Atlantis Chords

Donovan
Atlantis
 
From the album "Barabajagal" (1968)
Written by: Donovan Leitch
 
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[Verse] piano riff (from line 6 on until third chorus)
  C                D                Fmaj7            C       G
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
e|0-----------0-3-|3-2-----------0-|0---------1-1-3-|1-0--1p0--------|
B|1---------1-----|3---3-------3---|1---------------|1-------3-------|
G|0---------------|2---------------|2---------------|0-------0-------|
D|2---------------|0---------------|3---------------|2-------0-------|
A|3---------------|----------------|3---------------|3---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|1---------------|--------3-------|
 
 
[Chorus] chords highlighting the harmonies
  C                D                F    Fadd9       C       G
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
e|0---------------|2---------------|1-----3---------|3-------3-------|
B|1---------------|3---------------|1-----1---------|1-------0-------|
G|0---------------|2---------------|2-----2---------|0-------0-------|
D|2---------------|0---------------|3-----x---------|2-------0-------|
A|3---------------|----------------|3-----3---------|3---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|1-----1---------|--------3-------|
 
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[Chords]
Fmaj7    (1)3-3-2-1-0
G(6)      3-x-0-0-3(0)
Fadd9    (1)3-x-2-1-3  or (easier) x-x-3-2-1-3
 
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[Intro]
| C | D | Fmaj7 | C G |
 
 
[Verse]
C
 The continent of Atlantis was an island
D
 Which lay before the great flood
                   Fmaj7
In the area we now call the Atlantic Ocean
C
 So great an area of land, 
G6                   [ C ]
 That from her western shores
 
C
   Those beautiful sailors journeyed
            D
To the South and the North Americas with ease
   Fmaj7                            C  G
In their ships with painted sails
 
             C                                D
To the east, Africa was her neighbor across a short strait of sea miles
Fmaj7                                              C                G
  The great Egyptian age is but a remnant of the Atlantian culture
 
          C
The Antedeluvian kings colonized the world
        D                                [ Dsus4 D ]
All the gods who play in the mythological dramas 
                         Fmaj7                          C  G6
And all legends from all lands were from fair Atlantis
 
C                                                                D
 Knowing her fate, Atlantis sent out ships to all corners of the earth
                              Fmaj7
On board were the twelve: the poet, the physician, the farmer, the scientist,
      C                                G6
The magician, and the other so-called gods of our legends
 
C                                                    D
Though gods they were and, as the elders of our time choose to remain blind
                          Fmaj7
Let us rejoice and let us sing and dance and ring in the new
C            G
  Hail, Atlantis!
 
 
[Chorus]
    C               D      F  Fadd9        C           G
Way down, below the ocean, where I want to be, she may be
    C               D      F  Fadd9        C           G
Way down, below the ocean, where I want to be, she may be
    C               D      F  Fadd9        C           G
Way down, below the ocean, where I want to be, she may be
 
 
[Solo break]
| C | D | F | C G |
 
 
[Chorus] with solo parts and ad-lib vocals
    C               D      F  Fadd9        C           G
Way down, below the ocean, where I want to be, she may be
    C               D      F  Fadd9        C           G
Way down, below the ocean, where I want to be, she may be
    C               D      F  Fadd9        C           G
Way down, below the ocean, where I want to be, she may be
 
(repeat and fade)
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