Sea Song Lyrics

recorded by Robert Wyatt - UK Virgin V2017 (1974)
published by Virgin Music
tablature for solo guitar by Weed
Notes
the song was originally recorded with keyboards accompaniment -
the instrumental part between the 1st and 2nd verse is not tabbed
(an extended play round the E7-5 chord), nor is the instrumental
section which follows the second verse to finish the piece (an
extended play round the chord of D)
nb the vocal starts on an E, and the E on the 2nd fret of the 4th
string (for example) can be played during bar 11 to help guide in
the vocal (as the melody is not obvious from the intro)
tied (held) notes represented by equals sign (=) (ie the following
note on the same string is not replayed) - as per the record, but
for guitar may need additional strums
Full Chords
string sequence: 654321 - chords in order of appearance - 2 versions
of Cm6 and Ebmaj7 are used - nb not all the notes are needed
Key - Am (at least for the vocal parts)
Time - 2/2 (slow and melancholic)
(intro)
D -5---------------|---5-------5-------|---7===============|
A -6---------------|---3---------------|---6===============|
E -----------------|-----------6-------|---5===============|
B -----------------|---3===============|===3---------------|
G -----------------|---2===============|===2---------------|
D =7---------------|---0===============|===0---------------|
A =6---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E =5---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
E -0===============|===0===============|===0===============|
B -3===============|===3===============|===3===============|
G -3===============|===3===============|===3===============|
E -0===============|===0===============|===0===============|
1. You look
E =0---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B =3---------------|---------------5---|---3-------1---0---|
G =3---------------|---2---------------|---2---------------|
E =0---------------|---2---------------|---1---------------|
different every time you come from the
foam crested brine, It's your skin shining
softly in the moon----------------light, Partly
fish partly porpoise partly ba------by sperm
whale Am I yours, are you mi------ine to
play with? Jok-----ing a-------part when you're
drunk you're ter----riffic, when you're drunk I love you
most-ly late at night, You're quite all right. But I
can't un--der-----stand the different you in the
morning when it's time to play at being
B -6---4---3-4-----|---3===============|===3---------------|
G -5-------5-------|---2===============|===2---------------|
D -----------------|---0===============|===0---------------|
hu-mans for a while we
smile (extended keyboard break) 2. You'll be
E =0---------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B =3---------------|---------------5---|---3-------1---0---|
G =3---------------|---2---------------|---2---------------|
E =0---------------|---2---------------|---1---------------|
different i-n the spring I know you're a
sea-----son-al beast, Like the star---fish that
drifted with the tide with the tide, So un--
-til your blood runs to meet the next full
moon, Your mad-ness fits in nicely with my
own, with my own, Your lun---a-cy fits
neatly with my own, My ve-ry
Own
We're not a---
-lone (instrumental)