Joan Baez - Farewell Angelina

[intro]
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[verse]
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Farewell Angelina
    G            D
The bells of the crown
Are being stolen by bandits
       G          D
I must follow the sound
The triangle tingles
        G            A
And the trumpet play slow
    Bm       F#m
Farewell Angelina
    Bm        F#m
The sky is on fire
G          D
And I must go.

[verse]
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There's no need for anger
        G           D
There's no need for blame
        G          D
There's nothing to prove
     G                 D
Ev'rything's still the same
Just a table standing empty
       G           A
By the edge of the sea
    Bm       F#m
Farewell Angelina
    Bm     F#m
The sky is trembling
G          D
And I must leave.

[verse]
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The jacks and queens
        G              D
Have forsaken the courtyard
G         D
Fifty-two gypsies
    G             D
Now file past the guards
In the space where the deuce
        G            A
And the ace once ran wild
    Bm       F#m
Farewell Angelina
    Bm     F#m
The sky is folding
     G            D
I'll see you in a while.

[verse]
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See the cross-eyed pirates sitting
G              D
Perched in the sun
Shooting tin cans
       G         D
With a sawed-off shotgun
And the neighbors they clap
         G               A
And they cheer with each blast
        Bm       F#m
But Farewell Angelina
    Bm             F#m
The sky's changing color
    G            D
And I must leave fast.

[verse]
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King Kong, little elves
       G             D
On the rooftops they dance
Valentino-type tangos
          G             D
While the make-up man's hands
Shut the eyes of the dead
         G         A
Not to embarrass anyone
    Bm       F#m
Farewell Angelina
    Bm       F#m
The sky is embarrassed
    G        D
And I must be gone.

[verse]
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The machine guns are roaring
    G             D
The puppets heave rocks
And the fiends nail time bombs
       G            D
To the hands of the clocks
Call me any name you like
       G       A
I will never deny it
        Bm       F#m
But Farewell Angelina
    Bm      F#m
The sky is erupting
       G             D
I must go where it's quiet.
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