Citizen Cope - D'artagnan's Theme

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D'artagnan's Theme
Citizen Cope

Originally recorded in the key of C, this version is transposed to the key of D to avoid the F chord.

Chord Guide

132

D: xx0232

3 4

G: 3x0003

3 4

G/G#: 3x0003

Strum: D U D U D U D U D U D U w/swing feel

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Transition to

G/G# here

Intro: / D - - - / - - - - / G - - - / - - G/G# - /

/ A7 - - - / - - - - / D - - - / - - - - /

D (2) G (1½)

I've been sinning and I've been livin' and
G/G# (½) A7 (2) D (2)

I've been beaten by Saturday
D (2) G (1½)

On a diamond I lay on a diamond
G/G# (½) A7 (2) D (2)

On a diamond I lay awake
D (2) G (1½)

D'Artagnan good ol' D'Artagnan

G/G# (½) A7 (2)                         D (2)
           He ain't got a thing on me
                 D (2)                         G (1½)

I've been minding to my field of timing

G/G# (½) A7 (2) D (2)
It's too bad your time in it just never came

Chorus:
D (2) G (1½)

Well I don't know how else to say in a different way
G/G# (½) A7 (2) D (2)

Why don't you just fade away
D (2) G (1½)

'Cause there's a battle going on down south of Babylon
G/G# (½) A7 (2) D (2)

So why don't you just fade away

D (2) G (1½)

I've been dealing and I've been healing
G/G# (½) A7 (2) D (2)

I've been dealing a crooked game
D (2) G (1½)

Thieving pirates, I'm thieving pirates
G/G# (½) A7 (2) D (2)

Out of gold that they stole from the queen
D (2) G (1½)

Stole from a man whose favorite hand

G/G# (½) A7 (2) D (2)
Is one that he will always land

D (2) G (1½)
Well I'm building this levee by the Mississippi

G/G# (½) A7 (2) D (2)
For I'll die in an unmarked grave

Chorus x2

Hold last D

This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.

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