Esther
Esther
F/C F+/C# Dm F7/Eb BbMaj7/D BbmMaj7/Db Am7 Gm7 C7
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A A A A A A G Bb Bb
F F F F F F E G G
C C# D Eb D C# C D E
E-------------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------(3)--------(3)--------------------
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D---3-----3------3----3------3----------3----------2----5---5-
A---3-----4------5----6------5----------4----------3----5---7-
E-------------------------------------------------------------
"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#
F/C F+/C# Dm F7/Eb
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
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------
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D---6--6-----6--6----6--6----6--6----6--6----6--6----6--6----6--6-
A-8-------7--------6------7-------8-------7--------6------7-------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------------------------------------------------------------
G----4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---6-6----------------
D----5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---7-7----------------
A-7------6-----5-----6----7------6-----5-----7--------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------
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
A7 A6 A Dm7
The pretty puppet snugly nestled deep in Esther's leather sack
E----------------------------------5-----5-8---5-8-10--
B--------------------------6-----6-----6-----6---------
G----------5-----5-7---5-7---5-7-----7-----------------
D--------7-----7-----7---------------------------------
A--8-5-8-----8-----------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------
F/C F+/C# Dm F7/Eb
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
16th notes eighth notes
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Quiet volume pedal section starts here
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E----11-14-11--
B--12----------
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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.
Ab Adim Bbm Eb
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
E|-------------|-15-12-12----------------|
B|-12-14-------|----------12-12-------12-|
G|-------13-13-|----------------12-14----|
D|-------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------|-------------------------|
F#m F#
/2
E|-17-14-14--17-(17)-14-14--------|-18-14-14---18-14-14--|
B|--------------------------------|----------------------|
G|--------------------------------|----------------------|
D|--------------------------------|----------------------|
A|--------------------------------|----------------------|
E|--------------------------------|----------------------|
B E Em
E|-19-|-------------|-15-12-12----------------|
B|----|-12-14-------|----------12-12-------12-|
G|----|-------13-13-|----------------12-14----|
D|----|-------------|-------------------------|
A|----|-------------|-------------------------|
E|----|-------------|-------------------------|
F#m F#
/2
E|-17-14-14--17-(17)-14-14--------|-18-14-14---18-14-14--|
B|--------------------------------|----------------------|
G|--------------------------------|----------------------|
D|--------------------------------|----------------------|
A|--------------------------------|----------------------|
E|--------------------------------|----------------------|
B E
E|-19--|-21-23--|-12-|
B|-----|--------|----|
G|-----|--------|----|
D|-----|--------|----| Strike and hold an E chord to end.
A|-----|--------|----|
E|-----|--------|----|