Artist: Katzenjammer
Song: Play my darling play
Album: Le Pop (2009)
Tabbed by: Gran Gizmo
Email: gran.gizmo@gmail.com
Tuning: Standard
[Harmonica Intro:]
e|-------------------------------9------------------------|B|--------------------------10-----9---12-10--------------|G|--------------9-----------------------------9--11-------|D|-------9--11-------12-11--------------------------------|A|---12---------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------|B|---10-9-----------------------------10------------------|G|--------9-11-9-------------------9----------------------|D|---------------11-----9---------------------------------|A|------------------12-----12-----------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------|
[Theme:]e|-----------12--14---12----------------------------------------|B|----14-15---------------15-14-15-14-12----12-14-15-14-12------|G|-14------------------------------------14---------------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--17-16-17---12--14-----12------------------------------------|B|--------------------(13)----15-14-----------------------------|G|----------------------------------14--16--13-14-14------------|D|--------------------------------------------------------------|A|--------------------------------------------------------------|E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Chords: A A(C#) A(D) A(E) D B Ee|------0----0-----0----0-----2----2----0--------------|B|------2----2-----2----2-----3----4----0--------------|G|------2----2-----2----2-----2----4----1--------------|D|------2----2-----2----2-----0----4----2--------------|A|------0----4-----5---------------2----2--------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Baseline throughout the verse:
(you can also play the A chord during the whole verse for simplicity)
A A(C#) A(D) A(E) A A(C#) A(D) A(E)G|---------------------------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------|A|---0----4----5----5-7------0--0-4---4-5---5-7------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------|
[Harmonica intro]
[Theme]
A A(C#) A(D) A(E) A A(C#) A(D) A(E)
A messenger arrived through a sunlit' open door
A A(C#) A(D) A(E) A A(C#) A(D) A(E)
Passed the dangers of the world to his troubled queen so bored
A A(C#) A(D) A(E) A A(C#) A(D) A(E)
With a voice full of worry and a frightened fighter's face
A A(C#) A(D) A(E) A A(C#) A(D) A(E)
Another day's morning in life's busy race
D B
He looked into her eyes before he spoke (he said)
E D
Play my darling, play
A
Don't you put yourself on the throne no more
E D
Play my darling, play
A
There's a world outside your broken borders
E D
Play my darling, play
A
Don't you put your key in another door
E D
Play my darling, play
E
With a world outside your broken borders
[Theme]
A A(C#) A(D) A(E) A A(C#) A(D) A(E)
She's a lonely young girl she's the sister of the moon
A A(C#) A(D) A(E) A A(C#) A(D) A(E)
Her heart is like November though she wants it to be June
A A(C#) A(D) A(E) A A(C#) A(D) A(E)
Larger than life she's standing there so tall
A A(C#) A(D) A(E) A A(C#) A(D) A(E)
There's a note with her name and it's hanging on the wall
D B
Her eyes they opened wide when she read (and he said)
E D
Play my darling, play
A
Don't you put yourself on the throne no more
E D
Play my darling, play
A
There's a world outside your broken borders
E D
Play my darling, play
A
Don't you put your key in another door
E D
Play my darling, play
E
With a world outside your broken borders
[Theme + Solo]
D
She's stuck there on her
B
island so marooned
D
The limelights got
B
her blinded and harpooned
E D
Play my darling, play
A
Don't you put yourself on the throne no more
E D
Play my darling, play
A
There's a world outside your broken borders
E D
Play my darling, play
A
Don't you put your key in another door
E D
Play my darling, play
E
With a world outside your broken borders
[Theme]
