Chord/Tab song: Rococo Zephyr

Rococo Zephyr by Bill Callahan (solo)

Open D tuning (DADF#AD), capo 1 (chords and riffs tabbed below)
-based on video from in-store performance at Schoolkids' Records
-this tab isn't note for note, but it's close - mess around and you will get it all.

Riff 1
She lay beside me like a branch from a tender willow tree
I was as still, as still as a river could be

Riff 2
When a rococo zephyr swept

Riff 3
over her and me

Riff 4
She watched the water ripple ripple ripple ripple light
Light watched the water ripple ripple ripple ripple she

E
I did some kind of dance
G D
jaunty as a bee
E
I tried to look my best
G D
a finch in wild mint vest
E
A fiercer force had wrenched her
G D
E
I caught and caressed the length of her
G D
a tender willow branch floating on me

Riff 5

Riff 1
Well maybe this was all, was all meant to be
Maybe this is all, is all that meant to be

Riff 2
A rococo zephyr

Riff 3
crept up and stepped over

Riff 1
her and me

Riff 2
Well I used to be

Riff 3
sort of blind

Riff 2
Now I can

Riff 3
sort of see

Riff 1

END


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CHORDS AND RIFFS:

E
2-2----|
2--2---|
2----2-|


2------|

x-----
x-----

G


5-5-----|
5---5---|
5-----5-|
5-------|

x
x

[D]

0-0-----|
0---0---|
0-----0-|

0
0
0

Riff 1
x-x-x-x-|
x-x-x-x-|
x-x-x-x-|
4-4-4h5-|
0-0-0-0-|
0-0-0-0-|

Riff 2
x
x
x
0
0
[4]
Riff 3
x
x
x
0
0
[5]
Riff 4


------0---0---0-------0---0---0-----|
--------7---7-----------7---7-------|
----5---------------5-----------5---|
--7---------------7---------------7-|
------------------------------------|
0---------------0-------------------|


Riff 5



2-2---2-4-2---2-2-----2--2---2-4-5-4-2-0-|
2---2-------2-2---2---2----2-------------|
2-------------2-----2-2------------------|
2-------------2-------2------------------|
x-------------x-------x------------------|
x-------------x-------x------------------|