Donovan - Yellow Star

yellow star
by donovan leitch
from the album troubadour

transcribed by matthew choat .
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( reggae rhythm )
verse 1 :
E
there have been bad thing done
B
there have been some good one
B
and many people died
E
and many nations cried
E
and many babies came
A G#m
as many died again
F#m
yet always man prevailed
A
yeah though the devil wailed
E E E E

verse 2 ( same progression )
you know we’re way out there
in some galaxy hair
with all this space around
we fight to keep our share .
with all our cruelty
and all our jealousy
we find it hard to give
to just live and let live
to live and let live

chorus :
A B E A
it’s all in the dance of life my friend
A B E C#m
it’s all in the song that never ends
A B E C#m
it’s all in the dance of life my friend
A B E
following that yellow star
following that yellow star
following that yellow star
following that yellow star

verse 3 :
we think that we’re so big
the truth we never , never twig
and if some quasar gonna blow
i guess we’d never , never know
and long before that day
when we are burned away
let us take time to smile
and swing a little while
just a little while .

verse 4 :
there have been many , many words
and just as many , many turds
it’s all a kind of dream
and not quite what it seems
but when the talking’s done
this life of death we’re gonna shun
and turn our heart to him ( haile selassie )
whose light will never , never dim