"The Porpoise Song"
(Gerry Goffin - Carole King)
Intro:
(organ and strings):
/
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
[hold 4 bars]
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
(piano; acoustic gtr. enters 2nd bar):
/ / / / / / / /
Verse 1:
My, my the clock in the sky is pounding away
(organ fill: / (no3) )
There's so much to say
A face, a voice, an overdub has no choice
And it cannot rejoice
/
Wanting to be, to hear and to see
/
Crying to the sky
/
But the porpoise is laughing goodbye, goodbye
[vocals imply ]
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Break:
(bass, doubled w/strings)
v v v v
-9-7---4-2-------|
-----------4-2-0-|
-----------------|
-----------------|
Verse 2:
Clicks, clacks, riding the backs of giraffes for laughs
Is all right for a while
The ego sings of castles and kings and things
That go with a life of style
Wanting to feel, to know what is real
Living is a lie
The porpoise is waiting, goodbye, goodbye
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
Coda:
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
G Bm [45 ends cold]
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers