Hurdy Gurdy Man (2-harp version

by Donavan

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HURDY GURDY MAN 2-harp version
By: Donavan Leitch
Key: G
Harps: G, C

Harp: G
  
   4    4   4  4   4  -3  -3   -3
   7    7   7  7   7  -7  -7   -7
Thrown like a star in my vast sleep 

-3 -3 -3' -3' -3' -3' -3' 3  3
-7 -7 -6  -6  -6  -6  -6  6  6
I   o-pen my eyes to take a peep 

4   4    4   4  4  -3 -3  -3
7   7    7   7  7  -7 -7  -7
To find that I was by the sea 

-3  -3'  -3'  -3'  -3' 3 3
-7  -6   -6   -6   -6  6 6
Gaz-ing with tran-quil-i-ty. 

Harp: C

  -4   -5   -5  -5  -5  -5  5  5   5
  -8   -9   -9  -9  -9  -9  8  8   8
`Twas then when the Hur-dy Gur-dy Man 

 5    5   -4   -4   4 -44-3
 8    8   -8   -8   7 -87-7
came sing-ing songs of love 

 -5   -5  -5  -5  -5  5  5   5
 -9   -9  -9  -9  -9  8  8   8
Then when the Hur-dy Gur-dy Man 

 5    5   -4   -4   4 -44-3
 8    8   -8   -8   7 -87-7
came sing-ing songs of love 

CHORUS 

-5  -5 -5  -5  -5  -5  5  5
-9  -9 -9  -9  -9  -9  8  8
Hur-dy gur-dy, hur-dy gur-dy,

 5  5   5  -4  -4  -4 4 -44-3
 8  8   8  -8  -8  -8 7 -87-7
Hur-dy gur-dy, gur-dy he sang 

-5  -5 -5  -5  -5  -5   5  5
-9  -9 -9  -9  -9  -9   8  8
Hur-dy gur-dy, hur-dy  gur-dy,

 5  5   5  -4 -4  -4 4 -44-3
 8  8   8  -8 -8  -8 7 -87-7
Hur-dy,gur-dy,gur-dy he sang 

-5  -5  -5  -5  -5  -5  5  5
-9  -9  -9  -9  -9  -9  8  8
Hur-dy, gur-dy, hur-dy gur-dy,

 5  5   5  -4 -4  -4 4 -44-3
 8  8   8  -8 -8  -8 7 -87-7
Hur-dy,gur-dy,gur-dy he sang 

2. 
Histories of ages past unenlightened shadows cast 
Down thro` all eternity the crying of humanity 
`Tis then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man comes singing  
songs of love 
Then when the Hurdy Gurdy Man comes singing songs 
of love 

CHORUS 

-5  -5 -5  -5  -5  -5  5  5
-9  -9 -9  -9  -9  -9  8  8
Hur-dy gur-dy, hur-dy gur-dy,

 5  5   5  -4  -4  -4 4 -44-3
 8  8   8  -8  -8  -8 7 -87-7
Hur-dy gur-dy, gur-dy he sang 

 -5   -5   -5  -5 -5 -5 5   5
 -9   -9   -9  -9 -9 -9 8   8
Here comes the ro-ly po-ly man 

 5   5    5   -4   -4   4 -44-3
 8   8    8   -8   -8   7 -87-7
and he`s sing-ing songs of love 

-5 -5  -5 -5  -5 -5   5  5
-9 -9  -9 -9  -9 -9   8  8
Ro-ly  po-ly  ro-ly   po-ly 

5  -4 -4 -4 4 -44-3
8  -8 -8 -8 7 -87-7
Ro-ly po-ly he sang 

(Repeat to end)