Song To The Siren Chords

Song: Song to the siren
Artist: Tim Buckley
Composers: Tim Buckley and Larry Beckett
Albums: The dream belongs to me / Morning glory
 
Tabbed by: DJ  8th Oct 2014
 
IMPORTANT NOTE:
This tab is NOT the version on the 1970
'Starsailor album, which is in Bb (approx.)
That recording is a little below standard pitch,
probably played in G with a Capo at the 3rd fret.
The 3rd verse lyric differs too, 'I am puzzled as
the newborn child, I am as riddled as the tide.'
The 1968 acoustic version this tab is based on is
on the compilation album 'The dream belongs to me'.
Tim's guitar is again a bit below standard pitch,
you'd need to drop all your strings down slightly to
match the album track more closely, so detune all the
strings down by approx. minus 25 cents.
 
Tim's performance on 'The Monkees TV show', and also
on the 'Morning Glory' album, is in standard pitch,
but his guitar is tuned down a semi-tone, common
practise for 12 string guitars, taking some pressure
off of the guitar neck.
Tim plays the chords as below, in D, and has his
capo at the 3rd fret. So, allowing for his half-step
de-tuning, the song then sounds in E.
To achieve the same key as this video there is no need
at all to de-tune from standard tuning, just put the
capo at the 2nd fret instead of the 3rd.
 
To hear the song, copy and paste this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2NkUmIH83U
 
CAPO: 2nd fret
(Will then sound in the recorded key of E)
 
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
options for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers.
 
Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo:
Dsus4 = xx0233    Csus2#11 = x30032    A  = x02220
D     = xx0232    G/B      = x20033    G  = 320033
Csus2 = x30033    Gmaj7/B  = x20032    Bm = x24432
 
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[Intro riff]
  Dsus4 D     Csus2 Csus2#11 G/B          Gmaj7/B
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  /  | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
 
[Verse 1]
D                  A
   Long afloat on   ...shipless oceans,
G                 Bm
   I did all my     ...best to smile,
D                     A
   'Til your singing   ...eyes and fingers...
G                     Bm
   ...Drew me loving    ...to your isle,
Dsus4           D     Csus2            Csus2#11
       And you sang,          "Sail to me,
G/B          Gmaj7/B              D
     Sail to me,      let me en - fold you!"
Bm              Bm           A               G
     Here I am,    here I am   ...waiting to hold you
 
[Riff]
  Dsus4  D      Csus2   Csus2#11    G/B  Gmaj7/B
|  /  /  /  /  |  /   /   /   /   |  /  /   /  /  |
 
[Verse 2]
D                    A
    Did I dream you  ...dreamed about me?
G                         Bm
    Were you hare,  when   ...I was fox?
D                    A
    Now my foolish    ...boat is leaning,
G                    Bm
    Broken lovelorn   ...on your rocks,
Dsus4           D    Csus2            Csus2#11
      For you sing,      ..."Touch me not,
G/B           Gmaj7/B                   D
     Touch me not,    ...come back to - morrow!"
Bm                 Bm
    Oh, my heart,     ...oh, my heart...
A                G
...Shys from the sorrow
 
[Riff]
  Dsus4  D      Csus2   Csus2#11    G/B  Gmaj7/B
|  /  /  /  /  |  /   /   /   /   |  /  /   /  /  |
 
[Verse 3]
D                  A
    I am puzzled     ...as the oyster,
G                  Bm
    I am troubled    ...as the tide,
D                  A
    Should I stand   ...amid your breakers,
G                         Bm
    Or should I lie with     ...Death my bride?
Dsus4           D    Csus2            Csus2#11
       Hear me sing,      ..."Swim to me,
G/B          Gmaj7/B               D
     Swim to me,    ...let me en - fold you!"
Bm             Bm             A
    Here I am,     ...here I am,
A              G           G
 ...Waiting to hold you
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