Codine   Donovan

Codine

Written by Buffy St. Marie - Also performed by Quicksilver Messenger Service. 
 
Tabbed by Jean-David Blanc (the 16th of December 2005)

Not all variations in the strumming have been tabbed..

Chords

D	x00230 or 000230		A	x02222
D/c	x30230			F�	x332xx
D/b	x20230			G�	x554xx

Capo 1st fret (sounding key F# major)

Double dropped D tuning (D-a-d-g-b-D)

Intro :

    D           D/c           D/b                       D
    :   .   .   :   .   .     :   .   .   :   .   .     :   .   .   :   .   .   
|-------0---0-------0-0-0---|-----0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-|-0---0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------3---3-------3-3-3---|-----3-3-3-------3-3-3-3-|-3---3-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-0h2---2---2-------2-2-2---|-----0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-|-2---2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|---------------------------|-----------------------0-|-0---0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------3-----------|-2-----------2-----------|-0---0-------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

                            D                                               F�
  :   .   .   :   .   .     :   .   .   :   .   .     :   .   .   :   .   .   
|-----0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----0---0-------0-0-0---|-----0-0-0-------0-0-0---|
|-----3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----3---3-------3-3-3---|-----3-3-3-------3-3-3---|
|-----2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-0-|h2---2---2-------2-2-2---|-----0-0-0-------0-0-0-2/|
|-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------|-----------------------3/|
|-0-----------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------3-----------|-2-----------2---------3/|
|------------(0)----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

  G�      F�  D         F�  G�          D             D
  :   .   .   :   .   .     :   .   .   :   .   .     :   .   .   :   .   .   
|-------------0---0-------|-------------0---0-------|-----0---0---------------|
|-------------3---3-------|-------------3---3-------|-----3---3---------------|
|/4---4--2---2---2-----2/|-4---4--2---2---2-----0-|h2---2---2---------------|
|/5---5--3---0---0-----3/|-5---5--3---0---0-------|-------------------------|
|/5---5--3---0---------3/|-5---5--3---0-----------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
                                                An� my belly�����







D                /c                  /b            D
An� my belly is cravin�, I�ve got a shakin� in my head
                /c          /b           A
I feel like I�m dyin� an� I wish I were dead
D                 /c              /b          A
If I live till tomorrow it�s gonna be a long time
D                /c        /b        D
For I reel an� I fall an� rise on codine
             /c         /b   F� G�  F�  D     F�  G�  F� D
An� it�s real, an� it�s real, one more time

When I was a young man I learned not to care
While whiskey in fronted I often did swear
My mother an� father said whiskey is a curse
But the fate of their baby is many times worse
An� it�s real, an� it�s real, one more time

You�ll forget your woman, you�ll forget about man
Try it just once an� you�ll try it again
It�s sometimes you wonder an� it�s sometimes you think
That I�m a-livin� my life with abandon to drink
An� it�s real, an� it�s real, one more time

Interlude: Only the chords of the descent have been noted, I haven�t tabbed the
beginning which is a variation of the D F� G� pattern with a steadier strumming.
These chord deviations are just my best guess; the descent fits in quite well,
though.. try it and see for yourself..

                g             f             e             d#
  D             c             bb            a             ab            D
  : . . : . .   : . . : . .   : . . : . .   : . . : . .   : . . : . .   : . . 
|-/7----------|-5----------|-3----------|-2----------|-1----------|---0-----
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---3-----
|-/7----------|-5----------|-3----------|-2----------|-1----------|---2-----
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---0-----
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-0-------
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------


Stay away from the cities, stay away from the towns
Stay away from the men pushin� the codeine �round
Stay away from the stores where the remedy is found
I�ll live a few days as a slave to codine
An� it�s real, an� it�s real, one more time


An� my belly is cravin�, I�ve got a shaking in my head
An� I�ve started heating whether my body said
Stave yourself with the grains of cocaine
An� you�ll end up dead or you�ll end up insane
An� it�s real, an� it�s real, one more time

An� my belly is cravin�, I�ve got a shakin� in my head
I feel like I�m dyin� an� I wish I were dead
If I live till tomorrow it�s gonna be a long time
For I reel an� I fall an� rise on codine
An� it�s real, an� it�s real, one more time
             /c         /b   F� G�  F�  D     F�  G�  F� G�  F� G�  G� F� D
An� it�s real, an� it�s real, one more time