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John Cale Tabs
Captain Hook
Tabbed by: Bert Timmermans <bonzothegod@hotmail.com>
| Author: | John Cale | |
| Album: | Sabotage/Live (1979) | |
| Key: | G minor (2 flats) |
Intro/solo : just fiddle around a bit in G minor scale.
The actual song starts at about 3'40:
Intro : sequence / Gm / F / Eb / D /
played 12 times with guitar solo & female voice.
Verse : sequence / Gm / F / Eb / D / is continued throughout verse 1 & 2 (at 5'10)
Gm F Eb D
I lost my memory today
Gm F Eb D
They took my ships and sail
Gm F Eb D
Atlantic seaborne beast to
Gm F Eb D
India.
Gm F Eb D
The seven seas
Gm F Eb D
East India company
Gm F Eb D
Past the Cape of Good Hope, but there's no hope for
Gm F Eb D
me.
Bridge:
[/ Cm / Dm ]x3 / Bb / Bb/Ab / Eb / Dm/A /
each chord held over 2 bars
Cm Cm Dm Dm
I can't keep living like this no more
Cm Cm Dm Dm
I can't keep living like this
Cm Cm Dm Dm
I can't keep living like this no more
Bb Bb Bb/Ab Bb/Ab
Oh - can't you see you're losing
Eb Eb Dm/A Dm/A
me agai------n.
After 2 additional silent bars, the sequence / Gm / F / Eb / D / is repeated 4 times, before John starts the 3rd/4th verse (progressively more prominent bass):
Tried to break India's back But she broke the back of me It was a painful sight, at least to me. I see the ghost is riding down The ghost of India Supreme (coast?) Under the seven seas I hear the gallo-ping.
Cutting to the bridge, then cutting to the basic sequence with guitarsolo & female voice; it ends with John screaming above this sequence:
Gm F Eb D
By hook or by crook, I am the captain of this
Gm F
flight. By hook...
And the last time "the captain of (Gm) life" - & fade out.
[note: each chord symbol represents one bar, hence the doubles]
