Chordisplay

Esther

F/C F+/C# Dm F7/Eb BbMaj7/D BbmMaj7/Db Am7 Gm7 C7

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“Circus theme” Intro: F E Eb E Eb D C# C B C

Intro: F/C F+/C# Dm F+/C# F/C F+/C# Dm F+/C#

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It was late one fall night at a fairground near town Dm BbmMaj7/Db F/A When Esther first saw the Armenian man Am7 Dm Who groveled toward her and stood by her side Gm7 C7 With a bucket that swung in his hand

F/C F+/C# Dm F7/Eb His grin stretched the folds of his pasty white cheeks BbMaj7 BbmMaj7 F/A And his lips hurled a dollop of murk on the curb Am7 Dm And the lights from the rides showed a mischievous sparkle Gm7 C7 That flashed in his hollow eyed stare

(same) He said “Little girl, you can chop off my legs And then peel off my socks if you want to. Am7 Dm But I’d rather you took this old puppet from me Gm7 C7 That I hold in my pail as we speak.”

And he stood looking down at the innocent girl And she stared at the bucket bewildered Am7 Dm Til he lifted the doll for the young girl to see Gm7 C7 Eb
And a giant smile grew on his face

Ab Adim Bbm Eb She saw the doll’s eyes and she couldn’t resist Ddim Db Bbm Eb And she thanked the man quickly and ran to the church Ab Adim Bbm Eb And she burst through the door with puppet held high Ddim Db Bbm And a hush filled the chapel, and the people looked mean

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D A C G Esther tried in vain to pacify the mob

Bb D E7 Gm Quibble grew to spat, to wrangle, then to brawl

D G E7 A The frenzied congregation struggled desperately to fetch

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The pretty puppet snugly nestled deep in Esther’s leather sack

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Through the window of the church a storm began to rage Dm BbmMaj7/Db F/A And Esther knew the time had come to flee Am7 Dm She scurried down the aisle toward the doorway in the distance Gm7 C7 And out into the rainstorm where she felt she would be free

F/C F+/C# Dm F7/Eb But the wind was blowing harder And her skirt began to billow BbMaj7 BbmMaj7 F/A Until finally her feet began to lift Am7 Dm And she rose above the houses and the people and the chimneys

Gm7                         C7     Gm7b5/Db  Eb

And Esther and the doll were set adrift

Ab Adim Bbm Eb Ddim Db Floating higher over the hills, and the valleys and treetops Bbm Eb they’d flutter and glide Ab Adim Bbm Eb Soaring and turning suspended on air Ddim Db Bbm With the earth far below them they’d tumble Eb E And dive through the clouds

“Flying jam” chord progression: E->Em->F#m7->F#->B

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Quiet volume pedal section starts here

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And she began to plummet earthward till she Landed in the nasty part of town

Em (Each chord descend 4 bass notes) She glanced about the village sure to find the evil men Fm Who rob and pillage in the darkest hour of night Ebm Nervously she fumbled for the pouch that held the Em Puppet on her rump.

Em Feeling quite outnumbered Esther hid behind Fm A nearby pile of lumber, where she waitedn Till the dawn Ebm Cause it would have been a blunder to Em Succumb to a hoodlum on the prowl

    D       A/C#      C                    G/B

When the morning came, she wandered through the streets Bb D/A E7/G# Gm Along the chilly lake that lay beside the town D/F# G E7/G# A At last a peaceful moment, but she thought she heard a sound A7 A6 A Dm7 (arpeggiation) It was an angry mob of joggers coming up to knock her down

F/C F+/C# Dm F7/Eb As Esther stood and shook her head The joggers were approaching BbMaj7 BbmMaj7 F/A And she knew she had no choice left but to swim Am7 Dm As the frosty water sank its bitter teeth into her hide Gm7 C7 She tried to slide the heavy clothing from her skin

F/C F+/C# Dm F7/Eb Naked now she made her way toward the shore BbMaj7 BbmMaj7 F/A When suddenly she felt a tiny tugging at her toe. Am7 Dm And the puppet she’d fogotten wrapped its tiny Gm7 C7 Gm7b5/Db Eb Little arms around her ankle and wouldn’t let her go.

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The waves seemed to open and swallow her whole Ddim Db Bbm Eb As the doll pulled her down through the eerie green deep Ab Adim Bbm Eb And the sound of the laughing old man filled her ears Ddim Db Bbm As she drifted away to a tranquil Eb E (flying jam) And motionless sleep.

Cool guitar solo over flying jam: E Em

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B E Em

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B E

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