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Longfellow Serenade Tab

by Neil Diamond


I find this tab easier and sounding closer to the original.


Rhythm pretty standard and not too fast, play the strings as you go along


Intro: D A E A E x 2 (down stroke on each chord change)

Verse 1

                   ,                           ,
Longfellow serenade,  Such were the plans I made 

For she was a lady, and I was a dreamer,

with only words to trade, 
                   
You know that I was born, for a night like this 

warmed by a stolen kiss,
            
For I was lonely,
              
and she was lonely

Chorus:

                                                  
Ride, come on baby ride, let me make your dreams come true
                        
I'll sing my song, let me sing my song
                      
let me make it warm for you 
                                             
I'll weave this web of rhyme upon this summer night
                                     
We'll leave this worldly time on its winged flight
                                   
Then come and as we lay beside this sleepy glade
                              
there I will sing to you my Longfellow serenade.
 
      x 2

Verse 2  
Longfellow serenade, such were the plans I'd made
For she was a lady, as deep as the river,
and through the night we stayed,
and in my way, I loved her as none before,
loved her with words and more,
for she was lonely, and I was lonely. 


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