riff x2)
There was plenty merriment, cider and wine a-bound,
D G/D D G A D (riff x2)
But, out of all that I re-call, I re-membered the girl I met,
Em G Em A D (riff x4)
‘Cause she had given me something that my heart could not for-get.
Verse 5
D G A D G A D
La, la-la, la, la! La-la, la-la, la , la-la, la , la !
Bm A G A D (riff x2)
La-la, la-la, la, la, la-la-la, la!
Verse 6
D G/D D G A F#m
A year had passed and everything was just as it was the year be-fore----,
(...as it was
Bm G A D (riff x2)
---------------, as it was the year before,
the year be-fore)
Em G Em A D (riff x2)
Un-til the gift that someone left, a basket by my door,
D G/D D G A D (riff x2)
And in there lay the fairest little baby crying to be fed,
Em G Em A
I got down on my knees and kissed the moon & star...
Em A Em A D (riff x4)
...Woh-oh,...on his head.
Verse 7
D G/D D G A D (riff x2)
As years went by the boy grew high and the village looked on in awe,
Em G Em A D (riff x2)
They’d never seen anything like the boy with the moon & star be-fore,
D G/D D G A D(riff x2)
And people would ride from far and wide just to seek the word he spread,
Em G Em A7 D (riff x2)
"I’ll tell you every-thing I’ve learnt, and love is all!", he said.
Verse 5 again
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Chords: D G/D G A Em A7
xx0232 xx0003 320003 x02220 022000 x02020
F#m Bm B E D4 D2
244222 255432 223332 022100 xx0233 xx0230
(riff x2)- Indicates how many times the riff should be played at each break
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