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                          "The Porpoise Song"
                      (Gerry Goffin - Carole King)

Intro:

        (organ and strings):

        E       E7/D       A/C#       G
        / / / /   / / / /   / / / /   / / / /
        A        F#         B       Bmaj7 [hold 4 bars]
        / / / /   / / / /   / / / /   /

        (piano; acoustic gtr. enters 2nd bar):

        E
        / / / /  / / / /

Verse 1:

        E   C        D                   A
        My, my the clock in the sky is pounding away
                E               (organ fill: E A/E E7(no3) A/E)
        There's so much to say
           E        C        D               A
        A face, a voice, an overdub has no choice
                E
        And it cannot rejoice

         A         /G     D/F#       Esus4
        Wanting to be, to hear and to see
         A     /G        D/F#
        Crying    to the sky
                 E          E7/D        A/C#       D
        But the porpoise is laughing goodbye, goodbye
         G                     D [vocals imply Dsus2]
        Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

Break:

        (bass, doubled w/strings)

         D
         v   v   v   v
        -9-7---4-2-------
        -----------4-2-0-
        -----------------
        -----------------

Verse 2:

        Clicks, clacks, riding the backs of giraffes for laughs
        Is all right for a while
        The ego sings of castles and kings and things
        That go with a life of style

        Wanting to feel, to know what is real
        Living    is a lie
        The porpoise is waiting, goodbye, goodbye
        Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye

Coda:

         G                     D
        Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
         G                    Bm  [45 ends cold]
        Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye 


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers