Cat Stevens – Portobello Road tab

Stevens, Fowley - Portobello Road
Transcribed by Michael F Sullivan

*A lot of this is played arpeggio but it really wouldn't be very
useful to transcribe it all here.  Just fool around with the
chords on your own.


Intro

(while whistling)

E-----------------------------------------------------------|B-----------------------------------------------------------|G-------5-----5-----------4-----5-----5-----5---------------|D-----------------------------------------------------------|A----3-----3-----3--3--2-----3-----3-----3------------------|E-----------------------------------------------------------|
Part A. C F G C Getting hung up all day on smiles F G C Walking down Portobello Road for miles F G Greeting strangers in Indian boots F G Yellow ties and old brown suits Am G Growing old is my only dan - ger Part B. C F G C Cuckoo clocks and plastic socks F G C Lampshades of old antique leather F G Am Nothing looks weird, not even a beard F G Or the boots made out of feathers F C I keep walking miles F C 'til I feel a broom beneath my feet F C Or the hawking eyes G G7 Of an old stuffed bull across the street F G C Nothing's the same if you see it again F G C It'll be broken down to litter F G Am Oh and the clothes everyone knows F G That that dress will never fit her Part C. C F G C (whistling...) F G C (...whistling...) F G Am (...more whistling) F F G G G G G G G G G G G G (all strummed downward quickly) Repeat parts A and B and then part A again with the last line: Am G C F G C Growing old is my only dan - ger Outro (while whistling)
E-----------------------------------------------------------|B---------1-----1-----0-------------------------------------|G---------0-----2-----0-------------------------------------|D------2-----3--------------2-------------------------------|A---3--------------------3-----3----------------------------|E------------------3----------------------------------------|
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