Key: C
Hurdy Gurdy Man:Donovan.
#5 in USA & #5 in UK in '68.
[Verse]
G
Bm
Thrown like a star in my vast sleep,
C
D7
I open my eyes to take a peep,
G
Bm
to find that I was by the sea
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D7
gazing with tran..quility.
[Chorus]
F
C
Twas then when the hurdy gurdy man
G
came singing songs of love.
F
C
Then when the hurdy gurdy man
G
came singing songs of love.
F
C
Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy,
G
hurdy gurdy gurdy he sang.(x3)
[Verse]
G
Bm
C
D7
Histories of ages past, unenlightened shadows cast,
G
Bm
C
D7
down through all eternity, the crying of hu..manity.
[Chorus]
F
C
Tis then when the hurdy gurdy man
G
comes singing songs of love.
F
C
Then when the hurdy gurdy man
G
comes singing songs of love.
F
C
G
Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy he sang.(x4)
[ADD]
F
C
G
Here comes the roly-poly man, he's singing songs of love.
F
C
G
Roly poly, roly poly, roly poly, he sang.
F
C
G
Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy he sang.
F
C
G
Hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy, hurdy gurdy he sang.
F
C
G
Roly poly, roly poly, roly poly he sang.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.